AllFreeNovel
Share Us
He didn't turn to face me.
"I'd love to Sweetheart, but I'm having to start early on this damage control to rectify the issue you've just caused. Hence why I'm reading this paper that I stayed up all night writing."
"Paper on what?"
"A plan on how to keep your grandparents safe and contained now you've told them everything."
"They're not gonna say anything, Kit. Surely you're just being dramatic..."
"Dramatic?" He eyed me. "Was it dramatic when I had to do all of this foryou? ForLilly?"
I didn't know he'd sat and mapped out a plan for Lilly's protection. I didn't know, because he'd never told me.
"There's more pressing issues now, Eve. I can't guarantee their safety if they're a danger to themselves because they know too much!"
I jolted at his last words.
"I don't expect you to understand," he said harshly.
"You're right," I said after a while and I started to walk away as tears formed in my eyes.
"Look, I know the real reason why you're so upset. You think I don't, but I do..." I said, turning to face him.
Finally, he faced me, but only to frown at me as If I were crazy.
"I'm sorry for not giving you a son so you can keep yourperfectmale bloodline going. I'm sorry I didn't follow my orders and for once I putmyneeds before what I'm told to do. I couldn't keep lying to them." My voice broke and I watched as the muscles on his back tensed as he turned back around.
"You just don't get it," he answered.
"I'm not bothered about having a girl or a boy."
Well that was bullshit.
He faced me and I held onto myself, preparing myself for what he had to say.
"This isn't about the baby’s gender," he lied.
I scoffed and rolled my eyes.
"I will love them no matter what…" he started.
"Having a boy would mean I could eventually train him. Train him to look after himself when I can't be there. Having a girl, it's just another person I'm gonna have to protect. Loving them so much and being terrified of not being able to protect them. Not only from dickheads like me but from the world. I can't expect you to understand, you've never had that responsibility, that fear that you can't protect the people you should be protecting. It'smyjob to protect you both. Now, on top of everything I have to lay new plans to protect yourgrandparents because you broke the rules and told them everything."
I thought about just walking away, instead I stood firm.
"You wanna know what I dreamt about last night?" I asked and when he didn't answer my heart chipped away.
"All of my nightmares are of people I love, being hurt or like last night,tortured.People that I should be able to protect. You're right though, Kit. I don't understand…" I took a deep breath.
"I couldn't possibly know what you're going through but I had to tell them. I just had to. It was destroying me, keeping it from them. And I'm sorry. I truly am."
I wasn't expecting him to get up.
Once he did, he eyed me from head to toe and I pulled my dressing-gown further around myself when we both heard the doorbell.
He passed me, not looking at me as he did.
It only hurt more and I decided to take my leave once I'd gotten a drink of orange juice, but as I did I heard Kit's phone buzzing on the counter beside the glass. For whatever reason, I swiped his screen up to see a preview of the message when I saw a set of tits, along with, "do you like that?"
