CCh-45
"Why do you care so much about me?" Eleanor asked.
Cedric doesn't know what to answer. The world came to a sudden stop at that second.
Why does he care so much about her? This question rang in his mind thousands of times. What answer shall he give to her? Should he say she was an oasis in his deserted life who quenched his thirst? Or wait… oasis doesn't seem to be the right word. Maybe he has to call her river Nile the only life source for the people living in the desert.
She appeared in his life along with bringing some hope with her smiles, her cute talks and her cute expressions. At that time… situations, fate and the things didn't let him claim her as his. But when he returned back, she was like a moth attracted to fire trying to court her death. He tried to get her back to him but he failed even before he made an attempt. He was heartbroken. Cedric only wished she would be happy in this with whomever she was with. At that time… he thought she loved Jacob despite knowing he was the one who saved her. He concluded that she loved him genuinely. And he knew well that if he stayed here, he would plan something to break them apart and would become an enemy to Eleanor. He prayed to God that she would love him back and break up with Jacob every night.
And as if God heard him… they broke up and he didn't waste his chances to woo her. Even in their first meeting in the bar… from his men he got to know Eleanor went to that bar in the evening and was drinking non-stop. He was worried that someone would take advantage of her in her drunken stupor and dragged Edward to go with him in the name of relaxing. But that poor guy still doesn't know that he was dragged into the trap of Cedric.
Cedric just wanted to watch what she was doing from afar but he didn't expect her to come to him and hit on him just to get revenge on Jacob. When Edward said about Eleanor to him… he acted as if he didn't know her or remember her but he knew very well about her. How could he not know about her? She was his one and only love of his life. Every detail of hers was carved in his brain. Even if he suffers from Alzheimer's or Amnesia… he would never forget about her. He will make her have all his love.
This woman was his queen, the Queen of his Heart. And why does he care about her… because he loves her. Why should he hesitate when he is confessing his feelings?
"Because you are my love," he announced. The stuffy feeling he felt in his chest disappeared after he confessed to her. This was his woman and doesn't belong to anyone. Yes!
But he knew before turning into a butterfly she was still a moth. And a moth would bound to get attracted to fire when fire was exposed. And in his butterfly life, the fire was Jacob, whom he dreads from the bottom of his heart.
This man would be good at manipulating people for his own use. Can he stop her from being attracted to him?
He knew she didn't love him completely. Because he knew that she was still stuck at her betrayal. She was not given enough time to get over the breakup. Before she gets over it… she takes over her company and has to deal with her brother's hospital life and her personal life. She was a mess. A beautiful mess that he loved to clean.
"Eleanor?" he called her.
"Hmm?" she responded while peeling her eyes from his.
"I know you don't love at least not yet. Your confession was something that you did to say you like me.
"Please give me your loyalty and time. I will make you fall for me," he pleaded her desperately.
He just needs sometimes from her so that he would make her fall for him.
He didn't get her reply. But was shocked when he heard a line from her mouth. He wondered whether she even knew that she blurted out loud.