CHAPTER 102 BRIANNA’S POV The castle had become lively again with Sebastian back. Throughout the day, I couldn’t contain the joy bubbling inside me. I was happy all the way, smiles easily playing around my lips. The other castle maids were quite surprised. They didn’t know me as someone who smiled that much. Well, because I never did. But this time was different. I felt really good and it was hard to hold it back. There wasn’t much work to do around the castle, and if even they were, the other maids hardly let me do anything. They treated me as though I was made of glass. They said Sebastian gave them strict orders not to allow me to do much work around the castle, so they were considering that. I thought as much. And the last thing they wanted was to make him angry especially as he just returned. So I didn’t bother anymore. I retired back to my chamber early since there was nothing for me to do. But before I did, I borrowed some romance novels from one of the maids. She
CHAPTER 103SEBASTIAN’S POV That night, I was hoping we could finally make our first love. I yearned for her so badly. Every part of her. Every day, every hour, every minute and every second, my love for her deepened and intensified. I wanted to prove to her that I wasn’t playing. I wanted to show her that I was ready for us to happen. Ready to take us to the next level.But she said she needed just a little more time for Catherine’s death and every other thing to subside. I understood perfectly. Catherine was my wife and people would raise their brows if they saw how quickly I moved on after her death, thinking I wanted her to die and might have had a hand in it. So Brianna was right. We needed to take things slow.The last thing I wanted was to rush her or put her under pressure to come up with a decision. I will wait for as long as she wants. I just hope she won’t make me wait forever because I won’t be able to endure for that long. My entire body hurts really bad whenever I’m n
CHAPTER 104SEBASTIAN’S POVFor a moment, I lost myself. I forgot how to think and react. I lifted my head from the letter, blinking severally in confusion, scoffing in disbelief as I tried to wrap my head around what I just read.That was Catherine’s mum, Regina Hardwell, the woman who once saw and treated me as a son threatening and wishing me bad. It hurts. It hurts really bad. My heart bled in my chest. How quickly people can turn against you especially when you’re the innocent one?Now I understand the saying, “An apple never falls far from the tree.” It wouldn’t surprise me if Catherine got her rude and mean behaviour from her mother. I wish I had known that before I married Catherine and got to know her family.I closed the letter and put it back in the envelope, trying not to fall apart, trying to get myself back together.Should I be scared? No. Empty vessels make the loudest noise. Those were empty threats. They meant nothing. She wouldn’t dare touch even a strand of my hai
CHAPTER 105 SEBASTIAN’S POV Days and weeks went by. I wasn’t at the castle much because I was busy with the lawsuit I filed against that detective lady and her minions for falsely accusing me of Catherine’s death and treating me badly in that cell while at their station. At first, I didn’t want to sue them or pursue the case, but that letter Catherine’s mum sent me filled me with rage and pushed me to do it. With the help of the Association of Alpha Kings and some of the very best lawyers in the kingdom, I fought fiercely and won the legal battle. The detective lady was demoted to the lowest rank in her field of work, her minions suspended long term and those two policemen who mistreated me in the cell were dismissed from work and their badges revoked. Which meant they couldn’t work as police anywhere else in the world. Plus, they will offer a public apology in tomorrow’s newspaper for the damage to my reputation. Revenge has never tasted sweeter. I dod tell them they'll pay
CHAPTER 106BRIANNA’S POVSebastian carried me in his arms against my wish to my room like a programmed robot. I tried beating him off but he won’t budge or even listen to my pleas. I know it’s been a month. I know Catherine has been buried even though he didn’t attend the funeral for reasons I still didn’t know about. But I feel I still need more time. For some reason, I was…scared. Scared I won’t be able to return the love he wanted to show me. Scared I won’t live up to expectations. Scared that my past life might just pop up like a virus and infect what we were going to share. Scared the gap between us was too wide. Scared…I wasn’t good enough for him.But I didn’t know how to tell him all that. I didn’t want to tell him at all. No doubt he’ll get pissed and feel like I’m pushing him away despite all his efforts. The last thing I want is to push him away again and lose him. I’d be crazy if I lost him. I’ll lose my sense of living if I give him up. He is the rarest of gems, and I
CHAPTER 107BRIANNA’S POVSebastian chased after me as I ran into the balcony. I quickly shut the tinted glass doors behind me so he couldn’t get to me. He banged against the door so hard I feared it might not be too strong to withstand the pressure or hold him off for long. “Brianna!” He shouted my name in alarm, jerking hard on the handle of the door. “Brianna….please open the door. Don’t do this to me…Let me in. I know it’s not easy. But I’m here. I’m always here for you. I don’t know what’s happening to you but please let me help you with it…Let me help you with whatever you’re going through. Please…”I brought my hand over my mouth to cage the sobs that shook me like an earthquake. To cage the intense outburst of emotions flooding inside me and threatening to rip me to shreds as I stepped away from the door as if scared of it.It wasn’t until my back came in contact with the rail behind me that I remembered I was on the third-floor balcony of the castle. I almost lost my balan
CHAPTER 108SEBASTIAN’S POVMy rage and frustration-filled gaze at her softened the moment she revealed I wasn’t the problem. That Hermes was.“Hermes?” I uttered in disbelief, my features scrunching up.“Yes,” she mumbled. Her lips pressed firmly together as she tried to speak from the ocean of sobs and whimpers racking her insides. “That bastard caused me a great deal of pain….he broke me and now, I can’t live my life without those memories replaying in my head and hunting me. It hurts…it fucking hurts Sebastian. I want to forget….I want to stop thinking about them but I don’t know how…”She gave into the compulsive sobs that shook her like a violent tremor, letting it all out. She was shaken, unable to maintain a steady control. The moment I noticed, I rushed and held her close, preventing her from crumpling to the floor. I let her take refuge in my body as she feebly wrapped her hands around me. Her sharp intake of breath filled the room and her outburst of emotions wetted my ba
CHAPTER 109BRIANNA’S POVI didn’t know what Sebastian wanted to show me. But whatever it is, I know it will go a long way in helping me get through this shit I was stuck in. He was positive it would work. And I believe him with all my heart.We dressed in bathing robes as he suggested even though I didn’t get why. I was worried the other maids would see us as we made our way out of my room to his room.I suggested we wait a little and sneak out so they won’t see us. But he assured me they wouldn’t because they had all retired to their quarters and the ones coming from town had gone back already. Fortunately, he was right. I didn’t see anyone of them along the way. Thank goodness. I breathed out in relief knowing that.We entered and Sebastian had me sit on a plush cushioned bench by the leg of the bed while he searched through the drawers of the nightstand for something. I couldn’t wait to see what it was. As I waited for him, I looked around the room and marvelled as I took in its