Chapter 118 [MIA]
âNo!â The words fling out of my mouth before I can catch them. I blink, unsure if I even heard the insane man in front of me correctly.
Heâll marry me. âYouâll marry me?â I mocked, âNolâ
His eyes twitch. âThe only way I cannot marry Hannah is, well, if Iâm already married to someone else.â
âSo you want me to be your fake wife?!â
âNo. What the hell is a fake wife?â He had the audacity to sound offended by my opinion marriage. âI am going to marry you. For real.â
As if I was the one who casually suggested âAnd I get no say in it?!â I demanded.
âOf course you get a say.â His stance softens considerably. âWhich designer should design your wedding dress? Ellie Saab?
Wang?â
My lips open, and they close again before I angrily hiss, âThatâs all the opinion I get?â
âYou can decide the colour scheme of the flowers?â He offers ohâsoâmuch. âAnd the witnesses.â
I stare at the insufferable man. âAlex, weâve been on one date. One. I am not marrying you.â
âThat is one thing youâre not going to have an opinion on.â
âGood luck forcing my corpse down the aisle because thereâs no way Iâm going to walk down alive.â
His eyes darkened. âWeâll see about that.â
âWe are seeing about that,â I huff. âI told you everything you wanted to know since the day I met you. Now, Iâm going to walk through those doors and go home. If you want to stop me, drive a bullet through my head.â
Alex rolls his eyes.
He. Rolled. His. Eyes.
âNo need for dramatics.â
I glare at him with a fire in me that wasnât getting put out anytime soon, taking a step away to walk out just like I had promised but I hadnât even taken a second step before one his hands wraps around my arm, pulling me back in place.
âDonât make me take drastic measures, Mia,â he warns.
âLike? I donât know? Suggesting youâll marry me without my consent?â
âThere is no suggestion there. It is happening.â
âIn your dreams.â
Chapter 118 âYou are going to walk down that aisle and say those vows, and itâs going to happen sooner than you think. Whether you want to do it with a smile on your lips or screaming and crying is your choice.â
âAlex, you donât understand!â I shout, frustrated, tears threatening to fill in again a family, okay? I didnât have parents or anyone. I dreamt of this all my life. I dr perfect proposal and the perfect wedding and a perfect marriage. A perfect fam.. didnât have growing up, and you cannot take that away from me.â
pid tears. Always there to ruin the moment. âI never had he perfect boyfriend and the perfect ring and the y voice breaks. âI dreamt of making the family that i âWho said Iâm taking anything away from you?â He retorts, gaze and tone softening again. âYou can still have whatever you want.
Dictate your dream wedding and Iâll make it happen. Describe your dream ring and Iâll search the world for it. Name what you want and it will be yours.â
âA family,â I whisper, tears spilling out. âI want a family. Kids.â
He stares at me. One moment passes. Another. âIf children is what you want, we will have them.â
My lips part in surprise. âIn this world?!â I ridiculed, âYou want to bring children in your world? You were attacked in your own house, Alex! We couldnât step out for a date without hundred of your men armed with enough weaponry to wage a war. You want to bring children in this world?â
âI want whatever would make you happy. If it is children, then that, yes.â
I inhale and then lick my lips before shaking my head. He just doesnât understand. âYour life is dangerous, and exhausting. What would make me happy is not being a part of this world.â
âYou not being a part of my life would make you happy?â
I just stare at him, not knowing what the correct answer is. I had known Alex for sometime over a month, bordering to a month and a half, but he had inscribed himself in the deepest parts of me, made me feel things nobody ever has. Would I be happy by removing myself out of his life? Probably not. âItâs your world that I have an issue with,â 1 carefully word.
âThen youâll get over it,â he nonchalantly replied. My lips fall apart again. âI will protect you till youâre comfortable with the life I lead.â
âAnd what about love, Alex?â I whispered.
âWhat about it?â
âWill you ever love me?â
He doesnât reply. One heartbeat passes. And then another. A part of me hoped he would agree to what I had asked for just like he had when I said I wanted children. But no reply comes, the silence over us loud and heavy.
I wanted to scoff under my breath, but I find myself captivated by his scrutinising gaze.
âWeâll get married soon,â he replies instead.
âNo!â
âMia.â
âNo!â I yell. âLet me go, Alex. I want to go home! Let. Me. Go!â
âYou are home.â
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Chapter 118 âThis cage isnât my home!â I cry out, trying to wiggle out of his hold with all my strength. âI want to go! Let me go, Alex.â
He just sighs, my efforts vain in front of how strongly he gripped me. âIf I leave you Ju try to walk away?â
âI will walk away.â I hiss, âThere is not going to be any try about it. Unless you can ask one of your guards to-â
Alex shuts me up with his palm over my mouth, taking an exasperated breath. My muffled voice still makes it out from under his palm, and he looks like he wanted to roll his eyes.
âTake her to her room, Lana.â Alex tells my keeper, one I had forgotten was a candid listener to this conversation. âLock her inside and you stay in with her.â
My eyes widen. âYou cannot do this!â I say the moment he lets me go and Lana holds me. âAlex! Alex!â
I keep shouting his name and cursing profanities that he pays no head to, just rubbing his forehead with his thumb and middle finger while looking away from me as if he was carrying all the weight in the world on his shoulders.
I try wiggling out of Lanaâs hold too, but that woman was surprisingly strong as she drags me to my room and does exactly what her boss told her to.
Locks me in.