Chapter 43


    Chapter Forty-Three


    Adrik


    After dinner, she had asked if we could take a walk as the sun hadn’t setpletely yet. We walked


    around the property in rtive silence, followed by a guard at a distance. She seemed lost in her


    thoughts. I was honestly impressed that she wasfortable with so much silence. I would steal


    nces at her regrly, watching her as she took in everything around her. The way the fading light of


    the day made her hair look like actual fire, with its varying shades of red and orange. The evening sun


    also made the brown in her eyes more prominent, making her eyes almost match her hair at the right


    angle.


    She caught me staring at her and walked closer to me, silently grabbing my hand. We walked the rest


    of the way to the house in silence, hand-in-hand.


    “Do you want to talk about it?” I asked once we got to the bedroom. She stopped, like she was thinking


    about it, but shook her head no. “You know you can say anything to me, anytime. I want to help.” She


    gave me a small smile. She walked toward me and gave me a quick kiss.


    “I just want to go to bed right now. It’ll be better in the morning.”


    I woke up sometimeter to an empty bed. I had fallen asleep with Sephie in my arms, but now she


    was gone. I sat up to see if the bathroom light was on, but the room was dark. The bedroom door was


    slightly ajar. I got out of bed to see


    if she had ventured downstairs. The bedroom that she had stayed in the first night was open and I


    could feel the cool breeze from the balconying into the hallway. I quietly walked to the balcony,


    finding her sitting on one of the


    chairs. She was hugging her knees to her chest, with her head buried in her arms. I could hear her


    softly sobbing. My heart felt like it had just been punched at the sight of seeing her cry. I wanted to


    make it stop.


    I said her name quietly, so I wouldn’t scare her. Kneeling in front of her, I rubbed her leg lightly. “What’s


    wrong.


    solnishko?”


    She su cked in a breath but didn’t raise her head to look at me. She stayed silent.


    “Sephie. Talk to me. Please.”


    She raised her head enough that I could see her teary eyes. I wiped the tears from her eyes with my


    thumb. I looked at her, full of concern. She looked at me for so long that I thought she wasn’t going to


    say anything.


    “Everything. Everything caught up to me at once. I miss my m om. I’ve had to relive living with my


    uncle. The fu cked- up events with Anthony. Being here and not being able to leave. All of it.”


    I found myself flinching at thest part. Did she want to leave me? Was she tired of me already? My


    mind was racing. How would I live without her now? It’s only been a few days, but I knew for sure that I


    never wanted to be without her


    for the rest of my life.


    I heard a smallugh. She reached down and touched my face. “I don’t want to leave you, Adrik.”


    I exhaled, clearly relieved. She stretched her legs down and pulled me to her. She was upset and yet,


    she was once again consoling me instead. I sat up again, asking, “what can I do? I promise you’ll be


    able to leave here after


    tomorrow. Anthony is supposed to be gone today, but I want to give it one more day to be safe. And


    then there’s the


    matter of


    your surprise at the end of the week. What about your uncle? Do you want me to have him killed? Say


    the word and he’s a dead man.”


    Sheughed, but I could tell she was seriously considering it. “He’s probably fried so many brain cells


    that he doesn’t even remember who I am. I don’t think he’s anything to worry about. I just don’t like


    having to relive it when someone new finds out.” She leaned her head back against the chair and


    closed her eyes.


    “Sephie, I don’t know why you had to go through all of that. But it made you into the woman that I’m


    falling in love with today, so as weird as it sounds to say, I’m d for it all. You’vee into my life and


    made everything brighter. You light up the room when you walk in. You have five trained killers


    downstairs fighting over who gets to stay with you. You notice the slightest things about people. What


    they need, what they like, what they need to hear. You share your light with everyone and never ask for


    anything in return. You have my heart, Persephone. So as in sane as I sound saying it, the road you’ve


    been forced to travel has led you here and I will spend every day of my life from this point on trying to


    show you how grateful I am that that road brought you to me.”


    She had lifted her head when I started talking and was looking at me. A few stray tears fell from her


    eyes. I wiped them as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders. “I don’t know how I got so lucky,”


    she whispered.


    “It’s me who is the lucky one here, solnishko.”N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content.