I will Love You Forever - Chapter 122

Gerard’s brow curved and his eyes slowly opened. ‘Was she interested in knowing about his abilities?’ he wondered.

To him, Ayla was an exception. This is the first time a human would find out his identity and request for chicken instead of trying to flee.

His head tilted as he evaluated her to know if she was truly Ayla or a shapeshifter.

“What?” she asked after noticing him staring at her for a long time without answering her question.

He shook his head and returned to his former position. “No.” his eyes were closed when he said this so she couldn’t tell if he was lying or not.

“Ah… I see.” she nodded

and tilted her head back. There was silence between the both of them until Gerard spoke.

“Come with me.” he stood up straight and began to walk away. Ayla followed closely wondering where he was planning to go.

###

I sighed and walked beside Gerard who was very quiet. I had thought that when I finally told him that I knew he wasn’t human he would be relieved but why does it look as though he was burdened.

Shouldn’t I be the one who acts surprised after knowing that he isn’t human? So why is he the one putting up a strange attitude?

I pursed my lips and hugged myself because of the cold. ‘It would it be wrong if I asked him the reason behind his gloomy attitude?’

##

She soon caught up and they walked together to the back of the mansion where the mausoleum was built.

She looked at him confused and wondered why he had brought her there.

Before Ayla could say anything, Gerard walked in and turned on the light. The first time she came here she didn’t even think about turning on the switch because she was freaked out.

He stood in front of the gravestone and Ayla could see the emptiness in his eyes.

She stood quietly waiting for him to say something but it took almost half a day.

“Who are they?” she asked and he gave her a response after a short while of waiting.

“Mr and Mrs Jarek.” his words sounded distant but had a spark of warmth in them.

Ayla didn’t know what to say. She also lost both her parents and it wasn’t easy for her. Especially when her father died.

Gerard sighed and turned around. He walked underground to the dark pit of the mausoleum.

Ayla was scared because she had always hated the dark and the sound of thunder. Whenever she was in the dark, she would imagine clowns and these were the most frightening creatures to her.

She followed behind him while shaking in fear but she didn’t let him notice. “Why… Why are we going down here?” although she knew that Lucy was lying about the girls being buried at this part of the mansion, she was still frightened by the dark and couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if a clown carrying a chainsaw appeared out of the blue.

Gerard stopped all of a sudden startling her and then, he turned on the light. As soon as the lights were turned on, Ayla got a good look at the countless gravestones on the floor.

She blinked twice and couldn’t believe her eyes. There were almost fifty gravestones if not more because it was like a long hall filled with souls.

She felt shivers run down her spine as she stared at the horrific sight. “Who… Who are they?” she asked startled.

“Victims.” was his short response which wasn’t the best in that situation.

Ayla was scared to wits and all he could say was just victims?

Gerard waited for her to ask her questions which he knew would eventually come.

“Why are they here? Why did they die?” she was too confused and didn’t even know how to construct a proper sentence.

Gerard sighed heavily. “This happened years ago. These victims died on the same day as my parents. It was an attack by some group of people.” Gerard knew that the people that attacked his parents were humans but he did want to make her feel strange.

“Ha…” get placed her hands over her mouth in surprise. “You mean these people we’re all killed in one day?” she asked startled.

“Um” he nodded and she instantly felt terrible. For her, no one should witness such cruelty. This was a sin against humanity and she couldn’t imagine how he felt when he realized that all these people were dead.

“I watched them die.” his voice was cold and the temperature dropped.

Ayla could not believe her ears. ‘He watched all of them die? What exactly has he been through?’ looking at Gerard, Ayla could tell that he was sad even though he tried to suppress it with anger.

***

Diana paced in her room worried. She watched Gerard and Ayla walk to the mausoleum and age was worried that he would lose his cool.

Gerard never visited the mausoleum after the day his parents were buried there. Going back there now might only make him furious.

In the same room, Madison sat on the chair and tried to make Diana calm. “If you continue to pace around like this, it won’t solve anything and you might end up tired and wasted.” She joked around.

Just then, Diana began to walk to the door. “I can’t handle it anymore.” she wanted to go out and meet then but was stopped by Madison.

“Then what? Do you think I’m not worried as well?” she yelled at Diana then continued.

“Tsk… Who do you think this is for?” she asked without expecting an answer. “Gerard needs to confront his past to heal. You might be worried about Ayla but this I promise you, Gerard will never do anything to hurt her, not when he is in his right senses.”

Diana sighed. She wasn’t doing this for Gerard but Ayla. She has seen Gerard in an angry state and knows what he was capable of doing.

She also knew that Gerard would never forgive himself if Ayla got hurt by his hands.

“Okay… I’ll wait a while longer.” she finally succumbed and Madison clapped.

After a while, Madison asked, “What do you think they are talking about?” she asked casually and Diana shrugged.

“What else? Probably about Mr and Mrs Jarek and the other people that lost their life of that day,” she answered.

Madison nodded in understanding. “But when did those two get so close?” she jerked up in surprise at the realization of something.

Diana looked at her confused. “What?” she asked wondering why Maddie behaved like that.

“He wouldn’t have told her, would he?” she asked in shock.

“Told her what?” Diana asked.

Madison placed her palm over her mouth making Diana more confused.

“No no no. Gerard still doesn’t have enough courage to tell her the truth.” Madison explained and Diana thought for a while.

“What’s the big deal? Whether or not he told her, I’m sure she would find out somehow.” she pointed out but Madison was still contemplating the scenario.

She shrugged and brought up another surprising thing. “Why haven’t I seen the duo lately? Didn’t they get tired of staying in the mansion?” she was talking about Anastasia and granny.

“Gerard froze Granny’s account and sent a message to Anastasia’s father asking him to tell his daughter to go back home or else their previous deal would be off,” she explained and Madison couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“What’s funny?” Diana asked oblivious why she was laughing.

“They both acted as though they owned the Jarek mansion. The air even felt stuffy with them around.” Madison managed to speak and laugh at the same time.

Diana wasn’t even thinking about that right now. All her attention was on the mausoleum. She couldn’t wait for them to leave that place.

“They are out,” she spoke followed by a sigh of relief.

“Really, let me see.” Madison pushed to get a clearer view.

Gerard had his hands in his pocket and Ayla hugged herself. It seemed as though she was freezing with just those pyjamas.

Gerard stopped in his steps and looked at Ayla who was lost in her thoughts.

She was still walking forward and eventually bumped into him. “Huh?” she looked up at him and wondered why he stopped walking.

Gerard said nothing and just stared at her. He had so much to say but staring at her now, he couldn’t find the words.

He sighed and made a request. “Can we stay here for a while?” he didn’t want to go back into the mansion nor did he want to stay alone.

“Um…” She contemplated because she was cold yet didn’t want to turn him down.

“Okay.” she nodded and walked to the bench nearby. There was already a blanket and pillow there to protect her from the cold.

She looked up at him surprised and his lips slightly curved upwards.

‘Seeing that ting smile warms my heart now.’ she thought and he responded.

“The blanket would do a better job.”