I will Love You Forever - Chapter 121

Her eyes glimmered under the night so and the stars spackled in them as though her eyes was a tiny galaxy on I s own.

Gerard couldn’t help but stare at her. There was a beautiful smile on her face even though she had just said something he wasn’t expecting.

He was speechless and didn’t know how to respond to what he just heard. ‘Did she know all this while? Or could it be that she just said that without thinking?’ Gerard couldn’t help but wonder.

After a few minutes of silence, Ayla looked up again and sighed. “I was anxious to know but it took you too long to tell me.” her face was expressionless and Gerard couldn’t tell how she felt at that moment.

Her lip curved slightly then she gently looked at him. “It’s okay, I know.” after saying this, she turned to look at the sky again while feeling the warmth of his coat which was hanging on her shoulders.

Her answer was still not clear to Gerard. Just how much does she know and why isn’t she asking any questions?

“Since when?” he asked in a lower voice and he didn’t look at her.

A sigh left her lips and her shoulders dropped. “Not too long ago. I mean, I had my doubts considering that I saw your eyes change colour countless times and I can remember the incident from your office.” when he heard that last few words, his jaw dropped.

‘Qin, that psycho. Didn’t he say he erased her memory? If it weren’t for him I would have told her about all this that night.’ Gerard cursed under his breath pushing all the blame to poor Qin.

“I only remembered a few days ago.” she tore her gaze from the sky and looked at him. “Is that why you stay away from the sun?” she asked and Gerard was short of words.

Usually, if he got exposed to the sun, he would transform into a tree but the last time, he transformed into a monster and even hurt Ayla. There was only one explanation for this, the curse.

The time was close and he will completely transform into a beast soon. The thought of this made him feel as though it would be best to send Ayla somewhere else, somewhere safe and far from him. Somewhere far from danger but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

‘I may be selfish but letting her go would kill me even before the complete transformation.’ he sighed. He couldn’t believe how the bond of mates could be this strong. Slowly, Ayla had become a major part of his existence and he couldn’t imagine a life without her.

“Um.” he nodded in response to her question and waited for her to ask more questions but she didn’t say anything else and just looked around.

This made Gerard feel awkward and he still didn’t know what to say aside watch her.

“Ah… How about we go for a late-night snack,” she suggested after a long silence and he nodded.

They walked to KFC and ordered a bucket of chicken. Seeing that no one was in the restaurant except the attendant, Ayla used that opportunity to switch moods.

She was so happy with the chicken and unlike the Ayla who was quiet outside, she suddenly became a hungry Munger surprising even Gerard.

He watched her eat to her satisfaction. He couldn’t even take his eyes away from her for one minute because she was fun to watch but on the other hand, he felt selfish.

“Woah… How many did I eat?” she spoke as she rubbed her stomach satisfied.

Gerard smiled seeing her acting this way. It was way better than her earlier behaviour when she had an indifferent expression.

“The whole bucket,” he replied showing that he didn’t eat even one.

Her eyes widened in the realization and she sat up properly. “Really? Did I finish it all? How? Where did I put it?” she looked at her stomach which was still flat as though she had not eaten at all.

Gerard was at a loss and didn’t even know how to answer her or if he even should.

“Woah…” she mumbled embarrassed. Ayla pursed her lips then looked up at Gerard slowly.

“Well, you see the thing is, I’ve not had anything tangible since morning and that’s why the warms in my stomach went on a rampage when the chicken entered their house.”

She pointed to her stomach when she said the word ‘house’ and Gerard couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Let’s go?” he asked and she nodded. They walked out of the restaurant and a car was already packed outside.

“Huh?” she looked at him after seeing a man in black open the door.

“Let’s go.” he gestured for me to enter the car and she couldn’t be more grateful. Although she enjoyed walking, the weather was chilling and her legs were tired already.

When did he even plan this? Ayla wondered and got into the car.

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The ride was quiet and after riding miles away, I realized that we weren’t going back to the apartment but rather to the Jarek mansion.

“Are we going back?” I asked confused and he nodded.

“Um”

I smiled. It had been a long time already and going back there wasn’t going to be bad after all, I missed my closet. But I was also going to miss the other apartment because we were alone there.

We finally got to the mansion and everyone was pleased to see us again. We were welcomed as though we had just returned from a honeymoon.

‘Ayla your thoughts are funny.’ I shook my head and walked with him upstairs and went into my room.

It was just as I left it but there was no dust and it seemed to have been cleaned daily.

I took a bath and whist still in my towel, walked to my closet and pushed the door inside. Everything was still intact and it was as though no one had been there since I left.

I heaved a sigh of relief before walking back into the room. “Woah… What a night?” I slumped on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

I recalled our conversation about Gerard’s identity and sighed. Of course, I knew he wasn’t ‘your normal human’ but I still couldn’t shake off the thought of him being an inhuman.

Just as I was thinking, my stomach rumbled and I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep properly tonight because I overfed.

I sighed and got up. I changed to my pyjamas and decided to take a walk to the garden outside.

I was playing with a stick when I saw Gerard seated on a bench in the garden. I paused in my steps but walked towards him anyway.

He had his head tilted to the back and his eyes were closed. I stood in front of him and just like a sensor, he spoke, “Can’t sleep?” he asked and I was taken aback for a second.

“Um…” I cleared my throat before responding. “Yes… I guess I had too much to eat.” I explained and noticed that his eyes were still closed.

‘This is the perfect opportunity to as some questions… Just a few, not much.’ I nodded.

“May I sit?” I asked and he patted the side of the bench, creating more space for me to sit.

His eyes were still closed and I couldn’t help but wonder why. I pursed my lips after sitting and stole glances at him from time to time.

I cleared my throat again and sighed at the awkward silence.

“I’m listening,” Gerard spoke without a word leaving my mouth. Was it that obvious that I had something to say?

I adjusted my sitting position and asked my question. “What exactly are you?” I asked this question because I fought off a basilisk a few days back and that must be like a fight against his kind.

But then again, the creature from my memory was nothing like the basilisk.

It took a while for him to respond and when he did, I was confused. “I’m not sure.”

He didn’t know for real what he was? If I was to guess, I’d say he was a wolf. Just like the wolf I saved in the bush, he had the same eyes and I was fifty per cent sure that he knew the wolf I was talking about.

“Huh? You don’t know what you are?” I asked genuinely surprised.

His eyes were still closed and his head tilted back. “Some people would call me a tri-breed, some refer to me as a wolf, a demon or a vampire.”

His words made me gawk at him as though I was seated with an immortal being.

“Woah… So I was right after all. You really are a wolf.” I smiled as though I was going to be gifted for passing an exam.

He said nothing but I knew he was more than just a wolf.. “Can you fly?” I asked inquisitively and his brows curved upwards.