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"Ella, don't." He barks at me and I whip around in his direction.
"Who the hell do you think you are Percy? You don't get to tell me what to do. You don't get to tell me anything. I went to the other side of the world for a reason. It's to get away from you. There's nothing that you can say that's going to change my mind. Now get away from me before I let the security on this boat know that you're fucking stalking me. I'm sure there's a way to lock your ass in jail even here." I snarl at him.
"Do it. I already have a sizable chunk of cash put aside for my bail." He moves closer to me and I tip my chin up not wanting to back down. "There's nothing that you can threaten me with that's going to stop me from trying to talk to you. I've lost everything already."
His eyes flash with a sadness, I'm not expecting but I don't let it affect me. He did this. I could leave him right here to stew in his own misery but I now he means what he says about not stopping until he talks to me. If a conversation is what has to happen to get Percival Snow out of my life for good, so be it.
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percy
It tookme all of a day to figure out what cruise ship Ella was on and then a few thousand dollars to the cruise company for me to get a room on board. Once that was complete all I needed to do was get over to Italy to get on board. I told myself no matter what happened I was going to stay level headed and patient. It's my fault that we're in this situation to begin with. All of that bullshit flew straight out the window when I caught her up on deck with another man.
She was on a goddamn date with another man when I'm about to go out of my mind with grief. It took everything in me not to slam her down on the table and ram my cock inside of her right in front of that pretty boy, just to show him and the rest of the world that she belongs to me.
I didn't want her to walk away from me right then because I would have chased her down and made a scene in front of everyone of the families there enjoying their breakfast. That's definitely not something I'm thinking my reputation will be able to bounce back from.
Ella speeds walk in the direction of her room and I follow behind, the both of us silent and tense.
This isn't the way I wanted to reunite with her and the smell coming from her room lets me know that I was a bit too optomistic in how well this would go for us.
She pushes her door open and jumps back in surprise. "Oh for goodness sakes Percy!" She lets her head fall back and groans in annoyance before she storms in. Her suite was filled with fifty dozen roses, basically taking up every ounce of space besides the bed and the bathroom.
I wanted to surprise her. I overshot that attempt.
"What the hell is this? Did you think that some flowers was going to make me forgive you?" She snaps at me. My ears hear the words coming out of her mouth but my mind isn't processing it. I'm stuck.
"Who was that man?" I ask her, clenching my jaw.
"What?" She squints at me, putting her hands on her hips with attitude.
"I said who the fuck was that man?" I enunciate every word and make sure I keep my gaze locked on her.
"What does it matter who that man was Percy? I can do whatever I want to do. You don't own me. I'm single and if I want to entertain every man on this ship I'll do just that." She taunts me and the tight hold on my self control snaps.
"I don't own you?" My voice grinds out and I take a step in her direction forcing her backwards, "We may not be together. You're mad, I get it. But don't for one second think I'm going to sit back and let someone else take you from me."
"I'm not yours." Her voice is softer now as I have her pressed hard against the wall.
"You are mine Ella, and I came all the way over here to prove it." I raise my hand but pull it back down before I touch her. Once I start I'm not going to be able to take my hands off her. "Who was it Ella?" I ask, trying not to be so forceful.
"Linc, someone I meant on the ship. He's just a friend." She offers and her eyes drift down to my mouth. I could take her right now. She'd let me, we'd enjoy ourselves and it'd be that much harder to show her that I love her.
I step away from her letting the both of us out of the emotionally charged standoff. "Ella, I need to talk to you. I've been searching for weeks for you."
"I know. Carrie told me. I came over here to get away from you." She crosses her arms over her chest.
"I get that. I deserve that, but I just need you to-"
She pushes off the wall cutting me off, "What you need, why is everything about what you need Percy? Did you ever think about what I need?"
I take a breath before continuing, "Yes, I did think about what you need. I know I'm being selfish but I can't let this just dwindle away. I can't."
She sits down on the bed and crosses her legs. She fixes her gaze on the wall but that won't do, I need her to see me when I lay my entire soul on the ground in front of her. I kneel at her feet and stare deep into her eyes.
"I'm sorry Ella. I'm so sorry for how I acted and everything I said. When that article came out it made sense that it'd be you who published it." She opens her mouth to defend herself but I put my hand up to stop her, I need to get this out. "It made sense because even then I couldn't believe in my heart that you were what you said you were. There was no way that you were this caring, gorgeous honorable, passion fueled woman that I knew without their being some type of catch. Why would someone as perfect as you want to be with me. When the article came out part of me thought I deserved it for fooling myself into thinking that I deserved someone that perfect. I still don't deserve someone like you Ella but I promised myself that I would do everything I could to show you that I was a fool to ever think you could be less than what you are. I love you Ella. Being without you feels like I can't breathe and I'm perfectly fine with suffocating as long as you know how I feel about you. I came here hoping that I'd have a chance to win you back. I read the article that you wrote." I close my eyes for a second as I recall some of the best passages, "You're words were... sensational and absolutely breathtaking. The woman that wrote those words cared for me. I know you did I'm asking if you could just give me one more chance."
"I love you too Percy. It doesn't change anything." Ella's voice is thick with emotion and one tear slides down her face.
