Chapter 195 Chapter 195


    A dayter, Andrea''s leg was healing fast. He was still limping but when I redressed the wound in the


    early afternoon, it had reduced in size, new skin had grown and he was in far less pain than the day


    before.


    It had been a rtively untorturous twenty-four hours for me too. After saving his life, Andrea had the


    decency to leave me alone for the evening and I sat out on the balcony watching over Bogota for hours


    as the pink chalk sunset was reced by the bright lights of the city.


    I''d always wanted toe to South America. This wasn''t exactly how I envisioned it happening but just


    for a short moment, as I took a deep breath of the fume polluted air and watched people on the street


    having fun, everything was sort of okay.


    Apart from using me as a nurse to his wound, it wasn''t until the following evening that he bothered me


    for anything else.


    "I''m attending a party in the city tonight and you''reing," he said to me as he sat beside me out on


    the balcony.


    I nodded, "Is it going to be like thest party?"


    "No one is gonna die," he replied.


    "You''ve said that before," I muttered.


    "I don''t keep my promises," he said with a grin. "You may have realised that by now. But if someone


    ends up with a bullet in their head tonight, I can assure you I didn''t n it. We''re meeting my


    respectable business friends."


    By ''respectable friends'' he actually means ''dirty murdering fellow drug lords''.


    "Go shower and, there''s a dressid out on the bed," he said.


    I nodded, already looking forward to a cold shower to rid myself of the mugginess of Bogota.


    As expected, the dress would never be "Leo approved" but it at least had a certain level of ss to it.


    I dried my hair and slipped into it before looking at my reflection in the mirror of the bedroom.


    My bruises were gone and after sleeping properly for the first time in a while the night before, I was


    looking considerably less like a corpse.


    Already dressed in a shirt and ck trousers, Andrea drew up behind me.


    "You look stunning," he said as he looked over my shoulder into the mirror.


    He ran his hands down the dark red velvet of the dress and then traced the deep V-neck with the tips of


    his fingers.


    "But there is something missing," he said after a pause.


    He then opened a drawer and lifted out a ne. It was made of diamonds for sure and when he put


    it around my neck, I felt its weight on my chest.


    "It''s pretty," I said touching it with my fingertips.


    "I''m going to propose to you tonight at the party," he said after kissing my cheek. "And you''re going to


    say yes."


    I looked up to his eyes in the mirror and blinked whilst trying to make sense of what he had just said so


    casually.


    "What?" I asked turning to face him.


    "You are going to be my wife," he stated looking down at me.


    "What?" I repeated.


    "What is so hard to fucking understand? You are going to marry me," he said slowly.


    "No," I said.


    He cocked his head to the side, "Funny...I don''t remember giving you the choice."


    "But-"


    "Uh, uh, uh, uh, " he tutted. "Don''t argue with me. I''m not your Alpha."


    I closed my mouth and turned back to the mirror.


    "What happens if I say no?" I asked.


    "I will ensure that you pay for it. Do I make my self clear?"


    As his temper rises, his ent thickens and he gets harder to hear what he is saying but I did entirely


    understand what he meant. I''d learnt many times now.


    "I said, do I make myself clear?" he repeated deeply after I hadn''t replied for a few moments.


    I looked him in the eye and nodded, "Yes."


    He then leant forward so that I could feel his warm breath on my cheek. His hand reached up for my


    face but I snapped my head away.


    "Good," he replied eventually.


    I refused to look up, unable to meet his cold eyes.


    "But you won''t say no. Don''t worry."


    "Marriage means nothing to werewolves," I said after a moment or two.


    "I bet it''ll mean something to Leonardo Loren..." Andrea replied.


    "So you''re just doing this to get at my mate?" I asked.


    He smiled and grabbed my chin between his fingers, "Amongst other reasons," he said before kissing


    my lips softly and moaning.


    "You drive me crazy, nca," he said stepping back and closing his eyes. "And I have one more thing


    to give you."


    He then reached into a draw and pulled out a small wooden box. I opened it to find a pair of dangling


    earrings that matched the ne.


    He held them up to my ears and turning me so that I was looking at myself in the mirror again.


    "Andrea, I don''t have my ears pierced," I said.


    "What?" he replied looking at my ears. "What 24-year-old woman doesn''t have her ears pierced?"


    "Me apparently."


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    "Don''t worry. I''ll pierce them," he said. "I want you to wear these tonight."


    "No, no, no-" I protested.


    "Trust me," he interjected. "Wait for me on the bed. I''ll be back in a minute."


    I sighed. This was probably going to cause a marginal amount of pain rtive to other things he''d done


    to me and I''d always sort of wanted my ears pierced I guess.


    A few minutester, he returned with a needle, a pot of ice, a lighter and a rag.


    I felt myself pale but I had little choice but to ept that this was going to happen.


    "Okay," he began as he pushed me down onto the bed and put a pillow under my head. "Stay still," he


    added as he straddled me.


    He then gave me a block of ice in each hand and told me to hold them on my ears as he sterilised the


    needle with the me from the lighter. He knew how to prevent infection at least.


    When the needle was nice and clean, he took the ice and shoved the rag in my mouth.


    "Bite down on that. This is gonna hurt like a bitch."


    The next thing I knew, there was a searing pain in my ear. The ice had done little to numb it and I had


    to clench my jaw around the rag to deal with the difort. Without hesitation, he moved onto the


    other and put the earrings straight in as I grimaced and winced.


    He then pulled me to my feet and stood me in front of the mirror once again.


    "That wasn''t too bad, was it?" he asked.


    I shook my head, the pain disappearing quickly.


    Slowly running his fingers over my shoulders, he brought his lips to my ear. "Keep earning my respect


    like you did yesterday and I''m gonna make you not just my wife but my Queen, E Loren," he


    whispered. "I already think you''re too valuable to kill."


    Unsure of whether to take that as a positive or a negative, I just forced a smile and let him kiss me.


    Find me, Leo.


    Please.