Is this destiny?

~ Hill family villa ~

(July 14, Day of Sophia's and Felix's wedding)

(9:27 AM, Dining room)

Extended Hill family gathered for breakfast. Eleven people are at the table: Edward, Stella, Edward's parents (Mary and James), Owen, Sophia, Felix, JoAnna, Jeff, Sarah, Aiden.

Edward is quiet, his expression unreadable. As usual. He is eating his breakfast while glancing over the people seated at the table occasionally.

Stella is chewing while doing final checks for the wedding with a tablet in front of her. Agenda: First batch of security will arrive at 10:30, Sarah will handle them. Stylists for the girls arrive at 11:30 AM, by 12:00 PM all decorations will be in place, snacks will be on the table by 12:45 PM, guests arrive at one, ceremony is at two. After that is food, beverages and entertainment until late in the evening. If there are any problems, JoAnna will be in charge.

Stylists for guys are booked for 11 AM, in one studio downtown. That includes Felix, Jeff, Aiden and Gustav. They should be ready by 12:30, and then driver will bring them to Hill family villa.

Stella was not sure why Felix, Jeff and Aiden are here. They were supposed to come after their styling. But she had a lot to think about, and this didn't seem to be important.

It's obvious that Stella is enjoying. So far, everything is going according to plan.

Mary and James are casually chatting with Owen.

Everything looks fine except for the fact that Felix, Jeff and Aiden are unusually quiet. Three of them are focused on their plates and doing their best to hide their presence.

Sophia, JoAnna and Sarah noticed that guys are behaving strangely.

"Is everything OK?", Sarah whispers her question to Aiden.

He glances at her, rapidly nods few times with a forced smile and then focuses back on his plate.

It's obvious that Aiden is avoiding eye contact with anyone. Jeff and Felix are the same.

Three sisters look at the guys then at each other and exchange glances which say that none of them knows what caused this.

Earlier that morning…

(7:23 AM, Sophia's room)

"Good morning, my baby girl…", Felix's voice came from under the cover after he kissed Sophia's belly.

Sophia giggled. "Who are you, handsome stranger?" She lifted the cover and peeked under it. Only Felix's face was visible, everything else was covered in the dark under cover.

"What stranger? By end of the day I will be your husband."

"That can't be true… I'm not supposed to meet with my future husband before the wedding. You better leave. If my fiancé finds out about you sneaking into my bed, he will beat you up. He is very strong and protective of me, you know?"

"Oh, really?" Felix smirked and moved lower. "I wonder what your fiancé will do if he finds out that I'm doing this …?" He planted a kiss just above her panties, grabbed their edge with his teeth and tugged lightly.

Her giggles trailed away as his lips moved lower. She gasped when he nudged with his nose between her folds. Sophia started squirming. "Felix… I didn't shower since last night…"

Felix held her hips in place with his strong hands, not letting her move away.

He inhaled. "Mmm… you smell like mine…"

Sophia is not sure how he managed to remove her panties, because his hands were on her hips all the time. Or maybe his tongue distracted her, and she didn't notice his hands move. Few heartbeats later, it didn't matter.

(7:47 AM, JoAnna's room)

JoAnna kissed Jeff. "Good morning, Mr. White. It's time to wake up."

Jeff smiled and squinted toward the clock. He rolled over and was on top of JoAnna. "My dear soon-to-be Mrs. White, there is time… appointment with stylist is at eleven."

He smiled seductively while looking at her perfect face. He wiggled his hips playfully while pressing himself between her legs, showing her that he is ready.

JoAnna inhaled sharply. She felt her cheeks blushing from excitement. "Breakfast is at nine."

Jeff closed his eyes for a second. "That is less time than I thought, but we can make it work." He bent over her and started kissing her neck while his hands moved under her pajama top.

"We also need to shower…"

Jeff lifted his head and frowned. After a moment, his face lit up and he gave JoAnna a quick kiss before lifting her in his arms. "Then we need to combine activities, so that we save on time…"

JoAnna wrapped her arms around Jeff's neck and kissed him while he carried her to the bathroom.

(8:14 AM, Sarah's room)

Sarah stirred and looked at time.

"Aiden… wake up…", she nudged him.

"Why so early?", he frowned when he saw the time.

"Breakfast is at nine. Or do you want to eat out, later?"

"Mmm…", he mumbled something and pulled her in his embrace. "I don't want to miss breakfast with you… but we still have some time. Let me hold you."

Sarah smiled. "5 minutes."

(8:56 AM, Second floor hallway)

Sophia, JoAnna and Sarah are laughing seeing that each of them got out of the room with her fiancé.

Felix, Jeff and Aiden are not laughing. They are looking at each other, with two mixing thoughts. One is: 'You broke the agreement!', and second is: 'I broke the agreement and got caught!'

"Come on", JoAnna tugged Jeff's hand.

Girls didn't think it's a big deal and could not understand why guys are so serious.

"Go on without us. Give us a minute.", Jeff glanced at JoAnna and then faced Felix and Aiden.

Felix and Aiden also nodded toward the girls indicating that they agree with Jeff.

Girls left to the dining room. They were in a good mood.

After about a minute in awkward silence, Felix spoke. "We all did the same. How about we don't talk about this?"

Aiden and Jeff expressed that they are happy to accept that.

Three of them walked downstairs in silence. It was obvious that they are more relaxed.

"Boys…", Edward's voice made all three of them freeze in place.. "Join me in my study."