Finding Your True Mate

Chapter 19

Michelle's POV

I loved water, for some reason water always calms me and helps me think. So when the water hit my skin I instantly felt better. I grabbed my shampoo and squirted some on my hands. I never understood why I liked playing with the jelly substance but I moved it from one hand to the other trying not to let it fall from my hands to the floor. I let the water soak my hair in the meantime and then covered my hair from my roots to my ends. Once I felt it was safe to open my eyes I looked down and saw that the water was turning a light pink. My heart instantly stopped beating as I looked all over my arms and legs to see where I was bleeding. Then it hit me the blood wasn’t mine it was my fathers.

I started to think back to the past 30 minutes and how much my life was altered in such a big way. My father who raised me wasn’t actually my father but my uncle. That someone is trying really hard to kill me and that someone is my biological father. But I know I’ll be able to handle all that with Derek by my side. Just thinking about our hot steamy moment before everything happened and also before I entered the shower made me fall head over heels for him all over again. I grabbed my hair conditioner and quickly covered all my hair and stepped away from the water to scrub my body to get rid of all the dried blood and sweat. I quickly rinsed and opened my shower door, and my little warm safe cocoon was destroyed. A gush of cold air came at me and I quickly grabbed two towels. One for my hair and then a second one for my body. As I opened my bathroom door I wasn’t surprised at all to see Derek standing there. His eyes instantly finding mine trying to see if I was okay.

I took in his appearance and noticed how tired he looked. He also could use a shower and a change of clothes. I gripped my towel tighter as I approached him. I laid my head on his chest and he instantly wrapped his arms around me. “How are you holding up?”

“Honestly? A lot better after that shower. It gave me some time to process everything and accept everything.” He placed his head in the crook of my neck and softly placed a quick kiss on my neck and said “I’m glad, but I bet it would have been a lot better if you let me join you.” Then I felt him smirk and I lifted my head and smacked his chest and he let out a short laughter. I started to walk towards my closet and turned on the light and then blushed when I looked at the floor. Remembering Derek’s kisses and hands on my body and my heart opened to him more knowing that he came for me when I was in pain. I turned around and he looked up and smiled at me. I turned and walked into my closet and shut the door behind me. I quickly grabbed some underwear from my basket of clean clothes that I didn’t get a chance to put away and grabbed a pair of comfy sweats and a big tee. I walked out and I went straight to my bathroom. I flips my head over and unwrapped the towel that was soaking up all the water and quickly toweled dried my hair. I flip my hair back and ran my comb through my hair getting caught with some knots a couple of times. I grabbed a hair tie and placed my hair in a messy bun and walked back to my room.

There was still some glass on the floor and a pool of blood. I sighed and walked towards my bedroom door and that’s when I noticed that Derek wasn’t in my room any more. I heard two voices down the hall and I walked towards them. My dad was in his office and so was Derek. “I don’t know if you’re going to agree with me or not but right now I think she should come back to my house were its safe and I’m in control.” There was a sigh and I knew it came from my father. “No, you’re right, and now that they know where we live this house isn’t safe anymore. They wouldn’t try anything stupid with me in public and if I stay out of sight and just continue my daily routines I think I will be safe.”

“I don’t know how Michelle is going to handle going back to my house. I know I will do anything to protect her, and if we are on my land where I know the lay out and I have my men running the borders then…Michelle why don’t you come in and tell us if you agree with all this.” Embarrassed that I was caught I pushed the door open and walked in. Derek was sitting on a chair directly in front of my father