Chapter bi125 /i/b

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    “I love you”

    Valencia said those words to me.

    And I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

    Were my ears ringing?

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    Or was she under some duress or medication that was making her head fuzzy?

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    I had been running iaway /ifrom her all these days, afraid that she would see my mask slip off and see the monster underneath.

    It was such an exercise in restraint to want her yet walk away from her night after night, afraid that if bI /brevealed my true self, she would abhor me.

    I could live with her anger or hate, but I didn’t think I had it in me to look into her eyes if she ever felt disappointed in me.

    I had spent so many sleepless nights worrying about her, finding work to bury myself into and peering into tomes while burning the midnight oil- all to keep my worst fears at bay.

    I had brought her here forcibly, and bI /bstill regretted what I had done. Even if it was for her own safety. Even if I didn’t know where else to keep her so that my enemies would not try to hurt her.

    I had yed every possible scenario out in my head, scoured through abandoned pces and deste hills, all in an effort to keep her out of harm’s way.

    But I was just one person. How could I be sure of her safety if I was not around to save her if things took a wrong turn?

    I could not trust anybody when it came to her. So I had to bring her along with me.

    At first bI /bthought I would keep her away from me into that house. That way she would not be around me 24/7 but at least I would be mentally at peace knowing that she was nearby.

    But then one problem after another kept cropping up, leaving me with no option except taking her in my quarters.

    Maelyn, Martin and everybody else had sensed that she was a threat to them even if they had not openly dered it.

    They were insecure about her even if her powers were still dormant, even if they didn’t know her true strength or potential.

    But I had seen it at instances when she showed real caliber and stood up against what she felt wrong.

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    And I fell for her some more.

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    Most others were turned on when girls sashayed around wearing a see through dress or were too good in bed. There was nothing wrong with that.

    But me?

    I felt an incredible amount of respect for Valencia whenever she stood up for Mary. She was fiercely loyal and would protect those who were weaker than her.

    Even if she didn’t have to.

    It was funny how many times she spoke without a filter, wiping away the smug smiles of every courtier or even Martin that everybody loved to bootlick.

    But not Valencia.

    She called everybody out whenever she could, passed out for a dear friend of hers she made within a few weeks at the temple.

    She just didn’t know when to give up.

    And I fell for her some more.

    And the more I fell for her, the more I dreaded having to part ways with her.

    Because who would stay with a man with such a dark past? Which girl in her right mind would 4forgive a stranger who manipted her, hid the truth from her then dragged her to some unknown ce she had never heard of before?

    I was torn between my feelings most days even when I would pretend to be a happy and chill person on the outside.

    I used to paint the most bizarre consequences in which she would find out my ugly truth, p me and then leave me for good.

    Which is why I tried to serve her in penance for the crimes I would doter, I scrubbed her tiles, cleaned her home and prepared a meal for her because I knew the life that was awaiting her was not the sunshine and roses that I was giving her that time.

    But I bjust /bcouldn’t tell her everything upfront.

    IT was partly because of the curse and partly because I didn’t want to lose her before I had a chance of having

    her.

    So when she out of the blue asked me to be her callboy, I was ted as if she had honored me with the greatest honor ever.

    I readily agreed to it, waited for her every night at home while during the day I worked hard to ensure none of the others would find her.

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    I would spend all my waking moments trying to throw others off her trail, selfishly trying to keep her just to ollime. /li/ol

    Because bI /bwas selfish and greedy for her. I did nto want anybody else to get to her, first or evenst.

    And I would be a liar if I didn’t admit that I savoured those few happy bdays /bbI /bspent in her apartment.

    I would wait eagerly for her to show up and we would talk about her day at work, I would massage her sore back, cook good food for her and even kissed her once.

    I could barely function a few days after I got to kiss her.

    I was the luckiest bastard on this!

    And I wanted more of her immediately. My heart and my cock wanted to never let her go.

    So, I cherished every moment I spent with her. So that when she looked back on her fond memories, I would be in them.

    I wanted her to remember the days when she woulde home tired from work, frustrated and worried, to slip into my arms.

    That was one of my favorite memories of her. The sex was undoubtedly awesome too. But this heart and body had realized for the first time what it truly meant to want someone.

    Not just for physical pleasure but theplete package.

    Valencia had shown me in a matter of days what no other woman had.

    She had shown me what it meant to truly love someone.

    But I feared I didn’t deserve her love.

    I feared that when the raw and real truth was uncovered in its entirety, when she learns about all of my sins and shorings, she would leave me and never return.

    But for nowi, /iI was going to live in the moment.

    I was going ito /ibe selfish and greedy and let myself be delusional that these scraps that she was offering to me would be enough for the rest of my life, quietly paying for my mistakes.