Chapter 15
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"Is this alright?" she asked while doing a pose. She is wearing a white long wavy dress, spaghetti strap, and V-shaped chest line.
"Yeah, that is perfect. Keep on smiling," he answered while fixing his blank canvas.
Helliana is sitting on the round rock, they are in the rocky part of the river where the flows of water slower.
"My lips will get tired of smiling whole hours." She laughed and Eustas laughed too.
"Of course you can rest from time to time, I don't want you to get tired of this," he sincerely said, "I will start now."
"I will not but my lips will. Okay, paint me well." She made cute approved gestures.
He held his chest when he feels a sudden warmth from the inside, "Ah...you are so gorgeous, Helliana. You are making me damn crazy."
Her face reddened and looked away, "Stop making my heart flutter and paint." She hides a huge smile on her face and does her pose.
"Okay! It is just for a moment, baby," he whispered and moves his hand softly without hesitation that it might get ugly. He knows how to paint well, such a professional.
"Who trained you to paint?" she asked curiously without facing him.
"My Granny," he answered quickly.
"Is she your mother?" she asked again.
"No, she is my grandma. She is kind-hearted, we are so close. I sometimes slept in their house and I have my room," he told her and give fast smile, "If I get back to our kingdom, I will tell her about my beautiful mate."
Helliana faced him for seconds, she can see how much he love her grandma in his expression.
"Is she a good painter too? Like you?"
"Yes, she is the one who taught children and even teenagers how to paint. And luckily, I am one of them."
"Wow, she is great. I do love to know her," she commented thinking how they would talk to each other like Eustas.
"Well, you will really if you will know her better."
"I never saw or even bond with my grandparents, Eustas. How does it feel?" she asked with her mesmerizing eyes.
Her daddy said that her grandparents and her father are not on good terms. They have maybe misunderstandings that she didn't know.
"Really?"
"Yeah, but I know they are alive. They just didn't go to the palace," she stated and covered her mouth in wide eyes, shock. His heart starting to beat fast.
"Palace?" he inquired, studied her with his confused eyes.
"Palace?" she repeated and gave him a fake smile, "What are you talking about? I said our p--place." She shrugged and shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I heard it wrong. So, you said they are not going to your place. What about communication? Letters and other ways?" he starts painting her again.
"No, I am still wondering where they are."
"Aw! That is too sad. But I can tell you having grandparents can make you happy," his eyelashes fluttered while talking and doing his painting. He is now in her body, "My grandmother is awesome and grandfather is," he stopped and laugh for a while, so Helliana's forehead creased, "He is a certified high tempered man, and he is scary."
Helliana laughs at how Eustas talks about him, "You looked scared but you seem happy by the thought that he is high tempered."
"Yeah, because even he is like that, he always gives his strength to the newborn vampire. So, he is asleep for more than months."
"In the coffin?" she raised her voice in question.
Eustas stopped painting and looked at her intently, "What?" he asked that maybe he heard it wrong again.
"I said he slept in the coffin," she answered and nibble her bottom lips seeing Eustas face becomes reddish, "Eustas," she called him.
He let out a loud laugh with his hands over his stomach.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry." He said while still laughing until his eyes glistened in happiness.
"Stop laughing!" she crossed her arms and made a face when he didn't listen to her.
When he finally stopped and wipe his tears of joy, he looked at Helliana with a huge smile, "He is not sleeping in the coffin, we didn't sleep in the coffin, we have room and houses." He winked.
She covered her mouth, "Really?"
"Yes, baby."
"Wow! I thought you were sleeping in the coffin and I noticed that you can walk under the raise of the sun."
"Yeah, but not all vampires can go outside in daylight. You are lucky to have me."
"Am I?" she asked again. She loved to hear him talk sweet things. It makes her heart flutter.
"Yes, baby." He did a flying kiss and Helliana snatch it, "Wow! It looks perfect than I thought." He stared in his unfinished artwork.
"Let me see!"
"Na-ah!" he shook her head, "I'll finish it first, baby."
She sighs and nodded, she is excited to see it when questioned rushed to her mind.
"What about your father, Eustas?"
Eustas body froze for a moment.
"Are you comfortable with it?" she asked when she noticed that it makes him uncomfortable, "Okay, I will not ask about him. We have our own weakness. I understand."
"Thanks but really? You will let me hide things?"
"No, of course not! But, I respected you and your privacy."
"But I cannot just sleep with my mate not knowing about things in my life."
"Fine, I thought you don't like it. Spill it." She commanded, rolled her eyes, and says, "What about your father?"
"Simply, we not on good terms. Ah, no. I didn't do too much with him," he answered calmly, finishing the background.
"Why so?"
"Because he has another family, after the death of my mom. Ah--no, he cheated," suddenly, he feels a lump in his throat, he didn't open this up to his Granny.
"I'm sorry to hear that," said in shock.
"No, no, it's okay. That was many years ago," tears shimmered in his eyes and he wiped it away but it is continuously streaming like water. He stopped painting, "I think I have dust it my eyes." He looked up stopping his tears to come out.
"This is a river, how come there is a dust, asshole."
She stands and walks towards his place. Helliana hugged her from the back to make him feel better.
"Why are you so scared to cry? Crying can't lessen your appeal."
He laughed while crying because of what she said, "I just don't like crying, I don't want to worry you."
"But you are making me worry right now, I told you, it is okay to cry." He caresses his back.
"No, I am not in a cry mood anymore."
She loosened her grip and Eustas face her with his wet eyes. He gave her a smack on his lips and smile.
"Thank you,"
"Look at my painting, it is time for you to see, I just need to finish the sky."
"That is awesome! You have a good hand, Eustas."
"Well, not really. Let me finish it first and we go back because it's getting hot."
After he finished it, they go back to their place holding each other's hands.
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