| Devious Siren | {18+}

{51} Inevitable

Reign

certain to happen; unavoidable.

I wake up to something being rub against my face. Luca is sitting on the side of the bed, removing hair from my face.

"Hey." He rubs the side of my cheek with his thumb.

"Hi." I reply back, i'm still a bit angry about the conversation we had last night.

Hopefully we can forget about it and move on. Riley isn't a big deal.

Who am I kidding?

"I'm sorry about last night, it's just so much is going on. I'm sorry for putting it all on you." He looks so tired and i'm the main reason why. I can't look him in the eyes.

I sit up and go into the bathroom and he follows me. "Its not your fault, I know you're going through a lot right now. I'm sorry that i'm not helping any of these situations." I hear my voice crack and feel tears weld in my eyes. I close them and quickly brush my teeth.

Emotional bitch.

"Don't cry please Brei, none of this is your fault." It is, everything is my fault. He turns me around to face him and I look down at my painted toes. "You know, I love you right?" My head snaps up at him.

I clear my throat. "Don't say that."

"Do you know how much? Aubrei." He gets down on one knee, ignoring what I said.

"Stop." I whisper. He pulls out a small velvet box.

No, no, no, you can't.

"I know this isn't how you imagined it, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you, it's selfish because I know i'm no good for you, but I can't let you go. You've helped me, through so much shit. I never believed in love until you. You're everything I imagined love would be. I love you so fucking much, amore." He sighs. "I know it's still to early for us but I want to marry you. You don't have to say anything right now, just know that I want life with you. The last breath I take, I want it to be by your side." He kisses the top of my hands then my ring finger. "Please, mio amore. Just think about it."

"Luca I don't-" I get choked up on my words. "I have secrets Luca, secrets that'll make you hate me."

"Nothing you did or do will make me hate you." I start to ball my fucking eye sockets out. I love him so much. I don't deserve him at all.

It's too bad though, i'm more selfish than he is.

I nod. "I want life with you too." He gets up and gives me a kiss that feels like it's the end. I pull away and grab both sides of his face. "I love you, no matter what happens, okay?" He looks into my eyes and I see a flicker of hurt before he nods and kisses me again.

Next thing I know we're both naked and panting.

And for some reason this feels like the last time.

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Luca

Warehouse 6.

I don't know why I told Joseph to meet me here. But it's broad daylight, so nothing should happen.

You know why and it will.