Chapter 115

Jason's pov :
It was difficult to control my smile, only I knew how she acted after getting drunk, I was the only one who could understand that language and I was feeling blessed to be that only one.
Lia was back again, and this time, I wouldn't let her go. I was all ready to fight with anyone for her and the one thing I learned after my mom's confession was that sometimes, you needed to be strong enough to fight for both of you when your partner wasn't in a good condition.
Now I had the reason to live, I was feeling better again and suddenly, all the pieces of my broken heart got back into good shape and it was filled with so much strength that I forgot about my pain.
Just the news about her comeback gave me the energy to deal with anything. I couldn't care less about the obstacles or problems we would face in the future, all I cared about was my girl, how to console her and make her happy!.
Leaving my car near the door, without caring about parking it, I just opened the door and didn't bother to close it before running inside the room.
Fuck! She had already passed out, she was peacefully sleeping on the couch with little pouty lips.
I smacked my head and sat on the floor, touching her nose only to check it wasn't a dream. She frowned and changed the side of her face so she was facing the wall now. She was looking so cute with that pouty face and my shirt.
Lia loved wearing my clothes so I deliberately left some in her bag when we were coming back from my beach house.
Picking her up in my arms, I started walking to my room. Barbie blocked my way, folding her hands. "If you ever dare to leave her alone or break up with her, I'll make sure to introduce her to a nice guy myself."
"I didn't leave her, I didn't break up with her either this time." I rolled my eyes at her stupid warning. I remembered being a jerk in Singapore but I changed myself a lot after that incident. "Ask your questions to mom! My girl needs rest."
"Mom?" Her eyes widened in shock and I shook my head, giggling.
Leaving her downstairs in a shocked state, I entered my room and placed my girlfriend on my bed gently, making sure not to wake her up.
After changing into comfortable clothes, I slept beside her and wrapped my arms around her. I pulled her closer to my chest and nuzzled her neck. To my wonder, she plopped her hand on me and smiled before sleeping more comfortably in my arms.
It was New Year and I had planned a romantic date for us but we were spending the evening like this in my bed but I was happy because at least she was with me.
I just gazed at her cute face when she was sleeping, I didn't even realize when I fell asleep. Opening my eyes slowly in the morning, I started searching for Lia but it was empty.
My heart started running in the marathon, I was scared of losing her again. "Did she wake up earlier than me and left already?" My brain couldn't help but wonder the same question again and again.
I started checking my room hastily, she was nowhere to be seen. I didn't care about washing my face or changing the clothes, grabbing the keys to my car, I started descending the stairs.
My dad stopped me from racing outside of the house. "There!" He pointed towards the garden area where Lia was sitting with my mom and they were chatting happily.
"You scared the shit out of me." Pulling her into a hug, I whispered into her ears.
"I'm sorry!" She said and draped her hands on me.
"Um, you guys can talk here. Barbie went to Theo's place to have breakfast with his dad and we are leaving for the office." Mom shyly uttered and gave us privacy.
I stopped her and held her hands. "Thank you so much, mom! And I'm-"
"Don't! What did I teach you, yesterday? Well, if you really want to apologize, you can apologize differently," she smiled sheepishly.
"Sure! I'll."
"Help me with Barbie and Theo's engagement! And take good care of my sweetheart!" She pointed her finger at Lia who had lowered her gaze.
"Of course, I'll!" I shrugged and she kissed my cheek before leaving.
My dad awkwardly smiled at me and didn't dare to say anything. "Are we still good? I mean, um-"
"Thank my mom for that!" I winked and my dad let out a long sigh. "By the way, do I have any step brother or sister? Mom didn't tell me anything about your life."
"Nope! Rose was infertile so," he shrugged and pressed his lips.
I nodded awkwardly. "I'm sorry!"
"I'm sorry for everything. I just wish that you guys can have a beautiful story to tell your children, unlike mine."
"Mom still loves you, I just feel bad for her. It's hard to see someone you love with someone else."
"Um, I know that. It was a mistake, I'll fix it very soon."
"Sorry, what? My mom was a mistake to you?" I furiously uttered and ignored Lia for a while who was standing beside me, silently.
He shook his head as no and chuckled. "I should be sad that you're taking your mom's side but after all these years, I'm happy to see that you are loving your mom. Rose was a mistake, we divorced a long time ago but I couldn't gather the courage to tell your mom about that. I was living there alone and trying to lessen the burden of your mom's work as there were a lot of issues which needed my attention and needed to be solved."
"That means you still love mom, huh?" I smirked and he suppressed his lips and shrugged.
"I'm a loser, I couldn't realize it before."
"Oh, dad! Why are you guys so complicated? You both love each other then, what are you waiting for?! Just go and propose to her and get remarried!" I patted his back and advised him.
He nodded his head, putting a finger on his chin, trying to analyze what I said. "You know what, you are the best son." As soon as he finished, he started running towards the door.
"And you're the best dad!" I yelled, waving him goodbye.
Lia was still standing there, gazing at me while biting her lips in nervousness. I walked towards her smiling and before she could say anything, I pressed my finger on his lips and made her sit in my lap on the couch.
Rubbing my finger on her lips, I cupped her cheeks. "Mom told you everything, right?"
"My dad told you everything, right?" She raised her eyebrows and I grinned. "It wasn't a good New Year for both of us. Aren't you mad at me for breaking up with you?"
"I'm but I can't be mad at you while knowing what you went through after knowing the truth. But that doesn't mean you can break up with me. I'm not letting this happen at any cost." I uttered in a firm voice, staring into her eyes.
"I'm scared, Jay. What if we become like our parents?! I broke up with you because I didn't want you to suffer with me, you deserve a girl who can be a housewife and take care of your children. I have dreams, I can't take hate from my son. And now after knowing the truth, I realized why I was always fascinated to be a doctor! Possibly that's what my mom wanted me to be. Doctors' lives are busier, just one call from the hospital, and I would have to leave in the middle of sex."
I didn't think twice before opening my mouth, "did you plan to come back or you came because you weren't sober?."
Lia bit her lip again and averted her gaze from me. "I just couldn't survive without you. Everything seemed meaningless without you, I was too hurt to stay in that mansion so I went to that valley and spent the entire day beside that lake. I realized that love is not just a word. It's an emotion and if you loved me, you would be ready to struggle with me."
"So you came to ask me if I wanted to struggle with you or not?"
"Hmm!"
Holding her chin, I made her look into my eyes. "I fucking want to, is that enough for you to stay with me forever?"
Her lower lips started quivering and tears started flowing through her pretty eyes. "I'm sorry, Jay. I should have become strong like you and face the situation." She buried her head in my chest to hide her crying face.
"You're already strong, I'm lucky to have three strong women in my life. You don't even know how devastated I was feeling yesterday! I became strong after knowing that you are at my home. It felt like my heart again started beating and my soul again came back to my body. Please, don't ever leave me again!" I stroked her hair and tried to calm her down.
"I'll never even think about leaving you. I can't live without you. I'm so addicted to you, I felt like my life was ended but my body was still-"
"I know that. You don't have to explain anything, I'm happy that you are back. We are capable enough to go through any situation if we are together, aren't we?"
She pulled herself back, took my face in her hands and nodded before smiling and pressing her lips to mine. I placed my hands on her hips and pulled her closer deepening the kiss, pouring all my love in that kiss.
"I love you!" Lia pronounced against my lips and blushed. I smooched her lips and retorted, "I love you, too, Love!"
"You know, why don't I let you call me Lily? Because you give me butterflies by just calling me Love and I like that." She giggled and I kissed her neck to give her more butterflies in her stomach.
Six months later :
Liliana's pov :
"Girls, I'm pregnant but I don't want to get married." Fiona blasted when Barbie and I were drinking champagne after her engagement.
I choked on my drink and started coughing loudly. Barbie gently rubbed my back and I finally relaxed. "What the fuck! What do you want then? Abortion?" Crunching up my brows, I asked bitterly.
"No! I'm not that cruel to kill my baby. I just don't know what to do?" She sipped the juice and I understood why she was not drinking with us.
"Who said that you have to get married to have a baby?" Barbie shrugged and smirked. She was smart and kinda had solutions to all the problems.
Fiona sighed and hid her face with her hands. "I haven't told George about the baby yet."
"What?" This time, Barbie cried out. "He should know this, you should have told him first."
"I know but I'm feeling so nervous to tell him about this. I don't know how he would react if he would be ready to be a father yet or not?!" She said and sweat covered her forehead.
"But you have to tell George about this sooner or later and I'm sure that he'll be ready. After all, he loves you," I shrugged and offered her a tissue to wipe off the sweat.
"Ready for what?" George appeared and asked Fiona, gripping her waist.
She met his eyes and within a blink, she fainted but luckily, George caught her so she fell in his arms.
"Fiona!" He rubbed her face but she didn't wake up so he looked at us. "Did she drink too much?"
Barbie folded her hands and replied bluntly, "she didn't even taste a drop of alcohol. She is nervous about telling you that she is pregnant. I'm sorry for ruining your romantic moment but you should just take her into the room and let her take a rest for a while."
George started blushing. "Is she really pregnant?"
"No! I'm kidding." Barbie retorted, rolling her eyes and I chuckled.
"George, she is kidding now. Fee is pregnant but she is worried about your reaction." I uttered and pressed my lips.
I looked at Fiona who had opened her one eye to check on us. My jaw dropped at her act, she didn't faint in actuality, she was pretending to faint. Oh my God!
"It's no big deal! We aren't married yet, we'll abort the child." He ruthlessly declared and Fiona slapped him. "Ouch! Why are you so fierce with me? What did you think, I wouldn't realize that you're pretending to faint and your friends are covering up for you?!"
Fiona's hands covered her mouth and she immediately hugged George. "I'm sorry! I was feeling so nervous."
"Well, we didn't know that your girlfriend was acting otherwise, we would have taught her a few good skills." Barbie joked and I giggled at her sense of humour.
George rolled his eyes and picked Fiona up in his arms. "You indeed ruined our romantic moment, girls." He pointed to us and then eyed her. "You shouldn't be fierce when you're pregnant. Otherwise, our baby will learn violence from you."
We mouthed aww and Fiona's cheeks turned red, she hid her face. They left early to have their private romantic time and we moved to the dining area.
Theo's dad finally supported him with his career and relationship. In the past few months, so many things changed. My parents also accepted Sandra and they were living together in that mansion. Kristen and I were like friends now, I had stopped calling her mom and she didn't ask me anything either.
She was glad that I didn't hate her. Perhaps I wasn't in the position to hate her because she loved my dad and she didn't have an affair with my dad after his marriage with my mom so she was the victim and I wanted to forgive the past, including the way she treated me.
"Hey, Jay is flirting with someone there!" Richard murmured in my ear.
I muttered in his ear back, "I'm too smart to fall in your traps. Grow up, boy!" He rolled his eyes and left. Some people would never change, Richard was one of them.
Jay and I started living together in a small apartment after I passed the last year of high school. Finally, I moved out of that mansion, though Ben insisted on staying there.
Selena made a rule that we would spend the weekends together and she would cook dinner for all of us. I really needed to learn cooking from her, she was the best cook, I loved all the food she made.
I smiled at the scene in front of my eyes, Asher was feeding his barbecue dish to Selena. They looked so cute and perfect with each other, and I was happy for them as they were finally together.
"They are couple goals, huh?" He circled his arms around my belly and kissed my cheek before resting his chin on my shoulder.
"Mmm-hmm!"
"Love, you can't just say yes. We are couple goals," Jay complained and made me face him.
I rolled my eyes at his childish act. "You shouldn't be jealous of your own parents."
"Jay, why did you invite that journalist?" Alex looked annoyed, the water was dripping from his face.
"First, she isn't a journalist yet. Her major is journalism and I didn't invite her. Why do you guys always meet accidentally?" Jay teased him and I amusingly wiggled my brows.
He scowled and made a nauseous face. "I don't know why she always finds reasons to fall in my arms?"
It was the same girl whom he dropped to the floor and became rude to her at that party. Later, Jay told me that she was the same girl who taunted Alex the other day. So basically they were our next Fiona and George to fall in love but they both always fought whenever they accidentally met.
Alex still wasn't ready to fall in love, and that girl was too hard to approach. Perhaps they will eventually fall in love with each other, spontaneously. We could just bet on the possibilities.
"I think she loves you and she is following you everywhere," Jay whispered in a low voice and laughed out loud.
"Fuck you!" He yelled and started walking towards the bathroom.
We both enjoyed the party pretty much and especially, teasing Alex was our favorite fun.
"Hello, everyone! May I have your two minutes? I want to thank all of you for coming to my engagement! And I want to thank my fifth grade's crush to become my fiancee." Theo made the announcement and bowed a little
Barbie snatched the mike from his hands and giggled. "I also want to thank my crush who has been tolerating me since the day we started dating. And I want to warn all those girls who were drooling over my fiance that I'll never let you have what is mine-" before she could say anything more, Theo seized the mike from her hands and kissed her.
Everyone chuckled at their speech and started applauding. Asher and Selena were so happy and grateful to Theo and me for handling their immature kids.
Being around the Casano family became my most favourite thing. I couldn't imagine how my life would have been if I wouldn't have returned that day. Sometimes it was better to face the situation rather than running away from it.
"Love, let's go home!" Jay said after we had dinner together.
"I love you!" Kissing his cheek, I laid my head on his shoulder.
"I love you, too! Are you touched by Barbie and Theo's engagement and want to get engaged?" He excitedly asked, twitching his eyebrows.
Stifling a chuckle, I shook my head and he made a pouty face. "Let me be-"
"A doctor first!" He cut me off, mimicking my tone and I slapped his arm. "Anyways, I was planning to give you this on a special day and today is a special day so I want to make it memorable." He handed out a jewellery box from his pocket and I bit my lip in nervousness.
He opened the box and a beautiful heart-shaped locket enthralled me. "It's beautiful. Thank you so much, baby!"
"Just like you!" Jay smiled at me and I kissed his lips. "Let me show you something more beautiful!" He uttered and opened the locket, there were two mini pictures of ours and I couldn't stop blushing.
He made me wear that chain and kissed the locket before kissing my earlobe. I turned to face him, only to get hypnotized by his deep ocean blue eyes. "Tomorrow is my first day of college and I don't want to get late so we are sleeping in different rooms, tonight," I announced and shoved him inside the room before locking the door.
"Hey! It's not fair! I promise that we'll just cuddle, not anything else! I'm so addicted to you now, I won't even get sleep without you," he shouted and kept banging on the door.
"Alright! Don't forget your promise!" I opened the door and he rolled his eyes.
We changed into our night clothes and he stuck to me as glue while cuddling. "You're my home!" I mumbled before closing my eyes to get some sleep. It was difficult to focus on anything else when you had that sexy boyfriend in your bed.
"So we are going to have a happy ending, too?" Jay kissed the tip of my nose.
"Nope! It's not an ending. We'll never have an ending. We'll always start each day as a new day of falling in love with each other and will spend our whole life like this." I kissed his forehead and he smiled widely.
If you want to be together forever, you must face everything together. Love is not just a word, it's an emotion that includes faith, jealousy, respect, passion, and intimacy. And when you love someone, you can't leave them because you think that you aren't good enough for them. You make the choice of either leaving them to get what they deserve or being with them for an eternity!.