Adeline Santiago's POV

Finally, food is served!

Matéo chuckles at the look on my face.

I ignore him and start eating.

"Baby. Do you ever want to have kids?" Matéo suddenly asks me.

I stop eating and look up at him. He doesn't break my gaze for a second.

"I... I guess so" I trail off and he nods.

"It's ok if you don't want to now, but if you want, in the future we could think about it" he tells me.

"What made you think of it?" I ask curiously.

We never got to have this conversation.

He suddenly takes my hand and I entwined our fingers out of habit.

"I already know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you so I just thought that kids would be a great addition to our family" he says and I stare at him in shock.

I suddenly feel a small lump in my throat as I start to get all emotional. 

He smiles at me gently and then raises my hand to his lips and he kissed my knuckles. 

"I love you, mi amore" he says.

"I love you more, baby"

I tell him.
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"Matéo, don't you dare!" I squeal.

Too late.

With a chuckle, I suddenly feel my feet leave the floor as Matéo scoops me up and off the ground, bridal style.

"You gonna do something 'bout it?" He asks, holding me tightly, knowing that I won't ever be able to refuse him.

"No sir" I respond.

He suddenly drops me on something soft.

The couch.

This feels familiar.

He removed his jacket and discards it getting on top of me.

His weight makes both of us sink into the couch further.

He starts to kiss my neck and
I run my hands through his hair and tug at his roots, when he bites me.

"Say that again, I dare you" he mumbles, lips still on my neck.

"What do you mean?" I ask as innocently as I can.

He groans and grabs my wrists, pinning them above my head, before leaning down to whisper in my ear.

"Don't make me repeat myself" he groans.

"Or?" I ask him with a giggle.

He's about to respond, when I suddenly hear music.

Is that my ringtone?

"Ugh, not again" I hear Matéo groan under his breath.

I sit up and he lets me.

I get up and walk into the kitchen, where I left my bag.

I dig through my bag and finally find my bag.

I look at the contact and I see that the caller is an unknown number.

I pick it up, grabbing a glass of water before I speak.

"Hello?" I ask.

"Good evening, is this Miss Adeline Carter?" The person asks.

Matéo walks into the kitchen and runs a hand through his hair, giving me a questioning look.

"Adeline Santiago, and who's asking?" I ask the person.

"This is Doctor Richard Moyes" from the St Jacob's Hospital, do you have any connection to an Elijah Carter?" He asks.

My heart sinks.

"Wh- yes, he is my older brother" I stutter.

"He has requested for you to be in the hospital straight away and refuses to undergo any surgery until you are by his side" the doctor says all in one.

I take a couple of deep breaths, before I answer.

"What happened?" I ask him.

"He has been shot directly in the rib cage and it looks as if the bullet has grazed his lung slightly...

If he doesn't go into surgery in the next 30 minutes, this could go from bad to worse"

I drop my glass suddenly and it shatters into several pieces on the ground.

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