"Ajie! Why are you here? "
Allie shuddered at the sight of him watching the baby peacefully. How was he able to get into her room when her parents were around? He was not only too daring but was also inviting trouble for himself. Not only for himself but for both of them. He was only deepening the rift which was created the day he inclined his ear to his anger.
He lifted up his head slightly and looked at her, his eyes were sharp and burning with suppressed fury. She returned his gaze for few seconds but she could not stand any longer. She felt she was melting, thus, she looked away to hide. No matter how cunningly she could deny her emotion under a cloak of pretense, the greater space in her heart still shouted the sweet memories they shared together. In one moment, the waves of her fury and humiliation rose up to her head and urged her to do revenge. Yet, in the next moment, she found herself fighting for her desire to hold him once again.
She hurriedly opened her closet and picked up a dress. Then, she went back to the bathroom to change. She knew that those piercing eyes never left her and the more she got awkward.
"Why are you here? I'm going out in a moment. " She tried hard to act camly as she faced the mirror, brushed her hair and applied a light makeup.
Suddenly, she jumped to her feet as she remembered Chloe's dressing, which also startled Ajie. She quickly removed the soaked pads worriedly and did the routines again. As she stood up to clean up the mess, she unintentionally glanced up at him and she saw him wincing in pain.
"What happened to her? "The anger in his eyes was now replaced with pain and worry.
"It's a long story. "
"I am willing to listen. "
"I have no time. " Allie shrugged and dismissed him.
"I can wait. "
Allie sighed as she saw that there was no way she could win.
"Now, you may go. As I said I'm going out and Anne is coming already. "
"Who is Anne? " Ajie asked, feeling sorry as he just saw how wide was the rift between them.
"I have no time to explain. "
"I will wait here. Where are you going?"
"None of your business. "
Ajie flushed as he heard her. His heart was ripped apart as he realized the damage he had caused between them.
Before Allie could react, he strode fast towards her and hugged her tightly from the back. With his chin above her head, he locked both of her arms beneath his.
"I'm sorry, Allie. Please give us another chance. I know its my fault. "
Ajie said tearfully.
"I have no time for your drama. "She retorted as she wriggled free from his embrace.
Angered and frustrated by her stubborness, he lifted up her small shape and pinned her to the wall. Without asking permission, he lowered down his face and kissed her deeply and savagely. To his surprise, Allie did not resist. He saw her breath deeply and tears were escaping from her eyes.
"Let's end this, Adrian. I don't love you anymore. It has died down the day you refused to stand up for me. "
"We talked about it, Allyza, and you agreed. You even promised to wait for me no matter how long. I still clearly remember that damn line of yours which makes me hold on to my own promises for you. "
Allie's conflicting emotions were compressing tightly in her chest that she felt she could burst in a moment. To heave it out, she suddenly laughed sardonically, taunting his patience to the core.
"Wow, very well said. And because of that, you were not able to send me a single message. What a great love, indeed! "
"I love you, Allie, and that I am sure. There was no one in my life, other than you. Yes, I have wronged you for that but my heart and mind was never once tainted with betrayal nor with another woman. "
"Lyz, I'm sorry I'm late, Andrew is.. "
Anne's voice was reverberating in the walls as her head popped in right away into the door as she opened it without knocking.
She suddenly gasped in surprise while her eyes were opened wide as she saw Ajie pinning her to the wall, their faces so closed to each other.
"I'm sorry for interrupting. " She then unintentionally slammed the door behind her.
"So, you're going out with Andrew. Allyza, I just want to want to warn you. Don't get deceived by his gentleness. He's a wolf under his skin. "
Allie retorted back at him. "Do you know him enough for you to say that? "'
"Mark my word. "
But he went ahead. "Two years more, Allie, and I will marry you. Just please, wait. I will come back. "
When Ajie bent down again to claim her lips, she already lost her strength to fight back.
"You may now go. " He said as he gave her his last gaze before he went to the crib and picked up their baby in his arms.
Allie was caught dumbfounded as she stared at Ajie lifting up their daughter into his arms. He no longer seemed to notice that she was still there. As his eyes caught the soaked gauze pads, he placed Chloe back on the crib and began removing the old pads. He, then, cleaned the site with wet cotton balls then dried it. After it dried, he spread a tiny cream around the site before stuffing gauze pads around it.
"How did you know it? "Allie was really surprised at his mastery in doing it.
"I went to see her doctor and a nurse patiently taught me how. "
"Ajie, forgive me for sinning against our relationship. I have loved someone else and Chloe is our daughter. " She said nonchalantly, trying to look sorry.
Ajie nodded with an amused look.
"Really. "