Amelia .
“You want me to bury my brother and get married to you on the same day.” I asked, my jaw ticked in annoyance, as I hid both my hand inside my pocket. I didn’t want anyone to know, atleast not yet.
My pulse hammered as I stared at Blake, hoping this was just a horrible nightmare, how did I go from having a husband, having a brother, to being here, divorced and in a room with a man that once rejected me.
Emotions slammed through my chest, he looked so different from the last time I saw him, his eyes were pale, a tattoo I didn’t recognize laid on his neck, I instantly looked away
My eyes darted to Blake again, five years. I tried to never think about him, I imagined some days with him, some thing reminded me of him, but now, having him stand this close to me.
“The will.” Gabriel explained.
“I’m supposed to believe some stupid will. My brother died, he is fucking dead an you stand here to tell me he wrote some fucked up will about Blake taking her and he has to be married to me for it to happen, Ryan always knew I was married, how do we know the people that killed him aren’t the ones that wrote it.” I asked.
I didn’t want to yell, but I wanted this nightmare to be over, I wanted to go back to having a brother.
“Where is this husband by the way? Ryan never liked him, we never did.” Blake spat. “I’m not happy about this either.”
I would be a fool to believe that.
“He was your bestfriend.” I whispered, the words was stinging through my chest, I felt a wave of pain radiating through my body. “He cared for you and not a single tears has escaped your eyes, all you can think about is taking over.”
Blake smirked. His jaw tightened in annoyance as he stared at me, he took a step toward me and I stood firm, my eyes darting to his, I didn’t dare look away.
Right now the memories didn’t matter to me, this is about my brother, and not the man that once broke my heart.
“Never question my relationship with Ryan, when you left, I was here with him, you weren’t, you didn’t call for months, we thought you will eventually after three years, he still never gave up on you Amelia , Gabriel and I, the clan were here for him.” Blake spoke and a shiver runs down my spine, a tear slipped out of my eyes. “How I grief Ryan, it’s between me and myself, I know why Ryan-choose me, he knows I will make things better, he knows I can fix things.”
“Marrying me is the right option, please tell me you had nothing to do with the will, why will he want us to be married.”
“He knows no one can protect you better than I can sweetness.” Blake spoke and I froze, that nickname.
Memories slammed into my chest as the mere mention of it.
“I love you sweetness.” His old words filled my mind, he didn’t, it was all a lie.
“Your husband.” Blake spoke, his tone stressing at the word husband. “Your husband can not do anything to protect you, but I can, Ryan knew he was not safe, it’s not normal for someone like him to write a will.”
“Was he mixed up with bad people like my father was.” I asked and he didn’t speak. I could see it in his eyes, he was, I was wrong all along.
He lied to me, he told me he had stopped, he didn’t.
And now.
He is gone.
“I’m not going to let them get away with this, whatever they did to Ryan, I will make them pay twice as hard, and-“ Blake was about saying when he turned to Gabriel.
“We checked the will three times. To make sure it was written by Ryan, it was, his lawyer has a similar copy and he gave it to Ryan that same night.”
“Why will he do any of this?”
“We will find out.” Blake spoke when my eyes darter to his, my heart skipped a beat the moment I realized how close he was when I pulled away instantly.
“So what, we honor the stupid will, it makes no sense, there had to be a way for Blake to take over.”
“It’s the only way, without a will, you are meant to take over , Ryan knows you won’t be able to handle any of this alone, you need to have someone by your side, and your husband is neither a part of the clan, nor someone we can rely on.”
That’s true.
I bit my lip.
“What happens if Blake does not take over? What happens is Asher refuses to divorce me.”
“I think he already has.” Gabriel spoke and my chest tightened, I instantly hid my hand. “And Blake can’t meddle in our affairs. He won’t be able to find whoever hurt Ryan, and he will be forced to nor do anything, you will be under our protection and if you don’t take over, the clan will find a fit leader.”
No.
It has been in the family for years, and Ryan worked hard to create his name, someone else could be anyone
“You mean my extended family.” I asked and Gabriel nodded.
Uncle, aunt, no, it would lead to horrible things happening but I can’t marry Blake either.
“Think Gabriel.” My voice begged
“It’s the only way.” Ryan spoke, his voice got tighter. “You have no idea what we are dealing with right now. What Ryan did before he died.”
“What did he do?” I asked
Silence.
“Just think about it, we don’t have all day. We need to get it done, I need to take over before the news gets to your family, if it does-“
“They will protest the will, and it will take longer for Ryan’s killer to be found, it may be too late.” I breathed out. “If they take over, no one will care for Ryan, or his death, they can even kick me out of the house.” I breathed out.
“Ryan always cared and loved you Amelia .” Blake spoke.
“If he did, he would have never wrote this will, if he did, he won’t have choose you over me five years ago.”
