章節 9: CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 9
Diego
"Sir, your lawyer wishes to speak with you about something," George remarked in a pallid voice.
"Tell him to wait; I will be back in a few days; you know Nelly does not like things cut short," I responded to George in a strong tone.
"But, Sir—"
I cut him off and said, "I know you can manage anything, George; just do your job."
He was about to say something , but as soon as Nelly stepped in, I ended the call. She smiled at me and approached me with an enticing look. I stood up and headed towards her; when we met, I grabbed her up and kissed her. We proceeded to our bed, carrying her in my arms, and gingerly laid her on the plus-sized bed.
"Hold on," she whispered before I had the opportunity to kiss her.
She grinned and picked up her phone. I was curious as to why she had stopped me, so she scanned through her album and finally stopped at a shot. I could not believe my eyes when I viewed the picture.
"What? You still have that ?" I questioned her.
"Yes, this was the only thing that kept you alive in my heart; every time I look at it, I am reminded of how much you mean to me," she responded, beaming at me.
I cautiously removed the phone from her grasp and zoomed in on the shot, which included myself and Nelly. It was a photograph shot on the last day before final examinations at university. When my gaze rested on someone behind us from afar, far from everyone in the shot. They appeared to be alone in the distance, but were somehow included in the photograph since they sat at the angle at which the photograph was shot.
"Serene," I remarked.
"What?" Nelly answered by gazing at the photo.
"That is Serene," I answered, zooming out.
With surprise, she said, "No, it is impossible, I do not recall her partaking."
"That is her there, but she must have been inserted by accident."
"I think I should pull her out of this picture since I am going to be hanging it in our living room. I can not afford to have her in our picture," Nelly responded.
"Anything for you, my darling," I replied, putting the phone down to give her a kiss.
Before going outside to get some fresh air, we hugged and had a great time. Although I did not particularly enjoy snaps, I went into Nelly's requests since she seemed to enjoy them so much. I simply could not bear to lose her once more. It felt like hell spending those five years with Serene. I cannot be imprisoned by love for the sake of a commitment. I know she knows that love cannot be coerced since I gave it all to her.
Even though I intended to order room service to deliver everything, Nelly insisted on taking a close look at the surroundings before heading out to buy us dinner. I gazed at her and could not bring myself to envision life without her. Everything about her was flawless, and Serene was not too bad either, but my heart could not get me to love her in the same way as I loved Nelly.
After our engagement, we came on our first vacation together, and after our wedding, we will be going on our honeymoon to Africa. Nelly has always wanted to visit Africa, and we had planned to go back then, but my condition deteriorated and she had left for London by the time I awoke from the coma. I could not cope with losing her and attempted suicide, but Serene came around. We got close, but my parents would push her even closer to me. When her father found out she was head over heels for me, he sent her to Taxes and secretly asked the doctors to perform a kidney transplant on me; by the time my parents found out, everything had already been done. When Serene returned to New York, he implored her to forgive him and fulfill his last request, which was to marry me. I was truly left with no option. Although my parents had the means to simply give her money to live her life, they could not since they had fallen in love with her nature. She would ensure that I took my medication and ate on time. Even after all of these sacrifices, nothing can compare to my love for Nelly.
Day and night, I wanted to be with Nelly; I could not sleep knowing she was in another man's arms; I would even call Serene, Nelly, and she would reply without hesitation. When she became my wife, I urged her to stop her work since I already had enough means to meet all of her demands; sometimes I wish I could do all of those things for Nelly. Just when I had given up hope, Nelly returned, and seeing her awakened every part of me that craved for her, so I began sleeping out and spending more time outside the house. Serene somehow found out, and I had to keep denying it because the doctor had verified her pregnancy. I was torn between Nelly, Serene, and the baby.
Serene had a serious bleeding, and the doctor informed us that the child had died. At first, I was devastated, but subsequently realized it must have been a hint that Serene and I could not be ideal parents together. I even began to question whether I could be a good father to that child; I would have informed Serene that the rumors about Nelly and I were true, but she was still grieving the loss of a child whom I would most likely fail to perform fatherly obligations to.
My phone buzzed, and I answered the call from an unknown number.
"Hello," I greeted the person on the other end.
"Hello, Mr. Myers, this is your lawyer speaking," they replied.
"Sir, I think your PA informed you I wanted to speak with you," he continued.
"Yes, but I will be returning soon, can not it wait?" I inquired in a slightly delayed tone.
"No, Sir, it cannot; I wanted to inform you that I deposited Ms. Bright's rejected $2 million into her account at her request."
"What?" Both Nelly and I said something at the same time.
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