The Contract

Chapter 11

                  ~AURORA REYNOLDS~

I'm still in the clothes from earlier. It's been hours since we talked. He said an hour and when I came down he wasn't finished. And told me he'd call me. I'd rather he didn't call me, I don't really want to eat. I mean I do but I don't.

I go downstairs getting bored of the book I was just reading. I walk in the kitchen and there he is. My worst enemy and soon to be husband, in a black hoodie and shorts. Isn't he cold?

"Aren't you cold?" I questioned him and look down at my bare feet. I should have put on pants, now I'm freezing.

He turns to me and looks me up and down."Aren't you cold?" I sigh.

"A little, but It's probably nothing."Just as I say that a cold shiver runs through my body. I rap my hands around myself. Why isn't the heat turned up?!

"Here," He pulls his hoodie up, his shirt lifting just above his stomach giving me the perfect view of his toned abs, just for a few seconds before it slides back down his body.

He stretches his arm toward me. His hoodie in his hand. "No, it's okay. I don't want you getting cold. Then you won't be able to go on missions and do your job. And we might just not get married. Oh wait that's a good thing." I ramble out.

"Just take the damn hoodie or I'll have to put it on you." I take the hoodie and put it on. It falls to my almost mid thigh. It feels so comfy. And it smells like him.

I just want to stay in it forever. I sit on the stool at the dining table.

Aurora get yourself together. It's Xavier's hoodie.

But it smells like him. Like cinnamon rolls mixed with something but I don't know what.

"Food is done." He puts a plate in front of me and sits opposite me.

I push the plate a little, "I'm not hungry." He looks up from his plate, stares at me for a second. Then takes his plate, stands up and sits next to me.

"You're eating, that's final." My eyes blur. No no no no. Not again, please not again. But I can't control it. The memories come rushing back.

"I said you're going to eat, don't make me force you." I shake my head. "But I don't want to eat." I don't want to eat because i'm not hungry and that's because of you!

He grabs my face in his hand. Squeezing my cheeks hard, almost poking holes through my cheeks. "When I say you eat, you eat. But since you're a brat. You will be punished."

He pushes my head back roughly. It hits the hard wall. It hurts. Everything hurts.

I feel his hands go down my body. Then they disappear and I hear the clicking of a belt unbuckling. No. NO! "Please, it won't happen again. Please I beg you, please don't do this." Tears run down my cheeks.

"Aurora!"

He pulls his pants down. Then his boxers and he pushes in. I've already been through the pain, but the more he does it to me the more it hurt.

"Please stop." I try to push him off, but it was helpless.

"Aurora! Snap out of it. Please, come back to me." I feel shaking on my shoulders, my eyes start to clear up. And there Xavier stands, his face crunched up in worry. With tears still running down my cheeks I hug him. My hands wrapping around his torso, my head buried in his chest as I wet his shirt with my tears.

I have definitely stained his shirt. "It's okay, you're here. I'm here. It's okay, you're okay." I sniffle.

"I'm sorry for ruining your shirt." I mumble against him. He sighs,"Look at me," I remove my head and look up at him.

He moves his hands on both sides of my face,"As long as you're okay, I don't care about the shirt." A smile started to creep up my face. He brushes away the tears on my face with his thumbs. Staring in my eyes, he then lowers his head and gives me a gentle kiss on my temple. "When you're ready I'm here to talk. Is that all right?"

"Yes, it's okay." I bite my lip. He removes himself from me and I immediately start to scrunch my face. But quickly shake it off before he sees. "Come," He patted his thigh, signaling for me to sit there.  He was sitting at the table now. "Come on, you have to eat or you'll faint again. And we don't want that do we?" I nod and slowly make my way toward him.

Him being impatient he grabs my waist, rotates me and sits me on his lap. He takes the fork and pokes a slice of red meat. Gets it near my mouth and I open so he could feed it to me.

We go on like that for a couple of minutes, him feeding me before the whole plate is almost finished. I sigh,"I can't anymore I'm full."

"Just one more bite, please. For me, princessa." I nod and he gives me the last bite. I take the fork from his hands and stretch my free hand to grab the other plate. "Your turn." I poke a piece and turn to him, finding him with a small smile on his face.

"Open up," He opens his mouth and i feed him the meat. "You cook great, first thing I enjoyed eating." He just hums in response as he continues eating the second bite I gave him.

After a while he finishes eating."Can we watch a movie?" I ask as I get off his lap and take the dishes to the sink.

"Yes we can, go in the living room. I'll come in a second. Pick whatever movie you want." I nod and walk in the room. I sit on the couch and pick up the remote from the table.

I click on Netflix. What should I put on. I get lost deep in thought until I feel the couch dip beside me. "So what are we watching?" Xavier speaks. Breaking me out of my own thoughts.

I search the movie 'Isi and Ossi'. I love this one. "I haven't watched this one." I turn my head towards him slowly. My mouth open in shock.

"Are you serious?" He nods. I gasp,"We're watching this until you remember everything that's happened in it." He groans in annoyance.

"Why'd I have to agree to this." I smile, "Because I'm your fiancé." I shrug and click play.

"Now shush It's starting."

Xavier Alonso

I'm worried about her. After what happened in the kitchen I don't think I can keep myself away from what she and her family are hiding. After I snapped her out of it I couldn't imagine what she's been through.

By now we've rewatched the movie four times. And after every single time Aurora would ask me to tell her everything that's happened. Ten minutes ago she clicked play for the fifth time and now her head is on my shoulder and I can hear her soft snores.

It's 1:45 am, I should get her to bed. I take the remote from her hand and pause the movie. I slowly get up moving her head softly on the pillow that was next to me.

I go upstairs to open the covers and the door so I don't wake her or accidentally knock her head while doing so.

Going back to the living room downstairs. I move my hands one behind her head and neck the other under her knees and pick her up bridal style.

I go upstairs and in our room being careful not to bump her head on the doorframe. I slowly put her on the right side of the bed and tuck her in.

After that I lay next to her. Hours went by of me staring at the ceiling and worrying about her. In that time I made a promise to myself that I would always protect her. Even if it took my life.  After hours of thinking I slowly drift off to sleep.

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Author's note

Thanks for reading guys. Hope you enjoyed, sorry for any mistakes. Sorry for not updating for too long it's just been way too much for me with school and everything so hope you enjoy. The next chapter I'll try and finish it till the end of next week.

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