Hope's Love

Chapter Six: I Will Love You... Till The Very End

Hope's POV

I wake up with a very heavy head, I get up from my bed and try to open my eyes but my head hurts like crazy.

"Here, love, have this"

A familiar voice hands me a pill and I open my eyes to see Adrian standing beside the bed. I take the pill in my mouth and have a glass of
water after it.I realise this is a dream, I extend my arm and he puts his cheek on my palm. I smile and close my eyes again, but then I feel a kiss on my lips.

My heart starts beating rapidly, is this real?
I suddenly open my eyes and I see him in front of my face, his lips basically an inch away.
"Hi, princess" He says as he pecks on my lips again. What the heck is happening? I am in utter surprise.
"Baby, Good morning. Did you sleep well?" He again opens his mouth, and the first thing I do is slap him, hard!
I push him off and get off the bed, as I am shaking with anger. "Where am I ? And why are you here? And why am I here?"

I looked around the room, and I could see a beautiful blue and white decor room. I look around for my phone but I don't see any phone or
telephone in here.

"What are you searching for?" Adrian says as he jumps on the bed and lays there with his hand under his head.

I huff and yell," Can you just give me my phone? I need to talk to Arielle or someone, to get me out of here"

"Uh... that can't happen, you are far away from Greece or Canada! And you can't go home because ..." he gets up and walks towards me as I stare at him with my arms crossed. He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me towards him, I struggle to unsuccessfully push him away from him.
"This is going to be our new home, as you and I get married in a week" he continues.

I look at him for a second and start laughing, "what the heck are you saying? Have you gone mad? I am going to marry you, Adrian" I
sarcastically say as I still try to free myself from his grip, he says, "Just give me 10 minutes please, I need to hold you, I need to smell you, make sure that you are safe and here with me. Please just 5 minutes?"

I bit my lip and fisted my palms as I knew I wanted to hug him, I wanted to kiss him. Tell him how much I missed him and his warmth! But
to control myself, keep my distance, I had promised my parents to move forward and I was angry at him. How can he be so cold and ruthless to me?

Finally taking a deep breath, I push him a little as he removes his hands, god! I already miss his warmth.

"I am not marrying you, okay?" Making myself clear, I turned around and went out of the door, and entered the living room. Making my
way, I try to find my way towards the exit. I could feel Adrian tailing behind me like a bodyguard.
The first door I open which technically should be the main door to go out is of a bedroom, I huff in frustration and close the door and go towards the other door which finally was the right door to exit. But as soon as I put my foot outside, I was amazed, is this heaven? I thought.

Suddenly I realise something, a tear escapes my eyes as the reality sets in.

Adrian looks at me and wipes my tears quickly, I look at him with tears welled up in my eyes, " This is an island right? You really did
kidnap me didn't you?"
"Baby, I know, I am sorry but I need to do this. To keep you safe, from the world and..."

Before he could say anything, I started screaming, " How the f**k can you do this? First you break up our 10 year relationship, then I get kidnapped by you and now you want to marry me and protect me? The only person I need protection is from you" I break down, crying I sit down on the wooden bridge. I need to go home, I need my mum and dad.
Tears roll down as I have difficulty breathing, "Look at me, baby, you need to breathe. Please, look at me, inhale and exhale ... inhale and
exhale, do it with me baby, look at me" he says as I look at him and do as he says.

I do get this panic attack, and not everyone can handle mine. I was so tired, I lay my head on his chest as now he is also beside me sitting beside
me as he comforts me.

"That's it, baby. We did it, now please, please just this once listen to me, I know you are angry, I know what I did was absolutely horrible,
but princess, I love you, I have since the day I say you and I will love you ... till the very end"

"I love you so so much, I need you here until I say so, we will have to get married, we will have to, my sweetness, to keep you safe I can do anything. Now, let's have something, you need to have dinner. Okay? I can't let my Hope stare now can I?", he sweetly says and kisses my forehead. I exhale and nod then Adrian helps me up.
Before we move any forward, I ask him, "Whom do I need to be kept safe from, Adrian?".

"You can't know now, but I will tell you when the time comes, I need you to trust me now. Okay?" He speaks with his puppy dog eyes.
"God! Okay, okay" I shrug and nod my head positively.

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"Can I atleast call Arielle?" I ask to take my chance, as I scoop a raspberry pie piece on my plate.
"No," he sternly replies.
"But why? Dad, mum, and my brothers all worried. They will find me"
"Don't worry my princess, no one will be able to find this place, it is not even on the map yet, practically" He smirks as he takes a bite of his
ice cream.
Hmm, idiot. I hate his smirk,oh!
After having dinner, we go to the house that we first came out of. There are so many houses, they all look the same, but I could not see one person here except the two of us. I know he can't make anything, so who made the food?

And I know there should be someone who can help me get out of here. I can't trust Adrian fully, he is hiding something. And I can't marry him, he
hurt me too much to trust him again rather marry him.

I need to find a way out, and get to my parents. I can escape but I need to do it really fast. In a week, I will get married to him, I am not ever going to marry him, he can apologise all he wants. We had broken up and now all I need to do is take care of myself and move on from Adrian.
"You know my stubborn little birdie, if you are thinking of escaping just forget it and the staff here won't help you in any way, now come on let's sleep.": he lays on the bed and pats the other side.
I make a face and get out of the room and go to the other bedroom I saw before, and go to the bathroom to change as I habitually grab a black
shirt which belonged to Adrian.

Ahh!!!! I Mentally scream as I start to wash my face and change, I jump on the bed directly and think about my family and friends and how worried they must be, oh! I need to get myself together, oh! I try my best but the darkness envelops me.

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Thank you for reading

Uvy...