He sighed and pulled me closer to him .With no more space left between us I entwined my hands around his neck. "You don't know what you do to me sweetheart ".
Then he ducked his head , kissed me on my earlobe nibbling slightly , mumbling sweetly "My...
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When I arrived at her apartment, I could sense something off. Her apartment was on the second floor in the corner of the building and none of the neighborhood apartment lights were on.
I was about 10 minutes early because a small part of me wanted to be near as much as early I can.
I ran to her apartment because something felt off.
The door was wide open and I saw a man with a knife in his arms and Lyra was laying on the floor. The man started to move his knife towards her body.
All I could see was red as I darted towards them and pushed the man off her .He hit the floor and groaned. I gripped his shirt's collar as I punched and kicked him in the gut.
He was so bloodied and injured as he couldn't stand properly.
Then I turned towards my girl who laid unconsciously on the floor and embraced her tightly into my body.
Her beautiful face was bloodied, she was losing a lot of blood and her pulse was not strong.
"Breathe, baby. Stay awake for me. Live for us " I said as I took her hands in mine.
When I turned to find the bastard who did this, I couldn't find him. He disappeared like a coward.
Who was he?
I didn't waste any time as I dropped on my knees and picked up her in my arms keeping her close to me as much as I can. I could feel her heartbeat in this proximity.
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It had been hours after the attack, I called doctor to my penthouse to check on Lyra. Her head was injured but not severely and she had small injuries all over her body. But nothing serious, thank god.
Now she laid on my bed sleeping peacefully as I stood near the bed. I watched her, she slowly breathed and her chest moved in a rhythm.
What if I arrived ten minutes late? I would have lost her forever. I knew the feeling of losing someone that's why I was always hesitant in allowing someone to my heart.
My thoughts were interrupted as Lyra slightly stirred in her sleep. She scrunched her eyebrows and her lips trembled. She was having a nightmare.
"No, no Lennox ... please, Leave me alone...Don't hurt me ", She started to mumbled and quiver .
I went to her side and reached for her hand as I brushed her knuckles "Lyra ... baby, you are safe ", and I caressed her hair slowly as I made sure I didn't touch her injury. She then held onto my hand, keeping our locked hands under her head and using it as her pillow.
Not knowing what to do, I settled beside her leaning on the bed post leaving our hands locked . The exhaustion took me in as I drifted to an involuntary sleep.
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The sun has raised and I was still sleeping. It has been a while I have slept past the sunrise past the sunrise although the position was uncomfortable.
With heavy steps I stood up from the bed and looked at the women.
She was still in slumber but more relaxed. She is a heavy sleeper.
So I went to my bathroom and took a much needed bath. Changing into a casual outfit I moved to my kitchen to make breakfast and made two cups of coffee.
This felt too domestical.
Then I heard sound of footsteps from staircase. Lyra stood there in the same outfit as yesterdays and bandaged head. She looked petite and her skin was pale.
"Hmmm, what am I doing here ", she asked out of blue.
"Good start, don't blame me I expected a good morning ", I said.
"Good morning and what am I doing here?" She asked me gruffly.
"Well after I found you with a bloody head, I brought you to my house. Who was he?" I asked her.
Her face suddenly turned into gloomy and I could feel her walls breaking. Her eyes started to glimmer with tears as she looked at the floor, blinking to stop it from flowing.
She looked at me with misery as she said "Nobody".
Her eyes welled up as the tears gushed out. She broke down and fell on her knees. I did the only thing I could do, I held her.
I went on my knees beside her as I coddled her. I pulled her to my chest and her hands touched my chest. One of my hands stroked her nape slowly as the other went to small of her back, tugging her to close to me as much as I could.
This felt like I have done this so many times. My Body reacted to her pain more sensitively than anything I have done. Then she did something I never thought she would, she started opening up.
"It was my brother, he was the one who attacked me ", she mumbled and I listened.
"When we were young he was someone I looked upon but everything changed when he went to high school. He started doing drugs. He reached up to a point that he would do anything for money. Then I started my high school and also started to work for extra pocket money. He then started asking me for money and threatening me .It continued through my college life until our parents caught and I moved here for work avoiding him as much as I can ", She started shaking.
"Then yesterday happened ", she leaned to my chest resting her head .
"It's ok sweetheart. He would never come near you and I will make it sure about that ", I muttered and kissed her on the head.
We stayed there on the floor soaking on each other's embrace .
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