It was One Night Only

® It Was One Night Only.

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So I’m sitting in the airport trying to decide if I should take the next flight to France now or if I should go somewhere further like India. Maybe I could learn new cuisines there and try new things.

But all these never seem to comfort me. He made a promise to never leave me and another to always defend me. What the hell happened to all those promises he said he would keep? He just threw them away like I wasn’t important. I feel like a fool.

I stood up and decided that France was good enough from France I could go to Asia. And then I sit down back. Try South Korean food and all. Maybe just travel the world and be free. Ease myself from the heartbreak.

It was my fault that I decided to fall in love with who can never be mine. I lost a great friend at least and then my baby. It freaking hurts. I couldn’t cry but still, I wanted to.

I feel a particularly familiar presence and send a tower above me and then finally sit. Maybe I’m hallucinating things now. I want to feel that Noah is right here beside me and his smile is making me safer.

He didn’t even bother to tell me that it was okay for me to stay. He just didn’t say anything. He didn’t stand up for me. He let his mother treat me like I was still a piece of trash.

“Miss,” the voice said all grumpy. Familiar scent unfamiliar voice. I was in no mood to listen to what anybody had to say.

“Miss” the person tried again. “Where are you heading to?” he asked and I just sighed. I stood up and picked up my bag. Better go book a ticket now. As I was about to leave a hand flew up to hold my forearm.

“Aren’t you going to tell me where you are going?” the voice sounded clearer now and I was not hallucinating it.

I turned to see Noah sitting right there with that stupid smirk on his face.

“That’s none of your business” I bark out. Angry that he didn’t bother to defend me in front of his mother. Why did he give me mixed signals? He showed he cared but he couldn’t help me. I tried to pry his hands off me but he tightened his grip.

“I could call security and say that you are harassing me,” I said gritting my teeth together.

“I will leave you if you will just give me a few minutes to explain myself,” he said his grip loosening but he didn’t leave my hand.

“I can call se-” I started but he cut me off.

“Rachael please just five minutes” he pleaded. When you are in love you do things even better judgment already said is wrong.

“You have five minutes,” I say looking at all the flowers that suddenly I have great interest in now.

“Let’s sit down” he suggests and I plop back and sit deciding not to look at his face.

“I’m so sorry about my mom” he began but I didn’t want to have any of this.

“If that’s what you came all the way to say then you wasted your time,” I say with so much anger. “She insulted me for no reason. She never knew me yet she never gave me the benefit of the doubt. She wants you to divorce me and marry Nichole so why don’t you do so” I say turning to face him. I was filled with so much rage. “You made a promise. No, you made two promises but none of them were important to you” I almost scream at him.

“But I don’t want to divorce you,” he said quietly. “I’m here because I remembered the promises,” he said and I sighed. Now he did.

“Noah you don’t have to bother because there is nothing that is tying us together anymore. I lost the baby and now you are a free man” I say ready to stand up.

“You haven’t even allowed me to talk,” he said and I looked at him incredulously.

“Speak then,” I say and he clears his throat.

“I don’t want to divorce you and marry Nichole because I’m no longer in love with her,” he said and my breath hitched. “I’m now in love with you,” he said so casually that I felt like something had happened to my insides.

“What?!” I asked stammering with so much shock. I’m sure I look like a freak whose mouth can close.

“Yes, Rachael. I don’t know how or where I fell in love but I don’t want any other person but you” he said and I felt like throwing myself into his arms.

“Why didn’t you believe me when I told you that it was that drink that killed the baby?” I ask tears coming on when I remember that I just lost a baby.

“I’m sorry that I didn’t trust you. I trusted my ex. I thought she was trying to change and you were being jealous” he said and my eyebrow flew up.

“Why would you think I’m jealous?” I ask him. Yes, I was jealous when Nichole came and was all over him again. But that didn’t drive me to lie about what she did. She gave me that chocolate on purpose and she didn’t let Noah come to me on time when I screamed for him.

“Because it’s obvious that you have been in love with me for a very long time,” he said.

“Says who?” I ask trying to act nonchalant about it.

“So you mean to tell me that you weren’t in love with me?” he asked. How the hell do I answer that question?

“I’m not even going to deny it,” I say going for the truth. “I started to like you and then slowly I started to admire you and now I’m deeply in love with you but that doesn’t matter anymore because we can’t be together”

“Why not?” he asked his hands finding a way to mine.

“Your mom doesn’t want that,” I say and he smiles slightly.

“My mom doesn’t own my life I can do whatever I please with it. But I’m going to fight for us” he said with all seriousness. “Because I love you and I finally learned the meaning of love from you,” he said and my heart warmed.

“What if I say no?” I ask and he looks at me.

“Love will make you say yes,” he said and I knew he was right. I loved this guy too much to pack up and give up. If he was ready to fight he has my support.

“I love you,” I say and he smiles.

“I know and I love you so much that I can’t let you go,” he says. “So let’s go home and see if we can make another baby,” he said and I smiled a blush creeping up my face. He took my bag led me out to the car and drove us back home.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

He took me inside and locked the door behind me. I saw his eyes darken with desire. “We are married so it’s not wrong” he whispered as he got closer to me.

When his lips met mine I knew I was lost in my happy world.

“I love you,” he said with heavy breath when he broke away from me.

“I love you more,” I say returning my lips to his.