Haiden:
Rejecting Clementine made me go through all sorts of emotions. I would have crashed and not been able to find my footing if Fauna had not been beside me.
Instantly holding her hand gave me the comfort I desperately sought. It was important that I move on from Clementine, but it happened in the most natural way.
I found love with someone I had known for a very long time. She was in love with me, and I was just as much in love with her, but she was still a little upset with me.
I took her to the second floor of the mansion and sat on the coffee chairs next to the big window. The two chairs had a broken table between them that I had kicked away so I could pull her chair closer, making her legs fit between mine as I sat with them spread apart.
Her knees were pressed together. She was trying to make sure there was no contact between our bodies, but little did she know that was going to change.
"Now tell me, why do you keep telling everyone that I don’t like you?" I asked, watching her gulp and look away, rubbing her palms anxiously as if she would rather not answer.
"Come on, you cannot look away from me like that," I warned.
She snapped her head back at me, frowning.
"You hated me. You hurt me so damn much," she uttered, her lips quivering.
I gently slid my thumb under her bottom lip and watched her eyes soften. That was how much she loved me.
"Really? So are you punishing me for everything I’ve done over time, or just because you think I came to reject you?" I asked, raising my eyebrow.
"Because I’m pretty sure I have done worse shit, and I have told you I would reject you so many times, remember?" I reminded her, watching her turn her face to the other side.
She looked so soft and gentle.
"You’re just angry because things happened too quickly in your life. But trust me, Fauna, me accepting you before rejecting Clementine was proof that I would no longer chase after Clementine, even if I had the chance. I changed my path, and I chose you, not because I felt pity for you, but because I love you. Because I had always loved you in the back of my head. If I had not stopped myself, we would have been together a long time ago," I explained.
As I spoke, I understood why she would not believe it.
Part of the reason I did not want to pursue Fauna was because of her father, who I knew had killed my father, just like Clementine’s father. But with Clementine, she had taken a stand against her father. That had changed a lot in my eyes.
With Fauna, I did not know where she stood, but now I knew she had never supported her father in his wrongdoings.
After accepting Fauna, I could finally sit with her alone and talk. That was when I heard many things from her.
I even heard things she had been saying to Ian. And that was when I realized that blaming Fauna for her father’s actions was just as wrong as blaming Clementine for hers.
The reason was simple. Neither of them had supported their fathers.
The only difference was that Clementine openly fought against what was wrong. Fauna, on the other hand, had been suppressed by her father and had become a victim.
"When I came into the house to reject you, like others had suggested I should if I did not want you, I was already not certain I would do it. I was scared I was stepping into that house to finally accept you," I admitted, gently resting my fingertips against her cheek.
"Wow, you’re so manipulative," As soon as she said that, I burst into laughter.
Seeing me laugh like that, she frowned at me. The look carried a clear warning that she was not joking and that I should take her words seriously.
Honestly, I was taking her seriously. But when she behaved like that, she looked very adorable, and I could not control my emotions.
"No, it’s serious. I was confused. I was scared. I was shocked. I was the bad one, I admit. But trust me, I want to fix it all. I want to fix my mistakes and show you that it’s only going to be you and nobody else ever," I promised, holding her hand as she watched me like I was her dream come true.
Honestly, I had never felt so guilty for hurting her for so long like I felt now. She was right there. My happiness was right in front of me, and I had been trying to find it in forbidden places, in places where there was no love for me.
While she kept looking at me, I gently knelt down and kissed her cheek. Before I could kiss her other cheek, her body was burning with desire, and it felt hot against me.
"So, do you forgive me?" I asked her, my lips trailing down her cheek, along her jawline to her chin.
I felt her body stiffen. I knew she had desires burning inside her, just like I had.
"Have you forgiven me?" I asked again, trying to snap her out of her thoughts.
"Yes," she whispered, her voice so soft that my heart shook in my chest.
Then I gently kissed her chin, moving up to capture her lips between mine. I pulled her closer until she rose from her seat and settled into my lap, wrapping her legs around my back.
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