The Story Of Blood And Roses
/ The Story of Blood and Roses Chapter 161
I gasped, closing my eyes in surprise .
No, I won't think about it .
"Can't you see that I am telling the truth? I am not him," he pleaded . My eyes blurred and I felt wetness travel down my eyes . "Please . . . "
Jacob had asked me to marry him . I had refused to be involved with him . He had taken advantage of Daisy's absence to enter her apartment . He had known that I would never shut the door on his face; he was too close a friend for me to treat him like that .
"It has been six months since you have spoken! You have to let it go . You knew that this is how our world worked!" he shouted, then . I hadn't met really seen him since that time in the hospital . I refused to speak to anyone who had been a part of the plot . I had wondered if he had known what was going to happen . I wondered if he, too, was as corrupt as Cain Vincent had made them out to be .
I shook my head to remove the wretched thoughts .
He looked up, rage filling his eyes . I knew that the fire in my eyes matched his .
"I told you," he sneered . "and you still fell in love with him . He killed your mother, and you fell in love with him!" he hissed . Unwilling to give in to his taunts, I soaked in his rage and tried to build my anger . If I believed the things he thought were true, then I would feel rage in place of helplessness . I would use it as a weapon to rejuvenate myself and seek revenge .
Had this not started with you trying to be the judge and the executioner?
Have you not learned anything?
"How can you still be in love with a man who used you and left you for dead? Do you think that is love?" He didn't mean a word of it . I could see it in his eyes . He knew that making me angry would fire me up . I would hit him and scream at him . I was tempted, but I would wait . I would see how far I could take his blows .
He waited for my reply, and then he just sighed .
"How many times do you want to do this? I will ask you every day if you want," he told me . He kissed the back of my hand and cradled my face in his palms . "I am not a fool, Mia . I know that you may never love me, but I want to do this? I have to keep you safe and Daisy . . . she . . . she has no one who answers to her . She can't protect you physically!" he reasoned . "I just waited for the right opportunity and came inside," he shrugged . I raised my brow at him . "You are still recovering, and you would never be able to take down a dozen men with your shoulder . They wouldn't even have to put a bullet through you . You would just strain a muscle and die from a heart attack . "
I gulped, knowing that what he said was true .
"I promise to keep you safe . I will kill any motherfucker who wants to hurt you . " My lips twitched and I fought from smiling widely . This, too, was true . He would really kill anyone who came in his way . "And if you want, I will take him out . " He never said the name . I knew what he meant . I wrapped my hands around his neck and hugged him . He held me tightly against me and whispered in my ear .
"Please, marry me . I know it's a bad time, and we don't have to get married now, but I just want everyone to know that they will have to answer to me if anything happens to you . " My tears flowed freely as I sobbed into his neck .
I didn't give him an answer .
I remembered what Cain Vincent had told me .
I should always stay with someone who loves me . . .
Chapter end
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