Under His Protection

“I certainly hope so Michael” Jadua nodded, giving him a light Pat on the back.

“I shall leave now, once again thank you” he smiled at the gesture of his future in-law and shook his hand briefly.

Once Laura existed the library, he saw Laura in the hallway, her eyes were bright with anticipation, ” How did it go?” She asked, as he drew nearer to her. Michael couldn’t help but to smile at her, be hugged and swing her around as she shrieked at first then broke into a happy laugh, ” My love, we have finally received your father’s blessings”

“Really?”

He nodded as he gently bset her down on her feet, ” yes, it was much more easier than I first thought to convince him, now I can finally marry you and I really can’t wait for you to become my wife and start the new chapter of our lives with our baby”

The smile she gave him melted his heart, Laura slowly placed a kiss in his lip as she stared at him with her eyes showing love, only for him, ” so do I Michael, I can’t wait to be your wife and to call you husband”

Laura heart warmed at the thought of the both of them finally getting married soon, she couldn’t wait anylonger to be Michael wife, here she was preparing to go to the town to buy some fabrics, she wants to personally create her own wedding gown.

“You are going out?” Michael entered the room without knocking.

Since Michael and Laura arrived three days ago at the estate, she stayed in her old room while Michael stayed in his, out of respect for her father since they are not yet married.

“Yes” she smiled lovingly at his reflection through the tall length mirror, despite the fact that they stayed in separate room, that did not stop them from sneaking to each other rooms at night like teenagers experiencing their first romance.

“Where are you going to exactly” he asked as heade further move inside her room.

“The market…” Laura replied, trying to finish dressing, putting finishing touches to her almost done appearance, ” ….. I want to buy some fabrics, the one I told you about the other day, so I can start creating my wedding dress”

Michael scratched the back of his head wairly, ” can’t you postpone this trip to tomorrow?”

“Why?”

He eyed her through the reflection of the mirror, ” well your father invited me to join him for a ride around the estate this morning” he said, ” … he wants my opinion about a certain matter about the estate”

Laura turned around and smiled at him, ” If that is the case, then you better join my dad. I will be fine mister, besides I don’t want you to see what kind of material my wedding dress is made of”

“But….”

Laura could see in his face that he was about to protest when she closed the distance between them and hook her arm around his neck, ” It will be fine my love, have you forgotten that there is no stalker who is after my life, that was all my mother dirty works to have us together”

Michael stared at her for a long moment as his hand rest around her waist, Laur could see in his eyes that he was carefully weighing his opinion about the matter, Michael wasn’t comfortable about letting her leave without proper Protection.

“At least ask your mum to help you in town, iam sure that is not too much to ask from her”

Laura rolled her eyes and groaned, ” c’mon Michael, you Know how busy she always is when it comes to overseeing the affairs of the estate, iam very sure she would love to help me out but I don’t want to bother her” Laura smiled tenderly, ” I will be fine, I promise, I will be back before you even miss me”

“But iam already missing you” Michael breathed with experation in his eyes, Laura knew Michael really doesn’t want her to leave without him, but he had already made a promise to her father.

“You will be fine, Michael” she encouraged hi, giving him a peck on the lip, ” wait until I return, okay”

Laura could not miss the way his eyes darken when she kissed him on the lip, ” iam still not sure if I will let you leave to town without me Laura”

“Have faith Michael” before he could protest more or give her reason as to why she should not go alone, Laura pulled down his head and kissed him passionately, the kind is thing she was sure would melt all his protest about her trip to town, when the kiss turned hot and dangerous she reluctantly ended their lip Locked.

She stared at his passion clouded eyes, Michael touched her buttom lip with his thumb, ” you will have to promise me that you will update me regularly about your whereabouts, and I promise to come after you as soon as our tour ends”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“I will” Laura assured him solemnly.

Michael led her outside, hand-in-hand until they reached the garage, Michael held out the driver door for her so she could slid in with ease, he leaned down to remind her of her promise before kissing her forehead for a farewell kiss.

Laura grinned at him before accelerating her car to the driveway, her drive to the town was eventful when she was searching for the perfect fabrics that she wanted for her wedding dress, debating on what type of fabrics she wanted Laura decided to have a cup of coffee and a slice of cake from the coffee shop nearby as she sat to sketch her wedding dress.

“Laura, nice to see you here” her gaze was arrested by the familiar voice that drawled her name with such pleasant tone, she looked up to see Japhet smiling face beside her table.

“Japhet!…” Laura said, closing her sketch book almost immediately, the last thing she wanted was for him to see that she had been sketching her own wedding dress. Suddenly her chest gave a painful, “…. what are you doing here?”

“May I?” He gestured towards the vacant chair across her, it was really on Laura tip of tongue to refuse but she could not when she owe him an explanation, Laura nodded casually before he sat on the chair.

“I thought you already left after what happened that night” Laura blurted out softly, as she slowly tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.

Japhet smiled at her, the kind of smile that did not quite reach his eyes,” after you stood me up infront of the elite of the society”

Laura cringe at his word, ” iam sorry japhet…” she muttered remorsely looking away from his intense gaze,”…. I didn’t mean to humiliate you like that, it is just that I really love him and I can’t live without him”

Something changed in Japhet’s friendly eyes which made Laura shiver slightly with uneasiness, ” I really want to marry you and be the father of your child Laura”

“I know…” she admitted, studying her hand in her lap, “… It is just that I cannot offer you anything other than friendship, you are always dear to me but I cannot give you more than that, iam so sorry japhet”

“So you’re going to marry that man Laura?” He asked, dangerously soft after few moments of silence.

Laura bit her buttom lip and stared at him with apologetic look, ” Yes”

Japhet suddenly stood up from the table which startled her, Laura looked up at him in surprise, ” I wish you a lifetime of happiness Laura, I think I should go now, it’s nice seeing you again before I leave the country today”

“Yeah me too” Laura said with a slightly friendly smile on her face, ” I hope you too will find the right woman soon and I can’t be happier when you finally introduce that woman to me japhet, I will wait for that day”

He didn’t answer her, he just left her alone in the coffee shop, once Laura was alone in the table she heard her phone sounded from the bag, she fished it out and smiled when she saw the name Michael on the screen, she slid her finger to answer, ” Hello”

“Where are you my love?” Michael asked on the other line, ” I will come pick you up, I just need to change my clothes”

“Iam here at the…..” The word died in her mouth when she saw japhet loomed again in the table, she looked at him questiongly when two burly men came from behind him.

“You know what?” Japhet said codly, this time Laura was extremely terrified at him, ” I changed my mind, I guess I can’t let you go after all, and I can’t bear to see you marry that low class trash you fondly call bodyguard. I decide that you are coming back with me to my country and live the rest of your life as my wife.