CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE

CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE
  MICHELLE’s POV.
  As soon as Enzo envelopes me in his arms, I instantly feel alive. When I woke up earlier and I didn’t see him, it felt like my whole life had been shattered into a thousand pieces and what's more, my heart broke when I heard him saying he could not come see me. How can he leave me alone when I am in this condition? Shouldn’t he be by my side so I will feel better?
  But right now, it is not about me. This man is literally shaking in my arms and I know why, he is scared. 
  “Are you okay?” His voice filters into my ear as he pulls away from me gently, “are you fine? Did something happen to the babies? Are you….” Enzo’s voice trails off when I don’t say anything and just continue staring back at me, this man literally has tears well up in his eyes.
  “If you badly wanted to know how I was doing, why did you refuse to come and see me?” I ask him.
  “I am sorry, Michelle” his voice comes out almost in a whisper, “I was just….
  “You look a mess, baby” I cup his face in my hands, “and I know you are blaming yourself for what happened, it was not your fault okay? You don’t need to beat yourself up for what you had no control over”
  “No, Michelle” Enzo blurts out, “I hurt you and that’s the height of it. I shouldn’t have done that no matter what? 
  You…
  I press a kiss on his lips to stop him from speaking, the Enzo in front of me looks so fragile right now and I just want to pull him into my embrace and tell him everything is fine. I was unconscious because my body was too weak to transform between my wolf and my human form and yes my babies are fine, the doctors confirmed it themselves.
  “Stop talking now” I tell him, “and let’s go home, I do not look good in a hospital dress”
  “No” he immediately refutes, “you can not go home now, you need to rest, I mean..”
  “She is totally fine, Enzo” Lawrence’s voice reaches our ears as he walks up to us, “if anything, you are the one who doesn't look so good, I mean I have never seen you in such a state before. You need all the rest you can get”
  “I am fine” big guy snaps before turning to me again, “I am sorry Michelle”
  “We will talk about this at home”
  Not waiting for him to say anything again, I grab a hold of his hand before leading him towards the car.
  As soon as Enzo accelerates out of the premises, I close my eyes and press my head against the bed rest.
  My whole body is in pain but this is the least of my worries right now. I am more concerned about the man beside me who has not even looked at me since we left the hospital. He must be blaming himself really bad.
  After resting for a while, I open my eyes and turn my attention to him.
  “Hey”
  “Hey” Enzo’s voice is so weak and so soft, i actually don’t like this, he isn’t supposed to be like this, “do you need something?”
  “Nothing” I tell him.
  “Take some more rest. We will be home soon”
  I nod and don’t say anything again, maybe he actually needs space to process whatever happened tonight.
  Looking at the time, it is already past four and he has to be at the office by seven, does he ever get any moment of rest? From this moment, I made up my mind to take care of him more, he actually needs all the rest and attention he can get.
  He finally brings the car to a halt in front of the house before alighting, he walks over and opens the door for me before moving away, a gesture that makes me crease my forehead into a frown.
  “What are you doing?”
  Enzo gulps as he looks away from me, “giving you space to come down”
  The frown on my face intensifies as his words reach my ear,
  “Won’t you help me?”
  He rakes his fingers through his hair and lets out a heavy sigh.
  “I shouldn’t…
  I immediately cut him off, “don’t you dare give me that, Enzo” I am already pissed, how can he treat himself like this when it is not even his fault? I haven’t even said anything and he feels like he repulses me? How can he even think like that? How.. the more I think about it, the more upset I become.
  “Your wife is hurt and you will let her walk into the house on her own?” I ask him again, “fine”
  Rolling my eyes, I angrily make my way into the house and towards the elevator not bothering to spare him another glance.
  Tonight has been so hectic and I just want to take a shower and take some rest so I can be back on my feet as I should. Luckily for me, he didn’t hurt me much.
  After taking a shower, I get dressed up in a silk nightwear and climb onto my bed but on a second thought I stop myself.
  Since we entered the house, I haven’t even seen Enzo and I wonder what he is up to. I think I need to talk some sense into that big baby because right now, he is making me very upset.
  Making my way out of the room, I walk down the hallway and push open his door only for me to see him sitting on the floor with his head buried in his hands.
  My heart breaks into a thousand pieces seeing him in this kind of a position.
  “Baby” I walk over to him and he slowly lifts his head to meet my gaze, pain and despair written all over his face.
  “Why are you doing this to yourself Enzo?” I lower myself beside him, “you really don’t have to do this”
  “Laying a finger on someone else is different from laying a finger on you, Michelle” he tells me, “and I am not going to forgive myself for what I did to you today, i almost killed you and I….
  I pull him forward and crash my lips on his stopping the words coming from him.
  The kiss is slow and steady, full of emotions and everything I feel towards this man.
  After kissing him for a while, he slowly pulls away from me but our faces are only inches apart.
  “What can I do to make it up to you, Michelle?” He asks me, “how will I ever forgive myself for hurting you in the way I did tonight?”
  “Just love me, Enzo” I tell him, “your love is more than enough for me and I do not care about anything else. It was not your fault and I will never blame you for that” i caress his cheek lightly, “you know I love you right?”
  “Hmmm” he nods gently.
  “So don’t beat yourself up again” I crash my lips on his again while I lead his hand to encircle my waist.
  The kiss is slow and passionate, full of everything that we can not mention or say to each other. The more I kiss him, the more I figure out how much I am obsessed with this man whom the moon goddess has blessed me with and I can not trade him for anything in this world no matter what it is.
  Enzo cups the small of my back and pulls me closer while deepening the kiss, his tongue prying into my mouth and finding dominance.
  As our tongues continue to dance against each other and our hands continue to caress each other’s skin, I know for a fact that this is the man I want to give my all.
 
  With one last look at the mirror, I turn to the man on the bed as his eyes flutter open and his lips curl into a small smile.
  The early hours of this morning hasbeen one of the best moments of my life and it is not something I could forget in a hurry, making love to this man gets better and better. Thinking about it now, I can feel the color rush on my face.
  “Hey baby” he pulls his naked body to a sitting position and I have to look away lest I find myself straddling him.
  “Good morning baby” I walk up to the bed and press a kiss on his forehead, “how did you sleep?”
  “Good” he answers with a shrug, “why are you all dressed up?”
  “Today i am going to take your place while you take some rest today and we are not arguing about that”
  “Of course not” he immediately refutes as a small scowl appears on his face, “you are hurt and you need to rest, I will take care of work myself and that’s final”
  “Hmmm” I can’t help but chuckle lightly as I perch on the space beside him, “if I remember correctly, you were like a weak chicken yesterday night, what changed? Suddenly remembered that you are the big bad wolf?”
  “You know that’s not funny, Mish” Enzo answers while rolling his eyes and looking away from me. For a moment I admire the man in front of me, even without having a shower or dressing up, he still is the most beautiful man I have seen because calling him handsome will not do justice to his looks.
  “Fine, I am sorry” I caress his bare leg, “I was only kidding but about work, I will take your place and you rest, we aren’t going to argue about that”
  “You need the rest more than me, I will go…
  I shut him up with a kiss, “will you listen to me for once and let me do as I chose, Mr Phillips?”
  The smile on his face returns as he presses his back against the bed rest giving me a full view of his abdominal muscles and oh boy, how hot.
  “Or how about we both stay in bed all day and allow Maria to take care of everything?” He asks coyly, “she knows how to handle it”
  “No” I blurt out, “you are taking the rest and I am going to work and that’s final, I am not going to talk about it again”
  With this I pull my body out of bed but before I can take a step, he grabs my hand and yanks me, making me fall on his body, my back to him and he immediately snakes his hand around my waist.
  “So now you are going to act like the boss of me simply because of one moment of weakness?” He inquires as he cups my neck making me groan softly, this man is will surely be the death of me
  “Yes” I tell him as my face breaks into a smile, “next time, you shouldn’t be so weak to cry, I like my men tough”
  “Your men huh?” I can feel a frown on his face, “how about I find those men and send their bodies to the morgue?”
  “Stop being so dramatic my love, now I gotta go”
  I pull myself away from him before pressing another kiss on his lips.
  “And don’t you dare get out of bed if you have not gotten enough rest, today I am the boss of you and you must listen”
  “Of course boss” he answers and I smile at him, finally I have been able to break his firm resolve.
  I know for a fact that he is still thinking about what happened yesterday and needs time to process it and that’s why I am here, to make him feel better after a bad experience.
  “I will ask mustapha and Xavier to come with you alongside the other guards” Enzo tells me, “and you are not allowed to refuse”
  “Of course daddy” I answer with a wink, “as you wish”
  I grab the birkin bag which he gifted me on the night of the gala before grabbing my phone too.
  “Now that ass looks bigger than the last time I saw it” his coy expression filters into my ear and I laugh out loud, now he is crazy.
  “Should you wear this dress?” He further adds, his eyes traveling around me
  “Of course, I have to look good”
  “For me” he mutters under his breath as he rolls his eyes.
  “I have to go now, baby”
  After a little more bickering, I finally leave the room with a smile on my face but everything is cut short when my phone begins to ring and I answer immediately.
  “Ma’am” it is Maria, “the files the boss asked us to prepare is ready and the CEO of AER just arrived a few minutes ago, he is waiting for you”
  My eyes darken at the thought of Nicholas, he has come to show me his ugly face again.
  “I am on my way Maria” I tell her after a while before ending the call and making my way towards the Rolls Royce.