The Love That Passed

Jared’s POV

Stacey is never gonna stop and even include me in their mess. My phone vibrated in my pocket so I took it and found her name calling. I answered it with my eyes not leaving the reporters and holding Colleen. I was worried that she’d run away soI should hold onto her.

“Hello,” I said, then put her on speaker phone and let the reporters hear what she had to say.

“Thank God you answered, I need a favor. Can you tell the reporters that we are dating and had a plan to get married already? I didn’t want the reporters to know about Derrick and I, my dad’s going to kill me if he found out.” She said worriedly then I look at the reporter as I ended our call and said,

“She’s been my wife for more than two years now. My one and only wife and no one else.” They took Colleen’s photo so I covered her with my body as I led her to the parking lot. The security came and stopped them from following us.

“I’m sorry for that. I should have taken care of them head on. I just did not expect Stacey to include me in their mess.” I told her when we were already settled in my car.

“It’s fine,” she replied in a low voice. I looked at her and got worried thinking she was affected by the incident and I didn’t want that.

“What’s wrong?” I asked, she shook her head and replied.

“No, nothing.” She paused and I waited for what she had to say.. “Are you the one who exposed them?” She was looking right in my eyes as she asked that and I can’t lie to her. I nodded and answered,

“I did it to them for hurting you. It was Derrick who sent you mine and Stacey’s photos at the mall. At first, I was only thinking of exposing their relationship. It turns out that Derrick has been doing illegal activities as well so I decided to expose them as well. He was, after all, a public servant.”

“What if they do omitting to you because of that?” She looked worried when she asked me and I couldn’t help but fall in love with her again.

“I am ready with whatever action they will try to do when they find out that I was behind these expose. Rest assured that I will be able to face and fight them fairly.” I replied and again, worry flashes on her face.

“Hey, wife,” I said with both my hands capping her face as I gently rubbed her cheeks with my thumbs trying to soothe her. “You have nothing to worry about. I had planned everything beforehand.” I added.

“I don’t want you to get hurt. If everything in the news were true then Derrick will do everything you get back at you. Or worse, those organizations that work with him will come and find you.” She replied and I started to get worried because she was crying. I know that it is not good for her so I had to calm her.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Shhh, my wife. I won’t let anything happen to you, our baby or me. So please, don’t worry. My investigator had worked with the police and they knew that they don’t have to say where the report came from.” I informed her. “Another thing, we are already under police protection and there were police officials who were not in their uniforms looking after us wherever we go, even in your very moment.”

Her round eyes were on me and I can see that it started to water. How can she be so worried for me when all I did was hurt her? I feel so lucky having her as my wife and remembering how she will leave me soon made me feel worse. There were times when I wanted to yell at her. Ask her why she made me fall in love with her only to leave me in the end.

I know that it’s not the time to think about that, but I can’t help it. Thinking how much I love her and feeling how much she loves me is heaven and at the same time, tormenting. I want to be with her for a long time more.

“Promise me that you’re not going to let anything happen to you. I won’t be able to take it if you’ll get hurt.”

“I promise, my wife.” I replied, smiling and giving her a light kiss on her lips. She closed her eyes and I know that she was trying to make herself believe that I am going to be OK. Why is she like this, when she was the one who will be leaving me in a few months? I want her to promise me that she’s going to stay too, but I know I can’t. I’m sure she will be thinking about it everyday and I didnt want that.

“Let’s go home?” I asked and started the car after she nodded her head. We went home and had dinner with Mommy Lucy and the others. I called them earlier saying that we will be eating dinner at home so they waited for us.

Everyone was happy as I told them about Colleen working. Mommy Lucy said that she was smart ever since she was a kid. She often heard her dad bragging about her accomplishments at school and I couldn’t help but feel proud of her too.

Today was hectic and even if we encountered an unexpected incident, I was glad to know that she loves me too. Her worry for me made me realize that it was not only me who cared for her, but she was too. I don’t think that I am going to lose her no matter how much I tried to prepare myself and accept her fate, but I still feel my heart clenching in pain just by thinking about that.

It was hard for me, how much more with her who had just started to feel the love of a family she yearned for all this time? Every night, all I do is watch her in her sleep like tonight. I wanted to memorize everything about her. The way she sleeps, she yawns and changes position from laying flat to hugging me and squeezing herself to me when she feels me hugging her. The way she rubs her face to my chest like a kitten and how she smiles whenever I kiss her on her head when she does that.

I just love everything about her.