Belongs To Him

46 | This Little Moment

Alina Romano

His words leave me standing in shock. However, the unexpected happens. I find myself tearing up in front of him and all my higher ups. I can't even hide my emotions as I stared at him.

Because for some reason him pretending not to know me gets me the most. I attempt to pull my shaking hand from him but a tight grip remains. He doesn't want to let me go and allow me to run off to my office.

"Are you crying, Miss Windsor?" Bill speaks again and I don't even have the slightest strength to look at him. Instead my eyes remain on Kingston, he recognizes my betrayal. However I'm not sure how he'll handle it.

"Apologies Mr.Romano I will have her escorted," Bridget announces. Now I felt as if we'd enter a game of who would crack first. Because he wasn't letting my grip loose to let me run. He was attempting to read me as I stayed silent, fatal.

"That won't be necessary," He says sharply. "I'd like to speak to my wife alone," There's a softness to his voice as he speaks. It leaves the rest of them confused but his gaze remains set on me. But my eyes escape him and meet Bridget.

Her gaze is heavy set on me in confusion. I feel his hand squeeze mine and I turn to enter the conference room. The faces of the other eight seem as expected, shocked, surprised.

As the door closes it leave the two of us.

"Are you crazy? My name is going to be out now, I thought that's not what you wanted," I immediately fire off a question but he moves to drop the curtains of the room. Giving us minimal privacy but some type of barrier.

"You weren't meant to be in that meeting," a coolness I'm met with once again. His icy exterior building up as we remain in here.

"Oh god, are you kidding me. That's why you pulled me in here, to tell me that. I've been trying to reach you for important things, but your wife seems to be at the bottom of your list of priorities," He scoffs at my words as the tears begin to creep up on me. I grip the edge of the glass table and lean back slightly.

"Alina. You are on the top of my priorities, you will understand. But for now—"

"Oh I know, for now you'll treat me like shit. Then you'll spend a lifetime making up for it. Oh in ways you don't understand," the slip of his own words from my mouth leaves him still. He's unsure for a moment on what it is I know.

"You shouldn't hide letters where your wife goes to grab her luggage. Especially when you are pushing her away and driving her to leave and go stay with her mother," With my words I watch as it finally happens. The stone cold vortex lets out as he stares at me, heavy hearted.

"You can push me away all you want. You are nowhere near off the hook for this. But I'd rather fight this with you then have you stripped from me. I can protect myself, what I can't do is play a charade of 'I don't know you'," my voice quivers as I speak, he's still standing uncertain. But I step forward and he remains until I'm right below him.

"They end up in every universe because they work together and they don't push each other away," Now I see it in his eyes, that same gloss shared in mine.

His arms wrap tight around me as I find myself crying in them. His fingers brush through my hair as he holds me tight. As if it's the last time he'll see me again or the first time in years.