Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bratty Prince And The Bodyguard : Kabanata 201 - Kabanata 210

Kieran’s POV:I didn’t come here to eavesdrop. No, in fact I came here with a little flickering hope that everything is going to be alright. I wanted to speak to my father about an investor who had shown interest through back channels. I had finally thought that this struggle was going to be over,

Kieran's POV:He took a step closer. “Please. Just listen to me.” “I said stop!” I shouted, stepping back. “I don’t want your love. Not if it’s built on lies!” The King stayed silent. While I hated that part of me still wanted Adrien to explain. To make it better. But he couldn’t. Not anymore. “I came here today to talk about an investor,” I said, hollow. “Someone who could help us. Someone I thought might save us.” I looked Adrien in the eyes. “But I didn’t realize the person I needed to be saved from was standing right in front of me.” He didn’t defend himself. Good. Because I wasn’t sure I could take another breath without choking. Just when I was about to turn to leave, he dropped to his knees in front of me, hands open, eyes red. “I am sorry,” he whispered. “I will do anything. I will take the punishment. I will face whatever you need me to. Just don’t shut me out.” But I already had. My jaw clenched and my heartache. I did not stay there any longer. I knew I would lose i

Adrien's POV:“You don’t get to decide how much I can take,” he said bitterly. “You don’t get to decide anything for me. And the fact that you think you do.. it proves you never saw me as your equal.” “That’s not true,” I said, stepping closer to the door. “You are the strongest person I know. You have survived things no one should have to. But this is not about it at all. It’s about the fact that I love you. And when you love someone, you want to protect them, even if it means they end up hating you.” “I don’t want your protection,” he said. “I wanted your honesty.” “I am here now. Telling you everything. Doesn’t that count for something?” “No,” he said. “It’s too late.” The words hit like a slap. And I wished it had been. Physical pain would have been easier to take. “I am sorry,” I whispered. “I am so, so sorry.” I leaned my forehead against the door, guilt crashing over me like waves during a storm. There was a soft click. The door unlocked and I stepped back instinctively,

Kieran's POV:His jaw clenched when he saw the blood. “Let go,” I said, in a low and cold voice. However, he didn’t. Instead, he said nothing. He looked so angry, so heartbroken, his entire body shaking as he stared at my wound. His eyes were dark and wild. His breathing was uneven. “What did you do?” His voice broke. “What the hell did you do, Kieran?” I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. His hands moved fast and within seconds he was ripping off my watch, checking both my wrists, his fingers running over my skin with such desperation I couldn’t look at him. I froze on the spot as he checked me out like a maniac. “I did not hurt myself,” I lied quietly, hoping he would believe it. But he didn’t. His jaw twitched. He pulled my arm up, scanning every inch. And then he saw it... the older scars. The ones I thought no one noticed. He stopped moving. He let out a breath so shaky it sounded like he was going to fall apart. I felt the tremble in his touch when he slowly let go of my hand.

Kieran’s POV:The large oak doors loomed in front of me like a gate to hell. For a second, I stood frozen outside the Council Chamber, my heart pounding so violently in my chest I swore they could hear it inside. My hands were clammy and my throat dry. I adjusted the collar of my coat and forced my