Chapter 31: Chapter 31

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I put my hands around the back of his neck and lean my head against his chest.

He carries me to his house and unlocks the door.

"Axel, the shopping bag." I say. "Put me down so I can grab it." He looks down at his steps and sees the shopping bag, then puts me down and goes to grab it.

"Here, let's go inside." he whispers to me.

"No, I gotta go home." I argue.

"Okay, you will, but just come inside for a second." he says and I stand there, not giving in.

Axel rolls his eyes and lifts me up again, carrying me inside. I want to scream at him to put me down, I want to hit his back but I'm too tired, I'm so tired but it's the kind of tired that the sleep won't fix.

Axel lays me down on his couch and kneels down next to the couch, inspecting my cheek.

"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that I wasn't here." he says and tucks hair behind my ear. "You must've been so scared, god. Fuck, I should've killed that asshole, I should've ripped his fucking dick off."

I flinch when he says that. "No, Axel, you really shouldn't have." I tell him and he shakes his head, his eyes sad.

"No, you're wrong. He deserved so much worse for touching you." he rambles on.

"Axel, calm down, please." I try to calm him and I lift my hand up to his cheek. He leans his head into my hand, closing his eyes.

"I'm so sorry I went away." he says after a moment. "It was urgent."

"So urgent that you couldn't even tell me you'll be gone? Do you have any idea how worried I was?" I say and he gulps.

"You were worried?" he asks and I frown, sitting up.

"Yes, you idiot, of course I was worried! You just disappeared!"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I didn't think you'd be worried about me."

I purse my lips and glare at him as he says that.

"You're an idiot." I say again and he chuckles.

"I got you a necklace." he says.

I raise my brows. "You what?"

"I got you a necklace." he repeats.

"What? When? Where were you, even?"I ask and he shakes his head.

"I can't tell you."

"What do you mean, you can't tell me?" I frown.

Axel huffs. "I can't tell you, it's... Can we please discuss this later? I really want to give it to you." he smiles and reaches into the pocket of his black leather jacket.

He pulls out a velvet black jewellery box, and he opens it, looking up at me.

In the box, there is a silver necklace, in the middle of which there is a pendant; a gemstone in the shape of a small bright blue heart.

I gasp and take it in my hand.

"I thought it would look good on you because it's the same colour of your eyes. It's blue topaz."

I look up at him.

"This is a real gemstone?"

He nods. "I couldn't just bring you plastic or glass, could I?"

"But this must be so expensive. Where did you get this?" I look up at him, suspicious. "Did you steal it?"

"What? No, of course not!" he says quickly. "I bought it!"

"But, how could you afford it?" I ask him and he smiles.

"I happened to get some money on the trip." he says and puts his hands on my thighs.

"Come upstairs with me, please, I really want to clean your cheek." he says and I oblige, standing up.

"Can you just put this on, first?" I ask him, holding up the heart.

He nods and smiles, taking it from my hand.

"Turn around." he demands and I oblige. He lovers the heart down around my neck and stuggles to lock it for a few moments because of how big his fingers are.

He succeeds after a minute and I grin, turning around to him, pressing my hands on his chest.

"Thank you, Axel, this is amazing." I say and hug him, tightly.

"Do I deserve a kiss?" he asks cheekily and I laugh, looking up at him.

"Of course." I say and put my hands around his neck.

He grins and I pull his head down closer to me, pressing our lips together. I bit down on his bottom lip and he moans sliding his tongue into my mouth. The feeling is amazing, as always.

I pull away after a minute and hug him.

"You're still not off the hook, you know. I need to know why you were gone." I say and he huffs.

"Come on, don't rain on my parade. I feel so happy right now."

"I'm sorry." I sigh. "I can't do this if I feel like you don't trust me."

"We'll talk about this later." he says, pulling me up with him to his bathroom.

He sits me down on his toilet and wets a cloth under hot water.

"That fucker." he says and begins to gently clean my cheek. I hiss and he gulps. "I'm gonna kill him, I swear." he says and I roll my eyes.

"You're not gonna kill him, I don't want you in jail." I say and he purses his lips.

"I'll go to jail only if they find out it was me." he says. "Just look what the fuck he did to your face!"

I close my eyes. "It's okay, Axel. I'm just glad you showed up."

"I heard your scream." he says. "I was just returning back home."

"I recognised it as yours and I grabbed my gun and ran towards the sound." he explains.

"You looked like an angel when I saw you." I tell him and he chuckles.

"Angel?"

I nod. "Like my guardian angel."

"Well then I guess that's what I am." he says and I smile.

"Yay." I say and he laughs.

"Yay." he repeats and puts down the cloth.

I sigh. "I need to go home."

"Can't you spend the night?" Axel asks and I shake my head.

"No, mum and dad would kill me. I'm not as fancy as you, I don't live alone in a big house." I say and he pouts.

"Okay, then I'm going to your place to sleep." he says.

"Okay." I smile. "Can you tell me where you were now? Before I go home?"

Axel sighs and shakes his head. "Don't make me do this, please. I can't tell you."

In that moment, my phone buzzes.

I pull it out of my jeans's pocket and look at the notification.

New message (1) from Theo :P

Thep frowns.

"Why the fuck is he texting you?" he asks and I roll my eyes.

"I don't know. He told me today that he'll text me later." I say and the frown on Theo's face grows even bigger.

"Go on, open the message." he demands and I purse my lips, opening it.

*I had such fun on our date on Monday :P when can we go out again?*

I look at Axel and as soon as I see his expression, I know that this is not going to end well.