Alpha Dorian (Alpha Brothers Box Set) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 27

"I looked at Adrian. His eyes met mine and I put my hands in his.

"What do you want to tell me?" I asked him gently.

He closed his eyes as he took a deep breath.

"I'm in love with you Pearl." '

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"What?" I asked as I stared into his eyes.

"Please tell me it's a joke." I asked him but I knew it was not. I could see it, I could clearly see it in his eyes. Those eyes, I have never seen them so closely and seeing them filled with water bought a pang in my chest.

I couldn't look at him anymore. I couldn't hurt him, he was my best friend.

"Oh Adrian" I whispered as he wrapped his arms around me. I melted into his embrace as his arms encircled mine.

Seconds passed which turned into minutes, as we both remained in the embrace of each other.

"I can't do this to you. " I choked.

He pulled up my chin,so my eyes directly met his.

"I love you Adrian, but as a brother and as my best friend. I have never thought about you that way." I whispered as tears ran down my cheeks .

"Shsh Pearl I know, I know you didn't love me like that and I knew we would never be together because you are with him. But love, it's not always about a forever, it's just about a moment or a memory. To love you, I don't even need you to be with me. I just want you to breathe, I want you to complete your dreams, I want you to fall in love and have kids and just be happy."

I looked at him as I wiped the tears of his face .

" That's love, it hurts but that's the beauty of it." He whispered.

"Adrian." I whispered.

"I'll talk to Ozymandius, I'll tell him to have your memory erased and send you back. I don't want to hurt you, I want you to forget me and be happy." I told him.

"No Pearl, no that's not what I want. I want you in my heart forever. Even when I have kids, I want to tell them about you.I want to tell them the value of friendship and I can only do that if I have you with me, in my heart, always and forever."

I looked at him, in his eyes that were shining with rivers. I couldn't do it, I couldn't say no when I knew that maybe it was the last time I had meet him or the last time he had asked me for something.

"Okey." I whispered.

"Thank you, I just have one last wish, a memory I want to keep of you with me."