? The billionaire’s choice ?
(She’s shy..but she’s s-exy)
__Episode thirty three__
Jace:
I heard some footsteps coming behind us so we all jotted away from each other.
It was the doctor. And this time, I could see rays of hope in his eyes. His movement, his cheap smile, could only make me wonder what he was about to spoon out from his li-ps.
” Everyone needs to leave. Her surgery is in thirty minutes time, the surgeons are on their way” he trotted.
” Surgery?..we haven’t found a donor yet” Mr Rogers yelled out of annoyance.
” Someone has agreed to donate a heart for her” the nurse chipped in.
” Someone?..who?” I and Demin chorused coincidentally.
” She remains anonymous. She doesn’t feel to reveal her identity” the doctor brushed his arm.
” Are you really serious doctor?. Someone here agreed to give Abi a heart even after the consequences?” I asked.
” Yes.” The doctor simply nodded.
I leaned my back on the wall tugging my hair. My senses began to calculate sensibly again..I couldn’t explain the type of happiness running throu-ghmy blood at that time.
So God could really use an angel to help us at the Time of death. I think I should really return back to church. Like.. seriously??
It was a total bada-ss shock to us. A happy one that left all of us heart melting with joy.
When everyone had left the room, I sat close to Abi bed and placed my hands on her cheeks. Her eyes were swollen from tears and her teary line were visible on her pale face.
” Someone donated a heart for me?” She asked forming a smile around her already sad cheeks.
I nodded as I kept staring down at her beautiful eyes.
” It’s a Miracle, Abi. It’s all God’s doing” I whispered. ” You are going to have a safe surgery, I promise you that. And after that, I’ll take you out for a surprise okay?”
She chuckled while holding my palm, wrapping her small hands in it.
” Jace. Thank you so much. Thank you for standing right beside me. I love you”
” I love you too” I whispered while placing a short kis-s on her back palm.
I stood up and stared at her for a while. Yeah..my wife, Abi. I’m glad I have her. I’m also glad she’s going to have her surgery soon.
God can be so good!. It’s left to him to make it a safe surgery.
When I left, I ended up sleeping on the wall behind the door corridor.
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It’s morning ?
Demin:
I received a small tap on my shoulder. I thought it was Jessy so I just held it firm while in my sleep.
” Sir!!” A thick woman voice yelled.
I jumped right out of the ground turning to see who the hell it was.
Oh..nurse.
Yes nurse..I’m sure the surgery is done. I hope abi is perfectly fine now.
” How is Abi??” I was quick to ask.
” The doctor needs a members of the family attention quickly. In his office!!” She yelled like there was a huge problem at hand.
I ran after her into the the doctor’s office and slammed the door behind.
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Jace pov;
I had finally had a satisfying sleep after the whole night of crying and talking, yelling and praying.
I was finally back on my feet.
And the next thing that crossed my mind was Abigail.
Oh geez. I hope she’s alright now and the surgery thing is all over.
I stood up with a goosebump stomach and sat beside her parents. Both of them fully energetic as me. But I could feel the curiosity from the rib of their flesh.
I decided to take a de-eper breath and keep a smiley face.
The doctor office got opened and I met demin walking along with the doctor. They were arguing about something serious and i realized demin was pleading with him holding his coat.
I jumped to my feet like someone ready to fight a battle.
My heart was beating out of my che-st..I could even hear the sounds.
” How is Abi??” I asked.
“Gosh..ding it!” Demin yelled tugging his hair while resting on the wall.
” Wh..what..what..!?” I almost freaking yelled.
” Mr Jace..there.. seems to be a Big problem” the doctor said holding the hem of his coat.
My heart spiritually flew away. I just got stiffed to a sp-ot. Was I actually ready to hear what he needed to say.
” What happened?” I asked in an unnoticeable whisper.
” Abi was..um..
She..she wasn’t able to make it” the doctor said sighing. ” The donor’s heart didn’t match hers and so..she pa-ssed away. I’m really sorry to break the news to you. There’s actually nothing I can do about it”
After he was done talking, a pin drop silence happened immediately.
I laughed sarcastically like a man who was running nuts. I walked up to the doctor and rested my hands around his shoulder.
” Tell me.. it’s only a joke?.. please” I said chuckling.
” No. I’m totally serious, Mr Jace. The surgeons tried to save her but..”
No!
I stepped aback and staggered backwards to faint but some nurses along with demin quickly grabbed me.
” It was a nice filming, guys” the doctor pouted laughing uneasily.
” Ha.. hahaha” everyone began to laugh around. I stood up properly staring at each one of them. Even demin was holding his stomach laughing like a real monster.
” What’s going on?” Mr Rogers, who perhaps knew nothing about it, asked.
” We tried to prove to our actor, Jace, that we are more perfect in acting than him. We gave him a big blow out and he totally believed our prank. Ha..ha..so killing” Demin explained laughing in between.
I bit my li-ps in anger. But part of my li-ps smiled sheepishly.
I was glad Abi was okay. But, I would teach this idiot demin a lesson thereafter.
” The patient is still in the sickbed having a rest. But, you all can go in to see her for a while. She’s going to remain in the hospital until her incision in the heart is properly healed”
” Yeah..yeah..” i just nodded steering towards her room along with the others. I was just to curious to meet Abi.
” Abi!!” Jake screamed after seeing her peaceful face, snoring like an angel.
” Shhh” the nurse cautioned him to keep the noise down.
Just seeing her face made a huge smile crept on my cheeks. I was just totally lost looking at her.
Ahh.. finally. Abigail is free. Free from cancer. Healthy like a normal human. Her happy life is back again..thanks to the anonymous woman who helped her.
She will live her best satisfying lives with me. I can’t just wait to make her my wife. Make her bear the kids that will scream daddy! When I wake up in the morning.
Someone to kis-s every night. Someone to call, honey.
It’s just a dream come true, finally.
******
I and demin were just walking out of my company that Friday evening.
We had been settling something’s with the police and my lawyers.
” Just don’t worry demin. My lawyers got everything un-der control. Your father’s property, companies, and the rest of the things collected from you will be handed over to you very soon.” I a-ssured him as we moved closer to our car.
” I don’t know how much to thank you, Jace. You’ve been just good to me for the past few days that..”
” No need to thank me. Dude..what are friends for?” I asked nudging his shoulder playfully.
” Friends?” He asked arching his brow.
” Yeah. Or..what do you think we were?”
He sighed holding my shoulder and squeezing it with his thumbs and fingers.
” Men. I never knew one day we would become good friends. You know we’ve been always enemies. Trying to kill each other. I never knew you’d be my closest friend and helper”
” It’s all God’s doing” I replied. I have been saying that word quite often, I just don’t know why. It’s seems it’s now part of my normal routine.
” I’m thinking of getting married to Jessy soon.” Demin muttered folding his hands.
” Really?. Congratulations” I said giving him an handshake.
” But..she wants a double wedding with..you know..you guys. So I was thinking if we could combine the wedding together”
” That would be so amazing!” I exclaimed.
” Oh..then I guess it’s a good ahead!” He said snapping his fingers. I nodded as an agreement.
” I have to go to the hospital today. The doctor said Abigail is ready to leave the hospital now. I’m glad because she’s been in there for two weeks. And, I also have somewhere to take her to. I’ll rather have a talk with you later. ” I said.
We gave each other an handshake before getting into our cars to leave. He drove home and I went towards the hospital.
__Episode thirty four__
Abigail:
I was sleeping with one of my eyes closed. The moment i heard the door get open, I swung up from bed quickly, thinking it was those harsh nurse who usually brou-ght syringe to pierce my skin every single day.
But Finally, I was able to see a different face after a long time of no-see. The face I saw brou-ght joy and hot shivers into my skin.
His smile, his windy hair, his eyes.
Everything made me glad.
” Abi..” he greeted the moment he got into my room.
” Jace..oh my God.” I yelled running to envelope him with a ti-ght hug. He caught me quickly and embraced me in his che-st.
We remained like that for a couple of minute, hugging and keeping a dense silence.
He stro-ked my hair gently before we let go of each other.
” Jace. You promised to come pick me at six on the dot!” I yelled holding his two hands.
” Yeah..I only came six ten. I’m still pretty early isn’t it?”
” No!. You were ten minutes late which means you would be severely punished!” I yelled wagging my finger at him.
” Fine. After all, I can only permit my love to punish me. You can give me any kind of punishment, I’m ready to tackle it” he said folding his arm.
I sighed de-eperly and thought of one silly punishment.
” Mh!Mh!..” I exclaimed. ” Give me a piggy ride out of the hospital.”
” Oh..no.. that’s so embarra-ssing, Abi. Why don’t you just..”
” Turn around!” I yelled chuckling.
He sighed and turned around before squ-atting halfway. I climbed over and we got out of the room.
As busy as the hospital were, we received murmurs around as Jace pa-ssed by each person with me resting on his back.
Some nurses jolted in their steps staring at us, while others laughed their heads out.
I couldn’t believe just the two of us could cause this much attention until I saw some outsiders taking weird pictures of us.
When we got to his car, he slowly dropped me down and rested one of his arm on his car trapping me inside.
” Have I fulfilled your punishment of pig ridding you now?” He asked with a lame smile on his face. I looked back at the audience of crowds still watching us.
I contorted my gaze back at him and nodded.
” I hope when we get married and i ask for a doggy ride you’d not be afraid to offer” He whispered. I didn’t un-derstand what he meant so I just gave a slight nod.
And within a jolt of second, he held my cheeks and landed a long timeless kis-s on my li-ps.
I just held on to his suit to avoid trembling. We disengage our li-ps slowly starting de-eperly each other.
” Abi. I need to take you somewhere. We have alot of things to discuss now that you are fully on standby.”
” Things like..” I asked as his driver lead the car open for me.
” Marriage stuff, honeymoon talks and the rest.” He replied before getting into the car too and then it drove off.
Finally, I was out of that suffocating iodine hospital and now, i could breath in fresh air from every corner.
There was no happiness on earth than getting a chance to leave the hospital after getting prisoned in there for weeks. I just can’t wait to meet everyone again.
******
” Abi!!” The door of my room swung open. I sat up in cold shock. It was my annoying mom again. Can’t she just take it more softly when yelling my name for God sake.
” Are you for real, Abi!. Your wedding is in thirty minute and you are still in bed!” She yelled.
My eyes jolted towards the clock.
Oh my God.. it’s nine thirty already.
I swung up from bed quickly.
” Mom. What do I do..I haven’t done any preparations yet!” I screamed holding my hair.
My mom stared daggers at me before retreating to those who were standing behind my room.
” Come in please. She’s awake already” she said. Some few women came into my room with a big tool box.
They also brou-ght a silver metallic chair along.
” Miss..please retreat to the sit” they ordered. Perhaps, this was going to be my makeup artist.
” I need to rush to the bathroom!. I haven’t had a shower!..or brush..or flossed.!” I exclaimed running into the toilet. I turned on the shower and let the cold water downpour on me.
Ha.. finally, my boiling head was melting up.
Why would I ever forget a special day like this?. Perhaps, was it because I had slept late trying to pack all my stuffs into my new baggies.
Enough talk Abi!. This is today!. My day!
I had no much time. I’ve got to be on the go!.’ I whispered to myself while holding my brush and acting it in the mirror.
” Miss!”
” Coming!” I yelled back.
The designers performed wonders on my face and changed my looks completely. My wedding dress was right in my wardrobe so I just slid it on along with a red matching heel.
My hair was decorated with flowers of different kind adding to my extreme gorgeousness.
When I walked out my door, no one could ever obviously guess this was Abigail except if they were earlier informed.
My family were all sitting on the sofa of our living room, my presence caused them to jolt up immediately.
My dad was on a black suit. My mom was wearing a long red dress that had a long split end, and my siblings were quite cute too with their own new looks.
” You are truly blessed, Abi. I can’t believe how You beautiful you are on your wedding. I totally didn’t know it’s you if I wasn’t earlier informed.” my dad praised me.
I told you.
” Soon..you will be part of the Greg’s..and..take over their surname too. I hope you are ready for this day?” He asked. I nodded my head sheepishly.
There were tears about to fall down my mom’s eyes as she took a closer look at me. She drew me near and held my cheeks soberly.
” I gave birth to you, Abi..” she started. I sighed. This parents talk will last ten days! If care wasn’t taken. I can’t stand to miss my wedding.
” And I watched you grow from baby..into a tween. Then you reached your teens..and finally, you are in your adult stage getting married to the love of your life. I’m absolutely happy Abi..I don’t know how more to express my feelings..” she trotted and the tears finally slumped right out of her eyes.
” I wish you good luck on your new marriage life”
” Thanks mom” I said giving her a hug. My dad held me and took me outside. There were two cars waiting at the balcony.
My mom and other siblings got into the second undecorated one, while my dad and I shipped into the first one that was beautifully filtered.
It was a long happy ride from home to the wedding venue because, my dad truly knocked some senses into me on the way. He advised me on a few things on how to be a wife and..told me some men strategies.
I couldn’t just hold on to my laughter but to release it out in a big gas.
” We are here” Jace driver insured.
The bodyguard sitting next to us, came down and helped me with my wedding dress out of the car.
Afterwards, my dad englobed my arms with him and took me into the garden just beside the church.
I was bewildered by the crowds of people sitting on the left and right side of the field.
Only few of my family was invited, Jessy’s family too came along because her wedding was a combination with mine.
Demin friends stood aside as his own family, and the rest of the people who crowded the event were Jace families, workers, directors, his studio job man and the rest who worked in his company.
Since the brides weren’t allowed to come out, we were taken somewhere else until the priest was done with his sermon.
” Peace be unto you..” the priest said stretching his arm widely. The whole congregation stood up.
” And to your spirit..” those who were catholic could answer.
” Please.. let’s the grooms move forward” the priest announced.
I saw Demin stride towards the podium where the priest was along with Xavier. And Jace stood up from somewhere else he’d been sitting along with an unknown friend of his.
I sighed de-eperly with goosebumps rushing down my stomach. The brides were soon to be called out.
” The brides…” I heard him say.
My dad stood up accompanying me by my arm towards Jace. From afar, our gaze met and I could see him smile mischievously at me.
His eyes darting at my beautiful new looks. Perhaps, he couldn’t recognize me too.
He helped me up the stairs and i stood beside him. Then an applause was given from the crowds.
” I was waiting for your arrival. I thought you had forgotten about the wedding” he whispered.
” Oh..come on. Why would I forget such. It’s the most happiest day of any girl’s life.. the most happiest day of my life”
” Me too. I can’t wait for honeymoon so badly. I want to teach you some bitter sweet lesson” he rasped.
My eyes jolted at him and I saw a wicked nice sm-irk on his face. I still can’t un-derstand what he meant by bitter sweet lesson. I randomly returned my gaze to the audience.
Jessy too, was accompanied with her dad towards demin and their rightful applause was rendered.
Jake climbed up the podium with our ring and handed it to the priest who later gave it to us.
” Now..say after me..” he told us. ” I.. Abigail Rogers..Jace Greg..”
” I.. Abigail Rogers..”
” I..Jace Greg..” we chorused.
” On this day..placing a ring on your finger..I shall make an oath..to always love you forever..in sickness and in health…in wealth and in poverty…in life and in death.. Nothing will break..this bond of love..until..death leave us pa-ss. You are going to be called my wife..and the rightful owner to my heart. Take this ring..as a symbol of our love and connection” we said repeating after him.
” Amen”
” Amen..” we concluded and pa-ssed the ring into our fingers.
” Jace Greg and Abigail Greg are now husband..and wife!..”
We both turned to each other and gave a solace kis-s on our li-ps.
Their was a thun-derous clap from the audience and afterwards, the priest moved to Demin and Jessica repeating the same word.
They pa-ssed the ring into their finger and had their kis-s too as the crowds cried with happiness…
We came down the podium and we were greeted by tons of acknowledgment. Our families..our friends..our well wishers…were all there congratulate us.
I turned around and saw my parents from afar. It was then I began to un-derstand the meaning of a girl’s tears during her wedding.
I was going to leave the family and start one of my home. A life with Jace Greg.
I ran up to them and showered them with hugs and kis-ses as tears poured down my eyes.
I was happy to meet this day..and I can’t wait for the days ahead.
Talking about our honeymoon, we were heading to Las Vegas for a camp trip over there.
After the wedding, Us- the newly married, took a flying boat at nighttime towards the city of my dreams.
Las Vegas.
A home of pure beauty and paradise.
But then.. something really dared to happen during our beautiful honey moon..
TBc