I will Love You Forever - Chapter 95

“Huh? Mrs Elizabeth…” I rose to my feet and greeted her politely. “Good day ma’am. What brings you here?” I asked, delighted to see her again.

“Oh well, I own the restaurant.” she casually responded leaving me awed.

“Huh?” Kel jumped off her chair and looked at Mrs Elizabeth delightedly.

“Oh… I’m sorry. This is Kelly my friend from school and Kel, this is Mrs Elizabeth.” I introduced both of them and Kel had a bright smile on her face. She looked quite enthusiastic to meet Mrs Elizabeth.

Mrs Elizabeth on the other hand didn’t look so pleased. She was rather surprised to see Kel and I could have sworn that it felt as though Mrs Elizabeth had seen a ghost.

“It’s nice to meet you, Mrs Elizabeth.” Kel happily street he’d out her hand at Mrs Elizabeth for a shack but the woman didn’t take Kel’s hand.

“Um… Ma’am is everything okay.” I asked seeing that she was dazed.

“Huh? Oh yes. I’m fine. I just remembered I had somewhere to go. Enjoy yourselves.” Elizabeth smiled awkwardly and left the restaurant completely ignoring Kel.

Kel looked at her hand and withdrew it. She felt ignored and this annoyed her. Sigh.

“Pay no attention to her, she’s always busy.” I tried to get Kel’s mind off it and to my surprise, she didn’t say anything further.

We ate some more before deciding to go home. “Ha! I’ve eaten so much I feel I’m going to explode anytime soon.” Kel clutched her stomach as we walked out of the restaurant.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at this cute action of hers. I decided to tease her a little bit more.

“How about more chicken with some salad?” I winked and she looked at me as though she wanted to kill me right there.

“Aish… Speak no more or else I might just land myself in the hospital.” she lamented over her stomach and all I could do was laugh.

As we walked back, I froze in my steps when I saw a car parked not too far from the entrance of the school gate.

‘Gerard? Oh no, how do I explain this now?’ I pursed my lips then stopped Kel. “Oh! Um… I have to go now, my…” I thought of who I should say Gerard was to me.

“My…” what now? Father, Brother, friend…

“Your what?” Kel stared at me quizzically as she asked this.

“My uncle!” I quickly responded without even thinking. It sounded weird to me hearing my mouth refer to Gerard as my uncle.

“Oh… I see.” she raised her neck to get a proper view but I feared she might know Gerard so I just hurriedly bid her goodbye.

“I’ll see you Thursday.” I wouldn’t be coming to school tomorrow because I don’t have lectures and it was rather a relief for me.

“Yeah…” she smiled and waved as she watched me enter the car.

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That smile soon disappeared from Kel’s eyes as she recalled what had happened in the restaurant.

Although Kel was now human and didn’t have any powers, she could still sense that the woman was too familiar through the scent of her perfume.

“What are you up to this time mother?”

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“Aish… I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you when I finish with classes and rather went somewhere else…” I was still talking when Gerard passed me a brown shopping bag.

“Huh? What’s this?” I asked as I took the bag from his hand.

“It’s in your hands.” he calmly responded and I felt anxious to see what was in it.

I looked inside and took out a white box. It was a new phone. “You got me a new phone?” I asked obviously happy that he did.

“Uhum.” he nodded.

“Wow…” I took it out of the bag and opened the box. It was the most beautiful phone I had ever seen, better than the last one.

“Wow… It’s so beautiful, thank you.” I thanked him but my eyes were still glued to the phone.

“Uhm”

“Wow…” I could hide my happiness and didn’t even know how many times I had said the word ‘wow’.

“Do you like it?” Gerard asked and I finally looked up at him happily.

“Like it? I love it.” I responded very happily but in the next minute, the phone was removed from my clutch.

“Maybe I should return this.” Gerard put the phone back into the box and then inside the bag.

“Huh? What are you saying? Why would you do that?” I asked as I watched him seriously return everything in place.

After keeping everything well, he placed it by his side, away from me.

“Huh? Why would you return it? I like the phone a lot. Why did you even give it to me in the first place?” I asked angrily.

“And what about me?” he asked looking as though he was defending something.

I blinked twice wondering what he was talking about but I immediately thought of something. “Well, I didn’t know that your phone was bad.” I pouted my lips and folded my arm.

“Huh?” he asked after hearing what I said. “When did I ever say that my phone got bad?” he asked.

“Then why did you take the phone back?” I asked again this time with a pitiful voice.

“You seem to like the phone more than me. You even said you ‘loved’ it when I only asked if you ‘liked’ it.” he enunciated the word love and like as though he was trying to prove a point.

‘Huh? Is Mr Gerard now jealous of phones as well?’ I wondered while looking at him in disbelief.

“You… You… Weren’t you the one who got the phone for me in the first place?” I asked but seeing that he wouldn’t budge, I tried something different.

I moved closer to him and moved my face even closer. “What are you doing?” he asked with his brow raised but his body didn’t even move an inch from where he sat.

“I’m sorry… You know I have to love the person who gives the gift to love the gift as well but if you don’t want that to be the case then I can just ‘like’ the gift instead.” I said the ‘like’ so meaningfully that I was sure he understood what u was saying.

He grabbed my wrist and moved swiftly. “I never said such.” I blinked twice seeing him take back all he said so casually.

“Ah… So Mr Gerard claims that it’s okay to love gifts huh?” I asked and he let go of my wrist then sat properly, fixing his clothes and looking at the papers he was reading.

“Only the ones that come from me.”

I pursed my lips and smiled at his funny behaviour. Mr Gerard gets jealous so easily. I wonder what would make him jealous next.

I shook my head and reached for the package but the car came to an abrupt stop and I almost fell off the chair.

Gerard was quick to hold me and I was so happy that I didn’t get hurt.

“What happened?” he asked and the A.I. of the car responded.

“There seems to be an accident upfront. I think we should take another road.” the robotics sound was heard in the car and I could help but feel fascinated by it.

“Just keep going slowly,” Gerard responded and his choice of answer baffled me. I thought he would like to use the other quote so that we could get home faster but it appears that his thoughts are different.

“As you wish.” the car began to move gently but the traffic was just too much and I had a feeling that we would get home late.

I sat properly and watched the car as it went slowly and sometimes, it wouldn’t even move at all.

I leaned by the window exhausted after today’s lectures and this frustrating ride. Soon, I slept off in the car.

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Gerard was still reading his papers when he saw Ayla’s head staggering. He sighed, “She sleeps like a log.”

He smiled and put down the paper then moved closer to her and put her head on his shoulder.

Ayla snuggled in her sleep to find the convenient spot and even hugged Gerard.

Finally, she got a perfect spot. Her jaw raised as though she was about to kiss him and his eyes widened. He immediately diverted his gaze, scared that if this goes on, he would wake her up.

Sigh. Gerard tilted his head backwards and closed his eyes. Hearing her steady breathing only made his heart beat faster.

“Don’t go away,” Ayla whispered and her arms tightened around Gerard’s waist but he didn’t hear what she said.

Slowly, Ayla opened her eyes and closed them almost instantly. She was happy to be in his arms like this and hoped that it would never come to an end.

“Dim the lights.”

“Yes, master.”