Alec

I turned to face Alec.

"Stop it, hatin' me won't get us out of here. Put a stopper on your feelin's for a minute and focus."

Alec gri

Damn him.

I stalked over to Alec and bent down until I was face to face with him.

"Hate me all you want, but I need you to focus so we can get out of here. Think of Bronagh."

Alec flicked his eyes to Bronagh's unconscious body and set his jaw.

"This is all your fault."

My fault?

"What? How?"

Alec growled, "If you never came to my house looking for my help we wouldn't fucking be here."

I felt tears gather in my eyes but I blinked them away.

"I had no idea about Marco's existence or about me uncle's business life when I met you. I had no idea any of this would happen! How dare you place the blame at me feet, I didn't put us here... Marco did."

Alec hissed at me and it frightened me so I pulled away and fell back onto my arse and yelped in pain.

It really hurt.

"What do you know you can feel something."

I turned my head away from Alec as I began to cry.

"Your crocodile tears won't get you any sympathy with me."

I covered my face with my hands and sobbed.

How the hell did this mess happen?

Alec sighed. "Enough, Keela."

I cried harder.

He was being so cruel. This wasn't the Alec I knew, this was a darker side to him.

"God dammit, why are you crying?"

"Because of you!"

"Me?"

"Yes you. You're bein' horrible to me."

Alec laughed. "For good reason."

No, not for good reason!

"Look, I lied to you when I said all that stuff back in me apartment. I did what you tried to do, I made you hate me to keep you safe. Me uncle told me if I didn't stay away from you or you family, that he would kill you all. I don't want that to happen so I said all that horrible stuff about us bein' fake so you would get mad and hate me... So you would never want to see me again... So you would be safe."

I pressed my face down into my knees as my tears fell.

"How am I supposed to believe you? How can I be sure that you aren't saying this as some sort of ruse?"

I cried harder. "Because I'm not horrible, I'm a good person! I did what I had to do to keep you safe and you hate me for it!"

Silence.

"Keela."

I ignored Alec.

"Keela!" he called my name, louder this time.

"What?" I snapped.

"Prove what you said in your apartment was a lie, prove you care for me."

What?

"How can I do that? You won't believe a word I say."

"Show me."

Show him?

I wiped my face and my ru

"Show you?" I asked.

He nodded. "Show me... or are you to disgusted to touch me?"

I swallowed.

Before, I could only see him willingly touching Dante and Everly in my head, but now I can only see him being forced into a situation that he had no control over.

He didn't disgust me. Not in the slightest.

I carefully crawled over to him then straddled his body and placed my hands on his warm cheeks and brought my head down to his. I looked into his blue eyes and I rested my head against his and inhaled his scent.

"We're real," I whispered then covered his mouth with mine. I kissed him with every fibre in my body to show him how much he meant to me.

I felt my tears fall as I kissed Alec, they ran down to my mouth and blended into our kiss. Alec passionately kissed me back, and if he'd had the use of his hands, I knew he would be holding me tightly to him.

I slowly pulled back from kissing Alec and rested my forehead on his as I caught my breath.

I opened my eyes and found Alec's blue orbs staring back at mine.

"Hi," he whispered.

I cried. "Hey."

"I've missed you so much, kitten."

He believed my kiss.

He believed me.

I sobbed, "I've missed you too, playboy. I'm so sorry for leavin' you. I should have gave you a chance to explain when you wanted to-"

"Shh. It's okay, it's in the past now."

I put my arms around Alec and cried.

I cried until no more tears fell from my eyes.

"You look like shit," Alec said after I calmed down.

An unexpected laugh tore from my throat. "You don't look so hot yourself."

Alec brushed his nose against mine. "Can I ask you a question?"

I lightly gri

Alec smiled. "You know what I mean."

I pecked his lips. "Yes, you can ask me whatever you want."

"Okay, will you marry me?"

I momentarily forgot how to breathe and began to cough when my lungs protested.

When I got a handle on myself I looked at Alec through wide eyes.

"What did you just say?"

Alec smiled. "Will you marry me?"

I gasped. "Are you jokin'?"

Alec deadpa

I blinked.

No, he looked dead serious.

"We’ve only known each almost two weeks."

Alec shrugged. "So? We will be that couple that does everything in haste."

I laughed. "I can't believe you're askin' me this - and that you're serious."

"When I heard that shot go off back in the apartment I can't tell you the pain that went through me not knowing if it was you who was on the receiving end of the bullet. Life is to short kitten. I want to be with you everyday for the rest of my life."

Oh my goodness.

"Alec," I whispered.

"I also wanted to ask you in case you hit me with it un-expectantly. I'm still pissed you told me you love me first."

I forgot how to speak.

Alec laughed at my facial expression. "Yeah, you said it and that's why I struggled so much when you went off on me at your apartment."

I blinked.

"When did I say I loved you?"

Did I love him?

Alec bit down on his lower lip.

"No more lies, I can't take anymore of them. If you have somethin' that you think I should know about then tell me... Please."

Alec looked directly into my eyes and said, "The night before things went to hell in the Bahamas, you told me you loved me as you were falling asleep. I didn't tell you because I wanted to be the one to say it first."

Oh, my.

It hit me then like a bullet to the heart, I did love him.

I loved him so much it hurt.

"Yes," I whispered.

"What?"

"Yes, I'll marry you."

"Keela," Alec breathed.

"I love you, I love you so much."

I kissed him hard and he reciprocated wholeheartedly.

"You're going to be my wife," Alec murmured into my mouth.

"And you're goin' to be me husband."

Alec sighed. "Storm isn't going to take this well."

I laughed and kissed Alec again.

"I don't mean to ruin the moment even though it was a beautiful one, but no one is gettin' married because we're still trapped in a room... and we might die."

Alec groaned when I pulled back from him.

"Way to put a downer on things, Murphy."

I looked at Bronagh and found her smiling at us.

"Congratulations."

I smiled. "Thank you."

Alec nuzzled my neck. "Okay wife, get us free."