After finding the last box up on the glass walkway above Tower Bridge, she brought me back home. Upon arriving, we did not see Adrian waiting outside.
I felt my heart break a little more. I was really hoping to see him here. I needed to see him, where could he be?!
Walking inside my house, Tori goes to look for an ice pack and I head up into my bedroom. My face was hurting beyond what I could handle, and I was in tears by the time I reached my bedroom door.
Just as I opened the door, something came falling all over me, and I realized it was hundreds of flower petals. Confused, I look around only to notice my bedroom had been all decorated. It honestly looked like Valentine’s Day in here.
There was a giant Teddy bear on my bed along with a few other stuffed animals. Flower petals pretty much covering the entire floor. A couple dozen roses along with lots of other flowers, including my favorite. And not only that, there were hearts all over the walls with loads of pictures in them.
I then saw Adrian sitting over on the chair all dressed up and half his hair was pulled up in a ponytail. My eyes watered up even more just seeing him. “Adrian!” I exclaim. I went to walk over to him, and he gets up and walks over to me instead.
“Amora... What in the world happened to you, who did this to you?!” He demands as he brings a hand up and touches my cheek ever so lightly. “It was-”
“I found an ice bag for you, Amora-” Tori says as she walks into my room. She stops as soon as she sees Adrian. “Oh, Adrian. You are here.” She says. “Tori, would you mind explaining to me what the hell happened to Amora?!” He asks as he takes the ice bag and sits me on the bed, placing the bag onto my cheek.
“When we arrived to the restaurant, all the men kept staring and hitting on her, even with their ladies sitting right there. Just as we were leaving, one of the women came up to her and hit her for it. She ended up landing on her stomach-”
“On her stomach?! Amora, how have you been feeling since that happened?!” He questions as he turns back to me. “In extreme pain, but only on my face. I haven’t felt anything with my stomach-”
“You won’t if the pain on your cheek is worse than your stomach.” He says as he lays me down and places his hand onto my lower stomach.
“Damn it.” He barely whispers after a moment. “Adrian, is everything okay?!” I ask, a bit terrified about his reaction. “Tori, I’m going to ask you a huge favor.” He says as he turns back to her.
“With who and what you are, do you think you can...”
“I’ll see what I can do.”
“What is going on, Adrian, is everything okay?!” I was now completely scared for our baby. If I’m considered high risk, I was beginning to feel petrified. I mean I knew we would end up losing it, but not this soon!
“Baby, it’s going to be alright, I promise.” He says as he leans over me in an attempt to keep me distracted and calm. He then places his hand to the side of my cheek, opposite of the injured one.
“I want you to know that I absolutely love you, with every fiber of my being. Nothing will ever change that, alright?”
“But what about our baby-”
“It will be okay, just trust me. I don’t want you to worry that pretty little head off. It’s not good for it, alright?” He then places a light kiss to my cheek. With his right hand, he reaches for my left hand and holds it.
“Amora... I also need you to know that I am the one who is sorry. I should have never done that to you, I am so unbelievably sorry! You are my world, my greatest treasure. I don’t know what I was thinking, actually I wasn’t thinking. I know that isn’t an excuse-”
“The baby will be fine, but Adrian, I would like to have a word with you in private. To... Speak to you about what happened today. Amora needs to take it easy right now, she doesn’t need any more stress about what happened today.”
He looks into my eyes, and I knew this was the last thing he wanted to do. He learned his mistake, I could tell. “No. I’m not leaving her like that again-”
“Adrian, it’s okay. We are home now, and I can trust you both. It was her that I couldn’t trust.”
“Amora-”
“I promise, it’s okay.” I try to smile. “I’m not leaving you again like that-”
“Please? I know Tori is trying to protect me by doing this. Now go.” He hesitates for a few moments before finally giving in.
“Alright. I will be right back.” Placing a kiss to my forehead, he straightens himself back up and follows her out of the room.
***Adrian’s POV***
After finally giving into Amora, I hesitantly follow Tori out of the bedroom. She leads me down into the living room before turning to face me. I sensed she was very reluctant about what she had to say.
“Adrian..... First off, I want to inform you that a woman isn’t officially pregnant until she reaches implantation. Which in Amora’s case, she just reached. So she is now officially pregnant. With that said, the implanted egg was very weak.” She says quietly. My heart stopped at hearing those words, and I felt it beginning to crack. “So it’s...” I couldn’t even finish that sentence as my eyes were beginning to well up.
“No, it’s still alive. I was able to heal it, but just a little. Adrian, she needs rest. She needs to take it easy. I don’t even think it would be a good idea to even go through with having the wedding today-”
“I don’t even know where we are standing right now. I’m doing everything I can to have her back-”
“She told me you succeeded. Now I still very much hate you for what you did, after giving you my warning earlier today! But it’s her decision taking you back. But even so, it wouldn’t be the best idea to go through with your plans for tonight if she still even wanted to. Any more stress, and I’m afraid your baby won’t make it.”
I run my fingers through my hair after hearing those words. I don’t want to lose this baby. I need to work even harder to make her happy. No more of that bullshit I put her through today. I have to do everything I can to keep her happy at all cost.
“I’m going to do everything I can to make her happy and comfortable. It will not be my decision what she wants to do. If she decides to keep me, and wants to go through with it, I’m not going to say no. I’m not going to upset her anymore.
With that said, I can try to persuade her to postpone it, otherwise what she says will go. What she wants will go. Her happiness is my everything, and I am going to change my... Decision-making.
I realize I need to consider how things would make her feel before doing anything. Put things in her perspective. What I did was wrong, and I now understand that. If she had done that to me... I would be feeling the same way.
Tori, I am not promising we won’t go through with our plans. I’m going to see and hear for myself what she wants to do with me. And if she does want to keep me, and she still very much wants to go through with the plans, I am not going to stop her. But what I will promise is her happiness to go first.”
“If you tell her what I told you, and that she absolutely needs the rest, I am sure she will listen to you-”
“But it will also cause her to worry even more! I am not going to tell her-”
“Then you’re only keeping things from her! Adrian, you’ve already promised her you wouldn’t keep a thing from her!”
“Then what was the point bringing me down here for to tell me this?! When you could have just told us about it together! What am I supposed to do?! Tell her and cause her even more stress when that is the last thing she needs right now?! Or protect her by not telling her, and make sure she’s happy and comfortable?!”
“You just told me, any more stress and our baby won’t make it.” I say after she kept silent. “I guarantee if she found out about this, she will be stressing even more... Tori, she’s already had a dream about losing this baby. She’s had a dream before that had already come true...
I made a promise to her that this one would not come true, by keeping that promise... I can’t tell her this. I just can’t, I’m sorry.”
Running my fingers through my hair once more, I let out a sigh. “I need to get back to her and see how she is doing... But I need to know one more thing. What happened to her, it was basically how she was dressed, am I correct?”
“Yes.”
“Whose idea was it for her to wear that dress?”
“Luna’s. She chose the dress and heels and forced Amora to wear them. She didn’t give her a choice.”
“Mm. Thanks, that’s all I needed to hear.” I leave the room and head back upstairs to be with Amora.
Upon entering her room, I found her fast asleep and under the blankets. Her dress and shoes had been thrown across the floor.
“I suppose I will be back later to see what you two have decided. Treat her well, Adrian. I will not be telling you again.” I hear Tori almost whisper behind me. She disappears, and I make my way over to the bed.
I didn’t know what the best thing to do was. I wasn’t even sure exactly where we stood. But it was killing me seeing her like this. Hurt. In pain. And having a swollen face.
She was laying on her side with the ice bag on her face as she slept. She had her hand over the bag to keep it in place. I take off my suit jacket and set it on the chair and look back at her. I wanted nothing more than to hold her in my arms. To comfort her. To keep her safe. But I also didn’t want to upset her by doing so if she doesn’t want me back.
Letting out a shaky sigh, I lay myself down onto the bed and just lay my arm over my face. I was lost on what to do.
***Your POV***
I felt the bed shifting as he must be laying himself down. But I didn’t feel anything else after that. I would have figured he’d be wrapping his arm around me...
I look at everything he had done for me, and I take in a deep breath before exhaling quietly. I then think back on all the little notes and letters he wrote for me, and that there was still one more box for me to open.
I turn around to face Adrian, and found him laying down with his arm over his eyes. He looked absolutely lost. Hurt. And it was because of me. What I had said.
He is the sweetest person I have ever met. He went out of his way and done all of this just to have me back, and I haven’t even said a word about it yet. I really don’t deserve him, and I just couldn’t understand why he wants me so much, when all I do is hurt him.
I adjust the blankets and crawl over him, placing the blankets over my back. He moves his arm and looks at me in surprise. “Amora.” He says in almost a whisper.
“Adrian. I love you so much. I really do. You are beyond amazing for me, and I do not deserve you... What you did for me is amazing. The scavenger hunt. Then all of this... Why would you want me so much when all I do is hurt you?”
He then places his hands to the sides of my face. “Because I love you, with everything I have. You are not as bad as you say you are-”
“Don’t lie to me, Adrian. I am not good for you, and you know it. You have the most incredible heart. I don’t-”
“You showed me I can love again, Amora. You showed me what true love is-”
“But I’ve never reciprocated your love-”
“You’ve gone through a lot. More than anyone ever deserves. I understand what you are going through. You’re hurting, even when you don’t realize it. You’ve had... things... Stolen from you. You’ve been abused.... So unbelievably abused.
You’re in the process of healing, Amora. It will take time. I will always be patient with you. Always. I may hurt you unintentionally as well, but I will give you my honest word that I will never treat you like you had been. Ever. My heart is yours. It will forever belong to you.”
He then takes my hand and places it over his heart. “My promise to you... Is that I will never treat you any less than a man should. I will never cheat. Never lay a finger on you in any negative way.
When I’m in a relationship, I am committed. Again, I will not cheat. I will not do you wrong. Intentionally. I won’t want to stop talking to you. I will never want to leave you for anyone else. I won’t do anything to hurt you. Intentionally. I chose you. And that means I only want you. No one else.”
“Adrian-”
“Amora, I’ve never been the one to date just anybody. You have to be something special for me to want you. And sweetheart, you are someone incredibly special. I’ve never wanted anyone as much as I want you!
You stole my heart faster than anyone ever could. You showed me the real and true meaning of love. I want you, Amora. I want you as my life partner. I want you... To be my wife. You are everything that I have ever wanted. That I have ever dreamed. You are my everything.”
“But I don’t deserve you!” I exclaim as I start to cry uncontrollably. “You deserve better! Someone who reciprocates everything you do!!” He moves his hands and pulls me in for a kiss, throwing me off guard.
😏😏😏😍😍😍💋💋😘😘
Finally, giving in to the kiss I start kissing back, moving my lips in sync with his. Soon enough, I feel his tongue on the bottom of my lip asking for entrance. Something he hasn’t done in a while.
I allow him entrance, and he explores every inch of my mouth. This felt right. Perfect. I felt I belonged. In his arms. Him, with me. And myself with him. I knew at this moment he was my home. No matter where it is we may live, as long as it’s with him, I’m home.
After a few moments, he breaks the kiss and looks deep into my eyes. “My beautiful love... I don’t want you to stress anymore, please.” He says in almost a whisper as he lightly strokes his finger along my cheek. “It’s not good for our baby... I love you so unbelievably much. I want to make you happy.”
“But you do. I just... Sometimes overreact.” I admit quietly. “But you didn’t this time. You had every right to feel the way you did. If it were the other way around... I would be feeling the same way. I am so sorry, Amora. I wasn’t thinking. I should have never done that. I need you in my life, sweetheart...
You know... Legend has it, there is always a reason why souls meet. Maybe we found each other for reasons that weren’t so different after all. We were... Two souls searching and found a home lost in each other.
When souls find comfort in one another, separation is not possible. The reasons we were brought together... Are no accident. Maybe you needed someone to show you how to live, and I needed someone... To show me how to love.” As he finishes, he gives me another kiss.
“I don’t want to hurt you anymore, Adrian. I can’t take it, and I don’t want to hurt anymore either! I know it’s really selfish of me as I haven’t been here anywhere near as long as you have, and you must have endured countless amounts of pain, I know you have, but you are so much stronger than I am, and I just can’t bring myself to cause you any more pain you don’t deserve it-”
“Then stay with me! Take me back, Amora, please! I’m happier being with you-”
“But I only cause you pain-”
“For my mistakes only, Amora. I know I’ve promised you multiple times I’d never hurt you, and I went and done so anyway multiple times. But this time I really mean it! I’m changing my decision-making completely. I need to start thinking of you when I do things!
I know you are more sensitive with your current situation and I need to take that into consideration at all cost! I need to put things into your perspective and think twice on everything. Before I ever do anything I need to make sure it’s something I should be doing. If you were to do something, how would it make me feel. If I don’t like it then I most definitely shouldn’t be doing it to you!
Please, Amora. I can’t stand to lose you. Or our baby...”
“Would you... move in with me?”
“In a heartbeat.”
“Would you... Still want to marry me?”
“Will you take me back?”
“I couldn’t marry you if I didn’t want you back.”
“I just wanted to see that smile of yours, love.” He laughs slightly. “Of course I want to marry you. I did say I want you as my wife.”
I feel him place his fingers to my spine before gliding them all the way down my back. I then remembered I wasn’t wearing any clothing, and I felt myself become extremely embarrassed as he realized so as well.
He grins as he flips us over, making me be on bottom. “I just adore that after all this time, I can still manage to make you embarrassed.” He teases before giving me another kiss. “It’s not exactly that long. A month and a week and a half?”
“True, but I would have figured after getting into bed, there wouldn’t be anything left to make you embarrassed about. And I just love that you still do.”
“Yeah, yeah... So when are you planning on moving in?” I ask as I wrap my arms around his neck. “I did say in a heartbeat. So I can go pack right now, but my only problem is I don’t want to leave you alone, but I also don’t want you to be at the shop should anything happen.”
“I’ll be fine on my own. It’s not like you’ll be gone for too long, and nobody knows I’m here except for you, Luna and Tori.”
“Are you sure you want me to? You did come here to be away and work on yourself.”
“I do. It would be weird for us to be married and not live with each other.”
“Just as it’s frowned upon for us to be living with each other while not married?”
“But that will change tonight.”
“You still want to marry tonight?”
“Of course I do. I did ask you earlier and you agreed. Do you not want to marry me tonight anymore?”
“I do, sweetheart. But are you sure that’ll be a good idea? You really can’t be stressing anymore...” I knew he was keeping something from me, and I knew exactly what it was. I ended up hearing his conversation with Tori when they were downstairs.
I know he doesn’t want to tell me completely. He’s protecting me by doing so. And I respect him for that, but I want us happy. And I want to show him that I can be... Right? Or will I forever be cursed to be unhappy? I am a Phantomhive...
But then wait... Maybe, just maybe, if I marry him and take upon his last name... Would that break my curse? I wouldn’t be a Phantomhive anymore... Perhaps this is my gateway to becoming happy for once... Finally... Hopefully...
“Adrian... I want to marry you tonight. I want to be forever yours. I want us happy.”
“Amora, but I am happy with you, married or not.”
“But I want to...”
“Alright. Okay, baby. I will marry you tonight, just please don’t stress anymore, please?”
“I won’t. I promise I’ll do everything I can to not stress anymore.” He looks into my eyes before gently pressing his lips to my forehead. “Alright. I will hurry and rush home, dear.” Giving me one more kiss on the lips, he goes to leave.