powerful woman like me as your
enemy."
She began to swagger out of the room, happy
with herself, only to have her brother block her exit.
"What in the hell are you doing, Allison?"
Will stared her down, but in spite of his height advantage, sister
was right there meeting him eye to eye.
"Saving you, my brother."
"Sounds like you're trying to blackmail my
fiance."
"Maybe. Maybe not. It's for her to decide,
isn't it?" Allison walked past him, unfazed. My decision,
huh...?
"I loathe her." Will spat out of his teeth as
he moved to take the seat beside me, looking at the documents that
had been thrown at me. "...She's mad."
"Is she, Will...?"
"You are mine, curvy diamond. Always."
"Am I worth your family?"
"Pardon me...?" He raised an eyebrow.
"She seems serious. I don't she'd forgive you
for marrying someone she hates."
"Allison..." He sighed. "She's a forceful
person. Her standards are ones I'll never understand."
"You do love your family though, don't you,
Will? You don't want to hurt them...?"
"Of course not. Don't be silly."
"I don't know..." I fiddled with the ring on
my finger. "There's a weight to our decision that I never truly
considered."
Will remained quiet.
I gazed down at the folder in front of me.
"...I'm just not sure what I really want anymore..." I mumbled, as
I went over the papers, mostly to keep my mind away from what I was
considering.
"I had thought you were certain when you
agreed to marriage..." He knelt before me, taking my hand.
"...You had me on the brink of orgasm the
entire time, Will... It's not the best state of mind to be in when
considering something like marriage." Even though he was still
close enough to me to warm me with his body heat, there felt like
their was only ice between us. "...Besides... there's more to it
than us. There's your family."
"Is this about her? I don't give a damn what
Allison thinks of us, Suzanne." He ran his hand through my hair,
and brought my eyes to his.
"...I do."
"Why on earth should you?"
"I...I care, Will. About you. And she's your
family. In today's world, 'til death do we part seems like a lie.
But Allison will always be your sister. I don't want to be the
poison that destroys a family." I stared down at the ring. It still
glistened, the newness shining through. "...There's no doubt in my
mind that you love me, Will. Be it as a lover, a soulmate...I don't
know. It's never been a question of your love..."
"I want you to be at my side for the rest of
my life. Is that not enough for you...?"
"...Please. No one thinks I deserve you. I
don't think I deserve you. To take your hand knowing what the
consequences to others would be... it seems greedy to me."
His eyes stared deep into mine. I closed my
own as I reached for that ring, and slid it slowly off of my
finger. It weighed a million pounds as I picked it up and lifted it
towards Will. He blurted out. "Suzanne, what...what are you
doing...?"
"...I can't accept this, Will. Not for what
it entails." I took his hands, and pressed them around it. "...I
want to, but I can't..."
"Then why don't you...All that matters is us,
Suzanne...why can't you hear me out...?"
I turned towards the papers in front of me,
so tempted to free him from me again...was I back to saving William
West from himself in my own despair...?
"You can't be considering my sister's offer.
I'll hunt you down. I'll find you, no matter where you go, because
it's you, I want, my curvy diamond, you, and only you."
It wasn't about money. It was about me and
Will...and how it was never a relationship that should have been. I
tossed the folder to the floor.
"Oh, thank you, you're coming your senses."
He leaned over to me to kiss me, but I wasn't receptive, rising to
my feet.
"Will...I love you so much. But...but I just
can't."
Tears. William West did not cry. But I had
reduced him to as