Chapter 31

I sigh loudly. I have been in my room since this morning and I am feeling very hungry, but my pride won't let be leave this room.

I just don't know what they will all think of me now. Are they going to be scared, or worse, throw me out?

"Take a deep breath," Tiara suggests, rolling her eyes.

I took a deep breath, calming my nerves. "Wait, where have you been?"

"Just resting my paws. You know, after that incident I just needed to rest," she says smugly.

Before replying, someone walks in. "What do you want?" I ask with a fixed glare on Lawrence.

"It seems you are too embarrassed to leave your room," he says walking towards me with toast and a glass of milk, "So I took it upon myself to bring you breakfast." He grinned triumphantly, putting the food on the nightstand.

"I am not hungry so take it away," but my stomach had other plans by grumbling loudly.

He just chuckles, pulling me to sit on the bed before giving the plate to me.

"Will you eat or just keep glaring at the food?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"I told you I am not hungry," I say smugly.

"You look pale and slim. Do you know I don't like skinny girls?" he says smirking.

"Britta is skinny, but you dated her and I don't care about what you like," I say nonchalantly.

"Just eat your food or I will make you eat it," he says warningly, and I very well know he will do as he says. But also I am too hungry to give any sassy comment.

I eat the food in silence with him making sure I eat every single bite. I give him back the plate and glass, and he leaves my room but comes back one minute later.

"Get dressed. I am taking you out."

"You don't give me orders. I am going nowhere with you," I say walking into the bathroom.

I go through my daily routine, and knowing he is still in the room, I get ready in the bathroom.

I brush through the tangles of my hair, putting my hair into a ponytail before putting on my undies and a pair of high-waisted boyfriend jeans and an oversized boyfriend shirt.

I walk out to find him lying on my bed comfortably.

"Leave now I need to sleep."

"You look cute. So are you ready? Let's go," he says with arched eyebrows.

I scowl at him. "You don't seem to get that I am going nowhere with you," I say sighing.

I walked towards the bed trying to pull him off the bed, but he just raises his hand and pulls my hair out of the ponytail, which makes my hair fall freely on my shoulders. "What was that for?"

"I don't like you styling your hair that way," he says like a little pup deprived of his favorite sweet.

"This is not the first time you have seen my hair in a ponytail," I say, confused about what was up with this guy.

"We were not together then, but now we are," he says in a duh tone.

"Who said we are together?" I ask stupidly when the answer is obvious.

"You're just being stubborn. Let's go now," he says, standing up from the bed.

"Okay. Let's go, but to where exactly?" We left the room and went to his car. To my luck, no one saw me leave the house.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask, getting frustrated with him ignoring my questions. "I hope this is not another way of you getting back at me."

"Get out."

What is going on in this head of his?

"What!"

"We are here. Get out," he says, leaving the car. What a jerk.

He comes towards me and intertwines our hands together before pulling me towards a gate. He types some code, and immediately the gate opens. My mouth literally falls on the floor. The view was...wow, a waterfall surrounded by trees and grass with birds everywhere. This site is amazing.

"Wow, this is wonderful. O Moon Goddess, I can't believe this." How did he ever find this place?

"Come sit here." He pulled me down on a pile of leaves. "I always come here to cool myself, take a run, or think," he says looking ahead.

"What is the reason for bringing me here?" I ask, still in amazement of this place. I always like being surrounded by trees because it gives me a sense of living.

"I don't know. Maybe to show you something I love doing," he says with a blank face.

"Okay." We fall into peaceful silence with only the sounds of birds and leaves blowing through the wind.

"I once had a dream in life," I say, breaking the silence between us. He glances up at me before throwing stones in the air. "My dream was to be like my mum. Ma once told me how she took care of the pack, fighting for the weak and those in need, she was a good Luna that everyone remembers," I say staring at nothing in particular.

"What made you give up on that dream?" he asked.

"My mum was never a murderer. She never killed anyone, yet I killed her," I say, wiping a lonely tear away. "No matter how I dream I can never be like her. She had a pure heart while my heart is dark as my dreams, so what is the use of keeping dreams?"

"You need to let go of your pain to feel what happiness is." He took my hands, holding them tightly and looking me in the eyes. "Holding it down here can be suffocating," he says, pointing towards my chest.

I felt hope with his words. Can I be saved from my demons?.

I was surprised when he picked me up, carrying me over his shoulder. "Put me down. What are you doing?" Before I could continue, he put me into the cold water. "You will so pay for this," I yell, pulling him into the water with me.

I laugh, trying to run away from him.

"I will get you," he says running after me in the water.

He grips me by the waist before twirling me in the air. I laugh loudly. I have never had this much fun. I can't remember the last time I laughed genuinely. This man keeps making me break my promises—first making me cry, now making me laugh.

He puts me down on my feet.

"Can you do something for me?" he asks staring into my eyes intensely.

"What?" I ask meeting his gaze cautiously.

"Just keep laughing and smiling this way, even if it's only for my eyes because seeing you smile like this makes my day," he says grinning happily.

"I can't keep that promise," I say sincerely.

"I will always be the reason you laugh." He keeps making promises he will never fulfill because I know how it always ends. "I can see it in your eyes," he says. "See what?"

"You don't believe me, but I never break my promises."