"When I pictured myself getting married it never occurred to me that this could happen" Selena said as she gently brushed her fingers on the rings.
"Well it's your lucky day" Damien said as he selected a gold ring and brought it out from the set.
"What's the space for?" Damien asked when he noticed a little tube just at the center of the ring.
"That sir is a blood ring, it's one of a kind and this is the last one in country D. You each put a drop of blood in the little tube" The sales lady explained with a smile as she brought out the other pair and hand it to Mr Parker.
"You like it?" Damien asked her as he placed the ring back inside the case.
"It's okay " Selena said. Not that she had really looked at the ring but she just didn't want to spend any more time here. They still had visitors downstairs and Selena thought it would be best if they speed things up.
"We'll take it" Damien said and watched the attendant walk away.
"Blood rings?" Selena asked as she walked closer to him with her arms crossed.
"We can drop it if you don't want it" Damien said when he noticed the tone in her voice.
"It's beautiful, I just wonder why someone would think of something like that" Selena voiced her thoughts as she watched the attendant return back with a brief case.
The lady had a smile on her face as she arranged the brief case on the table she opened it and then brought out a needle.
"Shit" Selena cursed as she swallowed the lump in her throat, she looked at the needle and then looked at Damien and then she saw him grin.
"You are scared of a needle" Damien stated the fact as he looked at her, she didn't even bother to hide her fear, it was clear from the expression on her face.
"I'm not" Selena denied.
"Do you really need to use the needle, I could just cut myself with a knife and give you blood, you don't have to use the needle" Selena spoke in fear as her eyes looked at the needle and then back at the attendant.
"She needs to extract your blood with the needle so she can put it inside the tube, using a knife won't work" Damien said as he took a sit down on the couch with his legs crossed as he watched. "Ladies first" Damien said with a grin as he watched from where he sat.
Selena wished she could hit him so hard for doing this to her, her palms were sweaty, she was nervous. She looked at the attendant and the smile on the lady's face was not helping at all. Selena saw the lady reach her hand out gesturing for her to put hers in but Selena still had her arms folded.
"We don't have all the time in the world" Damien said, adding fuel to the fire. One could tell that the man was clearly enjoying this act.
"Miss, your hand please?" The attendant asked politely as she positioned her needle but Selena was still reluctant to free her hand.
Selena looked at the needle as she thought of the different ways this could go wrong, so many possibilities, Selena could imagine the needle getting stuck inside her skin, the thought alone made her shiver.
"Emmm.....Do you have license for this?" Selena asked as she took a step back.
"Ha ha ha"
Selena was shocked when she heard his voice, she looked behind and saw him chuckling as he watched her act. Selena paused as she watched him, she didn't think she had ever seen him laugh like this.
"I can't believe my wife is scared of a needle, what are you, twelve?" Damien asked jokingly as he got up from the couch and walked towards her. He placed his hand on her head and gently pat it, he placed his hand around her as he whispered very close to her ears.
"Let's do it together" Damien said as he held her hand and stretched it out with his.
Selena just gave a nod as she placed her head on his chest, she closed her eyes trying to shut herself from the pain. Having Damien's hand around her surprisingly gave her comfort, Selena took a deep breath as she thought about other things trying to get her mind of the present.
Damien was in deep thought as he held her in his arms, he realized that he was always having his arms around her. He could inhale her scent so well and he could tell that he was going to loose it soon. She was so close to him and he could feel her body pressed against his. He tried to control himself knowing too well that he was trying to help her right now.
Damien saw the attendant mouth the words 'I'm done' and then she collected the rings from him and walk away. Damien didn't say anything, he noticed that Selena was not aware that they were done and so he didn't let go of her.
It occured to Damien now that his coming days would be like this, having her around all the time. Damien wondered if he was ready to share his space with another person? Well it would only be for a short period of time. Damien knew that this relationship was for benefits, he needed answers and she needs protection, a marriage of convenience.