My Guardian Angel

~Chapter fourteen~ Tantrums and possessiveness

"I do love her. With my entire being. She's my life now. If anything were to happen to her, anything at all, I would never forgive myself." Riz said lowly, even though I could still hear him.

I couldn't listen anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, he said he loved me twice before and I took it pretty lightly. But that one thing he just said alone, hit me deep. It sounded so sincere. I didn't really believe that he loved me before, but now I believed. Something told me to believe, because it was true.

The sound of feet growing closer to the love seat from the kitchen stirred me out of my thoughts. I quickly shut my eyes and pretended to be asleep. Warm hands grasped my body, pulling me up into a hard chest. I leaned my head against him, savoring him.

"Annabel, I know you're awake." Shit... My cover was blown.

I opened my eyes slowly and looked up to meet his. They were bright orange, peering into mine. He smiled as he pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Let's go up to my room. The bed's more comfortable. Trust me."

I moved uneasily in his arms and he looked down at me.

"Now you know I would never try anything on you without your consent, sweetheart. I just want you to be more comfortable. Unless you'd rather sleep on the couch?"

I contemplated for a moment. Then shook my head and nuzzled my head in the crook of his neck. As he carried me upstairs towards his room, I couldn't help but blurt out my thoughts.

"Is what you said true?" I whispered.

He sighed through his nose and leaned his head against mine.

'Of course. Everything is.' He said in my mind as I was bombarded with his emotions again.

I nodded my head as he pulled away. He pushed his door open with his foot and walked over to the bed. He gently laid me down on it before going to shut the door again. I crawled under the covers and was about to shut my eyes when I shot upright and nearly fell off the bed.

"OH MY GOD! MY PARENTS ARE GOING TO KILL ME! WHAT TIME IS IT?" Riz flinched from the loudness of my voice.

"Annabel calm down! It's only 6:30!" I sighed out in relief when he told me that and settled back in the blankets.

"Sorry I flipped... I got a little scared..." I mumbled into the blankets.

He didn't respond at all. When I turned to face him he was standing beside the bed with his eyes closed.

I froze.

He started whispering to himself again and the tattoo appeared across his side. I had to stop whatever he was doing. It kind of freaked me out. I slowly crawled out of the bed but when I reached out to touch his shoulder, Chapin barged through the door and pulled me back.

"No! Don't touch him!" She whispered fiercely.

She pulled me out of the room and shut the door.

"Are you crazy? He'll kill you!" I was about to take it as a joke but the look on her face stopped me.

"Then call me dead because I've already interrupted his 'convo' twice before." Chapin had a look of disbelief on her face.

"Twice? And he never tried anything?" I shook my head.

"Well that's... Interesting." She tapped her chin as if thinking.

"CHAPIN? WHERE'S ANNABEL?" Riz's voice boomed from behind the door.

"You better go back in there before he kills me." She laughed and pushed me through the door.

As soon as I step foot in his room, he pulled me to his chest and slammed the door in Chapin's face. I thought he would let me go at that moment, but he had other plans. He held me to him for what felt like forever.