Hellbound Heart novel Chapter 11

The entire talk was incredibly stifling and oppressive, at least it was for Elle. All she did the whole time was just hope and pray that Sebastian would be kind and not expose to them the truth where they had never done the deed at all. And that she was still a virgin!

Every time he opened his mouth to speak, Elle found herself holding her breath and her heart squeezed in anxiety thinking that he would give them away. Then she would release her breath and her heart would deflate like a balloon when he ended up not mentioning the truth. Her hands were itching to clasp onto her beautiful dress as she sat there almost unmoving, not unlike a living doll.

The maids a while ago had her prepped up to perfection. Her light red hair was curled elegantly, with large curls that fell beautifully around her face and shoulders, only further enhancing her beauty. The dress she had on was the exact same color as her large, watery, blue eyes. She looked like the perfect princess, demure and gentle, and so soft that it was as though if one only touched her a little too hard, she would shatter like a precious porcelain piece.

Despite the talk seemingly moving on pretty smoothly and quickly, Elle still could not relax internally. She was still very much afraid that at any time, Sebastian would just suddenly decide to stop cooperating and drop the dreadful bomb. That bomb that would send her into the arms of Brandon Haze and ruin her life indefinitely.

Soon, they reached the final stages of the talk. Elle was having a hard time believing how smooth everything was going along. It just seemed too good to be true. Was King Rudy so hellbent on marrying his son away like her own father?

She could not help but just fall speechless at all these twists and turns that were coming at her one after the other – and they were so fast too.

Elle could not believe that what Sebastian's uncle said was actually true. That King Rudy was indeed dying for Sebastian to get married. He had not even bothered hiding the fact, that even her father was obviously shocked. King Markus had thought that he needed to use some tricks and put on some pressure as the girl's father to push the union of his daughter to Prince Sebastian. However, none of it was needed apparently as King Rudy was even more anxious to have his son marry her!

"May I have a moment to speak with Princess Izabelle first?" Sebastian requested as he suddenly stood from his chair.

"Sure, son. Go ahead, you young people can go chat a little." King Rudy quickly agreed, and Sebastian unceremoniously grabbed Elle's hand and headed to the door with her in tow.

Her heart was beating crazy wild as she was pulled after him. She was trying so hard not to pay any attention to his large and warm hand that was holding hers, but it was just impossible not to.

They stopped by the massive pillar at the corridor.

And when he turned to look at her, his eyes looked icier than ever before. All the warmth Elle was thinking about fled immediately as she saw how cold he was.

Pinning her against the pillar, he grabbed her chin and made her look up at him. Not that she was not already with their height difference.

"Are you really certain about this?" he asked. His voice also so much colder, so heartless. And for Elle, this seemed to be him trying to intimidate her or scare her away. Did he think she was so easily frightened? If it was, he would not have found her in his room in the first place.

"Yes. I thought I've already made that extremely clear to you?" she replied, her tone hard and firm as her eyes flashed with a stern glint.

Elle felt that this moment was going to be her last test. And no matter what happens she was not going to give in. Not on her life!

"Listen…" he whispered darkly. "You don't have any idea what or who I am, princess. You are trying so hard to escape your very own hell here by marrying me. But I am telling you… my world isn't a paradise either. My world is darker than you can ever imagine. It is a hell someone like you might never survive if you get caught in it." He flashed her a wicked and dangerous smile. So beautifully deadly that had her heart shuddering involuntarily. "You are offering me a marriage of convenience, but princess… There's nothing convenient about me at all. And I'm giving you one last chance to back off here. If you go ahead with this, you're only going to live to regret it."

Warning bells were ringing loudly in the back of her ears. Telling her that this was not him trying to scare her. She somehow could see that in his eyes.