10. Beautiful blush
2071 Words
Damien POV
I'm anxious when she doesn't appear like she said she would. My brothers and Adrien are trying to make me calm down, but I'm refusing. The dark thoughts appear in my mind like a cloak, and bury all my previous happiness quickly. Wendy didn't come, because she didn't want to see me...
"She's not going to come, okay? I should have known she wasn't coming..." I say with a sad voice and a sigh.
I want to go home and bury myself beneath the covers, never to wake up again. What's the point if the woman of my dreams doesn't want to see me or even be in the same room as me? Wendy is the love of my life, and I don't feel complete without her. My darkness brightened immediately when I heard her.
"Why do you think I wouldn't come? I told you I would."
I turn around and feel ashamed until I see her ultimately. Wow! She's a real knockout, that's my baby mama y'all! Her white lace dress stops just above her knee, and the heels make her legs look like they go on for eternity; they look really smooth too. I want to touch them!
"Down, boy," she says before she hugs Adrien.
I don't understand at first, not until I look at my damn little brother. Dear lord, he behaves like a hormonal teenager with a constant awkward boner. I smack him on the head when she doesn't look and glare at him, which he responds with a sheepish look of "sorry."
"I thought you wouldn't appear," Adrien says and hugs her back.
"Wow, the faith in here is admirable, don't hurt yourselves," she snorts. "By the way, it takes time to look this beautiful."
He laughs at her, and they sit down beside each other. Neither one of us says anything; the awkwardness is deafening. I want to say something, but I don't know what. How can I apologize for years of neglect and misdoings? I'm about to speak when someone else does.
I listen to her speaking to this man, which apparently is Mr. Alfredo. Did he just say Ivanovich? No, I must have heard wrong, there's no way. She can't be THE Tessie Ivanovich, right? This must all be some sort of misunderstanding. I don't even know who I'm trying to assure anymore, myself or you?
We don't say anything until she gets the drink she ordered and takes a big gulp. A girl after my own heart, neat! She looks us over one by one before she sighs and takes another sip. Why isn't she saying anything? Should we ask or stay quiet?
Brody asks in the end, and we all are astonished by the information we get. She actually owns one of our allied companies, E&N?! When did that happen? I listen to all the words she says, but I can see how she gradually begins to get annoyed, and then she makes us stop.
"Please forgive us. It just came a bit like a shock. We are very glad that you came," I respond with a warm smile on my lips, which Wendy returns without thinking about it. "We wanted to get a chance to explain why it turned out the way it turned out."
"Is it really necessary? We do not really have anything to build on after this anyway. You have your children," she says, and then point at my brothers. "You have your nephews and niece that you meet every two weeks just like me, so what's the problem? You have the opportunity to play happy family, take it."
"We can't," Brody responds sadly.
"And why can't you?"
"Because you're missing and you're family," I reply and look into her eyes. "None of us are proud of what we have done. But what you should have with you is that if you're going to blame someone over your pain, don't blame your best friend or my brothers, blame me, because I'm the cause."
Her eyes fill with tears, and all I want to do is hug her, kiss her pain away, anything! We hurt her, and she has every right in the world to be angry with us. She waves the waitress over, and we order what we want. I want to continue my speech, but I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do. Hell, it can't be worse, right?
"It was I who said that they should not say anything because it was not their place to tell. I'm the one who put you in pain, and I stand for it. Hit me, hate me, scream at me, do whatever you want, but please don't stop talking to me. I need you in my life, and I know I'm selfish, who even thinks the thought of requesting it from you. Above all, given that I have no right to ask you anything at all. I'm really sorry I didn't say anything. You told me over and over again how important it was for you to find the boys ' dad, I should have said something by then. The longer it went, the better everything went between us, and I was afraid that you would leave me if you knew, because I had not said anything directly. In the end, I became comfortable with my new life, which included other than violence and money; I was happy. It was selfish of me to treat you like I did; even worse, it was that I missed another birth of my children because of my stupidity..." I say, and watch her bury her face in her hands.
"Excuse me," shes say in a broken voice, and walks away.
I watch her hunched shoulder and the slight tremble in her body. She's crying, I can see it. I slam my fist into the table and feel horrible; I added to her pain without thinking! Brody puts his hand on my shoulder, and I look at him with teary eyes.
"Go and talk to her, man. Get your girl," he says, and I stand up.
I can hear her sobs and walk inside. The sight before me is terrible. She's crying and even now when she's broken; she's the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. I take her in my arms, and she smacks me on the chest, telling me how much she hates me. She loses her fight more and more until she stops.
My tears fall from my eyes when she gives up and hugs me with all she has. To think that I ever could hurt this fragile angel that I have in my arms, I must have been deranged to do what I did. She's worth everything in this cold world, more than I ever can give her.
She looks up at me through her long, lumpy eyelashes; she looks almost awed by my tears, like a man like me can't cry. Truth be told, I rarely weep, but for her, it's easy to do so. I can't stand it not to taste her, even if it's for the last time ever, that's why I push my lips on hers.
We move as one; we are complete. Our make-out session quickly turns into a full-blown s*x-mode where we fight for dominance. All the feelings we've been feeling during all the distressing times are put in our actions. This isn't just s*x or a quick f**k, no, this is so much more; love. I'm making love to my woman.
We reach our climax together and return to reality with eternal bliss. My love is smiling softly at me, and for the first time in a long time, it's a real one. I put my pants back on, and she smoothes out her dress. She walks out the door, and I follow. I thought the others were going to smile, but they aren't. Something's wrong.
"Wendy, what the hell?!" Adrien whisper yells when we sit down.
"What did I do?" she asks in confusion.
"Why are you packing?" Jaxon whispers furiously.
She bends down to pick up her bag, look through it and give Brody an angry look. I don't understand why at first, but when I look closer, I see that he has three guns in his hands, which I guess is hers. My gaze moves over to her, and instead of looking nervous, she continues to glare at him.
"Give those back, NOW!" she grits out through her teeth, Brody looks ashamed and do as she says. "What were you guys doing in my bag, anyway?"
"Curious, I guess? You never have secrets, we tell each other everything, what the hell?!" Adrien exclaims.
"And again, don't ask me to point out why that statement is wrong in more ways that one," she says back.
Her phone vibrates suddenly, and it's not a listed number. Now, she looks slightly afraid. Adrien is about to grab the phone when she does. Wendy answers and put the phone to her ear. She closes her eyes when she listens.
"When did it happen?" she asks in annoyance. "Alright. Right. Yeah. I'll be there in ten. Yeah. Bye."
She hangs up and puts her phone in her bag. We look at her in confusion and wonder about what the hell is happening?! She takes off her shoes and put on a pair of sneakers she apparently had in that bag. How big is it anyway? Does she have her bed in there too?
"Sorry, but I have to bail," she says and stands up.
"What? Where are you going?" I ask in worry.
"Just some business," she answers and load one of the guns.
"Holy s**t! Wendy, what's going on?" Brody exclaims, giddy to be apart of whatever her plans are.
"Nothing you should bother your little head with, and nothing I can't handle," she answers and takes the safety off.
Her phone rings again, and she answers. The pupils in her eyes dilate, and I understand that something is wrong. Her nostrils flare, and a lonely tear fall from her eye. She looks out through the window, and at first, I don't get why. Then I see the red dot on her forehead.
"DOWN!" she screams right before gunshots fly through the very same window.
"What the f**k!" Adrien exclaims.
Wendy breathes in a few times before she moves up and shoots back. She hides beside me again when she needs to reload. All four of us are watching her mesmerized. She gives us a "what?" look, and I want to kiss her then and there.
"What is happening?" Jaxon asks.
"Crawl to the back door quickly; there's a black SUV there. Climb inside; I'm right behind you," she answers and continues to shoot.
Adrien is about to question her when we begin to move to the back door. Gunshots continue to fly everywhere. When we're at the car, my heart is about to explode when I see her get hit in the shoulder. She runs to the car, climb in and start the vehicle. She's driving with one hand, and we look at her in awe.
"What the f**k is happening?!" Brody asks in fury. "What did you drag yourself into, Wendy?!"
"Hey, don't blame me. All of you should know who that was," she says in disgust.
"What are you talking about? Why should we know?"
She drives like in fast and furious, zigzag between cars at a dangerous speed. The radio is playing "Dangerous woman," which seems quite fitting right now, considering we have no idea what's happening. She's the only one who's armed at the moment and knows what's going on. She turns to me and looks me dead in the eye.
"Those are your men," she says, and I lose my breath.
A/N:
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Apparently, there's a threat against Wendy. Who's behind it, and why is Damien's men attacking her?
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