Chapter 18
“So, tell me more about family?” Artemis asked, changing the topic.
“What now?” Caroline asked in confusion.
“About your siblings.”
“Ahh!!” Caroline nodded before speaking, “Colt and Calv are my twin brother, who is around one and half years younger than me, but we studied together until high school. Until we chose a separate career for ourselves.”
“Oh, okay! But why did you all study in the same class when you were older than them?”
“I will tell you the reason behind it after I will start trusting you completely.” Caroline avoided that question politely. Artemis’s jaws clenched hearing her, but he smiled, recalling the mantras of ‘she needed time.’
“I will wait for that moment.”
“And you can give credit to my brothers because of which no boys came near me because they used to scare those boys away, and Colt was a lot scarier than Calv,” Caroline said, smiling. Hell, not just boys, but he used to scare a lot of girls who used to come near him or near Calvin. He had a strange type of sixth sense because of which he always got the vibes of people around him, and he always used to be one hundred percent right in that matter.
“It means I have to thank Colt,” Artemis said with a smile. He wanted a son with this quality of Colt so that he would protect his sister in this way.
“Yeah!! I guess. When I told him about Mark, then he wasn’t very pleased with this information.” She added, recalling his expression when she had disclosed about her being in a relationship, and then his words flashed in her mind, ‘It’s important to make mistakes in life.’
‘Hold on! Did he know about Mark and Alice from the start? If yes, then why didn’t he warn me about it? Why did he wait for my heart to break?’ Caroline probed.
“It also means that apart from your parents, I must pass his test as well,” Artemis said, hoping to meet her parents soon.
TEST's words reminded Caroline of how her father applied all the tricks, including using the drug on her groom before marriage. That mere thought scared her. Her father was damn too protective of her and her other sisters. Poor Artemis! He has no idea that if my family has people like him, then they also have the people to kill him.
“So, let me guess, Colt is your that brother who stays away from girls and is a lot more protective for her. Calv is a fun-loving person and a way different than Colt. He is also into photography and adventures things.”
“Yeah.”
“So, what does Colt do?” Artemis asked.
Caroline remembered Colton killing supernatural creatures with his sword and beheading their head into two pieces. He had tattoos all over his body, not that he made it out of fashion. It was because he was chosen to be a hunter. A lot of humans train to be a hunter, but not everyone is chosen. At the same time, the chosen hunters had their own disadvantages. They always have the urge to kill vampires, werewolves, or other creatures. Because the more they kill, the stronger they become.
“He… he kills and punishes bad… bad people,” Caroline replied, not disclosing his brother’s truth because it was forbidden too.
“Oh, so he is in the police force. Not bad.” Artemis concluded on his own. “And what about your sisters?”
“They’re still in college for now. At the same time, Lee wants to be a doctor. And Tee wants to be an Actress.” Caroline answered, but she didn’t disclose that Tiara had already done a lot of movies until now. She had started her career as a child actor in movies. “That’s all about my sweet family.”
“Everyone in your family is so different still, you all stay together, and there is so much love between all.”
“I know.” Caroline smiled, agreeing with him. “Even my relatives are amazing and loving.”
“Lucky you,” Artemis muttered. Caroline kept her hand on his.
“Hey!! You okay?”
“I’m. I guess.” Artemis replied, and holding her hand; he kissed on the back of her hand. “It’s just that I thought that why family isn’t this loving? Not that I’m complaining about what I have, but still….”
“Appreciate what you have, Artemis. One can’t have all the happiness. For example, all this happiness was written in my life. That’s why god created such a situation, because of which my real parents had to leave me in an orphanage. So, we should be happy with what we have instead of crying for the things that we don’t.” Caroline said before adding, “Now, let’s go. I’m sure your little member would be fine by now.”
“The topic of little member reminded me that am… am your first in everything, hmm?
Caroline’s cheek turned a shade darker at his question, but she still nodded her head. “Mark was always interested in Alice, so he never wanted me in the first place. And even if a part of him would have ever thought of doing something with me, then I would have turned down his mood by showing my inexperience behavior.”
“And on the top, who would like to kiss a girl who uses black lipstick? I mean, just look at me. Why would anyone be interested in someone like me?” Caroline questioned and found Artemis looking at her intently.
“Well, I’m looking at you.” He said without even blinking his eyes. Caroline blushed at his words. “And to be honest, if your parents wouldn’t have given you a name then…. “
“Then?”
“I would have called you mine.”
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#TBC
