Forced Marriage

Chapter 5.

"H-Hugh...?" I looked taken aback. I stepped back a few steps, almost falling off the curb, into the street again but Hugh stepped towards me and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me in close to him. 

I blushed and looked away. "What's wrong...? Are you okay..?" he asked, I shrugged and looked up at him, into his eyes. "I...don't...really know..." my voice trailed off. I kept looking at the ground and anywhere else than at him...

"Come on, let's go on a walk and talk..." Hugh let go of me and grabbed my right hand, once again, intertwining his fingers with mine. I smiled and quickly walked forward a bit so I was right next to him. He looked down at me and smiled. "So...where are we going...?" I decided to ask since there was nothing but silence and glances at each other. 

He smiled and pulled me into the curve of his body, I smiled and rested my head on his chest. He kissed my head and then rested his head on top of mine after. "You'll see when we get there.." he mumbled, I just let out a relaxed sigh and nodded. 

We walked for a bit more and Hugh ended up leading me to this beautiful field, filled with only blue roses everywhere. There was a table in the center of the field, followed by candles and lanterns and food that was on the table. My stomach began to growl, my hands flung around my waist, clinging onto my stomach. 

Hugh smirked and led me to the table, he pulled out my chair. "Take a seat" he offered, I smiled and sat down. "Thanks" I hummed, he smiled and gave a nod as he helped push my chair in, towards the table. He then walked across from me and sat down. 

I couldn't help but look all around me. "My aunt let me use her empty fields for tonight..." I smiled and looked at him. "Your aunt sounds like a wonderful person..." I said as my focus was still on the flowers and all around me. Hugh chuckled. "Yeah...I'm thinking about buying this land off from her and building something...I don't know what yet..." I hummed and nodded, not even paying attention until what he said now. "Have any ideas...?" he asked, my eyes widened, I gasped and looked towards him, he smirked and chuckled to himself. 

"You...want..me...to help you build?!" he shook his head and giggled. "No, I don't know how to build a structure so I'm going to hire people to build whatever I want...but I'm asking you for help on what I should build since I'm out of ideas..." I let out a small "oh" sound and nodded a few times.

"A greenhouse" I blurted out, Hugh tilted his head, holding his chin, he made some humming sounds. I sighed and leaned back in my chair, I bowed my head and hid my face behind my bangs. "I like it!!" my head shot up towards him, he was grinning at me as he still tilted his head, his arms were folded. "Did you think I would really cut your ideas down like some asshole..?" he asked a question that I wasn't mentally or physically prepared for...I felt my face get red, my neck was on fire. I reached my right hand behind me and began to rub my neck, I looked down at my lap.

"Yah, stop looking away from me when I'm talking to you!! You're okay!! Don't feel embarrassed. I've told you this already, how many times do I need to remind you of this?" I mumbled a sorry as I still kept looking down at my lap, I removed my hand from my neck and began to fidget with my rings and the tips of my fingers. 

Hugh sighed and backed his chair up, he stood up and walked towards me. He cupped his hands around my face and lifted my head up towards him. "You're so cute...but I feel like you take advantage of my heartstrings to annoy me...yah, Dallas, don't be so shy and embarrassed all the time. You're okay, no one's gonna get hurt from your dorkiness...how many times to I need to keep this in your mind..?!" I sighed and blinked a few times, tears falling from my face. 

Hugh bent down and wiped my tears away with his thumbs, he was gentle about it so my makeup didn't smear. "Don't cry, I just want you to be happy and work on your bad habits.." I nodded, Hugh smiled and moved closer to me, we were staring into each other's eyes. I decided to move forward to, our lips touching, sending electrifying chills over our bodies.