I stood there staring at Luke as seconds passed by since he asked me a question. He raised one of his perfectly shaped brows at me in question if I was going to answer him or not.
"I’m anemic," were the words that came out of my mouth.
"Seriously? Is that the best lie you could come up with?" He asked me in a serious tone tilting his head.
"Yeah, sorry for not being creative. I don’t get asked every day by people to drink my blood," I retorted and heard him laugh.
"Lillian, you amuse me," he said walking towards me and I pulled up the blanket covering myself in it as a shield. What was I thinking? Don’t ask me, "There’s a little party being held tomorrow I would like you to accompany me there, that’s my condition."
I narrowed my eyes making sure he wasn’t lying, not that I could detect it but vampires were all cunning people well, except for Canrart I felt.
"So if I accompany you, you won’t drink my blood right?" I asked him making sure and saw him nod.
"Pinkie promise," he said lifting his pinkie in the air with a smile.
"Alright," I sighed in relief that he wasn’t going to bite me. I moved the blanket out of the way, "You should have taken Julie out first, she’s your family and family come first."
"I know and I did that," he said coming closer to me, "You’re my family now, my future wife to be specific so that makes you the most important person in my life," he said bluntly and I had to avert my eyes from the dark green ones that were looking at me seriously with no hint of playfulness.
Luke would change the atmosphere in seconds. From funny to serious to playful again. I felt his hand grip my chin so that I was facing him completely. His eyes burning intensely.
"Don’t look away, Lillian," he spoke huskily and I felt my heart beat increase, "I have waited patiently all these years for you. I will wait no matter how many more years it takes for you to love me. I’m don’t want to scare you so I won’t speak anything on it right now," he said before getting up and walking out of the door.
During dinner, I just nodded to the questions that were asked. My head felt too fuzzy to think and talk after what Luke had confessed. Did he actually love me? It felt strange and I didn’t know how to tackle it. I had accepted the fact that I was going to marry Luke and Ace...I was in the process of letting him go out of my mind. Especially after seeing his reflection in the college bathroom, his memories brought scary chills to my body. It was a messed up situation, the smile he had on his face was like a devils smile.
Looking at my side, I saw another devil who was Luke. He had his moments like he could scare a person or charm them according to his benefit but at the same time, I had noticed the possessiveness that surfaced.
"Lilly?" Canrart called my name.
"Huh?"
"You seem lost in thoughts, is something bothering you?" He asked and I shook my head, "Luke said you were going to the party with him tomorrow, is that so?"
"Yeah, it is," I replied and saw him smile.
"I’m glad to hear it," he said making my brows furrow.
"I told you it’ll be fine," I heard their mother, Heather speak from the other end, "Everything needs time and with it everything will go fine. I picked the date for the wedding after talking to Lilly’s father."
"Date?" I asked and she nodded.
"The wedding date of course. Your mother seems to be recovering very quickly dearie, so we thought to set the date after a month. Why wait when the bride and groom are ready, right? Preparations have already begun. Elise and I will come with you for shopping next week but if you have someone else in your mind to take you are free to do so. It is your wedding after all," Heather said while I had stopped breathing.
"Ah- could I take one of my friends with me?" I asked and she nodded.
"Of course, dearie," she replied with a soft smile.
I was going to have a cardiac arrest soon with all the information being thrown and I needed Gwen next to me. No matter how much I would postpone it, I knew, in the end, the day would come. The wedding day.
Next day in the night, I was unsure of what to wear and what to not as I stood in front of the bed were five dresses were placed. The party was going to start from eleven and it was nine now, I had an hour to get ready. After a lot of thinking I picked the dark black dress to wear and went to iron it for it to only burn as I was lost in thoughts. I picked the dress closest to me which was the dark blue one. Wearing it, I tied up my hair. Once I got ready, I went down the stairs and saw Luke leaning his back on the wall, waiting for me. He was wearing a black tuxedo and crisp red shirt to go with it. He hadn’t bothered to comb his jet black hair and instead kept the messy look.
"You look ravishing," were the words that passed through his lips making me slip the last two steps of the stairs and I almost fell if it weren’t for his arms that caught me. I cleared my throat as I straightened myself. fr(e)ewebn(o)vel
"You too," I responded.
"Thank you, my lovely Lillian," he grinned hearing the compliment, "Come, let’s go."
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