Chapter 66 - Outrageous

I woke awake in a foreign bedroom, but the scent and warmth kept me grounded with my emotions.

I got out of bed, but when my feet grazed the cold marble floor, I froze. I rubbed my eyes and blinked a few times, wanting to know if all I perceived were illusions.

The whole floor, even the bed, were sprinkled with red rose petals.

I tiptoed towards the exit to search for Cain, and when I opened the door –– a blurry red jolted my body back.

Cain was standing straight in front of the door, holding a large red rose. But what got me staring was not the gigantic rose, but that sparkly thingy, prettily standing at the center of it.

A seventy-carat emerald cut Vivid pink diamond laying on a vintage 18k rose gold ring!

"Marry me."

SLAM!

I shut the door and hurried back to bed.

This is a dream. After I wake up, I'll be in my cozy bedroom.

"Leanna."

Or not.

I shifted to see Cain sitting beside me on the bed, holding the rose with the gigantic diamond standing at the center of it.

Honestly, I'm amazed those petals can support that huge diamond.

"Leanna, I want to marry you."

Cain spoke it soft and slow as if he was explaining to a one-year-old kid.

The blood in my veins did a marathon, my heart pounded hard against my ribcage that it hurts, and breathing was so painful it put a tear in my eyes. I clasped my chest, trying to lessen the pain.

I seemed to be having a heart attack!

This man will be the death of me! The things he'd done were truly outrageous! I have to get accustomed to it quickly if I don't want to end ten feet under.

Cain let me took my time to compose myself. After I did, I sat on the bed, my back leaning on the headrest, and looked at him with a never seen seriousness.

"Cain, you do know that I'm not yet of legal age, right?"

"Yes, you'll be my fiancée until you turned eighteen."

See! Truly outrageous!

I massaged my forehead.

"I have so many things to say that I don't know where to begin."

Cain observed me for a short minute, seemingly trying to find something on my face.

"Let's hear it," he said.

I took a deep breath. "We're just starting to get to know each other. It's not even a week when we first met."

"And?" He raised an eyebrow.

"AND what if I'm not the kind of girl you think I 'am? What if we're not compatible with each other? What if our feelings change? What if we meet others along the way?"

Cain's frosty eyes draw a slit as his face darkened.

My limbs trembled, and I shifted my eyes elsewhere but his face. I wanted to hide, but I was locked between him and the headrest of the bed.

"You are MINE! I will kill whoever tries to covet you from me!" he said with gnashing teeth. And for once, his expression mirrored the anger in his voice.

Ahhh . . . From all the things I said, that's the only part you remember?