Chapter 36: Lunch with her parents III (1/2)

Chapter 36: Lunch with her parents III

Geoffrey grabbed Emily's arms only to pull away from her and distance himself at arm's length. ”Stop that, do not let your emotions cloud your judgement. You might regret this later.”

”See? You're already pulling away from me. You do not want me anymore. It has not even been a few minutes since you gave me those words.” Emily whined; she could not stop herself. She just wanted him to coax her earlier.

Geoffrey felt guilt creeping at him. ”It's not that, but we both need to think this through, specially you. You are a lady. Do you really want this for yourself?”

Emily felt that at the very least, she still got Geoffrey back, so she nodded. ”I'm sorry, it's just that, I always have these anxieties in my head. I truly want to be with you, but at the same time, I am afraid of the future. Yet, I am more afraid to lose you. Please do not let go of my hand.” She said while trying to keep her tears at bay.

Geoffrey felt her speech struck a chord in his heart. Despite his qualms, he did have some feelings for her. Nevertheless, he still already had those doubts planted in his head.

”Alright,” he began as he wiped her tears with his thumb, ”but this time, I want the both of us to take a step back and figure all this out again. Perhaps, we should get to know each other once more. Take things slowly.” Geoffrey suggested. Although he likes her, their conversation and her action made him realize that he really should take a step back and look at the larger picture.

”I can already feel you distancing yourself away from me. But what can I do? What choice do I have? From the very start, it is you who have the power in this relationship.”

”Please do not say that.” Geoffrey said in a whisper as he hugged her, not understanding his own feelings. Just a few hours ago, he was so sure that he wanted this, that he wanted her. But now, he is not so sure anymore.

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”M'lord sends his apologies your highness, he will not be able to join you for something important came to his attention.” Jack, Charlton's coachman, conveyed to Kylo.

”What could he deign so important that he chose to stand us up? We have not seen each other for so long and he doesn't even miss me!” Rosar Mihali, the Marquess of Avery and Kylo's older cousin by four years, asked.

Kylo laughed at his cousin who seemed quite annoyed for being stood up. He waved Jack away as he explained ”Well dear cousin, don't tell him I told you, but our friend has been completely enamored with a certain lass. I tell you that he has been acting like a boy who just hit puberty and saw a girl with a skirt for the first time! He believes that come hell or high water he is willing to be with her. To sum it up, he has been utterly whipped!”

”Now I'm more curious as to what kind of girl managed to make him that way. He always prided himself with that phrase, how do you say it again?”

”Bros before hoes.” Kylo supplemented.

”Oh yes, that. He even had the gall to tease me because of my feelings for Gracie! Look at him eat his words now. I can't wait to rub it on his face. Anyway, do tell me, what is her name? What is she like? We can't just have any girl get him. She must first pass our scrutiny.”

Kylo laughed awkwardly, well, what can he say? That the girl was the forbidden fruit he encouraged him to taste but did not expect to swallow? ”Let's not talk about that anymore, I believe that his interest will wane after a few months. It's just his first taste of love and things might still change.” He said feeling guilty while thinking 'he will have no choice later but to let go.'

”I don't think so. Talking about that, I think I need a drink. My proposal just got rejected. This is the third time.”

”You proposed and got rejected again? I can't say that I'm surprised though. I don't think that Princess Grace Astoria, ever the feminist, will ever consider marrying a man unless he allows her to be the groom and he be the bride. If I were you, I'll just move on to the next girl.”

”How could I? She is every bit perfect. From the first time that I saw her and heard her speech, I just knew that I had to marry her.” Mihali proclaimed dramatically.

”Well, good luck with that then.”

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