Kapitel 7: Goodbye kiss

"Good Evening, dear father-in-law!" Caleb greeted Mr Carter with a sarcastic smile on his lips.

Mr Carter was taken aback. He wrinkled his forehead before asking, "What did you say?"

Amelia thought that it was time to butt in before Caleb could ruin everything with the poisonous tongue of his. She inhaled a deep breath and tightly clenched her fingers into fists and release them before holding Caleb's hand.

"Dad," She carefully called out to him. Her heart was beating fast in fear and nervousness. She tried her best not to appear weak. However, her voice slightly shuddered when she spoke. "Mr... I mean Caleb, he's my boyfriend."

"What kind of nonsense is that?" Mr Carter snapped in anger. "I can't believe it!"

Amelia bit her lip so hard that it almost bled.

"Don't bite your lip or it will be wounded."

She heard Caleb whisper into her ear.

Amelia didn't bother to look at him as she pressed her sore lips together saying, "Dad, when I worked at his company, I couldn't stop myself from falling for him."

"Bullshit!" Mr Carter barked. "Don't you know that he's a playboy?"

Caleb squinted his eyes unhappily. 'Why is he acting like I don't exist? How can he talk about me like that when I'm right in front of him? What a shameless old dog!'

"It doesn't matter." Amelia blurred out. "Besides he had already promised me that he would never think about other girls in this lifetime."

Amelia hated herself for saying something so lame, stupid and naïve like that. Nevertheless, she really didn't have another choice left.

"If you really love him and he loves you back, I won't oppose your marriage. But something inside me tells me that something isn't right." Mr Carter said with an obvious suspension in his voice.

Amelia shook her head firmly. "No, Dad. I really love him."

"Baby..." Caleb opened his mouth this time. His voice sounded flirtatious which made Amelia feel disgusted.

Caleb continued, ignoring the father and daughter pair's strange looks.

"Baby, how about convincing your father with a piece of evidence? Let's do a kiss showing how much love we have for each other."

Amelia widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief. Caleb tilted his head, raising an eyebrow as if he was saying to her 'What? Do you have another choice?'

Amelia's heart started pounding fast again.

'You can do this Amelie, you guys did more than kissing.' Amelia consoled herself in her heart.

Caleb was so tall thus as a girl with an average height, she had to tiptoe to reach his lips. After tiptoeing, Amelia snaked her hands around his slender neck before pressing her lips against his cold lips.

Caleb was shocked when he tasted the same blueberry favour. He initially thought that as she was applying red colour lipstick this time, she would no longer taste like blueberries. Apparently, he was wrong.

Caleb put his arms around Amelia's waist and pulled her close to him. He skillfully deepened the kiss into a more passionate one. He was about to make her open her mouth when he felt a slight pain in his arm and soon, the pain became more severe and Caleb almost screamed.

He quickly released Amelia and looked at his arm which turned red from Amelia's pinch. He secretly gave her a sharp glare.

Amelia tried hard to prevent herself from wiping her lips. She forced herself to calm down before turning to face her father. She gave him a fake smile saying, "Dad, what about now? Do you still NOT believe us?"

"If he doesn't, let's have sex in front of him to prove to him that we love eachother." Caleb's low voice whispered to Amelia's ear which made the latter blush in embarrassment. Amelia gritted her teeth and gave him a death glare and she got a provoking grin in return.

Mr Carter cleared his throat and looked away saying, "Then I don't have problems with your relationship. I approve of your marriage."

Amelia pretended to be overjoyed. "Thank you so much, Dad."

Caleb looked at his wristwatch. "Future-Dad-in-law, It's getting late. Allow me to leave first."

Mr Carter smiled at him with a nod. "Okay, have a safe ride."

Caleb smiled back before holding Amelia's wrist dragging her along with him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Amelia snapped at him in a low voice.

"Your husband-to-be is gonna leave. Aren't you giving me a goodbye kiss?"

Amelia rolled her eyes. "Goodbye kiss, my ass." She murmured.

Caleb chuckled before shaking his head. "Don't worry. I don't need a kiss from ya. I just wanted to remind you about our wedding tomorrow at the municipal court office."

"Hmm..." Amelia absentmindedly nodded her head before looking at him. Confusion flashed across her hazel eyes.

"Tomorrow? Isn't it a bit too fast?" She blundered out. 'No, actually it's beyond fast.'

"Nope," Caleb shrugged his shoulders and said. "We have already talked about this at my office. Now there's no need for another discussion."

Amelia wanted to laugh out in anger. Did they really discuss it? It was more like he forced her to accept his orders. It really didn't look like a discussion, even a little bit.

Amelia pinched his arm.

"Ouch!" Caleb rubbed his hand. "How dare you pinch me, Amelia Parker?!" His voice turned seriously cold. "You did it twice. Do you really think I will let it go? No way, now face the consequences of offending me."

Amelia gritted her teeth. "Do you think I'm scared, Mr Caley?!"

Caleb roughly grabbed her by her shoulders before smashing his lips against hers. He greedily sucked her lips as if he wanted to suck her entire soul. When Amelia struggled to break free, he tightened his grip on her instead of letting go.

"Pathetic girl," Caleb mumbled against her lips. "I know you dislike kissing me. So why would I think of another punishment when I have the greatest one with me." He bit her lip hard and as a result, Amelia's lip started bleeding.

Caleb licked the blood on her lips tasting the salt and metallic flavour in it. Amelia pushed him by his chest before giving him a tight slap across his face.

Chatas!

Caleb touched his sore cheek with an unbelievable expression on his face.

Amelia pointed her index finger at him before yelling, "Caleb Langstone, I freaking hate you. No, I DESPISE YOU!"

With that, Amelia ran towards her house. Little did she know that someone was watching the entire scene from afar.

Amelia wiped her tears before reaching the living room.

When Mr Carter spotted her, he opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off by saying, "Dad, I'm tired so I'm going to sleep first. Good night!" She kissed his cheek and ran upstairs to reach her room.

As soon as Amelia entered her room, she broke down. Clutching the corner of her bed, Amelia cried her lungs out. She suddenly got scared thinking that someone would accidentally hear her crying hence she went to the bathroom and opened the shower before crying again.

"Mommy, sorry..." She sobbed. "I couldn't fulfil your request. I-I failed."

Then she laughed between her cries looking like a mad girl.

"Mommy, I'm pathetic, haha. Right? Look, your always strong and down-to-earth girl now became a weakling and is crying pitifully like a naïve girl, ha ha ha...

Life's a joke! An absolute joke!!!"

Two hours later...

Amelia washed and came out of the bathroom before wearing a pink colour nightgown that reached her ankles. Her eyes were swollen and her face was red. The blonde wavy hair was casually tied into a bun and a few strands were kissing her neck, cheeks and forehead.

Amelia opened the cabinet in a corner of her large room and took out a pink colour notebook. She returned to her comfy bed and laid on her back before flipping to the first page. She smelled the old fragrance of the notebook and her dry eyes started to wet again as tears gathered in them. Amelia hugged the notebook to her chest before closing her eyes.

Her mind went back to her past. The past when she was gifted that book. It was the most precious treasure to her. She loved it more than anything because it was the last gift she received from the person she loved the most.

Amelia was scared that she would damage the book if she slept holding it. So she sat up and was about to put it on the bedside table when accidentally the book fell to the ground.

With a sigh, Amelia bent down and picked it up. She was about to put it back when she noticed something on that page. She had never read that page although she had been keeping that book for many years. Curious, Amelia started reading it right away only to widen her eyes in shock.

New tears welled up in her eyes and she cried once again.