TAMING HAZEL

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

"If you insist" he says with a defeated voice.

"I insist "

"Come on then" He carries me bridal style and walks out of the room.

Klaus is too good to be true. I just can't believe that all of this will last, that's why I'm trying all I can to not get used to it. How can Klaus still love and care for me despite all the mean things I've said and done to him?. He's just too good for me and I very well know that I do not deserve me. He deserves better that a whoric girl like me.

I'm definitely not his type.

SIX MONTHS LATER

                   KLAUS' POV

Six months have not been enough for me to tame Hazel and make her mine. All attempts to make her get to live with me have failed. She never changes her mind and that bothers me a lot. I don't understand her at all, why is she so cold and tight up?. She doesn't want to be loved and cared for by any man. She despises men , the only thing linking her to me is that baby in her womb , if not I would never have been in Hazel's life. Wendy once told me all what she went through in the hands of men when she was younger and I understood, I still to but this is too much. If this some kind of revenge she's doing then it's too much.

She never appreciates anything I do for her, she's always mad at me for nothing, absolutely nothing.

But do you know the funniest thing?, I don't love her any less . No matter how many times she rejects me or pushes me away I still find myself loving her more that ever before.

She can stop me from being her lover but she can stop me from being the father of her child. She can never run any from the connection we have because of that child she's carrying.

"You've got five minutes" The warder announces and leaves the room. I look at the man sitting before me and I immediately see the resemblance between him and Hazel. Same thick black hair and charming emerald green eyes. He looks too handsome and well kept for a prisoner.

"Good day Mr. Kenish"

"Who are you?" He asks with a creased brow.

"The father of your unborn grandchild"

"Are you Hazel's husband?" He asks eagerly.

"Not really, but we're working on that"

That's a lie. The relationship between Hazel and I is nothing close to marriage.

"Why are you here?"

"To ask you a few questions"

"You've totally lost it if you think I'm gonna reply you" he says as he gets up to leave.

"What exactly did you do to Hazel that made her detest men the way she does?"

I ask and he stops on his track and turns to face me.

"She plans on giving the baby to me after he's born, she wants nothing to do with either of us. What exactly did you turn her into?"

" I did nothing" he says sternly.

Liar!

"That is a lie. I was told that you beat her up over and over again, you never showed her love as a father, you failed in your duty to love and protect her, you failed to carry out your responsibilities towards her. She was raped and defied because of you and you had her mother killed before her own eyes. Do you have any idea what all of that turned Hazel into?"

"ENOUGH!" He scolds but I don't bulge. "I didn't mean for any of that to happen".

"Of course you didn't!"

"I swear I didn't, I don't know what came over me"

"Are you even serious right now?, You don't know what came over you. So every time you beat  her up and treated her like an outcast you weren't conscious of what you were doing. Something suddenly came over you, is that what you want me to believe?" I ask furiously and he remains silent. All I can see is guilt written all over his face.

"How is she doing?" He asks calmly

"Hazel isn't doing well at all, she's hurt , she's helpless, she's broken and she doesn't even want to be fixed because she trusts no one. You did such a horrible thing to your daughter"

"I know and I'm paying the price"

"You think this is enough?"

"I know okay, I know I deserve more than this as punishment. I regret everything I ever did to my daughter. Her tears hunt me everyday and night, whenever I close my eyes to sleep all I see is Hazel and her mum crying and I wish I could turn back time and be a better husband and father. But it's too late and all I'm left with is memories of how I traumatized my daughter and wife. It's all messed up. Just go away and let me die here with my regrets and sorrow"
He says as tears spill down his check and I  feel the anger in my heart die down. He actually regrets his actions, he's actually sorry for what he did. That's very relieving.

"Apart from her being broken and hurt, does she live well, is she comfortable?"

"Yes she is"

"I wasn't able to make her happy, can I trust you to do that for me?"

"Sure, with pleasure"

"Thank you, by the way I didn't get the name"

"Klaus Arthur"

"Nice to meet you  Klaus"

"The pleasure is mine Sir. I will take my leave now"

"Never take your family for granted son, not even for a second"

"I'll do well to remember that Sir" I say as I exit the room. Coming to meet Hazel's father is something I've always wanted to do. I have always wanted to meet the man who fathered such a beautiful goddess but failed woefully in his duty to love and protect her. He made her turn against men by assaulted her time and again and exposing her to rape. Now she thinks all men are the same and I  really do not blame her. She has been through a lot and she has every right to feel the way she does right now.

All I want from Hazel is one chance to prove that not all men are the same. A few might have hurt and defied her, all the men in the world might be out to hurt her, not me.

Definitely not me. God I love Hazel so much that I will rather die than do anything that will upset her or make her doubt my love for her. I love her so much that I want nothing else but to be there for her. I understand that I can't change her past, I can't undo the horrible things that men have done to her but I want to make her present and future better. I want shower her with so much love that she will forget that she was ever hurt.

All I want, is a single chance to prove to Hazel that I actually mean good.