Forced Love

Chapter 66 The Roses

 I came home with Moose and Mace feeling like sad puppies. They didn't dare ask which I was thankful for. I didn't know what to do, why was Kara with Adam and why won't Adam just tell Damon the truth? I came in at home and nobody was there besides us three, grandfather would be coming tomorrow and I'm a bit excited for that but it doesn't get me out of my depression. I start making food tonight since Elliot will be coming home late.

"You guys can go now if you want, I don't mind." I smiled to them. They both looked at each other ready to insist on staying until Elliot got here but I told them as the master to go. I hated that but I didn't want them to be here. I want to call Adam but instead I call someone else. He automatically put his number into my phone when he took it in class a long time ago. I don't know if he'll come but who knows. Why am I inviting him instead of Adam? Is it to make Adam jealous? No, maybe it's because I want someone optimistic, one without secrets. I hear the doorbell ring and automatically open it. He greets me and comes in.

"I didn't expect you to invite me, where's Adam?" Alex asked.

"I didn't really want to invite him."

"Oh, trouble in paradise already?" he asked.

"More or less." I said mixing the soup.

"If you only invited me here because you're lonely, I'm not going down that road again." He was smiling and I knew he was joking. "So, what's up?" he asked.

 "What do you mean?"

"You've been gloomy all week and it's starting to affect my happy vibe."

"I haven't been gloomy."

"You've been silent and kind of like the way you acted when we first met."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Pray tell, I won't bite." He grinned. It was cheesy but I couldn't help but laugh. I kept stirring and looking at the soup. "Is it really that bad in paradise?" he asked.

"I saw him with Kara and I don't want to be jealous but I am. I want to believe that those two are just friends but she's been threatening that she'll take him right under my nose and I feel threatened."

  "Do you trust Adam?"

"I want to but I don't want him to be with her. If he chooses her over me, I don't know what will happen, all I know is that I hate seeing them together. She's beautiful, I'm average but it still makes me angry that he's being seen with her." I turned off the stove and looked at him. "I'm an ugly person," I said with a sad smile, "It doesn't matter because in stories, the man will always choose the girl they see beautiful in their eyes."

"What makes you think you're not beautiful?"

"The way he looks at her when he thinks I don't notice the fact that he liked her long before me? He smiles but I can't help but feel it's fake sometimes. He can be overprotective but is it because we're forced into this marriage?"

"Katie, you have a beautiful smile that could awe a thousand men in one second, don't let up."

"I can't, he told me he was attracted to her care free personality, that he loved her confidence. I've never been confident in my life. He has seen her smile more than mine." Alex came over and he forced my head into his shoulder and patted my head.

 "You're strong and that doesn't mean you don't hurt. I know you made a promise to yourself never to cry but isn't it better than bottling it in? You're not just upset because of Adam, am I right?" I froze. "You're scared because all this is overwhelming you. Something else is on your mind and I have a feeling it's because of your past that you have no idea about."