After Love
Damian had loved lecturing her, but he would always ask quietly at the end, "So… are you still hurting? Are you finally going to listen to me now?"
When she was about in her teen years, they went on an excursion. Bella had accidentally slipped and injured her knee. He panicked and carried her on his back to a clinic. For her part, she exaggerated her pain and cried throughout the journey just to make him panic even more.
At one point, he had had enough and shouted, "Stop complaining or I'll dump you on the sidewalk!"
He never did. Instead, he carried her to the clinic.
As the doctor was dressing her wound, he held her hand despite the long face he wore. "You need to be careful, Bella. I feel