The Cold Mask

Chapter 29

Noah pov

With those words that made me enter a new dilemma in my head, he left

And I was left alone looking from the window at my princess that was left unaware of a possibly new, but extremely dangerous feeling

Could it be?

That question kept replaying in my mind for one and a half hour later

Cataleya came out of the room ,I opened my mouth to make sure she finished but all words left my mouth when she circled her arms around my torso and put my hand on my chest

I hoped that she wouldn't notice my increase of heart speed nor that I wasn't breathing

I didn't expect that honestly

And it didn't help to answer my unasked question

Dr. Nadia smirked and with a final salute she skipped out of the lobby

"Are you ok?" I asked slightly concerned because it wasn't usual for Cataleya to do that in public

"Yes can we go to the beach we always go to" she said still not breaking the hug

"Yes of course let's go" I said and guided her to the car noticing that she wouldn't let my hand go even in the car

We arrived to our beach, we sat like we always did beside each other's, her legs were against her chest and she was hugging them with her hands and her chin on her legs

"Will you tell me now what's wrong" I asked not even glancing at the beautiful scenery in front of us

Just focusing on my princess

She grabbed her notebook and flipped through the pages until she was at the last page and I noted that this one didn't look used like the rest of them

It was almost new

"I missed you and I just feel like that for my mother it's all new" she said but still not looking at me

And I smiled happy that I wasn't the only one who is becoming clingy

Maybe we can be a clingy couple

But my smile wavered when I remembered what happened to her mother

"It's not bad that you miss someone at least you know that their memory will always be in your heart

I miss my father too" I said feeling the familiar ache in my heart when I remember him

She finaly looked at me making eye contact and I was captivated for a moment

The orange-red light caused by the sunset was cascading on her face making her eyes glow and her black curly hair turn a shade lighter

"What happened to your father if you don't mind me asking" her sweet voice lifted me from my trance and made me look away at the beautiful image of the sunset behind the beach

"He died when i was 17" I felt her get closer to me making me smile slightly

"My father was a great man he loved his family with all his heart, he was the perfect husband and the perfect father and he also was my best friend and my trainer in boxing

We weren't rich but we weren't poor, he always did everything in his power to put food on our table and buy us the things we needed

But no matter how much he worked he always made sure he spend time with us

That night his boss finally gave him a promotion and he was very happy ...."

Flashback

"My beautiful family where are you all" my father's voice rang in our home making me pause playing with Sam and go to him seeing him twirling my mother while laughing