Chapter 25: XXV

Levi POV

The car ride to the cabin was quiet, I kept stealing glances at Isabell, wondering if she was indeed beside me or it was someone else. Her gaze was focused on the window and the world outside. I tried to listen to her thoughts, but her thoughts were too disarrayed for me to grasp anything.

A lot had happened these few days, a lot I would have avoided if I could, but my hands were tied. All I could do was make sure she was happy, even if I hid the truth from her.

I didn't know if any of the things I had planned would make things right between us but it was all I had, and the lies and games had become tiring. There were a lot of things I couldn't tell Isabell, there was no way I could bring up my true identity, she wouldn't be able to take it.

The last thing I wanted was for her to see me as a monster. Only a halfling would understand my dilemma.

I wanted Isabell so badly but I couldn't have her, our differences were too much.

“Levi…” Isabell turned to look at me as I led her into the cabin. I had taken a lot of time to make sure everything would look good for her.

“Do you like it?” I asked nervously.

“It's beautiful,” she replied, hugging me. I took in a deep breath as I got enveloped with her scent.

“Let's sit,” I said as I pulled out a chair for her. We both sat down and started playing with our food.

“Hmm…” Isabell started as she took a bite, “the food tastes delicious, Levi. Did you make it?”

“Yes, maybe,” I replied.

“I didn't know you were such a good cook, it's wonderful,“ she smiled, while I grabbed a bottle of wine and poured it into her glass.

“Thank you,” I replied.

“So, we're here now, you said you'd explain” Isabell stated. She was impatient.

“First of all Isabell, I am so sorry for being a jerk. Claiming to want you and then avoiding you was such a shitty move, I had no plans to hurt you Isabell, I would never do that,” I explained quickly, emptying my glass with one gulp.

“Levi, I understand you, but this doesn’t explain why you've been avoiding me.”

“Jack and I had a family situation,” I blurted out.

“Is everyone alright?” Isabell asked with concern etched on her face, even now, when I was withholding my true identity from her, she still cared.

“Yes, they're alright now.” I replied.

“But something else is wrong, right?” She quizzed, furrowing her brows.

“Well, the truth is, they're not my biological family, Isabell,” I confessed.

“Really? You guys act so alike,” she chuckled.

“Isabell!”

“Fine, Zoe told me,” She said,

“Well, they took me in when I was younger, they're all I know now, but my real parents… they-”

“If it's too hard for you to talk about, you don't have to, Levi, I wouldn't force that out of you,” Isabell gently squeezed my palms. Reassurance followed from that mere touch.

Who was this girl and what was she doing to me,

“I know, I just want to tell you this. My parents are dead”

It took everything in me not to flip the table as the memory of the accident washed over me. “It was a car accident and… and none of them survived”

“Hey,” Isabell said as she walked over to my side. “That's enough, you don't have to, it's alright.”

I hugged her because if I continued looking at her, I'd tell her everything and I couldn't bear the lying anymore. I hugged her as tight as I could because I had missed her, so much that it ached.

“Isabell, I know I've hurt you, hell, I wouldn't deal with me again, but there's so much about my past, about my family that I haven't dealt with, but please give me a chance, to fix things, to right this. This might sound like just empty promises but I..”

Isabell kissed me. It was slow and it gradually took my breath away.

“I just wanted you to be truthful,” she said. “I went crazy thinking about what went wrong.”

I claimed her lips this time, she had still found a way to make me worthy of her. She was perfect, in every sense of it.

“So you had missed me huh?” Isabell asked, “I thought it was so easy to ignore me,” she laughed

“It felt like I was burning from the inside, every time I thought about you, there wasn't a second I wasn't thinking about you,” I replied.

“Well, let's make sure you don't avoid me again,” Isabell smirked as she kissed me. I carried her unto my legs and deepened the kiss.

“You're so beautiful,” I whispered in-between, it had been barely a few hours ago and I had missed her, her lips, the way we blended together like we were made for each other.

My arms roamed the back of her dress, her moans melted into my mouth. “You taste so good. ”

I pushed the table backwards with my hands, we needed space, our kiss deepened as Isabell wrapped her legs around me.

I held on tightly with my left hand, while my right hand touched every part of her, her face, her neck, her breasts, her stomach, her thighs, I wanted to feel everything, to be a part of everything that she was.

It was stupid of me to think I could ignore this,

ignore her. To think I could just avoid this pull between us, her moans set my soul on her and for her, I was ready to burn, to turn to ashes with it

“Levi…” she moaned.

“I know baby, tell me what you want, I'm here,” I whispered as I gently bit her ear.

“You, I want you,” she replied.

“I'm all yours!” I groaned as I stood up, carrying her on my waist, she peppered kisses all over my face as we moved to the bedroom. My steps were quick and we both fell on the bed.

“Take your time,” Isabell laughed.

“Fuck yeah, I will,” I replied as I went down on my knees and pushed her legs wider.