Chapter 278
That eventful evening passed slowly. After talking to me Xander kept kneeling and only whenhis assistant William showed up was he taken away in a condition that felt like he was barely in his senses.
Night came and soon the doors behind me creaked softly as Killian walked in, strangely the most feared mafia in the world was carrying a pink bucket of icecream in his hand–strawberry flavoured.”
“You wanted to taste this brand last time Athena…tell me if you like it…” With that he opened the tub scooping out a little in a spoon and bringing it to my mouth
He was still dressed from the meeting crisp black shirt, sleeves rolled up, hair wind–tousled from the ride.
“Good.” I was smiling when I he fed it to me but something in my gaze made his hands freeze.
His eyes scanned the room and then me
“You are awfully quiet Athena….what is it?” he said keeping the icecream aside and just like that without missing a beat I looked at him in seriousness.&
“Xander Thome came to meet me.” As soon as I spoke those words, there was a chill in the atmosphere.
His jaw clenched, veins in the forehead throbbing dangerously and then… he was still.
Only the subtle twitch of his fingers betrayed him, the quiet way his right hand clenched so tight I could see the veins stretch under skin.
He said nothing.
Didn’t move as if afraid to make me fear him, his fury was hidden beneath layers of cool.
hat man dropped to his knees…” I said softly. “He begged.
That
“Killian looked past me at the balcony and his eyes were dangerously dark as if he was barely keeping the anger in control.
But I stepped closer and gently laced my fingers with his, my fingers slowly tracing his veins providing him comfort.
Only then did he exhale, his tense body slowly relaxing.
1 sent every guard in this place to protect you.” he murmured. “And that fucking bastard still he found a way?”
“He came because I wanted him to. He came because I wanted to see what kind of fool I was to even think of a future with such a man.
He entered the lion’s lair but he was watched continuously… and above all it was not to threaten me but to beg that I should retum.” I said. “He tried to make me sway….neither with weapons and nor with power but with emotions. He was just… broken.“}]
Killian’s hand tightened slightly. “And you?”
1 wasn’1”
That made him finally look at me fully. Searching my face like the truth he’d never dared to hope for
told him I have made my choice.” I whispered. “That my past no longer held the right to shape my future,”
A muscle Killian’s jaw twiched.
“And have you?” he asked. “Chosen?“)
I stepped even closer until I was breathing the same air!
“I have.” I said, fingers resting over his chest, feeling his heart thrumming
“Killian.” I said softly. “I have chosen a man who doesn’t try to own me. Who doesn’t shatter my silence. Who never doubted my pain. Who guarded me with war in his eyes but tenderness in his touch.”
He stayed quiet!
Tense.8
Unmoving.
I rose on my toes.8
Whispered it against his ear
“I choose you…again and again…and I will choose you hundreds of times all over again if I have to.” Killian’s breathing laboured, hands reaching me almost instinctively, as if to make sure I was real.
“You… what did you just…
“You heard me.”
Something in him melted, like a barrier between us was broken and the next second, I was in his arms.
He kissed me like a man dying of thirst. Like a man who had held himself back for far too long. Like a man afraid this would be the last time
It wasn’t!!
His mouth crushed against mine, and I matched his urgency with years of longing I had buried.
mories of how we felt.
Our bodies collided, pressed into the stone wall behind me as our hands roamed over one another as if to each memories of
He pulled back for breath resting his forehead against mine his voice ragged.
“Athena… if you ever look back. I will fucking set the world on fire just to make sure you never have to walk through that darkness again….mine, you are mine from now onwards to forever!!
“I don’t look back anymore,” I whispered. “Only forward.”
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again.minë, you are mine from now onwards to forever
“I don’t look back anymore,” I whispered. “Only forward.“”
His lips found mine again…slower….deeper
That night, we lay on the rooftop beneath stars.
Killian cradled me as if the world had finally stilled. One hand tangled in my hair, the other tracing lazy patterns over my back.
“Be mine Athena…marry me please. I laughed softly when he ticked me as his lips kissed me all over teasingly.
“Only if you promise to take care of our kitten and our children.”
“Promises are broken aren’t they, so from now onwards I will not say but act…love the children’s mother first.” With that he pulled me under him as our lips collided in a kiss.!!
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