CHAPTER 37: I LIKE YOU

Juan didn’t want to talk outside, so she unlocked the door and ushered the young man inside. Julian looked at the small space but didn’t dislike it. The whole place was full of Juan’s scent and he liked it.

This whole place was smaller than his own bedroom at home but he felt homely while in here and he wanted to spend more time around the place.

“You may take a seat. I have juice and water, which one do you prefer?” Juan asked as she looked at Julian who was busy looking at her house.

Julian turned his head to face Julian who was so beautiful he didn’t know how to keep looking at her at this moment, he was afraid of having a nosebleed.

“I want to have some of that water you promised me last time,” he winked at her as he said that.

Juan scoffed at the young man before leaving the living room for the kitchen. She took out the water jug and poured two glasses of water. she took the glasses back to the living room and sat next to Julian since she only has one couch, she was forced to sit next to him.

“Here is your water,” she said as she placed the glasses at the table.

She was thirsty so she didn’t give Julian a second look and drank her water with relish. Julian looked at Juan as she swallowed that water, the water drops flowing down her chin, everything about this moment made her look very sexy, and Julian who had forgotten the feeling of being sexually aroused felt it after two years.

This came as a shock but at the same time, he was so excited, in order to hide this embarrassing moment, he gulped down his own glass of water. when he was done, he couldn’t help but smack his lips.

The water was truly special and delicious. No wonder why Juan was sweet looking, if this was the water, she told her about then he didn’t mind having more of this in the future.

“The water is delicious; can I have some?” he was a man with thick skin so he asked her for more.

“Sure, I will give you some when you leave. So, are you going to tell me the reason why you wanted to see me?”

Julian looked at Juan and sighed, how can this girl be that direct and just forward like this? Would it hurt her to just wait and let him bring the topic first?

“Fine, I will tell you the reason why I am here but I want you to listen to me and give me a chance to explain myself,” he implored her.

Juan was interested in Julian and was hoping to hear more from him so she gave him the floor, “go ahead then. You better not waste my time.”

“Trust me, I won’t. Juan, I will be honest with you. From the very second, you saved my mother, she had been keeping tabs on you and wanted you to be my woman. I know that this is absurd but she just wanted something good for me.

I may be a little troublesome most of the time but I will never hurt those who are dear to me. When I first heard about you, I was angry as this wasn’t the first time that this happened.

I want to be able to find my own woman and not have an arranged marriage with someone else. But fate has its own plans for everyone, I don’t know how you crept your way into my heart and now I can’t forget about you.

I know that this may sound ridiculous but I like you, I really do and I came here to ask you if you can give me a chance to pursue you and make you mine.”

Juanita was looking at Julian with tears in her eyes. She wasn’t teary because she was touched by the confession but this was the first time that a guy confessed to her and poured out his heart to her.

When she dated her first boyfriend back then in high school, she was the one who pursued him and did most of the things. That boy never put her first before and she was the one always giving out and wasn’t on the receiving end.

When he broke up with her, she felt lost and thought that she will never recover but she did and she went to her second man who humiliated her and left a deep scar on her heart.

It was because of this senior that Juan was afraid of dating and wanted to wait until she was fully healed to date again. But now she was fully healed, beautiful and a young man, who was so rich that he can have anyone he wanted was confessing to her. Wasn’t this a dream come true?

Julian seeing Juan crying, he didn’t know what he did wrong so by following his instincts, he took the young woman into his arms and began to coax her. Juanita who had been bottling her emotions for a long time simply burst out and began to cry her heart out.

She felt very wronged and just wanted to let off some steam and empty everything out. Julian didn’t say a word but patted her back. This was everything that she needed but when her tears dried up, she was so embarrassed that’s he wanted to dig up a hole and hide.

“Thanks for that,” she sniffed as she pulled her body away from his warm, hard chest.

“You are welcome, I hope that I wasn’t the one who made you cry?” he asked nervously, his mother would kill him if she learns that he made a girl cry.

“No, no, it wasn’t because of you. I just recalled some sad memories from before and exploded,” she explained herself not wanting to let Julian misunderstand her.

“Oh, that’s good then. So what do you say about me…..Ummm, what’s your answer?” Julian wanted to hide somewhere, for the first time he was so nervous, anxious about hearing an answer from a girl he took a liking to.

It wasn’t easy for him to confess like this, it was his first time to confess as he was used to girls confessing to him first which stopped two years before when the news came out that he was impotent.

Who would want to be with a man like that? But that assumption seemed to be proven wrong as he had been feeling aroused lately whenever he was near Juanita. It seemed like this needed more investigation, he may be after all not really sick.

Juanita looked at the young man shyly, she was taken back by his confession and was now shy to respond to him. She didn’t want to be rushed with this and wanted to sort out her feelings.

She didn’t even know the other so well and didn’t want to head into a relationship without knowing much.

“Julian, you are a good guy. You gave me this good vibe from the very second, I saw you. Your family is also nice so you probably be wont bad yourself. I won’t deny it but I like you but I can’t accept your confession straight away,” she said as she shook her head.

Julian felt a pang in his heart, this felt like rejection and it hurts. He had mustered a lot of courage to confess and yet the answer he received was this, it was a huge blow to him.

Juan smiled slyly as she looked at Julian who wasn’t looking well after she told him half of her opinion.

“Juanita, can you please give me a chance,” he practically begged in a low tone as he was afraid that if he raises his voice, he might scare her.

Juan this time chuckled as she looked at the cute Julian. Julian is a young man who is taller than her, his body is well proportioned and her type. He doesn’t lack anything but it seems like he wasn’t confident when it comes to relationships.

It was as if she was looking at herself and she began to feel some pity. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to give him a chance. If it didn’t work then she will just move on, she still had an eternity to make things work out.

She didn’t need to worry about living forever and being alone for the rest of her life, with her Family Farm by her side, she was sure and confident that she will be able to solve many problems.

“I wasn’t done yet, Julian. We can’t go straight to it but we can get to know each other first but if it doesn’t work out then we can just forget about it.”

Julian’s hope rose once more after hearing this good news, so him being happy he caught her small and soft hands in his large ones and held them affectionately, “thank you for the chance, I will not let you down.”

The young man was so excited that all his worries were totally gone at this stage. He was going to make sure that this time he gets the girl and won’t lose her to anyone.