Dulce

Chappy 11

I'm in the car with Brae with his arm around me. He can tell I'm mad, and he could probably figure out why. He knows too much. But at least now he can protect himself. I left him and he became stronger, now at 20 years old, owning and operating an almost mafia like organization that makes people cower and fear from just whispers.

He's combing my hair with his fingers, I could almost fall asleep on the ride to his house, almost an hour away.

But we stop at a house, well not a house, a mansion basically.

"We're here" I mean we're somewhere but where?

"Um, where?" He looks nervous, and that makes me nervous, what's he hiding?

"My house..?" I look at him, dumbfounded.

"Okay" I think he was expecting me to be mad, but I don't care, his life. I'm actually kind of happy that he wanted to be closer. To me. For me.

I hugged him, "Thank you" I'm not going to cry though, I don't cry.

We walk into the house and look around. "Wow it's beautiful."

"Well I'm glad you think so, because I bought it for us, to live in"

I'm speechless, and that's hard to do, "Um..."

"I hope you aren't mad, I just saw it and fell in love with it. Like how we fell in love, once upon a time." I sigh, "Brae, you know why we can't be together, It's to-"

"Too dangerous, I know, but I'm stronger now, I can handle myself. I love you Mace, and you can't ever stop that. I need you like I need air, Mace. Please don't take that away from me, not again."

"Brae..."

"You don't have to say anything back, because I want you to mean it, just remember that I'm safe now, I would be bringing more danger to the table this time around"

"Brae I do love you, I just... I don't want even a chance of you being hurt."

"MACE! I'M THE ONE WITH TROUBLE!" I scoff.

No he isn't, I'll always have more enemies, after all, what's a greater enemy than yourself?

I turn around and start to leave, "Macely-"

"No Brae, I can't be with you until you can understand."

"I do"

"NO!" I sigh, "No you don't. Everyone I've ever met wants to kill me, or at least wants me dead. People just hate me, if it's for the association with my parents, or because I fucked their shit up." I continue to walk towards my house, away from the only person to show me unconditional love.

AN: A short one, but I've been really busy with school, trying not to fail out lmao. not kidding. hope you enjoy. I already finished the last chapter, but i just have to get there, and i'm not sure how to yet... oops