Semua Bab Lycan King's Rebel Bride : Bab 51 - Bab 54

LuciaWe went back to the office, riding up and going our separate ways. It felt like a weird separation from someone you loved. It was funny.As soon as I was in the office, I sat down and just a few minutes later, Beth walked in with two files in her hands. Work again.“Good afternoon ma'am, these documents were sent to you to modify the contract between the Mills and us" she handed it to me.I picked it up, “Thank you Beth. I'll do just do that” I waited until she had left the room to open the document. I began to read through again.There had been some minor details I had missed earlier on and now it gave me the chance to fix it. It felt as I read through the clauses like they had wanted to cheat us.Some had been ridiculously tightened and given to just benefit them, no thought for us. It made me wonder if I should do the same.Make them to our benefit or make them equal like most of ours had been. I thought about it for a while about what Rhein would think and did just that.Whe

LuciaI clung to her shoulders longer than I should have, the tears wetting the fabric of her gown before I finally pulled away. My face felt warm, raw from crying, and when I looked at her, she still had that calm expression, like she had expected this all along.“I don’t know how to explain it,” I said quietly, my voice almost breaking again. “I’m happy, I’m grateful, but sometimes I feel like I’m just here alone, watching everything move too fast, and I don’t even know if I’m doing the right thing. It’s like one wrong step and I’ll lose all of it. I don’t have anyone here except Rhein, and even with him I don’t want to appear weak. But inside, I am weak. I’m tired, and I’m scared, and sometimes I just want to run back to where life was simple.”She listened without interruption, her head tilted slightly, her hands folded on her lap as though she was storing every word carefully. Her silence gave me courage to continue.“I don’t have my family, my friends, nothing familiar anymore.