Belle

Everything goes wrong

Belle

Waking up the next morning in Adam's arms I have never felt more content.

"Good morning beautiful" Adam kisses my forehead as my eyes open into his. "That was one of the best days of my life" I smile up at him, my opening words enough to make him smile proudly.

"I love you" he laughs, standing up. I let my eyes run over him carelessly. He already knows. "I love you too Adam" I smile up at him, standing next to him. His eyes looks down at me lustfully

"Fancy a shower?" I ask cheekily.

"You're not tired yet?" He asks, seemingly surprised. In response I trail a finger down his chest. Down... down. "Fancy a cold shower?" I repeat.

"Oh god yes" he groans, grabbing me and picking me up, climbing into the shower behind me, turning it on as our hands greedily, let's say clean each other. After we're well and truly clean, we go downstairs and basically devour what's left of the cake from yesterday.

You really work up an appetite you know?

"Adam?" I call as I get to the letter cage, Sultan yapping around my feet wanting his breakfast. "I love it when you say my name" He hugs me from behind. "You must have heard it a thousand times already" I tease, earning a laugh from him.

"No, it's just for some reason a letters been sent here for you. It's not from the school so who else knows you're here?" I ask, handing him the letter. His face pales almost instantly.

"That would be my dad apparently" He looks down at the formal looking letter and goes through to the kitchen, tearing open the envelope to reveal the letter inside, face paling even more than earlier as he finishes reading it, putting it down on the table and holding his head in his hands. "Baby are you okay?" I ask softly, running a hand through his hair.

"Read it" he says in his familiar Beast voice, devoid of any emotion.

Dear Adam,

We have received word from your headmistress and a fellow student of yours that you have been adequately prepared for your role in terms of etiquette and behavior and are delighted to invite you back to our home to begin training for management. We're allowing you and the student who contacted us, Gary, positions of management in some of our more up and coming businesses once you have been adequately trained, and we will immediately begin your salary. We're pleased about your progress and can't wait for you to meet your little brother Frederick. Yours sincerely, Mr Davids.

"Who is Mr Davids?" I ask out loud.

"My father" Adam laughs without humour, the sound slightly terrifying. "He wants me to go back to them now". I frown

"Well don't you want to go?" I question. He scowls down at the table

"They don't live here. They live in Canada" I feel my heart tug painfully in my chest at their revelation but force a smile on my face "You can't stay here just because of me. What's important to you is important to me" I force out, the words burning at the back of my throat like acid.

"I used to crave their approval even though they planned on having no part in my life until I was this perfect son that they wanted me to be, I thought that was acceptable. Until I met you and you showed me that they should love me as much as you love your father and he loves you. But I have no other option, without their money I'm doomed". He tugs at his wet hair slightly as I sit next to him, placing a hand gently on his knee.

"You don't have to, you can do what I'm doing. Finish your education, get a student loan and continue on to college. Make something of yourself by yourself" I suggest gently "You should do what you want". To my shock he throws my hand off his knee

"I should do what you're doing?! Is that your advice? Subject my life to debt and second bests? Without money I'm screwed, I can't just leave everything to chance! Are you crazy? I need this, otherwise I'll make nothing of myself and end up like-"

"Like what Adam?" I ask quietly, dangerously. He lowers his rage torn eyes

"Like you" He spits. It feels like my heart is cracking open a day after it was made to feel whole.

How can a day go so badly so suddenly?

I feel my eyes tear up "Well if that's the way you feel" I bite out scathingly "You should pack up your things and go back to your daddy who doesn't even fucking love you. I said it. He doesn't need you, he never said he does, he knows that you need him because you're so packed full of fucking ideology that if you don't start rich you never get rich. If I knew you thought so lowly of me I would have never fallen in love with you. Is that what I am to you? Nothing? Second best? I plan to make something of myself because I'm more of a person than you'll ever be" He rears up off his chair in rage.

"Can't face the truth? I thought you were nice inside. I thought that once you got past the pretenses and walls you built up, you, Adam were a beautiful human being that I couldn't help falling in love with. But then you just turn around and turn into the spoilt brat that you always were. You know what. You are a Beast" I spit out, intending to hurt him.

With a roar of rage he shoves me and I fall back onto the floor, not expecting it, landing awkwardly on my ankle as I collapse.

"Belle I'm so-" his eyes suddenly snap out of their rage to be wide and fearful.

"Get the FUCK away from me" I scream, feeling my blood boil and my heart shatter to the floor.

And like a coward, he doesn't fight for what he wants, he packs up his things and runs away to daddy.