Chapter 59


    59. Something I wasn‘t Expecting AZURA.


    I stayed in the bath for a while, and when I heard the door open, I knew Leo had returned. I got out of


    the bath with my jelly legs and entered the shower. I washed as quickly as I could. The soak in the bath


    had helped, and I felt lighter.


    Through the steamed ss, I saw him enter the bathroom, cing something over the heater before


    he left.


    I stepped out after a few minutes, grabbing a towel from the shelf and towelling my hair with it. I


    reached over, wiping the mist from the ss, and inspected my reflection. My skin was glowing, my lips


    looked even plumper from all that kissing, and I had several marks littering my neck. I bit my lip as


    memories shed through my mind. I couldn‘t stop smiling like a lovesick airhead.


    I felt good. He wanted me. He‘d countless times told Nikki to get the hell away from him. Well bitch,


    he‘s mine now. Try messing with him again and I will w your eyes out and toss them into a blender. 5


    I smirked at my own thoughts. Down girl. I looked around, realising he had left me some underwear,


    and a pair of satin pyjama shorts and Cami on the heating rail. Had to admit he was considerate.


    After drying my body, I got dressed in the ck set and entered the bedroom, trying my best not to


    walk as if I had tree trunks for legs.


    The bedding was changed, and the smell of sex was almost gone. He had ced the food bags on the


    bedside cab as he did something on his phone, a frown creasing his brows. 2 He looked up when I


    entered and put his phone away. His eyes raked over me. When I didn‘t forget how I had sat on his


    face letting him eat my pussy just hours ago, I still felt very conscious of his gaze. “Come here.” He


    said, making my eyebrow shoot up. “Why?” I asked suspiciously. He smirked slightly as he stood up


    and reached over, taking hold of my wrist and pulling me closer.


    “Cause I want to kiss you.”


    I froze when his lips met mine, sending delicious tingles through me, my heart racing


    Goddess, when did he get so damn flirty?


    I kissed him back, my core clenching once more. The ball piercing of his tongue flicked my tongue, and


    I was unable to stop the moan that escaped me, His arms were wrapped around my waist tightly, and


    he pulled me against himpletely, his hand resting on my ass, the


    other cupping the side of my face and the back of my neck.


    We kissed for a few sizzling moments, our bodies reacting to each other, and we were getting turned


    on again. He forced himself away, leaving me breathless. I knew if he didn‘t pull away, I had a feeling


    we would be going for another couple rounds. My stomach ruinbled and I pouted when he chuckled


    lightly.


    “Let‘s feed that monster.” He said mockingly.


    “It‘s not a monster. I‘m the monster.” I retorted, plopping onto the bed, and grabbing the food bags.


    “Yeah, I believe that.”


    I gave him a narrow–eyed look as I opened one of the bags. “Never knew you could be so


    considerate.” I remiarked, seeing how the bag had everything from tissues and disposable cutlery.


    “That was Winona‘s doing.” He said, picking up the bottles of drinks and biting the metal caps off.


    Damn, that looked so hot.


    “Is there anything I do that doesn‘t look hot to you?” He remarked arrogantly, making me curse and put


    my walls up. I really needed to work on those.


    “Ass. So was Corrado, ok?” I asked, not wanting to fuel his ego, even more, when I had practically


    begged andplimented him when we made love.


    Just great, Azura. Way to boost a guy‘s ego.


    He was still smirking arrogantly, and I was about to stab him with the fork when he spoke. “He was fine,


    since you said you were staying...” He said, his smirk vanishing. “What‘s wrong? Regretting this?” I


    asked, opening the pasta pot, and taking a big forkful of the cheesy chicken pasta. Goddess this tasted


    so damn good! “No... I kinda always wanted him to have a mother figure, but it never really happened.


    He took such a fucking strong liking to you thiat it didn‘t make shit easier.”


    I looked down at the pot taking another forkful as I leaned back against the headboard, crossing my


    legs as Leo unwrapped a packet of homemade chunky fries, eating a few.


    Yup, he really did look sexy no matter what he did.


    “You know, I was ready to be just his Mama. I know you kept pushing me away, but I didn‘t want him to


    feel like he wasn‘t wanted.” I whispered, my grip tight on the pot. “I was ready to stay for him, and this


    one.” I ced my hand lightly on my stomach. His gaze dipped to my stomach, his eyes softened, and I


    remembered the moment he had paused when we made love... He had ced one kiss on my


    stomach, which was different… “I know... and for the record, yeah, the first time I rejected you was over


    your surname, but then there was other shit. That is what I wanted to talk to you about actually.” He


    said,


    surprising me.


    Was he about to tell me the reason? If it wasn‘t because I was a Westwood, then what?


    He ate some of the pasta, frowning deeply.


    “You know, if you keep frowning like that, you‘re going to get even more wrinkles on that forehead. Plus


    you ain’t that young anymore, you don‘t want to look even older do you?” He nced up, but didn‘t say


    anything, and suddenly I wondered what it was that he wanted to say. I ced my pot down, frowning.


    “Leo, what is it?” “I haven‘t mentioned this shit to no one, and I‘m just thinking I should have fucking


    waited for tomorrow, rather than drop it on you tonight... Call me fucking selfish, but I rather tell you


    before we go to Alejandro‘s pack tomorrow.”


    Whatever he wanted to tell me, he was struggling with it. He was acting as cold as ever, but the way his


    hand was clenched in a fist, his knuckles were white.


    I was worried, and I realised his cold exterior was a defence mechanism.


    “What is it...” I asked, I was fighting to keep myself calm, not wanting to think of the worst case


    scenarios.


    “Years back, Endora did a lot of experiments on me, using magic and shit. I was immune to a lot of her


    magic, especially when it came topelling me to obey her. It in turn only piqued her curiosity. When


    she tried to get me to obey, it just felt like disobeying an Alphamand, you struggle but it‘s possible.


    She said I was stronger than Dad was at my age, and so the tests began.” 2 His voice sounded thicker,


    and he wasn‘t looking at me as he spoke. I stayed silent, waiting for him to continue, knowing it would


    only make it harder for him, if I questioned him.


    “Even after her death, the effects remained, causing permanent damage. And by the time I figured it


    out, the damage had spread. I know you will say I should have gone to Kiara, but I wasn‘t going to ask


    for their help and so I started working on my own shit trying to find a cure... Yeah, I know, I was fucking


    stubborn, but I thought I‘d be able to do it, but I pretty much failed. The injection I gave you when


    Emmet hurt you was something I created by trying to imitate the build–up of your mother‘s cells. But it


    still wasn‘t enough. My organs are shutting down and some already have. It‘s why I didn‘t want you to


    get too close to me because I don‘t fucking have long left.”


    My heart was ringing in my ear, my breathing bingboured as liis words hit me hard. He was


    dying


    The hints had been there... His pastments and my own filled my mind, making my heart clench in


    pain.


    ‘It doesn‘t matter.... No matter what I‘ll make sure you and our pup are taken care of... Maybe it‘s easier


    to tell my baby that you‘re dead...’


    I ran my hand through my hair as everything seemed to make sense... His hot and cold attitude... He


    had been struggling internally... and... “I know I was fucking sellisl?, but I didn‘t really give a shit, I just...


    I thought I‘d be able to find a cure. But I never realised I‘d actually fail until a few months ago, and


    although Jackie told me to go see Kiara, I knew it was toote.”


    “You can‘t say that, not until she tries. There‘s not only Kiara, but Delsanra and Raihana! Dante too!


    Goddess you are not going to die.” I said, my eyes shing. Getting off the bed, I walked over to him,


    dropping to my knees in front of him. I looked up at him, my heart still beating violently as I cupped his


    face. “You can‘t say it‘s toote until we have tried everything. Goddess, I want to p you across the


    head for being so damn stubborn! Did you ever think to ask anyone for advice or help? It doesn‘t make


    you any less of a person! Tomorrow we will ask Kia to help, I‘?n sure she can help! There‘s nothing that


    she...”


    I trailed off, realising there were things she couldn‘t heal...


    Some of his organs had already shut down... My heart was pounding as I froze, staring up into those


    icy blue eyes.


    Leo really was dying...


    I opened my mouth to speak, but I had a lump in my throat, and I was unable to string two words


    together. His arms wrapped around my shoulders, and my heart broke when he pressed his foreliead


    against mine, once again, unable to look into my eyes. “I will try to explore all avenues to live for the


    three of you. But if anything were to happen to me, and I know I‘m swinging this shit at you so


    suddenly, but will you be willing to let me put you down as Corrado‘s legal guardian?” His words


    shattered me in ways more than his rejection ever had, and I almost crumbled before him, but I needed


    to be strong for him...


    ‘First of all, you don‘t need to ask me that. I have taken him as my own, so yes, in my eyes, I‘m already


    his guardian. Secondly, I swear I will find a way toe to the afterlife and drag you back if you die on


    me! You are not going to die! You are not going to leave our babies... and what about me?‘ I choked


    out, refusing to give in to the fear and despair that were trying to eat me up.


    I was Azura Westwood, and I refused to give up without a damn fight.


    Our eyes met, and I could see the turmoil in his.


    “I‘m fucking sorry.” He said, my eyes shed, refusing to believe this.


    No, a sorry meant giving up. No, just no. For a split second, he looked surprised.


    “No. No more apologies. I want you. I just got you. I want this baby to meet its father. You can‘t leave


    us, Leo!” The pain I had felt when he had fought Judah made sense now. How much had he suffered


    all alone. “Who else knows?”


    “Only Jackie, since she was the one who first ran some tests on me and realised what was going on.


    But I made sure she told no one.”


    “Well, it‘s time we found an answer together.” I said determinedly. He gave a small nod, but I could tell


    lie held no hope. I locked my arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.


    I promise, we will find an answer and if he had given up hope... then it was time to do this together.


    He simply held me tight; his heart was beating slightly faster than normal, and I just wish I could do


    more.


    But this was tot over, we would find a damn answer.


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    He lifted me up, and I straddled hisp, hugging him tightly. I don‘t know how long we remained there,


    but when I felt him throb against my core, I moved back, looking down at him suspiciously. “You‘re


    dying and you‘re getting turned on?” He smirked, the tension around us lifting “I was dying when I was


    fucking you earlier too.” He replied cockily. “Doesn‘t seem to be affecting my ability to fuck.” 4


    His eyes ran over me, darkening with desire, and although my own core clenched, I rolled my eyes


    getting off hisp. Shouldn‘t he be taking it easy? “I think you‘re probably exaggerating, you are going


    to be totally fine. Trust me.”


    Inside I was scared of the worst–case scenario, but I wasn‘t going to give up. I was able to be saved


    from the womb of a dead woman, which was a miracle, so why couldn‘t Leo be saved? I wouldn‘t give


    up until we had exhausted all our options, and even then, I would keep looking.


    We began eating again, and although I had lost my appetite, I refused to let that revtion ruin these


    moments.


    Every moment in life was precious, wasn‘t it? I had just found Leo... Finally, we became a couple or


    something of the sort, and now I might lose himn?


    Him refusing the Alpha title made sense now too...


    Once we had eaten, I cleared up the bags and Leo ced them outside before we got ready for bed.


    My heart was racing as I realised, he was going to stay by my side, and goddess, when he peeled that


    shirt off, I was ready to spread my legs again if he wanted. Damn, he was so bloody sexy...


    He turned, smirking arrogantly, as if he knew what was going through my mind, and came over to the


    bed.


    He got in, pulling me close and once again that feeling of safety and home cocooned me and I


    snuggled close, cing a kiss on his chest. “Guess what I just realised?” I mused, now smirking as I


    looked up at him deviously.


    “What?” He asked suspiciously.


    Oh, he had good reason to be suspicious.


    I inhaled his scent, wanting to lick every inch of him.


    “Well.. now that you‘re sleeping next to me... It means I can get revenge with ease every time you


    offend me. I won‘t even need a voodoo doll to torture.” I said, smiling innocently. 2


    He cocked a brow.


    “I have no fucking doubt that you‘d do that shit and you do know those damn dolls don‘t work?”


    “Hey, I at least picture they are you and it‘s satisfying to torture. You know, I made one of you when you


    hit my head with that ball years ago.” 2


    He smirked.


    Damn, you really are a psycho.” “Regretting it?” I asked, smirking back.


    “Not one fucking bit...” He replied before iming my lips in one hell of a burning kiss... 5