Epilogue (J)
Eight years later
I woke up to a familiar sight of Anna sleeping soundly beside me and got up carefully, removing my hands off her waist slowly so as not to disturb her. Dabbing my chest with a tissue from nightstand that has become my morning routine ever since we started living together, I closed the door slowly behind me and entered the next room where my daughter Jean is sleeping on her bed. It’s her second birthday today and everyone will be coming to our house in a few hours for celebration. Unlike many girls, she is a mama’s girl as Anna pampers her very much while I try to be a bit strict to her making her close to her mom than I.
“Happy birthday princess” I said to my daughter’s sleeping form and kissed her forehead.
She stirred in her sleep but didn’t wake up and I left her room closing the door.
Making myself a strong coffee I walked to the living and opened the newspaper, carefully setting the cup on the coffee table.There was a time when I hated coffee but in the past few years, I am quite addicted to it.
Life with Anna turned out to be more wonderful and exciting than I hoped. Yes, we faced a few problems in our journey but everything is alright now. I can’t forget how I almost lost her once during our four year stay at Chicago; it was scary and I don’t want to face that ever again.
It was during our third year of college when we found that Anna was pregnant. Both of us were very excited and happy and though we knew we are young and having a baby complicates our lives we decided to go for it. We dreamt a lot about our baby but unfortunately during the fourth month of her pregnancy she suffered a miscarriage.
Anna was never the same after that; though I was sad about losing our baby, I was more scared for her who blamed herself for everything happened. She didn’t leave the house for a whole month and it took almost a year for her to fully recover. The first few days she cried for hours holding me tight but after a week though her tears subsided, her pain didn’t. It killed me seeing her like that but I had George and Fergie beside me during the days of our grief.
She was absent to her classes during that month while I kept going to mine with Fergie’s insistence that she’ll look after her. I couldn’t have gotten past that stage if it weren’t for George and Fergie and I am very thankful to our friends as well who came a month later to cheer her up and give her a better Christmas. It was only after that I found her in better spirits and back to life.
Dana, her mom and Daniel couldn’t reach us during that time since they were blessed with a baby boy three months before and I ordered them not to come since making a new born travel long distance might not be good for his health. Yes Dana forgave him, only after Anna insisted her mom that she’ll forgive her only if her mom forgave Daniel and accepted him back. Their life was back to normal and was perfect ever since.
Everything is perfect in our lives too except Harry, the dog we loved and cared so much. We lost him last year and Anna swore never to take one again since she doesn’t want to be reminded of the pain of losing someone so close.
As to me and Anna, we got married a year after we left Chicago; five years after our engagement precisely. Yes, it took that long and I remember proposing to her a million times to get married but she insisted on doing it after we got jobs. After I got a job in ESPN we moved to New York where she found a job in a school as a teacher but we married in Pihan, our hometown.
True to her words Emily was the maid of honor while Elle, Jamie, Joselyn and Lucy were the bridesmaids. Lucy is the same girl who tried to be a friend to Anna when she was studying in a school that she attended before Westwood High. During the first week of our stay at Chicago she told me all about her life and which schools she attended which is when she mentioned about Lucy- the girl who tried to be her friend and Mary – the owner of the diner she worked. I talked to her to call them since I realized they cared about her and though a bit reluctant at first she agreed and did as told.
Gabe was my best man, no surprise there; Hunter, Kyle, Alex and Blake had been my groomsmen. Blaise was working overseas and couldn’t attend our wedding but sent his wishes through Skype. Yes, Skype!! the nerve of that man. Our marriage definitely brought couples together; Drake and Gabe got back who broke up during their first year at college. Drake was our wedding planner and though he was new to the business, Anna and I thought of helping our friend and he did a great job with it. While planning our wedding, Drake and Gabe got close again and now Gabe is a partner in Drake’s wedding planning firm.
Blake was completely smitten by Lucy during preparations and by the end of the wedding, they started dating. He even teased Anna that she forgot to mention she had a beautiful friend especially about the time at school when he asked her to hook him up with a friend of hers. They are going strong and from what I heard from Anna, they got engaged recently.
Coming to Emily and Alex, they are happily together and working in the same office. I don’t understand how Alex puts up with my sister. Mark and Lily are finally married, two years after we left school making my best friend Em, my half- sister. Apparently Mark found my mom cheating on him again and couldn’t take it anymore. He decided for a divorce only after consulting me though he need not ask me about it; I agreed the instant I heard him. I can’t forgive that woman even if she is my mom. She married another guy little after her divorce who she met at some seminar in Canada.
My sister Elle broke up with her actor boyfriend recently; she is in California working as a subordinate to a famous fashion designer who works for Hollywood stars. Blaise is in a relationship with a doctor while Hunter married his model girlfriend six months ago. All our friends were shocked to see the shy and innocent Hunter with the bold and confident Victoria who worships the ground he walks. Kyle is single after a disastrous break up and Anna and I hoped to see him back with Elle; we are secretly planning to play Cupid for them.
Life had been busy ever since we became parents and Jean brought us close as a family. All our friends came here when they received news that we were blessed with a baby girl and her birth has become a sort of get together to all of us since we were the first ones to become parents in our group and she is the first kid in our friends' family.
Though everyone tried to win her over, Gabe is her favorite uncle. Though she is just two, I can tell she's fallen in love with him what's with the way he makes her laugh with his weird face expressions. He lives with Drake, an hour and half away from us but he makes sure to come at least once a week for her, saying he needs to take care of his god-daughter.
I was mulling over my thoughts when I heard Anna’s voice behind me “You’re up early”
Smiling, I turned to her “I couldn’t sleep”
She walked up to me with a frown on her face and sat on my lap wrapping her hands over my neck “What’s bothering you Jace?”
“She’s growing up baby. I mean she is already two and I remember holding her for the first time when you gave birth and it seems like just yesterday” I concerned my thoughts to her. I remember every minute of the day she was born and it really seems weird to know two years has passed already. I remember how tensed I was hearing string of profanities from my Anna’s mouth(which never happens, trust me) when the contractions hit and how much pain she had to endure until little Jean finally decided to make an appearance.
“Well, its two years already” she replied with a smile obviously remembering that day.
“And we have another on their way” I smiled rubbing her belly that’s showing more than it should for a six month pregnant woman. Well, obviously it would since she’s carrying twin boys this time.
“I am tensed” she replied with a bit of fear in her eyes.
“Me too but don’t worry we’ll get over it” I replied patting her hand lightly.
As much as the thought of having two boys excites me I can’t help but doubt if we can manage two newborns at a time. I am sure we would get through it with each other's help if it was one kid but having two complicates everything. At least we have May to help us who is staying with us since a year.
Anna was smiling lost in thoughts, maybe remembering the shit we had to go through the first year we had Jean. It was only then I requested May to come stay with us which she agreed too since her grandson lives an hour away from us.
“Where is my morning kiss?” I asked pulling her out of her thoughts.
"You left before I woke up" she said grumpily. I know she hates it when she doesn't find me beside her when she wakes up but what can I say, I need coffee the moment I wake up.
"You know I need coffee in the morning" I said with a small smile.
"And you know I need you" she said with a scoff and having realized how that sounded she added instantly "umm I- I don't m-m-mean like that. You know what I ---"
By the time she was done with her explanation, she was blushing a bright red making me chuckle. Even after years of being together, she is embarassed by the slightest of things.
"Yeah yeah I know what you mean" I said with a smirk.
She groaned trying to hide her smile "Stop teasing me this early in the morning"
"You know I will never stop doing that. Or may be I will, for today since Gabe's coming in a few hours" I said with a wicked smile.
"I hope he pities my condition and leaves me alone" she said with a frown on her face. Just because she is pregnant won't stop him from embarassing her; she should understand that with the way he treated her when she was carrying Jean.
He made fun of her saying she looked like a watermelon carrying a baby and that she is so fat; and this he'd do it when she was in those weird pregnancy mood swings making her throw items near to her at him. He narrowly missed a paper weight thrown at him once but even that didn't stop him from teasing her.
"Anns. What are you thinking?"
"I was thinking how to get back to him, you know. He will make fun of my weight the moment he sees me" she said, her eyes ahead as if thinking deeply.
"You are not fat" I lied.
One thing about pregnant women is that they always need confirmation from their husbands that they are not getting fat which men try to cover up by lying, obviously. Of course, women put on few pounds during this time and she is no exception; what with the twins on their way but she looked absolutely sexy with the pregnancy glow and I find it very tough keeping my hands off her, scared of the huge bulge on her stomach.
"What are you thinking about Jace?" she said with a knowing smile on her face.
"You know what I am thinking about; now kiss me" I said brushing off her comment with a smile. She complied my wish by kissing me but it didn't last since we had to separate when we heard a cough behind us making me groan in impatience.
"Sorry for the interruption" George said hiding his face by trying to adjust his hair but I didnt miss his pink cheeks while Fergie looked at us in amusement.
I smirked "I thought you don't blush"
"I have my moments" George said feeling embarased of witnessing our moment.
"Dad. Fergie. How's your flight?" Anna asked when I was silent.
"It's fine, but we need some rest" he said lifting his small bag and put it on his shoulder.
"Oh, please go to your usual room then. I will call you when breakfast's ready" Anna said.
"Ya, sure. And Anna--" George paused biting his lip to contain laughter "Wash your face. You still have a bit of drool at the corner of your lips"
We laughed making Anna blush and they left the room quietly. Fergie returned a minute later to tell us not to call them for another three hours since they want to sleep for a while.
Anna and I made our way to our room where she almost ran into the bathroom to wash her face. I was observing her wipe her lips with water when she turned to me, obviously catching me staring.
We stood staring at each other for few seconds, both of us not saying a word until she finally turned to the sink and splashed water on her face. I know she is observing me from the corner of her eye and I am sure she is all flustered trying to hide her blush but what caught my interest is the item in her hand.
I laughed gaining her attention making her look at me with a frown and a confused smile on her face.
"What happened?" she asked shyly.
"What are you doing baby?" I said with a smirk.
"Washing my face" she said with the same confused look.
"With a tooth paste?" I smirked.
"Yea--- What?" she blurted, her attention instantly shifting to the colgate tooth paste in her hand.
She flushed bright red and dumped the paste in the bowl on the sink trying to find her face wash among the bath items in there but everything ended up falling down as an effect of her clumsiness. I burst into laughter making her glare at me and I raised my hands in defense not wanting to face her wrath later.
"I will help" I said walking towards her and collected every item before placing it carefully on the sink counter.
"I guess you are searching for this" I said waving her facewash in front of her face.
"You are responsible for this; y-you w-were distracting me" she said taking it from my hands.
"Is that so?" I smirked enjoying her embarassment while she mumbled "Just go" with a smile that she tried real hard to hide.
Chuckling, I walked out of the bath room only to hear the door slam behind me with a light thud. Everytime I decide to stop teasing her, she would embarass herself doing stuff like this making me rethink my decision. I love teasing her, totally.
After a few minutes she walked into the room silently and opened her closet. I thought of starting a second round of teasing but stopped myself when I found her placing a dress on our bed looking very sad.
"What happened Anns?" I asked worried about the sudden change in her behavior.
"Nothing" she mumbled not meeting my eyes.
"Is that why you look so good?" I asked in a sardonic manner.
"You mean I look ugly?" she spat bitterly with a harsh glare but I didn't miss the tears in her eyes.
Damn, her pregnancy harmones. Or is she upset about something else?
"You know that's not what I meant" I said softly taking her face into my hands.
She closed her eyes painfully, spilling a couple of tears on her cheek. I wiped them lightly and looked at her not saying anything.
"I am sorry Jace, I didn't meant to snap at you" she said guiltily, still not opening her eyes.
"Just tell me what happened"
It's not like I am angry at her or something. I have rarely seen her angry in the years we lived together; literally I can count on my fingers the number of times she got angry at me. Most of the times she glares at me, but I know she doesn't mean it seriously.
"Anna. Tell me what happened" I ordered when I was greeted with silence for too long.
"I- I was thinking if-if we we" she stuttered as more tears spilled off her eyes.
"Thinking about what baby?" I said softly.
"Our baby" she said finally meeting my eyes.
I furrowed my eyesbrows together in confusion not able to understand what she is saying. Having understood me, she continued "Th-The baby we l-lost"
"Anns-----" I started, looking at her sympathetically. I wish she believes it's not her mistake; shit happens in life, all the time.
"I c-can't help thinking h-he or she would be five years old if w-we havent lost it. May be Jean would have had a brother or sister to look upto" she said looking at me with the same painful expression and I hate seeing her in pain. I hate myself for letting her go through that.
"Look at the bright side Anns. If we had him or her, may be we wouldn't have had this twins. We always wanted to have just two kids, remember?" I said trying to cheer her up.
She gave a sad smile "May be you are right"
Hugging her, I kissed her forehead and closed my eyes "Forget about everything, ok?"
She nodded, still in my arms and mumbled slowly "I am sorry"
"That's ok. I understood something was wrong" I gave an honest reply.
"So you are not angry at me?" she asked hopefully.
Chuckling I replied "When was I angry at you?"
"Umm when I invited your college friends to our home without asking you, you didn't talk to me for two whole hours and the other time when I teased you with Gabe about---"
"Ok ok I get it. But that was the only time I didn't talk to you, remember you--" Cutting me off she replied "ya fine, we can argue later. We still have lot to do"
I nodded in agreement and followed her outside to make sure all the arrangements are done for the birthday party.
Our group and family started pouring in after noon and we let them relax in their rooms while Anna and I looked after the arrangements. Since the house is very big, it is sufficient for everyone of us. The house was a gift from George for our wedding and though we denied to accept such a costly gift, he pleaded us until we agreed to him and now more than ever I feel having a big house is very helpful.
Anna was baking biscuits while I sat on the kitchen counter observing her when Gabe made an entrance.
"Hi Jace; hey melon"
"Don't call me that" Both Anna and I said the same time.
"Why?" he asked the both of us with a pout.
"Because I don't like it" I answered before Anna could say something.
"But you let her call" he said pointing at Anna.
This must be the hundredth time we are arguing about this but he never lets it go.
"Because I love her" I replied with a scoff.
"You love me too" he whined.
"I love her more" I smirked.
"That's not fair; I love you more than my boyfriend and you---"
"Stay away from my husband" Anna interfered jokingly and later added "And don't call me that"
"But you look like a watermelon" he said smirking.
"No, I don't" she replied glaring at him.
"If your husband said that to you then he is defintely lying" he said casually.
"No, he is not" she defended.
"Yes, he is"
"Stop teasing her Gabe" I said finally wanting to end their banter.
"Then you stop lying to her" he said making his point.
"She is not looking like a watermelon. One has to be round to look like that and she is tall; so, stop making fun of her" I answered when I saw her hurt look and moreover, I was stating the obvious; the truth.
"You always support her" he said childishly.
"Stop that Gabe" Drake said when he entered the room and saw Gabe with a mock-hurt look.
Gabe smiled instantly seeing him and announced they'll rest until the party in the evening. Soon after they left I heard Elle call my name somewhere from the living.
I quickly left the kitchen and ran to my sister, who ran into my arms the minute she saw me.
"I missed you bro" she sang in her cheery voice.
I chuckled "Missed you too"
"Where is everyone? Anna, Emily" she said looking around.
"Emily is with Alex in one of the rooms and Anna is in kitchen"
"How are the twins?"
"They are good"
"Great. So, have you decided any names?" she asked anxiously.
"No, I guess"
"You guess?" she said looking at me suspiciously.
"When Anna was in one of those mood swings, she wanted to name them Fred and George after those twin Weasley brothers from Harry Potter"
She laughed at that "What are you going to do then?"
"I was planning to stop her from reading Harry Potter" I replied chuckling.
She burst into laughter "As much as I love them, I don't know what would happen to the two of you if my nephews had the same idea of fun as that of the Weasley twins"
"It'd be more like torture" I said smiling at the thought of chasing them.
She left after I gave her instructions to the room she would be in until tomorrow; the same room I sent Kyle to. I honestly hope they get back together since I know they are perfect for each other.
"Done playing Cupid?" Anna said from the other end of the room.
I smiled in answer when she continued "I hope they get back. I haven't seen them as happy as they were when they are together"
"Me too; I want my sister to be happy again"
"She will be, trust me" Anna added confidently.
"Where is Jean?" I asked suddenly remembering my daughter's absence.
"She is with Emily and Alex, don't worry"
"Then I should definitely worry" I said with a grimace making Anna chuckle.
"Shut up Jace, Em is not going to do anything"
"I hope so. By the way Anns, please do not sing birthday song tonight"
When Anna told Blake during our high school days that he wouldn't want her to sing, I thought she was joking but she's absolutely true. Never let Anna Rosaline Samuels sing, especially when in the company of children. She is the horriblest singer I've ever heard; I'm not saying she has a bad voice or something because she doesn't. I don't understand how someone with the most sweetest voice ever can sing so bad.
I remember what happened exactly a year before when Anna sang birthday song with all of us; poor Jean cried for half an hour that all the guests took turns to soothe her.
She pouted "Please Jace, let me try one more time. Please"
"No way. Do you want to hurt Jean again?"
She shook her head with a disappointed look which made me feel bad for saying that to her but I also don't want to face last year's tragedy again. Imagine my shock when I heard her sing for the first time; she was in the bathroom singing 'Oh My My' by Taylor Swift when I returned home from college and that day, I was horrified knowing my fiancee is the world's most terrible singer .
"Can I have a dance with you at least?" she asked looking hopeful.
"Of course" I smiled.
A dancing Anna is more dangerous than a singing Anna; luckily, that's only when she's drunk and hence I agreed to her request immediately. The only time she was drunk was during my class mate's party in our second year of college; Gabe made a video of it and we still watch it sometimes making fun of her all the time.
Evening arrived soon and all our friends and family gathered for the cake cut. I felt happy when I saw Elle and Kyle walk hand in hand. Kyle gave me a knowing look obviously understanding that I set them up while Elle blushed seeing my smirk. As usual Lily took lots of pics of my daughter who looked very beautiful, just like her mother. I didn't invite my mom though Anna pleaded me to; Mark and Lily filled my parents' place long back and having them with me now is more than enough to me.
Though Anna insisted on inviting Emily Swift too, I didn't let her; I still don't forgive that woman. Though Anna forgave Emily, their relationship was never the same; yet Anna invited her to our wedding.
After the cake cutting, all of us gathered for dinner and Emily stood to make an announcement.
"Alex and I are getting married. He proposed to me last week" she said in a very cheerful tone looking immensely happy.
Everyone cheered at her before she shushed them looking at Anna "Will you be my maid of honor Anna?"
Anna's face broke into a grin as she replied "I would love to"
"The marraige is not until another six months; so you need not worry about your delivery" Em chirped smiling.
"Our marriage will also be in the next six months" Lucy announced with a guilty look on her face as she continued "And you have to be my maid of honor too Anna"
Anna looked surprised for a second before she smiled brightly "Don't worry, I will take care of both of your weddings. All three of us can go shopping together"
Both the bride-to be's grinned and tackled Anna into a hug thanking her profusely. I don't know how Anna will manage two weddings, more importantly Emily's craziness just after the twins are born. I hope their marraiges are atleast a month apart or else Anna wouldn't have time to breathe.
"You have to be my best man" Blake said beside me watching his fiancee in amusement.
"I will, thanks bro for asking me" I replied smiling.
Soon after that, everyone fell into a conversation about their lives and I continued watching Anna talk with Joey, Joselyn and Ashton's daughter.
"I have something to say" I announced gathering everyone's attention on me.
I looked at Anna who nodded with an encouraging smile.
"Anna and I decided to give one of our kids to George and Fergie" Everyone gasped at my statement but I continued "Not immediately ofcourse, may be after an year or two. Anna wanted our son to live in London since she didn't get a chance to grow up in her hometown"
"You want to separate the twins?" Gabe asked with a shock look on his face.
"I wanted George and Fergie to experience the joy of parenthood" Anna started looking at her parents who looked shocked at her statement.
"But you would be separating brothers" Emily said sadly.
"We will remain to be their parents; it's just that one of them will live with their grand parents while the other stays here" I replied.
"You need not do that for us" Fergie said with moist eyes.
I know we need not do that but Anna and I decided about it though it killed both of us to come to that decision. I remember how Fergie had been a mother to Anna during her miscarraige and how she looks at Anna and Jean; it's like she wanted to experience something like them. I know separating one brother from the other is bad but they can always meet during holidays.
"I have something to say too" George said still looking puzzled and a bit amused at the situation. Why, I dont know.
Everyone turned to him and he smiled looking at us; what is he up to?
"We are moving to New York" he said surprising all of us and added looking at me "I thought of telling you after making all the arrangements"
"What do you mean by that?" my dad spoke for the first time since the evening.
"We are shifting here; I don't want to stay away from my only daughter anymore and so I am shifting the base of my operations to here" George replied.
"Really?" Anna chimed in, tears forming in her eyes. I know it had been tough for her too, just like me to give up on our son.
"Yes" George said happily before adding "I am still in talks with your neighbour's landlord and if everything goes well, I will be your neighbour in another four months"
"You didn't tell me?" Fergie interrupted with happy tears of her own.
"I wanted to surprise you" He said looking at her lovingly.
Looks like father and daughter have a unique way of surprising people; I can't forget how she left me after high school for a whole month only to end up shocking me explaining that she wanted to surprise me.
Anna walked up to me with happy tears hugging me tightly "We can see our son daily; he won't miss his childhood with his brother and sister like we thought. I am so happy Jace"
"Me too baby" I replied as a tear fell down my own cheeks.
"You have given quite a scare to us" Joselyn said later, after dinner when all of us gathered in the garden with drinks.
"Yeah, me too" Kayla said from behind me.
"Sorry about that" I chuckled.
Mr. Turner joined later and we talked for a while about how their life is going on when George called me to speak in privacy.
"Thanks for doing that" he said when we were alone and sat on the bench beside the mowed lawn.
I sat beside him and said "It's nothing"
"I can understand it must be a very tough decision to the two of you"
You have no idea, I thought of saying instead replied "It was"
"Are you sure you want to do that? After all, we are moving here and we can always look after our grand children"
"We wanted you to experience what it's like to be parents. I know you have Anna but you never got to see her as a kid and moreover, we did this for Fergie"
He nodded "Thanks for that. But like you thought, your son won't be growing up in London"
I chuckled "That's ok, we can always go there for a vacation"
"I am happy my daughter ended up with a person like you; even after everything happened because of me"
"I am happy too having her with me; and if all that shit didn't happen in her life, she would have never come Pihan and I would have never met her. So, I guess I am thankful to you in a way"
He chuckled "You are being an optimist now"
"May be because I realized things will always get better in the end" I said smiling at him.
"I wanted to say something else to you Jason" he said unsurely, not meeting my eyes.
When I told him to continue he said "I want you to take care of my companies Jason. I know you've worked so hard to be in the position that you are now but I want you to be the heir of everything I own"
"George.. You know---"
"I am not asking you to do it now; you can continue what you are doing for few years before taking over what's mine"
"You should have asked Anna about it. It would be appropriate if she runs your companies since she is your daughter"
"Which makes you my son Jason. I already talked with Anna about it and she was perfectly alright with my idea if you are ok with it"
"I don't think I can handle such a big responsibility George" I said honestly.
"I will be there to help you until you grow accustomed to it. Moreover, Anna will always be there to help you"
I thought for a while "I will think about it"
He nodded and we sat in silence, not speaking a word until Anna came.
"Can I sit too?" Anna walked up to us with a discreet smile.
"I am just leaving" her dad said and looked at me with an assuring smile.
"Where is Jean?" I asked when she sat beside me.
"With Gabe" she replied chuckling.
"What happened?" I asked, interested all of a sudden.
"Jean asked me when can she marry Gabe?"
Chuckling, I replied "What did you say?"
"I said Drake won't agree. She walked up to him and advised him to find someone else. She even called Blake and told him to marry Drake"
I burst into laughter when she continued between her fits of laughter "You should have seen Blake's face; it was priceless"
So, my daughter fancies Gabe. I am not surprised as I know Gabe is a real charmer and everyone loves him. It's hard to not like him.
"So, why are you here?" I asked her rubbing her cheek with my thumb finger.
"I saw Victoria and Hunter dance and remembered your promise to dance with me" she said with a shy smile.
I got up and offered my hand to her which she took as I pulled her into my arms.
"Everything alright?" she said placing her head on my shoulder while I swayed left to right not following any particualr dance rhythm.
"Yeah, your dad just gave a mini heart attack to me" I confessed making her look at me.
She smiled "That was my reaction too when he said that. However I know it would happen one day or the other"
"I guess you are right" I said shrugging.
"So, what's your decision then?"
"I need at least another five years to leave my job; you know I love what I do"
She nodded, her lips forming a frown as I said "You think you can handle two weddings?"
"I am not sure but I'll have to try"
"I think Lucy is fine but Em, no way. I am scared that she'd take weeks to find her wedding gown"
She chuckled "You maybe right. I remember her telling me I shouldn't be satisfied with the third dress in the first shop when we went shopping for our wedding. I don't understand where she gets all the energy from"
"May be you should ask her that. I don't understand how Alex puts up with her; he is totally different from her"
"That's what makes them complete"
"You may be right, after all" I said looking into her eyes.
We continued staring at each other, both of us stopping our little dance in the same instant as she slowly said "I love you Jace" and kissed me.
I know she's just fulfilling the promise she made to say 'I love you' everyday and so I continued kissing her without giving a reply.
It was only after she pulled her lips away from mine, I said "I love you Anns"
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Thank you so much for reading guys. This is officially the last chapter of ITTMO; I thought of writing an extra chap initially but now, I decided against it.
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