Bred to serve [Complete]

[14]

~~~Annabelle's POV~~~

"Wake up sleepy head." came a deep and husky voice from somewhere beside me.

Wait! Beside me?

l open my eyes and see brown eyes smiling at me and then l look down to the position we have somehow ended up in.

He is lying down on his side while l am glued to him like a leech or a koala or some animal that is similar. I always thought that if I slept with someone in the same bed that I would be kicking them out and hocking the covers since that seems like something I normally do while I am sleeping alone.

I did not think that I would be one of those people that love to cuddle.

My leg is over his hip, my arms are around his waist and my head was rested just under his chin while he had one arm under my body and the other across my waist, holding me even tighter to his body.

Everything from before l woke up comes back and there is a part of my brain that is happy and content being here in his arms but the other one is thinking that l have cheated on someone that l have given a promise to and that Nate and l are nothing official.

I know that I am not married to Matt for the right reasons and he has done even worse things to me, like put me in a fucking coma but I still took a vow and made some kind of promise and it feels wrong for me to break it, no matter what the circumstances.

All the years of training have gone down the drain and l have become someone l was never intended to be.

I wrap the sheets around my body and try to stand up but Nate is not letting me go.

"I need to go to the bathroom." I murmur and try again but this time his hold is even stronger.

"Do you regret it?" he asks in a hurt tone, and I can understand why since if I woke up to him wanting to get the hell away from me I would not be happy and I would also be very hurt.

I look into his eyes and see love and affection but that does not change the fact that I'm not supposed to be with him and I'm not supposed to be acting like this.

I have very strong feelings for him and I can't just lie to him and tell him that I fully regret it but then I can't be honest and tell him that I partly do because that would hurt him as well.

"I don't regret being with you or doing that but I do hate the circumstance that we are in." I tell him truthfully and I see that he kind of understand where I'm coming from but of course he is still going to be hurt no matter what I say right now.

"I understand but I want you to leave him and be with me. You belong with me." He tells me in a hard and confident tone and it warms me that he is so sure about us and that this time he is willing to fight for us.

"I can't be with anyone other than him. My parents signed a contract with him." I tell him and by the surprised look on his face I guess that I never told him about this part of the deal.

"Do you any idea of how to get around the contract?" he asks with hope in his eyes while I smile sadly at him.

"I've never seen the contract, except when I signed it and that was taken away from me as soon as my signature was on the paper." I say and his eyes widen and then fill with anger and hate.

"Your parents just sold you off to the highest bidder?" he asks in a hard tone and looks at me with disbelief.

"I've never been in control of my life. It's always been what they wanted and what I have to do. The only rebellious things that I have ever done were dance and lose my virginity to a stranger. Otherwise I have had no control over what I eat or what I do or who I talk to or how I talk to them. Being here with you and in Hawaii were the only moments where I actual had a choice in something." I tell him and I expect him to ask me questions or shout at or do something but he just leans forward and kisses me.