FLOWER

Chapter Twenty two

Spending three days away from her home,made her feel safe .Theodore no longer ignored her,although he still didn't come close to her much he always kept his distance,like he was scared of overstepping his boundaries .She knew he was a good man,a man who would make sure everyone was fine without expecting anything in return,This made her love him even more,and she wished her happily ever after would take place soon.

Her life was filled with adventures,during the day she would cruise around the city and during the night she would watch Theodore as he painted,he was a great painter, paying attention to every little detail,she would spy on him as he painted without a shirt on,his lean built didn't stop him from having well defined abs,he was just so perfect,in every way.

Whenever she wasn't watching the love of her life, she would cook like there was no tomorrow,Theodore never ate her food,in fact he never ate at home,he never took care of himself,he never slept and whenever his eyelids closed he would start working again .She was tired,she wanted to help him,make him feel better but he would never let her,he was a difficult case.

Then there was Aaron,partying his life away,gambling and gambling,not caring where Cleopatra may be,he missed her presence though, but not in a loving way,he missed hitting her,he missed causing her pain,he missed throwing her down the stairs and he missed caging her.
He knew sooner or later he would get her back,she knew his secret,his deep dark secret, the secret that could cause him to loose his membership in his club,and he knew where she was,he knew she was at Lord Theodore's house, he needed to hatch a plan,to get her back,and possibly kill her,so his secret would never be revealed.
A part of him loved her,a part of him wanted to cherish her but his anger and hatred got the better of him,and he would rather die than love dear Cleopatra.

He had spied on her a few times, he had come looking for her without revealing his identity, he had made his bodyguards follow her when she went into the city,sometimes he had followed her himself,he needed to end this obsession and he needed to end it fast.

Theodore on the other hand was always keeping his distance,he loved her immensely,even more than he had ever loved his late fiancé, but he couldn't let himself go through the pain of loosing her again,his health was deteriorating,he had collapsed a few times in his office but he never let anyone know,his doctor had advised him to slow down,to not work for sometime,but he was a machine,he loved working, he didn't know if he was working so much to mend the hole in his soul or to make him feel at peace.
But as he sat in the garden and held his chest,his heart beating fast,his breathing was hard,his voice was low and his head was spinning, he couldn't move,he was scared of having a stroke or an heart attack,but he didn't know what was wrong with him,he felt his eyes close and he couldn't open them,he beat his chest with his fist, his heart beat was slowing down and the book on his lap had fallen down as he convulsed,sweat had formed around his forehead and around his jaw,his legs were stiff and his fingers were shaking,he tried to scream several times but all that came out was a whisper,so he opened his eyes and closed them again ready to end his life.
Soft hands touched his forehead,he could feel it but he couldn't open his eyes, the soft hands touched his cheeks and his jaw,soft lips touched his nose and soft fingers moved his shoulders, his ears weren't working properly,he couldn't hear a thing,he finally opened his eyes and saw a beautiful woman,with her fair skin,and her cherry red lips,her very blonde almost white hair was covering her grey eyes as she looked at him .He could see worry on her beautiful face,she frowned as she looked at him,but he smiled.

"Theodore are you okay". Cleopatra asked as she touched his head,he was cold and his skin was going pale.

"Theodore speak to me". She moved his chest,but all Theodore could see was slow motions, he didn't even understand what she was saying,his lips tried to move but failed.