part 3

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Adam Knights POV

How fucking dare he touch what I claimed.

I forgot what I was coming up for when I saw him hugging her to him like his fucking pathetic life depended on it. I noticed Emma tense posture getting even more tense at my booming voice, she tried to pry herself out of his grip, but her efforts only served in tightening it around her some more.

His actions were adding fuel to the fucking volcano that was boiling in me. I marched towards them, and snatched her out of his grip and towards me. Her tense muscles relaxed almost immediately after connecting with my body, and a slight sigh of relief escaped her mouth. It was so low that I barely caught it. "Adam, what are you doing here?" She asked after a while.

"Shouldn't you be asking that question to somebody else?" I asked angrily glaring at whomever that fucker was.

She looked up at me, looking confused as to why I was acting this way, and opened her mouth to say something but that thing beat her to it. "Won't you introduce us, canım?" He asked amusedly.

"Shut the fuck up, Ben!" Emma shot him a glare.

"But-"

"Get the fuck out of my house!" She cut him off.

"Now, now Ems, that's no way to talk to your elders." He reprimanded playfully.

Emma rolled her eyes, and looked back at me. "You didn't say what brought you here. Did you forget something?" She asked me ignoring the other one existence.

"Yes, you." I answered.

"What?" She frowned confused.

"I'm taking you with me right this moment."

"Where?" She asked.

"To our house of course." I said. "I'm not leaving you in a house where everybody has an access to." I added glaring at him.

"Who the fuck do you think you are to go with h-"

"No, who the fuck do you think you are to meddle in this?" I shot back at him.

"Her-"

"Nobody." She interrupted shooting him a look daring him to disagree. He was shocked when he heard her statement.

"Really, Ems?" He asked in disbelief. "Just because of a tiny problem you're going to deny me every tie with you?" He added, sounding little hurt.

"That little issue, you so kindly described was exactly where you should have stepped up for me. However you preferred all the lavish those people could provide you with instead of me, your own fucking blood!" She was fuming. "So don't fucking come here, and try lecturing me about how family should behave because you don't know the first thing about the said word!"

He looked down, ashamed. It must have been a really big thing for Emma to lose control like this because it was the first time I actually saw her this angry. Her eyes were practically shooting daggers at the man, and her posture was rigid.

I stroked her back gently to give her a sense of relief and comfort, and it worked somehow because the tension started to leave her body slowly.

"Emma, I'm really sorry. It was the-"

"'Only way you could think of to help me', yeah I know. I've heard the same broken record billions of times before. Same goes with that damned word of apology, but guess what sorry is not enough, it was and will never be enough. Not to me at least." She stated. "So go ahead, be a good puppet, and tell your boss to fuck off before I lose it." Anger was flashing through her usually warm orbs.

"Come on, Adam. I think I'll have to crash in your house until mine is sterilised." She said looking at him in both anger, hurt, and disappointment.

He panicked when he saw her walking away and about to speak, but we were already out of the door. I felt bad for him because he obviously care about her so much, and want to make peace with her. However his past mistakes seemed to tie his ankles, and there was a glint in his eyes, almost like hope. Hope that she would be able to forgive him, but it was crushed when she gave him the cold shoulder treatment.

She also seemed very much upset about treating him the way she did, but something was keeping her from fixing whatever they had. I was much more relieved when I knew that he wasn't just anyone, that he was a member of her family. That I don't have anything to worry about.

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"Welcome home, Mr and Mrs Knights." My staff members were standing in a line outside the house, welcoming me as always, and I was glad they didn't forget to address her right because I would hate to repeat my instructions.

I nodded my head acknowledging them before placing my hand on Emma's waist, and guided her upstairs to the room next mine because I know she wouldn't appreciate if I tell her to share my room before marriage. She already made it clear that she doesn't believe in doing that before a legitimate tie bounding us, and I intend on respecting her decision. I was grateful that we were under the same roof right at that moment.

Emma went right in the room before I even told her since I made sure she's familiar with the house from the moment I bought it, almost two years ago because I purchase it when I knew that my feelings I have for her weren't a simple infatuation. That if anyone gets to be my Mrs. Knights, it would be her.

Of course she knows nothing about all of this because I was never the type of a guy to publicise my feelings, I believe that actions speak louder than words. Even though courting Emma was the hardest thing I've ever done, and I know that I still have a lot of work to do to get her completely and not just legally. She definitely is a hard nut to crack when it comes to trusting others.

Therefore the only way to get her to come to my house was if I befriended her with my sisters, which I did. They liked her instantly, and became best of friends. They always had sleepovers in my house. My sisters did their parties together with her here for my sake because they knew her nature, how she hold tight to her principals no matter how others perceive it.

One of the reasons I feel this strong towards her was because of them. I've never saw her flirting, nor flaunting her body to other men. She was always strict when dealing with them despite how many thick-headed fuckers tried to throw themselves at her. I've caught her multiple times ever since I forced my ring on her finger rejecting others' offers by simply showing the evidence of my claim on her.

However there are times when she's too friendly with one of the opposite sex, that I can't help but feel insecure. That maybe this is the one that will snatch her away from me, that she would find something better in him that isn't in me, and choose him over me. It's not that I don't trust her or something. However she never once told me if she had any feelings towards me, or she simply accepted our bond because of my pursuing.

Even though I doubt it was the reason because she doesn't seem to be the one to be forced in something she isn't convinced about.

"You're not asking?" She asked.

"It seemed like a private matter that you're not comfortable with discussing, so I'll wait until you see it is the right time to tell me." I answered.

She looked at me for a while before smiling slightly.

"He was my brother."

A/N

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