I heard a knock on the from down stairs, making me quickly rush out my room to the front door. "Coming." I yelled as the knocking on the front door came in quick succession. Opening the door, I took a step back in shock.
"Hey Paul.... Long time...." I heard her say to me quietly.
"...." I didn't respond in shock.
"May I come on?" She asked quietly.
She walked in causing me to step back a little, "I know it's a bit of a shock....." she said closing the door behind her. "I've missed you so much....." she said walking closer to me, giving me a hug. "You still smell the same." she whispered burying her head into me... "You're heart is beating so fast..." she said holding onto me tightly....... "Have you been working out? You've lost a lot of weight, you look good." she said holding me tighter and tighter.
"Emilia......" I stuttered, unable to comprehend the situation.
"I'm so sorry." she interrupted looking up into me.
Her face looking as beautiful as ever, she's still and will always be the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, causing me to smile.
"You know.... you never need to apologize to me." I replied.
"I know..... but I've hurt you so badly....." she replied.
"It's okay..... I understand why you did it....." I replied to her.
"Can we go back?.... back to how we was before?" she asked burying her face into me again.
My arms slowly came around embracing her, patting her on the head slightly. "Of course... silly girl...." I replied to her, I could feel her start to sob, her tears soaking slowly through my T-Shirt. "Don't cry...." I pleaded with her.
She began wiping her tears away on my clothes holding me tightly and began calming down. "You know this is what I missed the most." I quietly said to her smiling, causing her to hold on tightly again.
I began trying to release myself from her, "Can we stay like this for a little longer please?" she asked refusing to let go.
"Okay... " I agreed and embraced her again.
Several minutes passed, "Can we talk for a little bit." she requested mumbling through my clothes breaking the silence.
"Of course..... you know I'm always here for you" I answered her.
Slowly she released herself from me refusing to look at me. "Ummm.... come to the living room we can sit and talk there." I said pointing at the living room sofas leading the way.
She took a seat on the sofas still refusing to look at me fidgeting with her fingers. "Sit here I'll make you a cup of tea." I said leaving her at the sofas to make her a cup of tea.
Filling the kettle enough to make two cups of tea, I began preparing tea for the both of us. "Do you still take your tea the same?" I shouted to her with no response.
Her silence made me feel extremely worried, finishing her tea the way I remember she preferred it, I went back to her with both cups, placing hers on the table in front of her. Sitting down beside her leaving a small gap and taking a small mouthful of tea. "So... what brings you here....." I asked hesitantly.
Still looking down.... fidgeting and refusing to touch her tea, she still didn't respond. "Well I've been doing quite well, I earn a little streaming playing games and started writing a web novel!..... crazy right?... remember how I used to hate reading.... but now I'm here trying to write a web novel..." I said to her trying to make her feel comfortable.
.......... Still no response......
"Jay's doing alright as well! he started a business and with my investment we've made a lot of money together." I said with a smile.
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"By the way, congratulations on your marriage!" I said.
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"Your tea is getting cold...." I said quietly to her.
To my surprise she moved and began taking small sips of tea. "Hope its okay.... I remember you used to like it one sugar and a little extra milk." I said with a smile. She began nodding up and down yes.
"I'm so sorry....." she said beginning to cry again.
"It's okay... really..." I said panicking.
"How could you be so okay with it?... even after me asking you to leave me alone...and the way I ignored you." She said quietly till crying slightly.
"What's done is done... The past can't be changed....." I said to her sincerely, besides I was the one who hurt you first remember?..." I said confessing to her.
She began crying a lot more... "Don't try it was my fault..." I tried to plead with her, sitting closer to her to comfort her.
She dropped the mug and started to thumping me on my chest. "Why are you okay with it?!" she cried yelling at me hitting me. "Why don't you hate me?!" she screamed as she filled up with emotions. "You should hate me! I wasted over 10 years of your life!" she said hitting me, till she released all her frustration.
"Its the same reason why you never need to apologize to me..." I answered her quietly.
"You're so incorrigible" she quietly said to me.
"Sometimes I think it's cruel curse to be honest." I sighed.
She lept onto me hugging me tightly again, causing me to lose balance falling back onto the sofa. I could still feel her out of breath slightly breathing faster then normal, her body radiating heat keeping me warm. My arms similarly holding her close.
We laid there in silence, me starting at the top of her head, trying to imagine how hard it must have been for her, feeling her breathing in unison with me. Releasing an arm she pulled down my right hand feeling my finger and hand. "Who got you this ring?..." she said looking at the right hand ring finger.
"It's quite sad and lame, but I got it for myself a long time ago, I bought it on our one month anniversary from myself. That's why it has a ring of red and green in it, yours and mine favorite color I had it personally made so there's none like it in the world." I answered her.
I could feel her take the ring off my finger, my hand outstretched allowing her. "It's pretty she said putting it on her own finger and looking at it.
"Its probably too big for you... its a bit bigger then the ring I got you ages ago." I said to her.
"Can I keep it?...." she said pulling her hand close to herself.
"Of course you can...." I agreed even though my hand already felt weird.
She looked up at me her eyes still slightly red and puffy from her crying earlier. looking deeply into my eyes, till something else pulled her attention.
She slowly shuffled her way up my body to my necklace, "I'm glad you picked it up off Jaymesh after I refused to return it to you in person." she sad to me quietly, pulling it out from under my T-shirt.
She froze a little in shock, when she noticed the ring and pendant attached to my Jade necklace my mum gave me when I was a kid. she slowly felt them and inspecting them making sure it was the same thing she remembered.
"Is that the ring you got me.... and the Emerald and Diamond pendent you got me years ago?..." she asked hesitantly...
"Yeah....." I answered... "For some reason the engraving has gone though..... No idea why... " I added.
"Maybe its when I needed to get it repaired" she said still feeling the ring in her fingers.
I took off my necklace, taking off the ring and putting my necklace around her neck, she helped me by moving her hair out the way, and giving her the ring. She instinctively, went to put it on her wedding finger, when she noticed her wedding ring was already on it, and then went to put it on her right hand ring finger. "It still fits perfectly." she said.
"Of course, remember how I managed to get your finger size? So many years ago back in college?." I asked.
"Yeah..." she said smiling, and looked at me, her beautiful face looking deeply into my eyes, my necklace looking perfect on her.
She went back to looking at our rings on her outstretched hand silently. "I wish we could stay like this forever" she said.
"Me too" I said relaxing, resting my arms behind my head, closing my eyes feeling our bodies breathing in unison. Her body warming me both emotionally and physically.
My relaxation was interrupted by the feeling of her shuffling a little higher towards me again. Looking down to see what's going on, her eyes staring back at me longingly, she began to sit up onto of bending over kissing me passionately.