Helanie:
"Did you do it?" Maximus asked again, trying to make focus on him. Of course, my focus was on him—I was just buying so ti to make up an excuse.
"Actually—," I shifted in my seat, getting uncomfortable, "I don’t know."
I looked away instantly to avoid his questioning stares.
"Helanie, what is going on? Do you not want to— be with ?" The hurt in his voice made bite the inside of my cheek.
"I am trying to resolve this issue, and then—I will get back to you," I muttered under my breath because I had to say sothing at least.
"Okay, I didn’t an to make you uncomfortable. I can wait, but I hope you do it before the ceremony. It will put my father and your mother in an awkward situation if we tell them afterward," he said softly, trying not to offend or push into making a rushed decision. And I appreciated him for that.
As we arrived ho, he made it clear that he wanted to have one last word with before I walked out of his car, so I stayed around for a bit.
"I didn’t an to pressure you into anything. I am ready to wait for you as long as you need to. Okay? Even the date of their mating ceremony wouldn’t stop from causing a ruckus and marrying you," he smiled at the last phrase because it visibly made my cheeks turn red.
His hand gently touched mine, his fingers hovering over my skin. We just sat in silence, looking into each other’s eyes.
I noticed him getting relaxed in his chair, his head resting back, and his eyes blinking slowly.
"You are my peace," he whispered, closing his eyes and finally holding my hand in his. He raised my hand to his mouth and rested it against his lips, pressing it and inhaling my scent.
"Mmm, I really cannot wait for you to be mine," he finally placed a soft kiss on the back of my hand before he opened his eyes and let go.
"I love you, Helanie," he spoke in a loving tone. I couldn’t believe I once settled for so much less when I could have soone who looks at in a way that I know he is going to express his feelings for .
"Thank you for showing what true love is," I whispered back, and I guess I caught him by surprise. He wasn’t expecting to respond with sothing so sweet because I usually stayed quiet.
"Ah! My night is made," he smiled through his eyes. "Thank you, my love, for giving this little bit of affection that I will cherish the entire night and probably even please myself while thinking about—" I guess he got too lost in his words until he saw my eyes grow wide. "I ant... um, it’s a guy thing. What the fuck am I even saying? Please tell I’m not scaring you," he insisted, slapping the back of his head to snap himself out of it.
With a smile, I shook my head at him, and it gave him a sense of relief. His face was so easy to read.
"I’ll go make a quick call to my mom to inform her about Kaye," he said, sounding upset when ntioning his brother. That was the reason I felt like I needed to sort this ss out.
"Okay, please be safe out there," I said and was about to get out of the car when he held my hand and stopped .
"Say that one more ti," he demanded, his eyes hungrily moving to my lips and then visibly gulping, making it obvious what he wanted to do.
"Please be safe, Maximus," I granted his wish. He leaned forward and pressed his lips very gently over mine. His lips tasted so sweet that I could stay like that forever.
"Go and eat plenty," he joked, breaking the kiss because he could tell I was too conscious of soone walking out on us. We had beco a bit too bold, getting so cozy in public places.
It could get us in trouble if we didn’t do everything the right way. We should be the ones to tell everyone about us—not the other way around.
However, I didn’t know what his father’s reaction would be. I could tell he was deeply in love with my mother, so there was no way he would just accept it as it was. He would probably even yell at , and my mom—oh, my mom would kill .
I pushed all these thoughts away for a while because right now, I even had his brother, who wasn’t ready to reject .
It seed like such a taboo to be in a relationship with Maximus.
As I stepped into the mansion and went to my room, I found Norman standing outside my door with sothing in a blue bag in his hand.
"Hey," I frowned in confusion, quickly unlocking my door to enter.
"Did you not see , or are you just so stupid that you don’t know if soone is standing right next to your door, it ans they have sothing to talk about?" I had only just entered my room when Norman stord in after , complaining and already being so hostile.
"Who bit your ass today? You co in and start arguing already?" I watched him groan at my choice of words.
"It’s just that—I don’t really care," he rolled his eyes and said it with so much sass that if I weren’t looking at him, I would have thought he was snapping his fingers and moving his hips around.
"Do that again. I actually found it funny," I raised both my eyebrows, shrugging as I used a teasing tone.
"Whatever, you an nothing to —" I didn’t understand why he ca to talk to just to say he didn’t care about .
And then he pulled the blue bag to the front, offering it to . "Take it."
He did it in a demanding tone, making frown as I grabbed the bag and peeked inside. I was shocked to see what he had brought for .
It completely contradicted him saying he didn’t care. Maybe that’s why he kept saying it—he didn’t want to take his gesture too seriously.
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