Just As We Were Married (COMPLETED)

Chapter Twenty-Nine

"I love you."

The words passed his lips before he could stop them.

Adrien shut his eyes tight, afraid of what Marinette's reaction would be. He was afraid of what she would say. He didn't want her to walk away from him and not talk to him again throughout their entire marriage.

He flinched when her soft hands cupped his cheeks, but he didn't move away. He let her pull him down to her level. He let her kiss him. Hell, he even kissed her back.

When they pulled away, Adrien rested his forehead on hers. "You don't have to think about what I just said. Right now you have bigger things to worry about. We'll talk about it later," Adrien said, cupping her cheeks in his hands and placing a kiss on her forehead. "Let's go get you a snack and something to drink."

Marinette nodded and allowed him to pull her to the refreshment room, but she couldn't forget what he had said.

He loved her?

She was without doubt shocked. Adrien loved her. Yes, they were already married, but it was forced and arranged by their parents. She didn't expect him of all people to develop feelings for her.

She then felt holes burning into the side of her head, interrupting her raging thoughts. She turned her head and her eyes made four with Nathaniel's. Her body went rigid. She clutched Adrien's hand tighter, causing him to look at her.

When Adrien saw fear and pain in her beautiful, blue eyes, anger came over him, but he tried to mask it. He hated seeing her anything but happy.

"What's wrong, Mari?" He asked though he felt he knew what was causing her pain.

"He won't stop staring at me menacingly," She whispered in reply.

Adrien looked at Nathaniel and the redhead had the nerve to smirk. He then mouthed 'mine' and pointed to where he carved his initials into Marinette.

All Adrien saw was red.

He didn't listen to Marinette telling him to let it go.

He didn't care how Nathaniel's eyes watered when his hands were around his neck.

He didn't care about his knuckles being bruised.

He didn't care about the blood coating the floor as he bashed Nathaniel's face into the concrete.

He only realised what he did when Marinette shouted his name and told him to stop along with two guards pulling him off the barely conscious redheaded Prince.

Adrien saw Gabriel pinching the bridge of the nose and shaking his head, but honestly he didn't care. Nathaniel had done horrible things to Marinette and everyone was acting like it was okay. They were acting as if she'd just go back to normal because she's back home.

No, she won't just be back to her usual self with the snap of some fingers. She was broken and Nathaniel had caused that. No one was seeing that Marinette was not fine and it made him angry.

He didn't care what kind of punishment he would receive from the Council. All he cared about was Marinette.

He felt her small hands wrap around his bicep as she pulled him towards her.

Marinette wanted to slap him. How can he be so stupid?

Now he'd just be in more trouble with the Council. They won't overlook the fact that he almost gave Nathaniel a concussion.

"Are you stupid?!" She yelled at him once they were away from the crowd gathering around Nathaniel and his mother.

"I think so."