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Chapter 29-The Disputes

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Chapter 29-The Disputes

Miranda Barone's POV

The sound of someone yelling woke me up. I quickly sat up and beside me Slade was shaking. Sweat was all over his body and he was yelling something in Russian. His movements were jerky and his face was twisted into what looked like agony and horror. He was having a nightmare.

I quickly grabbed onto his arm and tried to shake him awake. "Slade. Wake up! Wake up! It's just a nightmare." I said anxiously and Slade let out a roar before grabbing me and pushed me down on the bed before choking me.

I let out a strangled gasp and struggled. His eyes were wild and confused as he looked down at me. Finally realising that he was strangling me, he quickly jerked away from me before running his hands through his hair. "Fucking hell. Mel I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" He asks hoarsely as he looked at me with regret in his sorrowful blue eyes.

I nodded and rubbed my neck gently before pushing my curls behind my ear. "Y-yeah I'm fine. What was that?" I asked gently as I sat up before moving towards him.

His jaw clenched and he turned away. "Nothing important. Let's just go back to sleep." I rubbed his back soothingly, feeling the tense muscles in his back relax slightly from my touch. "If you want to talk about it, you can come to me. You know that right?" I said softly, not stopping my movements on his back.

Slade nodded before turning to me and I hugged him, feeling him relax even more in my embrace. He pressed a kiss on my forehead before his lips claimed mine. His mouth moved against mine slowly and gently and this kiss had enough heat infused in it to make my toes curl.

I gripped his shoulders as I kissed him back eagerly, my tongue moved against his as we made out. Soon enough, I pulled away and I panted softly as Slade rested his forehead against mine, his breathing was ragged and his hands curled around my waist. It was good to know that kissing me had an effect on him too.

"I'm sorry." I looked up at him before frowning, "About what?" He sighs and looks away. "About what happened in my study." I gave him a reassuring smile. "It's fine. I'm sorry for prying but I just want you to open up to me."

Slade looks back at me before caressing the side of my face with his rough calloused fingers. "Just go back to sleep alright?"

"Alright but only if you go to bed too." I said firmly and Slade gave in. He pulled the covers over us before his arms wrapped around me. I sighed contented and closed my eyes.

I was almost dozing off when Slade slowly let go of me and got out of bed. Where was he going? He sighs before wrapping the covers over me and grabbed a bottle of hard liquor before leaving the room.

I slowly sat up and stared at the direction he had gone to. What was going on with him? Grayson appearing back in Chicago was really affecting him, I bit my lip before getting back in bed. I was determined to get to the bottom of this.