Second Chance

Let's Talk About Love(3)

From a very little age he was taught how he should treat women like delicate dolls. How a man should tale care of a woman. And how all women should be treated as a princesses. And all his life he followed this rule. No woman he had any relationship with, including his mother and sister can deny the fact that he was one hell of a man who new how to make a woman feel like a princess.

But Mercy Donavon is no princess. She is a queen. She is someone capable of raising a hundred boytoys and pampering them endlessly. If you try to baby her, she will end you. Her thoughts, her character, her strength, everything has long crossed the boundary of normal woman.

Maybe she liked the way he treated other woman in her life. Maybe she liked his gentlemanly nature. But that was the limit. What she actually loved about him is the endless support he gave her. How despite belonging to the legendary possessive alfa male category of men he never restricted her in anything. As long as it doesn't cross his bottom line, he never stopped her in anything.

But what she didn't like was how his love means total protection and pampering. How he would turn to become a bodyguard and guardian of the woman around him. If any of them wanted anything, he would give it to them. If his mother wanted money, she just has to tell the word and he would give an unlimited credit card to her. If his sister wanted to work then sure, he would simply give her a comfortable position with no real responsibility and endless opportunity to learn. Only when she was confident of her skills did she start doing real jobs. Even then he made sure to go through her work so that she didn't male a mistake and embarrass herself in front of everyone.

Even when he was in a relationship with Chastity, he used to take on all the load. If Chastity had a problem, he would solve it. If Chastity was feeling sad he would cheer her up. On top of that, he also needed this superpower of knowing what was going on in her mind and give it to her without even asking. In other words, all the women in his life had be dependent on him completely.

And Mercy had a mind of her own and new till where her boundary lies. Maybe because of the influence of a strong woman like Mrs Donavon, she was never like those girls who were given everything. Mrs Donavon was a woman who came from a humble background and fought hard to stand at the very top of her field. It was her these same qualities that made Me Donavon take notice of her and start a relationship with her. But even after that, she never used her status of being a member of Donavon family. She still was where she was because of her own hardwork.

The Donavon family was place where men and women were equal in real sense. Maybe that's why the women of Donavon family were also exceptional.... Well, at least two of them were. They didn't like it when things were given to them on a platter. They liked to fight for it. If they want money and you give them a limitless credit card, well it will be just thrown back at your face. If they wanted to work and you gave them an easy job to first learn slowly and gave them preferential treatment against other employees, they'll simply leave the job.

That was how things were for them. Those were women truly hardworking and independent. They never thought they don't need a man. They just didn't a boss or another guardian. They needed a partner, a supporter in their men. They didn't want a backboneless weakling or a caveman bossing around their women. What they wanted was an equal in true sense.

Isn't that exactly why I love her so much though. Luke thought to himself in amusement. It was hard on him too. Always being the responsible one. Always being the pillar of the family. It was a vexing and tiring job. It was something enough to make a man go insane.

But then he met this woman. One he didn't have to constantly be looking out for. One he didn't have to protect, one whose burden he didn't have to endure. In fact, she is someone he could relax around. Someone who shared his burdens with him. For the first time in his life he didn't have to worry about a woman in his life.

It is refreshing and warm and he loved this feeling. Just like she said, when you love someone, you love everything about them. Even if you are annoyed by something of theirs, you still like it. And he loved everything about Mercy. From her most endearing habits to all her annoying habits.

But what about her? Yes she loves his nature to some extend but she can't tolerate some others. On top of that, Mercy had a huge insecurity issue. All these facts together brought their relationship to a standstill.

In other words, he had to get rid of his 'protect all women around me' approach or he needs to forget about his relationship with Mercy. Just like she said, just because you love someone doesn't mean you also have a relationship with them. So what will he choose?

Is that even a question? Didn't they try keeping their desires to themselves for the past years? Didn't they already unknowingly try to ignore their loves for each other? Were they successful? On the contrary, his feelings have reached to the point of obsession already.

So, there were actually two problems left. One to keep his habit on a tone down. And two, he needed to make her feel more secure about this relationship.

He has always been a perceptive man. So of course he has noticed that Mercy has always been scared to start a relationship with him. He didn't know why. He didn't know what went wrong. But he was sure that she liked him too. If she didn't, given the advances he has made, she would have broken his bones by now given her personality. Since she didn't, she didn't exactly hate him. But she is ignoring it, rather, she is terrified of her own feelings.

And he was sure he could do it. Slowly, but surely he will make her love him. He just had to take it slow.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that he didn't have the time to take it slow.