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Chapter 23

Nathaniel carried her to the window side gently, making her legs touch the floor before releasing her steadily, her big doe eyes were watching him like a hawk.

He hated it!, he sighed and unwillingly went outside to take the packages from his men outside, leaving her by herself.

Angelina hated how closed off she had been. She has been feeling comfortable with a stranger - a total stranger, nearly kissed him.

How could she?!.

She had been protecting her fragile heart since all these years but when he came along or when it came to him, why did her heart not want to be protected?!.

She shouldn't expect them to have a future or expect anything from the fake wedding. She was just a replacement for months till she would be discarded in the nearest future. Then why should she be comfortable?, when it was just for fleeting moments. Was it possible to forget one fiancee? And jumped on another girl?. He had shown his distress on the wedding day by leaving her at the altar, then what changed?. Was he not heartbroken? Or has he moved on just like that? Or was she another play thing?, her heart sting at her thoughts.

Their social status was a blatant truth, he was freaking rich and she was no one with social class especially her being black in the midst of different colors. She would not be accepted as usual. They are taking a private jet instead of the commercial plane. The reality of her situation, showing clearly on her face. She was just a replacement!. She could never fit and it was better for her to close off now than to get hurt later and not be able to pick up the pieces.

Series of unanswered questions were swimming in her head, she needed to think with her head, not her unstable heart. She faced the window side, getting lost in thoughts. She was afraid, she was scared of being in love. She could always see how hurt her papa was from heartbreak when he thought she wasn't seeing. She didn't know whether her mother was living or dead but vow to never forgive her. Her papa was a fool in love. Her mother left her papa alone and never cared for her daughter. And has really wished her papa to move on but her papa never ready to let go of her mother's memories. Her mother didn't have the right to be called a mom because she was an excuse of a mom. A mom never leaves her baby and husband!. She wasn't angry at her mother, just sad, upset and hurt. Her mother was the cause of her being bullied when she was young.

The painful memories of those children mocking her of being a witch and that was why her mother left. She was a witch with grey eyes then her mother couldn't live up with and decided to run away.

She heard her phone ding in notifications and saw messages from her friend.

Foodie Bella :

Hey sugar!, I heard from aunty that you are out of the country *squealing*.

Foodie Bella :

I'm really screaming my ass off sugar.

Foodie Bella :

Congratulations on your honeymoon, do make it memorable and juicy so that you can just me later *winking*

Foodie Bella :

And fret not about school, I'll cover up for you as much as you describe every detail without missing a bit.

Foodie Bella :

Don't forget to….

Angelina didn't read the last message when she heard footsteps of her temporary husband. She sighed and rubbed her temple. She felt his gaze on her before he sat adjacent to her beside the window also. The jet was ignited to live as the pilot announced that it would soon take off and they should put their seat belt on.

"Oh my, it's really moving!" she screamed mentally.

Angelina was aviophobic - she was afraid of flying which she had heritage since when she was young when she watched a documentary of plane crashed where the whole family died. The gore of the incident had been stuck in her brain that whenever she thought of aeroplane, it triggered her off.

The first time she was coming through the plane, she nearly had a serious panic attack especially when the plane met with gravity. A good Samaritan was the one who helped but now, who would she call?. Was it Nathaniel who she had already shun out?.

Her stomach knotted, feeling her bile rising to her throat as her hands trembled and beads of sweat rolled down her body. She could her heart beating vehemently in fear. The jet met with a gallop and she mentally screamed, "I'm going to die!" as her heart constricted in the cage and her breathing turned shallow.

Nathaniel who was busy with his phone but occasionally glanced at Angelina heard a small audible whimper and quickly removed his seat belt. He looked at his pale angel whose body was trembling as her eyes widened in fear.

"I should have noticed she was afraid of flying" he scolded himself before walking to her and pulled her in bear hug. She struggled to get away from him but later turned lax in his arms as her unraveled breathing calmed down.

She was really happy for him being considerate of comforting her after she pushed him away. She kept mute, wanting to savour this moment before she lost it. She crumbled his shirt in a tight fist as she buried her head on his chest, getting lost in his scent, feeling the heat radiated from him to her, calming her nerve down.

"What is your favorite color?" he asked randomly, out of blue, rubbing her back gently, to take her mind off her phobia.

"Uhn?" she asked dumbfounded, scrunching her nose which was adorable to Nathaniel and could not help himself to peck her nose.

Her face was crimson red, "your favorite color?" he dragged slowly.

"Blue" she whispered, "the color of the sky, weather, sea.." she rambled.

"That's an awesome choice" he grinned, taking a seat beside her. "Mine was black but changed to grey and brown" he stated, running his hand through her hair.

"Oh?" she said, not knowing what to say again.

"The beautiful color of your eyes and hair" he smiled while she blushed furiously. Grey- the unique color of her eyes which she had been accused of being a witch when she was young was that Nathaniel found beautiful and chose as favorite color. Oh my!, if he continued to be this sweet, she wouldn't know when he was going to steal her heart and everything.

"You know how to cook?" he asked in a statement.

"Yeah, my papa is a chef. He worked in different restaurants" she smiled, "there is no food he didn't know how to cook… AhAh and let's talk about his recipes." he could hear the fondness in her voice as she talked about her father.

"Tell me more about him" he smiled at her.

"Papa is a man with many talents, cooking, baking… very funny. He's a young boy in a father's body" she laughed remembering those hilarious moments and past. Her father would buy a water gun for a water fight. Or on one of his past birthdays that she did a make up for his papa then told him when he woke not to wipe it off and he didn't wipe it off till next morning. Then later that day, she went to bake a surprise cake for him which later became a beautiful disaster and papa ate everything without any complaint whereas she could not eat it as her papa continued to encourage her. Or when she was abused from school and ran home, yelling at her papa for being the cause of her misfortune, giving birth to a different breed because everyone on her father's side had brown eyes. She had yelled accusingly at him and banged the door on his face, locking it from behind. Her papa had slept on the floor because when she opened the door the next morning, she saw her papa sleeping form with tears stained face. Her father was her hero, anchor, weakness, strength and bestfriend.

"He sounds like an awesome man" Nathaniel said, he noticed the fatherly bond between his angel and he was touched by it.

Angelina didn't know she had said all out, she quickly wiped the tears on her face. She missed him, it had been four years she saw her father in flesh apart from video calls.

"Yeah, he's the most awesomest being on earth" she grinned.

"Can't wait to see the amazing man who fathered my beautiful Angel," he stated, staring at her eyes while she ducked her hair shyly behind her ear.

"Ah!" she exclaimed, "my papa might be a fluffy bear to me but he is stoic man to other person" she laughed, "I remembered a guy asking me out when I was in school and asked him to see my papa " she grinned cheeky, "He came but under my papa's scrutinized gaze, he pissed on his body and ran off".

Nathaniel's mouth was opened widely as laughter escaped his lips, guffawed loudly and his body shook uncontrollable.

"Stop it," she whined, hitting his chest softly, "I know it was hilarious but papa…" he controlled himself, then smiled.

"I like your father already," he said out of the blue, "I and him have many things in common".

"And what's that?" she raised her brow.

"Because we are protective of you and God bless any motherfucker who thinks of stealing you away from me".

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