The Sweetest Oblivion

Nico holds Elena in his arms, marveling at how much he likes being with her. They engage in intimate conversation. Nico makes a comment about work and realizes Elena misinterpreted it to be about his extramarital affairs. He corrects himself and then makes her promise that she’ll only be with him. She does.

Later on, Nico remembers Gianna’s warning and realizes she was right. He’s fallen for Elena and doesn’t know if she reciprocates. He gets up to go do a job. When he returns, he finds Elena in bed. He studies her sleeping body, desperate to make her love him.

In the morning, Elena is shocked to see that Nico is wearing his wedding suit and has her gown laid out for her. Seeing the clothes, she realizes how afraid she’s been that Nico wouldn’t go through with the marriage. He announces that they’re going to the courthouse today. She pushes back, insisting she still wants her wedding. He says they can keep those plans but he wants them to marry immediately.

Elena and Nico get married at the courthouse. Elena feels emotional. She’s glad to be Nico’s wife but can’t stop remembering the slip of paper with Nico’s banking information on it in the bottom of her bag.

Elena and Nico drive home in silence. Elena worries that Nico isn’t as happy as her. Back at the house, they kiss, touch each other, and have sex. They spend the next seven days this way. Nico takes off from work and they don’t leave the house. Elena realizes she’s falling in love.

Elena wakes up worrying about what she should do. She doesn’t want to hurt Nico but she needs to go through with her other plans. When he kisses her and tells her how much she means to him, she feels even more conflicted.

After Nico leaves for the day, Elena takes Nico’s banking information and heads to her uncle’s restaurant. She uses his computer to transfer $2 million from Nico’s account to hers. Then, she heads to the bank and withdraws the money in cash. Outside, she runs into Sebastian. He threatens to tell Nico she ran. She begs him not to and explains the situation, allowing him to accompany her on the next step of her mission.

Nico is already distracted from his work when he gets a call from the bank about the suspicious $2-million transfer. He assures the woman it’s normal although it’s not. Back at the house, he discovers that Elena is gone and assumes she stole the money to run off with her secret lover. He calls Christian and tells him to find Elena. Not long later, he informs Nico that Elena is with Sebastian.

Sebastian accompanies Elena to East Tremont. Online, she learned that this is where her late lover’s family lives. She knocks on the door and gives his mom the money. Just then, Nico appears and threatens Sebastian. Elena begs him to stop, insisting he didn’t do anything wrong. He lets Sebastian go and drives Elena to the penthouse, refusing to let her explain what happened. He slams the door on her after she apologizes.

Elena lies in bed regretting everything that happened. When she wakes up, Nico is sitting beside her. They talk intimately. Elena explains that she’s only ever slept with two people, him included. Six months prior, she ran away from home one day when she was feeling sad. All she wanted was to see a carousel. She went to the mall but discovered it was closed. The carousel attendant noticed her standing alone in the cold. She lied saying she didn’t have a place to go and he invited her home. She spent some time staying with him. They were intimate, but she didn’t love him. Then one day, the Abellis showed up and murdered him in front of Elena. He had given Elena the plastic ring and she continued wearing it to remind herself she had a debt to pay. She apologizes for stealing Nico’s money and promises to pay her back.

Nico scolds Elena for her mistakes but assures her that everything is okay between them. When he kisses her, Elena makes him promise to be faithful to her. Nico promises, and they have sex.

Nico wakes up to Elena trying to cook him breakfast. He teases her for being a bad cook and stealing from him. Nico knows he should be more skeptical of Elena’s story last night but dismisses his wariness.

“Elena”

Elena and Nico stay another day at the penthouse before heading out to their bachelor and bachelorette parties. On the way, they stop at the Abelli house. Elena confronts Salvatore about their relationship. Salvatore admits he’s been hard on her but that he loves her.

Elena enjoys herself at her bachelorette party. Finally Nico picks her up. He ushers her into the car, back home, and into bed.

Adriana helps Elena get ready for her wedding. The sisters talk about their relationships. Adriana is now engaged to Ryan. Elena hesitates to admit that she loves Nico.

Elena enjoys the ceremony. She feels more engaged than at the courthouse and passionately kisses Nico. Outside the church afterwards, she’s thrilled to see that Nico got her a carousel as a surprise. They hug, kiss, and profess their love to each other.