BOUND TO HIM (Book II: Captured series)

2. Elle

The anticipation of seeing him after a week was killing me yet I couldn't find myself to get out of the car and walk in. He's probably in there waiting for me, I'm sure his men already informed him I was here.

So why am I still waiting in the car?

"I should've just asked him to send my stuff!" I groan out, resting my forehead on the cool leather of the steering wheel.

"But then I wouldn't have been able to see you" His crisp voice has me jump in my seat.

"Logan, what are you doing here?" I shriek for no reason whatsoever.

"You're on my property, and you were taking too long, I thought you passed out or something" He opens the door for me, offering his hand. I take notice of the navy blue pin stripped suit he's wearing, meaning he's either going somewhere or coming back.

"Do you have to leave?" I sound like I want him to stay, when it would be easier to pack my stuff without having him watch over me.

"It can wait, come" He reaches for my hand and almost instantly I'm filled with a warm feeling. I try to remind myself that this does not mean, he's forgiven, but he did save my life and to my heart that balances out all the bad deeds. He takes me up to his room and I make my way to the closet, the duffel bag I had packed a week ago was neatly put away on a shelf.

I could feel his eyes on me as I push an ottoman and climb on top of it. His predatory gaze boring a hole in the back of my skull. "Are you upset with me because I killed him?" His abrupt question catches me off guard and I spin around to find him standing behind me.

"No, you did it to save me" I bit my lip as his hands land on my waist. I've spent a week mourning over my father, who had been dead long before that night.

"I would've done it regardless of you having the gun to your head" He breathes and I know he's being serious about it.

"Well that's not what happened so you don't have to worry" Having him close to me again feels good and I was already hating the fact that I'm leaving. "If anything I'm more at peace now" I give him a small smile.

"Peace?" He questions back in confusion.

I nod, "All this time I had no idea who my father was. I didn't know if I should believe you, that he's a killer or he's the person who only knew to ignore his kids. But now I know; I can bring myself to come to terms with the truth"

Silence lingers between us as he just watches me, his eyes darting between my eyes and my lips. I wonder if he's fighting the same urge of kissing as I am. "It's probably not the best time to ask this but, how long are you going for?" He finally asks. That was something I wasn't certain about.

"I'm not sure, they want me at the office tomorrow. God knows how that's going to go" I bit my lip, my whole body has been dreadful of it. "I know you hate what we do but you can now take advantage of the fact that you own the Lively group. You could direct them to a better path" He lifts me off the ottoman effortlessly, placing me back on the floor. I'm about to ask him why he did that when he reaches for my bag and holds it out to me.

"What's the point? The second your family takes over, it's going to head back to the same old ways. Not to mention I'm hardly capable of bringing change to a company that has been a certain way for god knows how long" I frown.

"It'll be hard but I'm sure you can handle it. You've managed to stay alive in this house, you technically own it as much as I do. If you ask me that's more of an impossible task for anyone to achieve but you did it anyways" He says, grabbing my hand and walking us back to the room.

I'm too dazed by his words of encouragement so I allow him to lead me. This is like a whole new side of the man and I'm honestly in awe of him. "Your efforts won't go in vain, because once my father gives me his position that's exactly what I'm planning on doing" He adds.

"You are?" I question him in disbelief.

"I'm keeping it a secret or else my father will hand down the business to Constance and we all can imagine how well that's going to go" He admits as his phone buzzes. I had so many questions in my mind but I let him walk away, giving me the opportunity to grab my cello from the other room.

He joins me back as I'm in the middle of loading my car. "Thank you for letting me move back, I know it's not part of the contract" I turn to him, closing the trunk. When he doesn't say anything, I take a step forward, my heart tugging on the inside as I take off my wedding ring.

"You do know that you're still my wife right? You going back for a while doesn't change anything" He states when I take his hand and place the ring in his palm. I reach out and smoothen out the frown on his forehead.

"I know but I don't want them to question me when they see the ring" I tell him.

"They already know you're married to me. What they don't know is that we haven't signed a prenup" He clears his throat. "Even so, it'll be easier this way. As much as I hate it, I'd rather have them accept me than try to kill me behind my back" I laugh half-heartedly.

"If those old farts even look at you the wrong way, I'm going to personally take care of them" He grits his teeth, emphasizing on the take care part and I completely trusted him on that.

"Exactly why I'm leaving this behind. Keep it safe for me"

"Good bye Logan" I feel him stiffen as I place my hands on his chest, standing on my toes to kiss him on the cheek. He watches me for a second and as I begin to pull away, he cups my face, bringing his lips to my forehead.

"This is not goodbye, I still have my second chance remember? And if you don't hurry back home, I'm going to come get you" He holds me possessively and it breaks me further to part from him.

"I'm going to hold you to that"

A/N:

This chapter is a flashback. A scene right after the death of Elle's dad.

I contemplated over this chapter for days, not sure if I wanted to start the book with this as a prologue or as the second chapter.

Will you help me decide?

Keep it this way? Or prologue?

Please comment your answer.

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