Hell Marriage
Chapter 29: Horse ride with Connor
Ava's POV
The men started their ramblings, then Nicholas came in, I hoped he'd restore, instead it got worse, he supported Connor at first, then Changed sides, they took sides and changed sides, bullying each other, they laughed together and at each other, not that I understand a thing they're saying, I still can't believe my eyes, I've never seen this side of Connor, and honestly the man has many sides, i shooed all of them out of my room hen I felt like I'll eventually run mad, I could hear them laughing in the hall as they move away, still not believing Nicholas and Connor are friends in fact great friends, that Connor could be friends with anyone at all surprises me, I rang a bell and two minutes later a maid knocked on the door.
Elora's POV
"Are you thinking about him again?" Mum asked, startling me. I turned to see her walk out of the house and sit on the porch with me.
"No mum" I replied lying, yeah, I've been thinking about him, I can't seem to get my mind off his statement, he said he can be my worst nightmare if he chose to be.
"Perhaps my little angel is crushing on the poor soul?" Mum teased
"Of course not Mum, and stop calling him a poor soul" I said, giving her a weird look
"Just saying, and anyone who's encountered your temper, becomes a poor soul, you must have worried the poor boy." Mum said looking at the cloudless sky
"Mum seriously, I didn't trouble him, you should have seen the way he behaved with me, bossing me around, and the tone with which he spoke to me, if you'd met him yourself mum, you Would have seen, he's no poor soul '"
"Don't you think the sky's beautiful?" Mum asked
"Mum!, don't change the topic now, I'm serious, he's..."
"Oh, you're falling for him" Mum said with a knowing look in her eyes, this is crazy!
"Oh mum, you...."
"Look baby, We humans, have short days to spend here on earth, and love doesn't come everyday, and certainly not to everyone, fate chooses his warriors, if fate has chosen you to love, then sweetheart don't throw away your love, I'm glad I have you, but if I had known this much then, I wouldn't have thrown away my love and now it's too late" Mum said, a faraway look in her eyes.
"Mum....., I know what you mean, but I don't love him....." I tried saying.
"You are destined to fall in love with him child, if not he wouldn't have rescued you..."
"Mum...." I drawled.
"No Elora, Learn from this old Mum of yours, Apologize to the young man when you see him next, and I'm sure you'll see him soon, and don't forget to say your thanks..." She said getting up.
"I'm going in, it's late, you should come in too baby, I think it's gonna rain" She patted my hair and went in
"He's not a young man mum, he's a vampire, a nasty one at that" I said silently
"I heard that, he's still a man and you still have to apologize" Mum said from inside the house, I knew she'll hear, why bother speaking silently,
"Oh mom" I whispered, Just one Mistake of going to the palace and mum thinks I'm in love. And with a vampire!.
I glanced up, the sky looks cloudless and clear, why would mum think it would rain?.
Doctor Walker already called me to his office and scolded me earlier today,
"Why?, you would have been killed" The Doctor had chided me.
if only Sylvester's wife hadn't fell from the stairs, I wouldn't have had to stand in for him today...... Rain suddenly started falling without warning splashing on me and the wind picked up. Mother is right, she's always right, but I hope she's wrong this time.............
Connor's POV
I turned in my bed the whole night, I wasn't able to sleep, Ava had called me Logan, Steve had also called me Logan, though I spoke with him, and he thought Ava knows already but I can't tell her my dark secrets, it will tear us apart, yet again.
Morning came and I dressed Annoyingly.
What annoys me so, I don't know.
I moved to have my breakfast in the dinning room and met Ava there, sitting in the rocking chair beside the fire place and reading a gossip magazine,
"What, you!" I said displeased, no one seem to be in the room except for her, By now, they usually waited for me to come and then we'll have breakfast, Ava glanced up from the Magazine, and smiled
"You're here" She said standing up from her chair. My jaw dropped open, she was dressed in a blue Riding gown that matches the color of her eyes, the front of the dress cut low but decently so, revealing the swell of her breast, the skirt full, and the sleeves short, with rows of button at the front of the dress, her dress was beautiful but she was...... Gorgeous
She walked Toward me, her steps provocative, I remembered to close my mouth, I swallowed.
"You're not supposed to be up as of yet...."
"Good morning to you too" She said scarstically, raising her self on tiptoes and giving me a quick kiss on the lips, enough to make me faint.
"Eat quickly" She said turning
"Wait there....where're the others, and why should I eat, why are in Riding clothes, why are you even out of bed..... "
"Which should I answer first? Uhn let's see....ah I see, the others already ate and went about their businesses, you should eat because, we're going out, and I'm wearing this clothes because, we're going Riding, and lastly I'm out of bed because I'm well enough, and we do have a deal" Ava said
"Ava, what do you think you're doing?, you're supposed to be resting and here you are planning......."
"We have a deal Connor, and I really want to go, please......." Ava said, downcast
"Fine then, I'll eat quickly, and change my clothes, then we'll be on our way" I said, not that I could refuse her anything in that dress, I think she wore it specifically to persuade me.
"Perfect!, in the main time, I'll ask Mia to fill and ready our water bottles And our lunch packed" Ava said Smiling warmly, damn, she's.....beautiful
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Ava's POV
We rode out after Connor changed his dress, the air was warm and smells sweet, we had rode very far from the palace when the sun finally rose from behind the clouds, and Connor suggested stop by the ruins to eat our lunch. I spread the picnic mat and spread out the foods, Mia had went over board, I chuckled, we can't possibly finish all this. I prepared everything, and went to call Connor from the midst of the ruins.
"You Know Ava, this use to be a palace, the war destroyed it" Connor said sensing my presence.
"Ohh" I said not knowing what to say.
He stood staring intently at the walls
"You know, Mother said, she Conceived me here" He said, a faraway look I his eyes,
"Woah so sweet, it looks pretty" I said, trying to rid him of the sorrow I saw in his eyes and putting myself in trouble. He regarded me with a smile playing in his lips.
"How about we conceive our first child here too?, wouldn't it be romantic?" He said drawing me close to him.