"Have you been able to get your parents out yet?""Not yet. Father doesn't seem to want to help. He wants to see me dead, or at least hurt. If I wanted to get out of here I wouldn't have left with you to begin with." Damian stated bitterly."I'm sure he'll change his mind eventually." Celine reassured him, wrapping her arms around Damian's shoulders."Maybe..." Damian sighed. "If I ever manage to escape."Celine pulled away slightly to look into Damian's eyes."I'm not gonna let you get hurt, Dami. I won't let anything bad happen to you." Celine promised him firmly.Damian returned Celine's gaze and gently caressed her cheek with his thumb."Thank you." Damian whispered."For what?""Everything... For helping me find my happiness again... For being patient with me and being understanding and accepting of every decision I make. I know that I'm not perfect, but you've given me such courage and hope for the future and I don't know how I could repay you." Damian admitted."Just remember t
Damian turned his heel and rushed out of the hallway and headed back towards their bedroom. He entered the bedroom and immediately spotted Celine lying on the large bed and watching all the plants.Celine turned around to face him, frowning."Where were you?"Damian ignored her question and walked over to the closet. After retrieving several items that he needed, he grabbed some fresh sheets and threw them onto the bed."Damian, what are!" Celine began, but once Damian turned around and faced her, Celine instantly stopped talking. Her eyes widened in surprise when she noticed the amount of clothes that Damian was holding in his arms."Um... What is all this?" Celine questioned, staring at the pile of clothes."It's nothing." Damian replied nonchalantly, continuing to unload the clothes onto the bed.Damian didn't say anything else as he continued to remove things from his closet, making way for Celine to take over. He couldn't bring himself to look at her. Not only did Damian feel g
Celine didn't reply and instead made her way over to Damian, grabbing his arm and dragging him towards the stairs."Celine!" Damian protested in protest. "What are you doing?""I need to show you something." Celine replied simply."Show me what?" Damian demanded."Just trust me." Celine murmured before pushing Damian down the stairs, causing him to stumble slightly.When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Damian was able to see what Celine was referring to. Celine led him over towards the sofa and sat down in front of it, motioning for Damian to sit down next to her."What are we doing here?" Damian muttered as he sat down."This is where we spent our first date." Celine replied with a small grin on her face, as though she was remembering a fond memory.Damian stared blankly at Celine for a few seconds before realisation dawned on him."We...we spent our first date in the lounge?" Damian asked confusedly."Yeah," Celine replied excitedly. "Isn't it great? We're finally getting ma
After several minutes had passed, Damian walked over to the countertop and began pouring himself a cup of coffee. While drinking his coffee, Damian glanced around the room. His eyes fell upon a large pile of laundry on the floor, consisting of multiple colours which ranged from white to pink. There was also a pair of jeans strewn across the floor along with a shirt. A frown formed on Damian's forehead when he noticed the sight before him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering why Celine would leave her clothing lying scattered around the place. He guessed that she had been planning to wash the clothes at some point. But it was clear to him that she hadn't done so, as he noticed that she had forgotten to pick up her discarded clothing from the floor. "Damian."Damian flinched slightly, startled by Celine's voice. He slowly turned around to look at Celine who was standing at the entrance of the living room. Her face was slightly flushed, indicating that she had just woken up. "Um
"Why did you decide to forgive me?" Celine questioned softly."Because you have suffered enough. And... You mean a lot to me.""But I caused you so much pain." Celine reminded him. "And after I left you, you were crying.""It wasn't your fault." Damian responded without hesitation. "I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I shouldn't have yelled at you. I shouldn't have told you that I loved you. You didn't know what was happening.""You're right." Celine acknowledged. "However, I'm still sorry.""I know." Damian said with a small smile. "Now, shall we go out and get dinner?""Sure." Celine answered. "Let me just grab my jacket.""Don't forget your purse." Damian informed her. "Take your bag too. Just make sure that your purse isn't hanging out the side.""Okay." Celine uttered, grabbing her purse.They then made their way downstairs and towards the dining room. Once they reached the dining room, they both stopped in their tracks as they realised that the table was full of food. A
"How was dinner?" Damian asked her."It was great, thank you." Celine replied with a smile."No problem." Damian responded, giving her a small peck on the lips. "Do you want dessert?""Yes, I do. Thank you."Damian then rose from the table and made his way towards the kitchen. He returned shortly afterwards with two desserts in his hands. Both desserts consisted of cheesecake, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate cake. Upon reaching the dining table, he set the dessert down on the table and sat next to Celine. Before he could start eating, Celine reached out and grabbed Damian's free hand."Can I have some first?" She requested.Damian glanced at her before nodding his head in response."Of course."After receiving the dessert, Celine dug into it and moaned quietly as she tasted the ice cream. It didn't take long before she had finished all of the ice cream and was now licking her fingers. When Damian had finished his dessert, Celine placed her hands on top of his, intertwining their fi
After hearing Celine's suggestion, Damian began thinking about whether it was a good idea or not. On one hand, he wanted to spend time with Celine more than anything else in the world, but at the same time, he was worried because he hadn't done much with her lately. While it was true that both of them had been busy, Damian knew that Celine was missing out on many things due to the situation regarding his mother, and while he would love to take Celine out for a relaxing day, he knew that there was bound to be a reason why his mother wants to meet her, and he was determined to figure it out."Are you sure, baby?" Damian asked her cautiously."Yes." Celine replied."Fine." Damian replied, nodding his head lightly. "But we can stay at home if you want.""We can stay here." Celine said with a bright smile."Alright then. Let me just pack some swimwear and we can leave. Do you need me to get your bag for you?" Damian asked."No, it's ok. I've already packed mine earlier." Celine replied w
"So... do you wanna go swimming now?" Celine questioned coyly with a playful smirk on her face."Actually…" Damian trailed off. "There is one thing I'd like to do first...""Oh? What's that?" Celine questioned curiously.Celine could feel butterflies fluttering inside of her stomach, as she looked at Damian expectantly, awaiting whatever he was going to ask her. After a few moments of silence, Damian cleared his throat slightly and continued speaking."If it isn't too much trouble, may we spend the rest of the afternoon here? We've only come here for one day and I just wanted to enjoy it alone with you for a couple of hours." Damian requested."Of course we can spend the day here. Whatever you want, baby." Celine assured him, a smile forming on her face."Thank you." Damian muttered in gratitude.He then leaned forward and pecked Celine's lips one last time before getting out of the car. After taking a deep breath, Damian then headed towards the passenger door of the carriage, openin
King Roman finally get all of he ever wanted the throne, peace and his family back without any disturbing, he feels so happy to raise his children together with his beloved wife Celine.Celine was finally able to get out from the cursed and finally together with King Roman."Celine, let me take you into the magical garden there."Celine nodded and King Roman kept holding her hand.He kissed her hands and she smiled happily at him.The two got out of the castle and started walking in the garden.It wasn't just the normal garden but a magic garden that could make plants grow from anything.They went through the garden and when they get to a small pond near the garden Celine jumped into the water.She swims around happily and laughs as she looks up from the water.When she comes back out she saw that the king hasn't follow her so she looked over where she last seen him.He was standing right at the edge of the pond looking at something that made him smile like never before.Her husband a
Unfortunately, this didn’t stop his heart from breaking a little whenever they cried or when they woke up screaming in the middle of the night, scared of monsters or demons, unable to control themselves. Sometimes, Roman wondered if he should try to help them somehow, but then he remembered what happened the previous day. If he had interfered, then the kidnappers would have gotten away with everything, and Celine and his daughters would have died. Instead, he decided to ignore them, pretending as if nothing had happened and letting the incident be completely forgotten. This way, Celine could have a normal life again, and he could finally sleep without worrying about her.As Roman went through that process of ignoring and forgetting about the incident, he gradually began to grow tired. Despite that fact, he stayed up until late into the night before finally falling asleep.When he woke up the next morning, the sun was shining brightly and he could hear birds singing outside in the
Slowly and cautiously, he moved his gaze toward the direction that he thought he had seen the source of the noise coming from. And suddenly, he realized that the source of the sound had been Celine’s hand. She was clutching her left hand tightly in both of hers and she had begun rocking herself back and forth in a small circle. The movements weren’t violent, though, but rather rhythmic, and were definitely something that Roman recognized as something she frequently did when she was upset.It wasn’t that Roman was surprised that Celine was having trouble sleeping or that he was worried that she might be feeling uncomfortable. After all, she had been through quite a bit today, and it was understandable that she might feel that way. But what shocked him was that she was apparently doing it in the middle of the night instead of at the usual hour when he would normally be waking her up to ask her if she needed anything. It was odd behaviour for her, especially after what had happened
So, he would wait. He would patiently try to support his wife, and he would try to be there for her, and he would do his best to make sure that she was always happy. But above all else, he would have to keep reminding himself to stay calm. No matter how angry he was, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t be able to break down if he were to lose his composure. And if he broke down, there was no doubt that he would never forgive himself. Not for something like that. He might not understand what it was like to live with her constantly and watch her suffer, but he didn’t want to find out what the outcome might be if he actually broke down. So, for the sake of his family, he would remain strong and hold himself together. That way, if things did end up getting rough, he had a chance to save what little remained of his family and his sanity.And that was all that really mattered. Everything else, everything else was just distractions.His thoughts were broken away from their current tr
It had become quite clear over the course of the last two weeks that he wasn’t going to be able to keep pushing Celine as far as he normally would have. It pained him to see her hurting like this. He understood, logically speaking, that she was still in a fragile place mentally, but it seemed that the more time that passed by and the more painful memories that surfaced, the less he wanted to push her. So, in order to help her move forward, he would have to allow her to talk to him, but only after she had been cleared for release. He was going to be patient with her, however long it took. In fact, he would be patient for years if it meant that he would eventually be granted the opportunity to help her heal and grow stronger.Roman sighed deeply and ran his fingers through his hair before turning his attention back to the book resting on his lap. It was nearing the end of the third chapter and he had already finished reading through it three times. This was the fourth time he had re
Celine continued crying quietly, occasionally letting out a small whimper or sniffle, until she finally lost the ability to hold back anymore. She sat against the cold white tiles, hugging herself tightly and allowing her body to relax as much as it possibly could. A part of her wished that she didn’t need to be rescued, that she could just fall asleep and never wake up again. Or that someone would come in and save her from everything else. Maybe Roman would come back after work and sweep her up into his arms and carry her to bed. Perhaps she could convince him to stay. To spend forever with her. To be happy together.But no matter how desperately she hoped that was going to happen, it wasn’t going to happen. Because he wouldn’t be back for another week and even if he was, that wouldn’t give her enough time to convince him that her problems were truly worth helping her deal with. It just wasn’t realistic.She wasn’t going to lie. It hurt. There was a part of her that still loved h
Roman sat down at the other end of the counter, turning his head so that his eyes were looking up at her. He had a soft smile on his face and she was unable to avoid smiling back. She loved when he smiled like that. It made her feel warm inside. It brought back memories of simpler times that she wished she could forget. When they were both young and in love. When things between them weren’t complicated or hard to work through. Before everything had gone so wrong and they were separated by miles upon miles of ocean. Before they had even met. “So…what happened?” he asked hesitantly.“What do you mean?”“Well last night was kind of weird…and today isn’t exactly the best situation either, so what happened last night that has you so upset?”“Don’t worry about it,” she mumbled.“It doesn’t look like you want to talk about it,” he pointed out. “And honestly, I think it would probably make you feel better if I knew what was going on. We don’t know each other that well yet…we hardly know
The next morning, when Celine awoke, Roman was lying on the couch, facing her, sound asleep. His arm was slung over the top of her torso and he was snoring gently into her shoulder. He looked peaceful as his eyebrows were relaxed and his mouth hung slightly open. For a split second, he looked younger and less exhausted than he usually did. His hair was disheveled, sticking out at odd angles and there was an obvious flush on his face due to the heat radiating from the heater. Her heart fluttered in her chest at the sight. He looked so adorable and it gave her butterflies to see him looking so tired and worn out. She reached up with her hands to push some of his messy curls away from his forehead before running her fingers lightly over his temples, pushing them downwards gently as she did so. His eyes fluttered for a moment and she thought he was about to wake up, but instead, he nuzzled into her hand, sighing contently as he continued to drift further and further towards slumber.A
Roman nodded quickly, standing up and walking swiftly towards the kitchen. He rummaged around inside the medicine cabinet for a bit, searching through the various bottles until he managed to find a bottle which he immediately popped open and handed to her. She took it gingerly and swallowed down two capsules. She glanced up at him and smiled gratefully. “Thanks.”“You’re welcome. How are you feeling anyway? Are you really alright?”She nodded. “Yeah. I’m fine. A little dizzy, maybe. But I’ll manage. It’s just exhaustion.”He frowned slightly. “But you just said that it’s been three weeks. What happened? Have you not slept for three weeks now?”“I told you, Roman. My body is just adjusting to everything that happened. That’s all. Don’t worry about it. Please, stop asking questions. You’re making me uncomfortable.”Roman sighed and sat back down on the couch, taking her hand into his again. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked so many questions.”“No, no, you’re fine. Just please stop