Chapter Forty five
Cullen instantly stands up from the chair beside me and heads for his brother, he tries to pull his brother gently from the seat but Cullen isn’t having it
“come on, ill help you upstairs” he tells him as he pulls him up and he stands this time but when he does get on his feet he pushes Cyrus away
“The golden son, the son that touches anything and it turns into gold. I do not need your help big brother” he says to Cyrus with anger
“Come on, I’ll come with you” his mother says trying to take Cullen’s hand but he removes himself from her hands
“And the king himself, how does it feel to have such a fuck up son” Cullen says pointing to his father at the head of the table
“Now you listen here you…” his father starts saying but Cullen interrupts,
“Dad I got it, come on Cullen, there are guests here you’re not just embarrassing yourself but the whole family” I know Cyrus doesn’t want his young brother and father to fight but I think Cullen is looking for a fight with his father.
“Don’t you dare touch me; you think you can handle me? You think I am a problem you can solve? Well you can’t because you’re such a hypocrite. How did I get a two faced person like you as a brother? You’re the reason I am like this, you just take, take and take everything away from me….” Cullen shouts in Cyrus’s face
“That’s enough. If you don’t get him upstairs now, I will and you won’t like it” his father warns and by the look in his face he is deadly serious
Cyrus tries getting Cullen’s hand again but he moves away and pushes the dishes angrily to the ground as the utensils fly everywhere and food gets plastered to the ground. Then he shouts at the room before he storms out and we hear the front door open and close behind him.
The dinner is ruined, Mrs. Cedric is crying and my parents who have been quite the whole time are doing their best to give the family some space and act like they are not there. My father in law is angry as he takes his glass of whiskey trying to cal m down and when my eyes find Cyrus he is looking at me with hate and anger in his eyes, as if I am to blame for what has just happened.
My parents soon excuse themselves and leave, Mrs. Cedric has calmed down and is showing a brave face while my father in law has gone to lock himself in his office. I have been to this house and nothing like the dinner tonight has ever happened, I know Cullen has mixed feelings about his father but I never saw that before. It’s the worst dinner in the Cinnati family. Cyrus is back to being cold towards me as he follows his father in the office and I go sit with my mother in law in the family room as we sip wine and tell funny stories about Cullen, I think it lifts some of her spirit.
“I will ask Cyrus to let me stay the night, I don’t want you to be alone, I will give you some company until Cullen gets back. He didn’t take his car so he can’t have gone far from the house” I tell my mother in law
After the way Cyrus has been looking at me after Cullen left not hiding his hate from me, I am afraid of what he will do to me after we get home, I have to find a way to spend the night. I should have left with my parents when I had the chance.
“Oh no honey, I can’t ask you to do that it will be fine, it’s just as you said, and he will be back soon” she says to me like she is trying to convince herself more than convince me
“It’s not a problem, really. Cullen is my best friend and I won’t be able to get some sleep if I didn’t know he was okay” I tell her. No one needs to know that Cullen and I don’t even talk anymore, although it’s true that I still care for him deeply
“You have been married less than a month and I am sure your husband needs you tonight more than I do, I have cedric to give me company. When he gets home I will call you okay? Promise” she says as she pats my hand soothingly
I smile back and nod. She has no idea Cyrus doesn’t need me for anything in his life and the last thing I want is to be around him right now. Later Cyrus comes in with y coat in hand and offers it to me, he helps me put it on and kisses my forehead, I flinch a little but my mother in law doesn’t notice, she is smiling at us the whole time
“You should leave already, your wife is tired and you two deserve to spend time together now before my grandchildren start interrupting you every five minutes” my mother in law says and I nearly have a heart attack with Cyrus’s hand on my back. Cyrus’s laughs it off like it’s a joke and says to his mother
“It’s too early to start talking about grandchildren mom, Bella s only eighteen for gods sake. How about you start bringing that up in five years”
“Five years no way. I want to have grandkids, two years is all I am promising” his mother refuses
“I’ll take it and we will renegotiate again in two years time” Cyrus says and goes to kiss his mother goodbye
“Goodnight you two, take care of her Cyrus” she says
“Of course” Cyrus says giving me another fake smile as we head out.
We get out of the house and I inhale the outside night air and look at the surrounding where I grew up, I really want to stay back so bad
“You coming?” Cyrus asks me and I realize that I have been standing there not going forward, his car looks like a cage right now
“Yes, I was just thinking I never said goodbye to my parents, maybe I should go say hi”
“Absolutely not. You were with them the whole night and they already left, they must be asleep by now. Come on lets go” he says taking my hand and pulling me towards the car. He opens the passenger door and I have no choice but to get inside, he gets in next and we head back to Cyrus’s penthouse and my new prison.
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