His Queen (18+)

Chapter LVI

THE CONTENTED

If only I could pay the bills with my love for you
We'd be the richest in the fucking room

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CHAPTER LVI

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ANNOYED BY THE incessant beeping coming from my left side, I let out an irritated groan and extended a heavy hand towards my bedside table in an effort to switch off my alarm. Instead of my fingertips meeting with the cool hard surface of my usual nightstand, they had instead met with soft, very warm skin. A smile stretched across my face as I continued feeling the persons face, my cold hands finally warming up when the person had let out a deep chuckle and took my hand in their own, encapsulating me in their warmth.

“You're awake,” a very familiar voice had said from my side, making my heart beat faster in my chest in excitement as an excited spark traveled down my spine. God, I missed this man. “Look at me, amor. Let me see your pretty eyes.”

Almost as if waiting for his every command, I had fluttered my eyes open, letting them fall on the white ceiling that immediately met me back. For a second I remained quiet, my eyes and my mind adjusting to the new environment when a squeeze of my hand had brought me back to the very lovely person sitting at my bedside.

I turned my head with a lot of effort, the smile on my face only stretching wider once I had set eyes on Daniel's tired looking face. And then I burst into tears.

“What's wrong, amor? Why are you crying?” Daniel asked as he softly caressed my face, his voice delicate and soothing. Something that I was becoming very used to. “You don't want to see me?”

“No,” I said quickly, not wanting him to think that he was at fault for anything just because I was struggling to manage my emotions. “No, I'm just so happy to see you. I missed you so much.” The smile that slowly made its way onto my face had been like a window, letting me see how happy he truly was. How happy I made him.

“I missed you too,” he said calmly, his eyes holding all the love and affection he felt for me while he held my hand so gently in his. “I was so scared,” he confessed as he squeezed my hand in his again. “So scared that I would lose you.”

“I was scared that I was going to die without seeing you or Mateo again,” I confessed, feeling the tears well in my eyes as I remembered that moment; that dreadful moment when Pablo had been crying over me and I no longer felt like I was in my body anymore. “I'm so scared, Daniel. I don't want to ever feel like that again.”

“Ara, it's okay,” he said as he moved closer to me, making me roll onto my side so I could look at him better. “Things are different now. Nothing like that is ever going to happen again.”

“You're just lying to me so I'll stop crying,” I sniffled, making Daniel crack an amused smile at my accusation.

“I'm lying?” he asked, looking at me to confirm what he just asked me, “Babe, everyone is fucking terrified of you,” he said, making me furrow my eyebrows in confusion. If it didn't fucking hurt to breathe right now, I probably would've sat up too.

“What do you mean?”

“News of what happened is spreading like wildfire and absolutely nobody wants to fuck with you,” he explained, making the frown on my face only deepen. “On top of that, I'm changing some things around; getting rid of enemies and making stronger alliances. I swear to you, amor, things are changing now,” he said as he wiped my tears away, making me kiss the palm of his hand. “And if it ever comes down to it again, I'm not letting you out of my sight. If I'm not around, you're always going to have a bodyguard.”