Chapter 0320
I look outside and gasp. The place was ethereal. It was an open space with lush grass and probably dozens of different flowers. That wasn’t even what I loved most about it. It was the view. Thousands of stars were twinking, as if approving of this date.
“Do you like it?” Rowan asks, and my only answer is a nod.
I slowly get out of the car, breathing in the fresh air and taking in the breathtaking, stunning view. I walk almost to the edge and look down at the city below. How Rowan found this place, I don’t know, and I don’t care.
I close my eyes, feeling all my worries wash away. This is exactly my kind of scene. I just love it.
When I turn around, I find Rowan has already set up everything. There was a blanket and a picnic basket with what I assume were chocolates, strawberries, and wine. Along with it is the food we order.
I walk slowly towards him, take off my shoes, and sit down next to him.
“This is amazing, Rowan. Thank you”
He nods his head. “Anything to make you happy, darling. Now let’s eat, because I’m fucking starving.”
We eat in silence, and I take the opportunity to just admire the scenery and my date. Of course, I knew that Rowan was romantic; I saw it thousands of times when he was with Emma. I just never thought he would ever show it to me.
“I never thought I would ever be out on a date with you. I feel special today,” I tell him after we are done eating.
“Well you are and you deserve to be made to feel special every fucking day of your life… I can’t believe how fucking blind I have been all these years, not just to your beauty but also to who you are as a person. You’re my superwoman; I’m so fucking sorry it took me this long to realize it,” he says, taking my hand and holding it in his warm one.
“It’s okay. It’s in the past.”
“No, it’s not, Ava. I’m so fucking sorry I hurt you all of these years and took your love for granted. I’m not even sure I deserve your forgiveness or another chance with you. Hell, I don’t even know if I’ll ever make up for all the shit I put you through, but I promise I’ll keep trying, even if it takes all my life to prove to you that I’m a worthy man. I’ll keep trying till I earn your love and forgiveness.”
My eyes tear up, and I try my best to blink them away. The honesty in his eyes is my undoing.
to the core.
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Instead of answering, I ́mesh my mouth with his. Letting him feel everything that I was unable to tell him with words. Letting him know that I’m willing to give him that chance. When we pull away from each other, we are both breathing hard.
“So tell me? How did you know that I have a simple taste and that I would love this place? Or was it a lucky guess?” I ask once our breathing is back to normal.
He takes a deep breath. He looks like he’s trying to put his thoughts back in order after our heated kiss.
“I know you think I didn’t pay attention through the years, but I did. I know you, Ava. I just pretended that I didn’t”
“Really? Prove it” I challenge knowing very well that Rowan never paid attention to me.
“Fine.” He release a breath of air. “You take your coffee with milk and two sugars no more no less. For some odd reason, you like adding cinnamon to it. You love ice cream. You could eat any flavor, but you always go back to plain vanilla because it’s your favorite. You love that it tastes like milk since you loved milk so much when you were a kid”
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Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
