Little Doll

Chapter 61: Kill for you

Alec

"You know she may well kill you when she wakes up" I smirked at Leon hoping he'd lose his smug expression, but to my surprise he was still smirking.

"I'd like to see her try. But I doubt it, she loves me too much" Leon smirked as he held up his finger which carried his wedding ring.

Rolling my eyes at his even worse arrogance, I looked down to see his tattooed hand covered in bruises from all the blood tests and cannulas he would have had put in during his treatment.

"Alec, don't" Leon muttered without even sparing me a glance, for he knew what I was thinking. 

"I'm so fucking sorry you felt as though you had to go at it alone. I can't imagine the pain you went through" I sighed hating myself for not trying hard enough to find him.

"The pain of knowing I was hurting you and Arabella was even greater. That's why I had to go through it. But enough about me, how's your little angel? I hear she's got some attitude already" Leon smirked.

"Of course she has. She's Arabella's daughter after all. And I assume as we incorporated your name into hers, she's definitely got some of your stubbornness" I added which only worsened the smirk on Leon's lips. 

"Atta girl!" he laughed out.

"Believe me, Arabella will definitely not let her grow up under that influence" I quickly interrupted.

"Why the fuck not? Do you not remember how naive and vulnerable Arabella was when we met her?" Leon argued with a glare on his face.

Looking at Arabella lying helplessly on the bed, I let my thoughts take me back to the time when some fucker set up a fake group outing just to slip a roofie in her drink. 

The way she stood out like a lost little lamb in the lion's den which was one of my bars. 

Thank fuck that was the bar she went to, otherwise the outcome could have been very different. 

"I'll help raise Lenora to be fearless, unafraid to stand up for herself and to not take shit from anyone. Unfortunately, it's a dangerous world for women and I'll be damned to make sure Lenora knows how to protect herself".

"Are you for fucking real? You don't think I'd teach her how to protect herself?" I seethed out, insulted that he thought I wouldn't do such a thing. 

Leon shook his head and held both of his hands up in defense.

"No, but I know you Alec. Just like Arabella, you see yourself as the alpha male, the dominant man that has a duty to protect your girls and there's nothing wrong with that at all. I'm an advocate for that myself. But it's important for women to be able to grow up unafraid to make a scene and scare fuckers off".

Giving him a knowing nod, I looked back at Arabella knowing I needed to do something to put my mind at ease. Something that was an everyday normal, but now seemed alien.

"Right, I'm going to go and have a shower. Let me know if there's any changes" Leon muttered as he pushed himself up before dusting himself off. 

"Of course" I responded as I picked up my bag from off the floor. 

Watching Leon leave the room, I immediately opened up my bag and pulled out a small black wash bag.

"When you wake up, baby, I'm going to stick to my promise and give you a new mama spa day. As you women are hella strong to carry another little human inside you for 9 months. I know this is not how we envisioned the first week of parenthood to be, but we can improvise. Now, let me take care of you".