บททั้งหมดของ ALANNAH: HIS PROTECTOR: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

**CONNOR** I watched as Alannah struggle to walk back to her office and I immediately began to rethink my decision, maybe I’d been too harsh. Those files were already too much and she had to wait and watch me go through all of them over again. I felt her staring at me, but I hadn’t carried my head up to look at her. I got to an error and I asked her to come closer to take a look at it, Alannah walked towards me and stood behind me bending over so she could see and I smelled her sweet breath on my face. I finished showing her what needed to be done and immediately agreeing with me, she took the files from me and walked out of my office. My eyes followed her and I soon saw Camilo and the sight of him made me slightly jealous, especially when he held her like that. I could be the one supporting her if she loses her balance, I remembered the previous incident and her soft skin on my palm. I hissed as I looked away from the both of them. Not long after, I saw Camilo left her off

“What?” I asked surprised and wanting to know why he was staring at me. “He was abusive?” He said softly, I wanted to ask him who was but I remembered, he was talking about his dad. “He got really mad because my mum wouldn’t sign the inheritance over to him, she signed them to me instead and asked that I took over when I turned 18.” He started explaining. “So must of the time he’d come either drunk or angry and he would hit her so much that she wouldn’t be able to move and I couldn’t do anything, I just watch.” He sighed. “He would send me to my room and lock me up, sometimes for days. Julia and Adrian would sometimes come when he isn’t home and the would keep me company from outside.” He laughed “it was funny, they’d tell me stories and it would feel like I was with them until I fell asleep. Everything was horrible and quite traumatizing but, my mum loved him and he, he only loved her properties.” He finished sharing and I didn’t want to pressure him to share more. “

**CONNOR** I stopped walking and decided to go to Alannah and take her out for lunch today, I hadn’t told her anything , I just wanted to surprise her a little and she was. I got to her office and found Camilo was there already. Why was he there and what were they talking about? I looked over at Alannah to find her smiling and Camilo smiling back. Mad, I walked inside the office. “So where do you have in mind?” I heard Camilo ask Alannah and I immediately knew he was talking about taking her out to lunch. His presence alone annoys me and quite frankly, I have no idea why, maybe it was because he made Alannah smile, well I make her do more than smile I scoffed as I thought. And before Alannah would answer, I spoke “Nowhere, I’ll be taken her to lunch.” Alannah and Camilo both looked at me, surprised. Both freezing in their position like they’d seen a ghost. “We Leave in two.” I said again looking at my wristwatch. I saw the disappointment on Camilo’s face

“Hey.” I heard Connor’s voice behind me, snapping me out of my memory lane. “Hey.” I said as I turned to kiss him. “What’s wrong? You Okay?” He asked looking worried and as usual stroking my hair. “Yes, I’m fine.” I answered. “I was just thinking.” I completed. “Oh Really? What about?” He asked before sitting down and pulling me to his lap too. “Everything. I miss Julia and Adrian too.” I said pouting like a little baby. “Should we go to them then?” He asked and my eyes lit up. “We can?” I asked in a squeal. “Yes. We can and in fact, we’re going.” He said before asking me to stand up, pulling out his phone from his pocket Connor walked out of his study and I could still hear his voice until they fade. I closed my eyes for a while to relax and my phone rang. I didn’t have to look at it to know who it was, it was my Uncle. I’d thought of ignoring the call, closing my eyes and laying back on the chair and just as my phone stopped ringing. I heard a

Dinner went well as everyone was catching up on where we’d left off, forgetting about the attack or my uncle, everything seemed a little bit normal again. We finished eating and we all went to the sitting room and settled for a movie. Adrian and Julia excused themselves before we finished the movie but we stayed through it, when the movie ended we both decided we were going to bed. Connor and I got to our room, pulled off our clothes and had our baths together, we played like little kids laughing, remembering and sharing our funny moments together. We got out of our bath and laid on the bed. “You were about to say something before we had dinner?” He asked. “Oh. That’s nothing, it’s fine. Don’t worry.” I lied as I told him between fake smiles. “You’re sure?” He asked. “Yes, I am very sure.” I nodded before laughing at my attempt to be a child. He laid down and I laid on his chest, listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat and hearing him breath. I closed my eyes.