Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 74: Confession

Chapter 74: Confession

Arthur heard the shower running and couldn’t contain the disturbance in his heart. He could understand why Talia despises him and doesn’t even want to be near him, and everything in him wanted to leave before she throws him out but still there was a little part in him that wished for her acceptance of him.

If he were in her position, will he accept someone from the family of his mother’s killer?

No way!

But...

There was still a slight hope in his heart, a part of the same hope that kept him going for the past ten years. The hope that believed in the love she had for him. Hope that tied him to that place and stopped him from leaving her.

He went back to the bedroom and was shocked more to see a small patch of red. He went closer and touched it to confirm it was blood and the sheets slipped from his hand as he felt his heart skip a beat remembering when she pushed him away from her, she seemed to be in pain. He also remembered it was hard to get inside her and in his passion, he didn’t care much as he pushed himself inside her.

’I hurt her!’

He felt terrible for his behaviour and didn’t know how to look her in the face anymore.

’Would she need treatment?’

He wondered and his first instinct was the call Jordan but he remembered how he mocked him the other day and so he decided to take matters in his own hand and search the Internet for answers.

And he only got more scared seeing the results he got from there.

Pregnancy? STDs? Cancer?

And rough s*x?

Ahhh!

He screamed mentally. It seemed like it was his fault in the end.

Talia took a nice warm shower and came out wrapping herself in a bathrobe. She saw Arthur standing in the bedroom and he seemed to be in a trance.

’Did I make him scared?’

She felt a little bad and walked up to him and saw him staring at the blood spot on the sheet and felt her face burn out of embarrassment.

’This guy must have figured it out! ’

Talia concluded as she didn’t knew that he was blaming himself.

She went and removed the sheets slightly nudging him off and Arthur only came out of his reverie by that nudge and the first thing that came to his sight was her red face.

She is angry!

"Iris... You...I..." he didn’t know how to bring it up. He felt extremely bad for hurting her. He acted like a beast with her, hurting her and scarring her.

What he did can be considered r*pe! How was he any different from his brother?

"Step aside," Talia couldn’t stop her heart beating like crazy and removed the sheet. She first thought of washing it but then she decided to keep it. She felt like it was something important.

In their country’s history, women were supposed to keep the soiled sheet from their nuptial chamber as a proof of their virtue. Although she knew that practice was outdated and not followed for centuries, Talia wanted to keep the sheet as a souvenir.

It might not have went on as she expected and they might not have actually done it, but still... Maybe she was happy this happened. Somehow this incident made her remember the past and she could assure her love for Fred.

Seeing her carefully folding the sheets, Arthur got more flustered.

"What are you doing?" he asked walking behind her. She seemed to be not putting the sheet in the wash but folding it and keeping it in her closet?

’ Is she going to sue me for r*pe?’

"I’m keeping it for remembrance," Talia traced her finger gently over the folded sheet as a small smile bloomed in her face that looked like a freshly bloomed magnolia flower.

’My goodness! She really is going to sue!’ Arthur was flabbergasted. Not only was he ashamed for his beastly behaviour, now he was more scared to face the ramifications.

"Iris... I’m sorry," his throat closed and it became hard for him to even speak and Talia looked at the guy with the tip of his nose red as if he was crying and was stunned.

’What is he apologising for?’

Then she remembered that he apologised on his family’s behalf and decided to not keep him hanging anymore.

"Fred," placed the fresh set of sheets on the bed.

"I know the feud between our families... It is not simple and cannot be discussed without hurting any one of us. And I agree only your..." she took a deep breath seeing his eyes focusing on her and truly she didn’t like the guilt she saw in his eyes.

He did nothing wrong.

" The Sinclair family has hurt us more. I.... Really don’t want to bring it up, but can you imagine, the plight of my mother in her last moments? She was already was in labour, the worst pain a woman can go through and at the same time she was being bombarded with bullets from all the side piercing her all over... She must have wanted to live, I know... Or at least wanted to save my brother... I, cannot really put in words, Fred... I can only imagine the pain and sufferings my mother went through in her last moments... I really want to get back at them for putting my mother through those torture. "

Talia let out a deep sigh and Arthur felt his entire body jerk just imagining his mother in such place. Thankfully his mother died peacefully while she was still unconscious.

’It’s all over’

He decided in his heart and he could feel him teleported to a desert with the scorching sun burning him and hot air passing through him making him thirsty and weak.

" But! " she paused and took a deep breath.

For Arthur, That word felt like he found an oasis at a distance and he focused on her face to make sure it isn’t a mirage.

"I know the feud between our families was flamed by thoughts of revenge and we the next generation must put a stop to all these. And I know your uncle already paid the price for what he did and let us leave it at that. I’m not saying I forgive what happened with my mother, but I can try to forget. And...I know it has nothing to do with you. You protected me that day, "

Talia paused and looked at Arthur filled with expectations.

" The most important thing is, Fred... I love you " she smiled at him still looking stunned and she could feel her eyes tearing up. She didn’t know why. Maybe because she was speaking from her heart she couldn’t help but cry and she continued.

"Yes, I love you. Not in spite of what your family did or because you are now living with my family leaving yours, but because of who you are. I would haveoved you even if you are from any family. I love you,Fred because you are the only man who could make me laugh, the only man who could make me feel and the only man who can make me change my mind.

I’m not perfect but I know you are the perfect one for me. I don’t know what you feel about me, but I will always love you. Only you, " she blinked her eyes hard to let the tears fall to see the man in front of her but before she could she was wrapped in a bone clenching hug.

" Really? Iris? "

She couldn’t see his face as she was pulled closer to his chest but she could hear the drumming of his heart in his chest.

Then she felt him kissing her hair and she didn’t know what to do so she just stood in his embrace.

"I love you too,"

He said and she looked at him and his eyes were red and he had a wide grin on his face.

He really couldn’t believe what he heard. He honestly thought that she’d dump him. But she actually professed her love to him?

How amazing is she? She is even better than him!

"Go take a shower and comeback."

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