Chapter 289
Thea
I walked behind Angel in silence, feeling guilty for my back and forth attitude with him. I kissed him to make Natalia jealous but now I was hurting him by wanting to stay away from him. The look in his eyes when I pulled my hands away from him broke my heart even when I didn’t want it to. I guess I couldn’t bear to hurt him after all.
We got to his office and he locked the door behind us leaving just the two of us in here.
“I’m here so let’s get down to it. What do I need to know?” I asked trying to act comfortable.
He turned around to face me and I found my fingers going to the back of my neck for a scratch which I didn’t need. It was just the tension I felt being before him.
Angel remained silent long enough for me to look up and be curious as to the reason for his delay. He seemed a bit scared which got me worried.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“What is it Angel?”
“I want you to promise me that you’ll try to understand and not get mad.”
He said and I squinted at him in confusion. What could he say right now that could probably get me mad.
“Why would I want to promise that. Just say it and deal with however I react.” I said with no care in my voice.
“You’re getting pissed already.”
“I’m not pissed off.”
“You are now.”
“I said I’m not!” I yelled getting mad already. I palmed my forehead feeling stressed. “Just spill whatever it is. You can’t possibly do something that will obviously offend me and not expect me to get mad at you.” I said and sighed sharply.
Angel remained silent for a while just staring at me. He must think I was a handful.
“I met with your mum.”
He said and I was surprised to hear that. I moved closer hoping to get more details.
“What? My mum? When?”
“Yesterday.”
I wanted to say something but my words got stuck in my throat. My heart raced thinking about her. I had been too busy hating on Angel for what he did to me and now that I was growing soft on him I just realized that I haden’t payed much heed to how she must have been feeling because of me.
I was her only child and I knew she loved me more than anyone. I was her world and was taken away cruelly from her. Knowing my mum, she was influential to some extent but if she haden’t been able to get me out then Angel was undoubtedly more powerful and influential than she was.
I felt a sting of anger towards Angel for how much he made her suffer. It was like opening a fresh wound in me.
“What did you say to her?” I asked trying not to show my anger towards him in the way I sounded.
“That you won’t be returning to her as promised.”
I paused, taken aback by his words. What exactly did he mean by that? I chuckled trying to play off his words as unserious.
“What do you mean by that Angel? I gave you a week.”
“It won’t happen Thea. I can’t let you out of this place until I’m sure you’ll be out of harms way.” He declared and I got infuriated.
“You are a bloody liar!” I yelled and he hissed. “You promised!” I cried.
“I don’t want to fight with you Thea. No matter how much you hate me for my decision I won’t change it. I won’t please you and put your life at risk.”
“But you went there, you weren’t attacked on your way!”
“It’s quite different from living with your mum. I won’t be able to monitor your movements. For all I know you could decide to hop into a club for fun!” Angel yelled back at me and it dawned on me that he wasn’t going to bend to my will but moreso, I was disappointed that he’d think of me like that. Going back to the club.
“Is this how you see me? Is this what you really think of me? Angel?”
“I didn’t mean it the way you might have understood it. I’m just saying you could want to move about after being locked up for long in here.”
“And why would you care or try to monitor my movement while I’m at my mum’s place. It’s my life! I told you before, I won’t let you control me ever again!” I yelled angrily and began panting afterwards. Angel was breathing heavily as well and none of us could say a thing yet.
“I do not want to control you Thea.” He said, his eyes softening. “I just want to protect you.”
“I’ll be protected at her place, guards are there. You don’t have to worry.” I was stubborn. I didn’t want to reason with him.
Angel shook his head looking frustrated but that didn’t matter to me at all. I just wanted things to go my way for once and not have him decide everything about me. He moved closer to me and I sighed. I wasn’t ready to be cornered or have my senses messed up by him.
“I can’t focus if I don’t know how safe you are.”
I scoffed finding him unbelievable. “So this is about you then?”
“It’s not just about me Thea can’t you see it? It’s about everyone. Sparrow knows you’re my greatest weakness don’t you think you’ll be his target?”
“You have your sister to worry about, leave me alone Angel.”
“How do I protect Cassie if I get to worry about you every minute of the day huh? How do I focus on finding Sparrow if I have to worry about your safety at every turn I take?” He yelled and I moved back unable to stand the force of his anger. “Quit pretending like you don’t know how much I love you. How much you affect me and control me like I don’t own myself!”
“Angel stop… Stop yelling at me.” I said softly unable to look at him.
“But you started it… If you really want the others to be safe then you would stop thinking about yourself for now and stay here because that is the only way I can think right!”
A moment of silence reigned between us. We only stared at each other speaking our emotions through our eyes.
“Is that your best shot? Emotionally blackmail me?”
“Fuck….” He cursed turning away from me. He returned shaking his head in disappointment. “can you not see reason in all these?”
“No!” I answered firmly to his shock. “If you are that worried about my safety then hand over the operation to Knight and Caspian that way no one will have the need to think straight and protect the rest. You’re just selfish!”
“No, you’re the selfish one here. I promised you already. You’ll return home. Just let everything be resolved.”
“And for how long do I have to wait?” I asked and hesitated before answering.
“I’ll get things resolved as soon as I can.”
“That’s not a definite answer, until you have one I don’t want to see your face.” I said and turned around to leave but I was quickly spinned around by him. “Don’t touch me.” I yell releasing myself from his hold. He looked genuinely remorseful but I was too mad at him to care about his feelings now.
“Your mum would like to speak with you.” He said and I paused. I was shocked.
“What?”
“You must also know that I didn’t have it easy with her and I told her about us.”
“You what?”
“Please calm down. I’m just saying this so she doesn’t catch you by surprise.”
That was a wrong move to make, how could he do that? I was pissed at him for doing so. My mum would be so disappointed. She’d feel like I betrayed her by falling in love with Angel. How could I face her?
“I can’t speak with her.” I said moving away.
“I promised her Thea, I promised that I’d let her speak with you. You wouldn’t want me to let her know that’s your wish.” I knew not speaking with her and despite being unsure about it I decided to give it a chance.