Moon picked mates

chapter 59

Alisha POV

Does he want me or not?

"It's wouldn't be fair to my daughter to be left in limbo waiting for your decision. "  Dad's expression not changing.  "You can't expect her to put her life on hold until you make up your mind. I need a better answer than that."

"I understand that sir but it's not that easy a decision to make right now."  Lucien is right, this isn't a easy decision not with the shit storm I've created around here, he had a hand in part of that too. 

"I know the two of you started out with a lot of issues but my wife and I think this is something that can be worked through . But it would take a commitment from the both of you to do this." Mom nods her head in agreement with him.

Lucien turns his head and looks at me, the first time since we first came in the room. His eyes meeting mine again and I can't read his expression.  His dark brown eyes stare into mine with intensity.

"What do you want Alisha? This isn't all on me, you have a choice in this matter too. Do you want this" He motions between us "Or don't you?"

That's laying it straight out there, now all eyes are on me waiting for my response. 

It's come down to this, I say no and it's over we both move on. Or I say yes and we work on fixing this messed up mate bond.  Can we fix this? I'm not even sure if it's possible, how can he want me after I fucked his life up so badly. Would I be doing right by him if I say yes, or does he really want me to say no and help him get out of this conversation.

I take a deep breath before I speak, there only one answer I can think of.

"My answer is the same as yours, I'm not accepting OR rejecting you right now.  But I am willing to try and work on our problems if you will."  That answer seems to satisfy everyone, Lucien turns back toward my parents .

"I'm willing to try to work things out between us then. " That part of me that was afraid he'd reject me straight off  is improving with just those few words.  

My parents sit back in their chairs and their  expressions seem more friendly now . This is what they wanted from us, a straight answer to the question.

"This is not going to be an easy task for the two of you but I'm positive that you can work it out. My wife has an plan for the two of you that will help the process along." Dad looks towards Mom and that's her cue to talk now.

"I've given this a lot of thought and have seen it work for other mates who had problems."  Mom is glowing as she talks with excitement. I'd bet those problems  aren't even close to the same level as ours are, not even in the same ballpark.  "The key is to talk it out and be committed to each other no matter what."

Sounds reasonable so far.

"I need you both to agree to follow my rules no matter what for the next four weeks. If in four weeks you don't have it worked out I'll know you gave it a fighting chance and won't say another word about it."   She addresses the both of us, looking from one to the other. "I need your promise on this before we begin."

Here goes nothing, I'm all in. At least if it fails I can say I gave it my best shot.

"I promise to follow your rules for the next four weeks." I speak quickly and then Lucien repeats the same without hesitation. It feels good inside to know he at least is willing to try.

"Good, now that we have that settled. " She gets up and heads over to an sideboard and picks up some papers she must of had placed there earlier.  When she returns to the table she passes them out to us. " I've made a list for each of you of the rules to follow. I thought it would make it easier if it was written down."