CHAPTER 118
BRIANNA’S POV
“No…no…Sebastian,” I muttered several times, finding it hard to believe what he just said. “You can’t cut any ties with anyone most especially your family member for my sake. I don’t want you ruining the relationship you have with him all because of me…”
“Brianna listen…hey….”
I wished I could shake my head at the moment. I wished I could shake his hand off my cheek. I wished I could cover my ears with my hands. I didn’t want to listen to anything else he had to say.
He cut ties with his uncle, someone he said he had a lot of fun with growing up. The person who made those cute shirts with his face on them for him and single-handedly sponsored his 14th birthday and so much more.
He had known his uncle for as long as he could remember but only knew me for not more than seven months. Who am I to make him kick him out in the middle of the night and cut all ties with him?
His uncle already hated me and didn’t give a shit about me. Sebastian having done something like this will only make him hate me more. He might even start plotting on how to get rid of me like Catherine. I barely survived all the torment Catherine put me through. Mere looking at his uncle you can tell he was a man of very powerful social standing. If he happens to come for me, I don’t think I can survive it this time.
“You have to call him back,” I begged Sebastian, the ocean of sobs that flooded the insides of my throat making it hard for me to speak. “You have to apologize to him…and tell him you didn’t mean to do that to him...you have to before it’s too late…”
Sebastian was stubborn. He wouldn’t listen. Instead, he tried to shush me.
“Shhhh….” He caressed my tear-stained cheek so lightly that his fingers felt like feathers. “You’re overworking yourself by crying and talking too much. I don’t want it to affect your blood pressure or your heart rate. Please stop. If I have to cut all ties with the rest of the world just to be with you, then I will do it without a second thought. If I have to ruin the relationship with everyone close to me just to be with you, then I will do it without looking back… That’s how much of important you are to me.”
I stopped insisting. I stopped talking. I just kept my gaze on his, the world around me seemed like it stopped. The genuine emotions reflected in his eyes. The heart-rending tenderness in them proved that he meant every word he said. He will actually do all that for me.
But… that will only cost him dearly. It will be to his detriment. It always will.
“Can’t you see…” I gulped and flicked my gaze away. “Can’t you see that we can’t be together? Whenever we do, something always comes in between us. Everything seems to keep us apart. I want to love you. I want to run to you. I really do but there are mountain we just can't climb through . There are oceans we can’t cross. We come from two different worlds that can’t mix. The gaps between are too wide to be filled. Maybe…just maybe I’m not really the one you were meant to find at that auction hall. I’m not the one you were meant to be with…I’m…I’m not the one for you, Sebastian. I'm sorry."
It was extremely hard for me to say all that. But it was the truth. Anytime we try to get together, something bad happens and tries to break us apart. First, it was Catherine, then my dark past and now, his uncle. Who knew what the next one might be? Maybe something even more severe or someone more dangerous. For his safety and mine, the best thing we could do for each other now is to call off our relationship and pretend it never happened.
I expected him to say something. Something to disagree with or stop me from speaking further. But to my surprise, he didn’t. He was calm for more than a minute which made me curious.
“Hey look,” I heard him say softly.
I looked at him and was shocked to my marrow, my eyes widening on seeing he was holding a small open black box with a beautiful ring sitting inside it.
“Right from the day I set my eyes on you on that stage, I always knew you were the one for me. I want you and I know you want me too, so let’s not deny the feeling. The only thing keeping us from being together is your doubts and fears but together we can overcome all that. Together we can climb every mountain and cross the depths of oceans. But we can’t accomplish all that if you don’t open up your heart and let me in. We can’t accomplish all that if you don’t say yes…”
He took the ring out of the box and knelt on a knee before me, stunning me the more.
“Brianna Campbell, will you make me the happiest man and Alpha King alive by marrying me?”