Lie To Me

“Calm down, Eli. She’s going to be fine,” Maxine, my cousin said.

I shook my head. “She needs me there,” I replied, looking at her husband to gesture to him to drive faster.

Fuck.

I never thought I would feel as nervous as I am right now.

Jianna Astrid.

Someone I never thought would come in my life and would make this big difference in me.

She changed me…

She made me the person I am and I will never regret knowing her.

I still remember how Maxine bothered me just to send a text to her friend—I honestly don’t understand why she has to be friends with her fiancée’s ex-girlfriend.

Right.

That girl was Russell’s ex-girlfriend, the girl he chased for so long before he met my cousin.

I don’t have a problem with her being nice to that girl but being friends, I don’t think so.

Sometimes, I don’t understand girls’ logic.

It’s always chaotic.

But upon seeing her—Jianna Astrid—I now understand why everyone is so fond of her. Why did Russell chase her until he realized that there’s really no chance for them. And honestly, I was somehow thankful that they ended.

Damn.

No offense to my cousin, but Russell made a big mistake letting this girl go.

Seeing her at my cousin’s wedding, silently watching the happenings in the wedding’s reception caught my attention.

She was so damn beautiful.

I was watching her the whole party. I wished she joined the part where my cousin threw her bouquet, because I swear, I will do all the damn ways to get the garter.

And I did. I got the garter but she didn’t join any of the games.

She was just sitting there, watching everything.

I thought that was the last time I would be seeing her, but luck was in part that I met her again in my new work.

Mikael wasn’t wrong when he said I would be enjoying working in the company. Because the day I saw her inside the conference room, introduced to as one of the managers in the company, I knew I would be staying as long as she was there.

So, I did everything to be close to her. I became shameless asking her if I could court her a few days after our first meeting. I would also not deny making her jealous intentionally because it turned out so nice.

She confessed her feelings to me.

Damn.

I was so happy that time.

Finally, she’s mine and I don’t have any intention of letting her go.

I already figured out my future with her.

“Elijha!” Reysa, her best friend, called me upon approaching the delivery room.

is she?”

and family.

worried about

pointed to the delivery room. “She’s been

“Three hours?” I asked.

Fuck.

have been through

her,” I said

accompany my wife. It only took a few minutes until I

really having a hard time giving birth, I swear to myself that I will never have another

I whispered to her ear, kissing her on the forehead with

for air and tears were falling from her eyes as she held

Our son was born.

that she could say as she continued crying and giving

after she was cleaned up, while our son had to stay in the nursery

I told myself as I stood outside the nursery room, watching my

wife was still asleep and I asked Reysa to look for her while I checked on

me and my wife.

son.” My dad said he was standing beside me, also watching his first grandson. “And I felt the same the

nodded because indeed,

Jia told me about her pregnancy, I was beyond

live without her beside me. Ever since she came, I started to love waking up early in the morning because I knew it

every morning the rest

witnessed how beautiful inside and out my wife is. She’s so understanding, kind, and thoughtful. It feels like I don’t have

a diamond that no

woke up five hours later. She was still high from anesthesia that she immediately cried realizing that our son is not inside her anymore; she thought

have given birth to our son and he’s in the nursery room right now,” I told her, trying to calm

I kissed her forehead.

fine, okay? He just need to stay in the nursery for

still teary from

running some test to make sure that our son

of tears fell from her

to check on the babies. And our son needs to go through that to assure that he is healthy and to see if

he have illness?” she

and kissed her on the lips. “No, baby. Our

see him,”

nurse to bring him here,” I

the nurse arrived with our son

again when

mommy,” she said, kissing our son’s small

most important person

couldn’t ask

her hand to our son. She was so attentive that even a mosquito would be

“Mommy,” I called.

put our

lunch time but she

was watching

eat while son is asleep,” I

might wake up

hear him if he cries,” I said

I will just bring

and smiled

a second,” I

in our room

wife kept

baby. You need to eat while he’s