The Betrothed Bride

n love

rences that arose from my ambition and blindness. I saw her pacing nervously, running her fingers through her beautiful dark, long, silky hair with an anxiety that w

stine, perfect face t

ot of resentment. That mix was destroying me from the inside in a way I hadn't anticipated. She was supposed to be just a pawn in t

happens, Amaya," I told her, and h

, Alessio... I don't

wriggled out of my grasp and conti

ake everything work out." I insiste

this pregnancy in the midst of chaos, in the midst of stress, in the midst of constant fear that once it's known, my baby will be a target," she burst out, tears st

but go against her wishes and embrace her, giving her th

will protect them," I

idn't pull away from my arms. "I hat

ow, I

t to be used like cattle... I wanted to be happy, I just wanted a no

r deepest fears

, I only wanted to mess with that precious thing he was hiding. I had no idea that I would end up loving his daughter madly, and that was my greatest downfall. The girl wa

ll of this, my d

se my mind was trained n

ven though I didn't want to, even though you decided to start a war..." She pulled a

her for a

elfish bastard who gets what he wants," I admitted, causing her to furrow her brow and clench her fists tightly in my shirt. "But all that doesn't chan

If you loved me, you wouldn't have com

n apart by loving you, and that's not up for debate, Amaya... You're still my wife and you wi

live in this li

ng in a way th

ecially if you have our child in your womb... So, if you want to cry, fight, argue, or berate m

cheeks. That's what I wanted to see in her, that's what I needed to bring out so that she wouldn't end up in shattered pieces. Nevertheless, I h

that shook our bodies, a kiss that accelerated our souls, a kiss that brought out everything we had stored inside us. Amaya

we had until neither of

e for you to understand,"

ht her. There were six tests from different brands, and each and every one of them conf

ile and answered the unspoken q

ents, and today I'm th

ve me the biggest smile in the world before the sou

ned us; I had