Fifty-three: Im not planning to let her go

Alec

Whenever my father saw her, I knew it would be nothing but hell for us. He had always wanted to pick my future wife. Whichever one would be good for business. Temperance has no ties to anything that could enhance our power. But I'm not going to let that stop me from having her.

I watch her as she makes herself a bowl of macaroni and cheese. "What?" She looks up at me and asks.

I shrug. Is it wrong for me to just want to look at her? I don't see it that way. She is beautiful. She is perfect. I want her to be mine, more than she was last night, I want her to belong to me.

"Your dad doesn't like me." She blurts. I look at her, lifting one brow. Why so random? How does she know that?

"Well it takes some time. Soon he will love you." I tell her. I don't fully believe myself. My father isn't a kind person, if you aren't good for the business he sees no purpose in having you around.

Getting him to like her would be a challenge seeing as she would ruin his plans on an arranged marriage. Therefore, If she's willing to be with me, I wont let her go this time.

I know my dad will call me again and again and try to make her leave but I won't let her go. I will always be here for her and hopefully she will let me stay in her life.

"What are you looking at?" The beautiful girl in front of me questions. I smile, not even knowing I was staring at her.

She is magnificent. No other girl can even compare to her. She is like a daisy in the middle of a field with weeds and thorns.

This girl in front of me has been through hell and back. She has been abused all of her life, raped, tried attempting suicide. But yet she's standing in front of me.

If there is anything I want in this world it's her. 

Then from the background, I can hear my sister yelling my name.

Is she here to lecture me or something? Maybe to ask me about Temp? Maybe to find Temp and get to know her?

Then within an instant, she pops in through the door and lays her eyes on Temperance immediately. Temperance stands there in front of me awkwardly, her eyes flicking between me and Arella.

"Wow I never thought that Alec would actually settle down." She smiles kindly at Temperance before she walks towards her. Temperance froze; she holds her breath as Ariella stands in front of her. Temperance freezes before she places her fork down in her bowl.

 "Yeah yeah, whatever," I reply to her, rolling my eyes. I keep my eyes on the nervous girl I am in love with. Just to make sure she won't freak out or get a panic attack from fear that Arella could plot against her. If that's normal? The truth is, I have no idea where her fears are in this moment, I just hope I'm around if they show up.

I relax as I watch her pick her fork up again, shoving a small bite into her mouth as she decides to continue eating.

"So, how are you?" Arella asks, turning towards Temperance. Temperance swallows a mouthful and reaches her hand out for a glass of cold water in front of her. She takes a gulp and sets it back down licking her lips getting the water off.

"I'm OK I guess. A little tired still." Temperance replies, she looks up at me through her dark lashes. I know she doesn't like new people, but I want to be with her. And to be with her, she will have to meet my family.

"We have a lot of catching up to do," Arella tells Temperance. Then Arella turns towards me as Temp eats another bite.

"What are you two?" Arella questions me. I glance at Temperance as she keeps her eyes down on the table. "We are together. We are a thing. She's my girlfriend." I reply bluntly, having no idea what we are or what she wants to be.

Hopefully, she and I will be a forever thing. I want that, and I hope she does too. If there is one thing I believe it's that we are supposed to be together. That she is my soulmate. I have never been attracted to anyone like I am her.

I almost lost her once. I don't want to do that again. I won't take that chance as long as she's here with me. Losing her would be the worst mistake I could make.

Losing her would be like losing part of myself. Which I almost did when she tried to commit suicide. She acted like it was nothing. Like she didn't mean anything.

She does mean something. She means something to all of us. We all shed tears, and we were all in a depressive state—even Rea which doesn't even know her that well.

She means more to us than she will ever know. But I will try to let her know. I need to get her self-worth up. But one thing is for sure... I need to find the people who put her through that abuse. I need to find her dad and her stepmom. And her aunt and uncle went in to hide out a few days ago.

If anything, I bet that her dad, stepmom, aunt, and uncle are all hiding out together. Like the aunt and uncle could've been talking to the dad and stepmom the whole time.

But from now on Chris and His sister will live with us until the sinners are behind bars. Sending Chris back home to live with his sister would be a big mistake. It would be a huge risk. It could put them in danger, and it could put us in danger.

They could come back and kill them. Or they can torture the siblings until they give up where temperance is. Then I would lose all three of them. But if I'm honest, Temperance is the one I'm most worried about.

If having her safe Meant standing in front of a bullet for her or holding a grenade in my hand, or getting run over by a car, I would do it. She's worth every single drop of my blood. I don't deserve her I'm just lucky I have her. I'm not planning on letting her go.