Love Aint Always Pretty novel Chapter 92

Luck

- the things that happen to a person because of chance; the accidental way things happen without being planned

92

NICK'S POV

Dani and I started walking inside the restaurant and this place is really fancy that I think Aries had really prepared for this. I don't know what's the occasion but he really asked me to come to this place and it is very unusual of him to do stuff like this to me. I finally marched my way inside and the waiter by the door stopped us.

"Good evening sir. Table for?" He asked.

I scanned through the entire place, "I'm with a friend. Found him. Thanks."

"Let's go Dani." I tell my daughter.

Both of us started walking to the table where Aries was waiting and Dani ran towards him as quick as she could. I don't know why Dani loves him so much, maybe because of the lavishing gifts he sent her every time there's special occasions, most especially her birthdays and Christmases.

"Uncle Aries!" Dani hugs him.

"Oh pumpkin. Hello. Let me take a good look at you, beautiful." Aries greets.

She pulls herself away and smiles.

"Always beautiful." Aries adds.

She giggles, "Thank you. Why are we here uncle Aries?"

Dani sits down on the chair that Aries had pulled out then I sat right next to her. I noticed two other chairs right next to me and I wonder if someone was still coming over to join us.

"I have a surprise for your dad." Aries answered.

Dani moved her head to me, "But it's not his birthday."

I smiled ruefully at her because I don't know why I was here in the first place. All Aries said was have dinner with him and that he has a surprise. I don't know how to handle his so-called surprise to me. I just hate surprise whenever it's with Aries. He's always been the prankster ever since before.

"I know, but that doesn't mean I can't surprise him. How was your day, Dani?" Aries asked while he checks his phone.

"Very very fun! We went to the museum today uncle Aries and I saw these cool bones of the dinosaurs! It was so amazing! I saw very cool paintings too! Oh! Oh! And I met a new friend today as well. She was lost and she was crying. Me and dad helped her." Dani breathes.

I smile and Aries was smiling as well when Dani speaks so fast just like Dakota. Sometimes I think she forgets to pause while talking and I worry about she'll forget to breathe.

"That's great Dani." Aries complimented.

"Thank you." Dani sing-songs.

"How's that company working that you've just bought yesterday? You haven't told me the name of it. Maybe we can be business partners in some ways." Aries asked.

"It's doing good. I was glad I finally bought it. The last owner wasn't letting it go and I don't know why he was doing that. If I didn't bought it for over $50 million, he wouldn't say no. It was a hard deal." I answered.

"$50 million? Wow. Talk about heavy pocket." Aries says.

I grinned. "Lost most half from my bank."

"That's just a penny to you."

I chuckle.

The waiter started serving the dishes that Aries had ordered for us and it was a few dishes that Savannah loves which was weird, or maybe I just miss the fat that I haven't seen Savannah for almost six years. And gosh I do miss her so much I can't explain how much.

"You've ordered a lot." I say.

Aries pulled his head up from his phone and looks at me. "Is it too much? I was planning on making you fat tonight."

I laugh with Dani as I shake my head sideways. "Too bad I'm still working out."

He grins.

"Are we expecting more guests uncle Aries?" Dani asked as she takes a spoonful from her soup.

Aries nods slightly, "Don't you want other people to join us? It will be fun."

Dani smiles, "I'm okay with that. You know I love making new friends."

"Speaking of making new friends, they're here." Aries says.

"We are terribly sorry we're late."

I rapidly pulled my head up the second I recognized that voice. I turned my head around and saw Savannah walking towards me. I blinked a lot of times to see if I was dreaming or hallucinating or imagining women again as Savannah, but I wasn't because she is really actually here, coming over our table wearing her pale pink dress and beige colored heels with her hair flowing behind her shoulders.

She's still the most beautiful woman to me and I won't get tired of saying it.

My eyes widened when I saw her holding the hand of a little girl, it's Melissa and I was even more surprised to see that it was the same girl from the museum a while ago who was lost. Savannah's eyes moved to me and I slowly pulled myself up from the chair. She stands close to me as I watch him miss Aries cheek to cheek. I was still in awe cos I finally saw her again after so many years, I couldn't believe it.

"Lissa was lost inside the museum a while ago. Sorry we're late." Savannah says to Aries then moves her head to me. She smiles.

"Hi, Nick." She holds her arms around me and we hugged each other briefly.

"It's you again!" Dani snaps.

Savannah moved her head to Dani and Lissa quickly smiled at her. "Oh my goodness! We've seen each other again! Mom can I sit next to her please? They're the ones who helped me at the museum a while ago."

Savannah smiles and looks at me, "Is she Dakota's? Daniella right?"

Dani nods, "Yes! You must be Lissa's mother. You are very pretty."

Savannah smiles, "Thank you. So do you."

Speak up Nick!

"Let's all sit down?" Aries offered.

I quickly transferred my plate so Lissa could sit next to Dani and I was sitting next to Savannah. We began sitting down again and my eyes couldn't look away from Savannah. I don't want to look away because I'm sure she'll be going back to England tomorrow or the next day. I don't want to waste any second looking away from this beautiful woman next to me.

Savannah slowly moved his head to me and caught me staring at her. She smiles so beautifully, "Are you okay?"

Speak up Nick!

I nod, "Yeah. You're just really pretty right now that I forget what to say."

She smiles sheepishly.

Dani and Lissa giggles after what I said.

"You like my mommy?" Lissa asked.

"Lissa." Savannah warns.

For the first time in a very long time, I felt my cheeks blushing.

"I think my daddy really likes your mommy cos of the way he looks at her it's like one of those movies I watched before." Dani adds right away.

"Dani. Remember what I told you about not butting in when adults are talking?" I said to her.

This generation of kids what the hell are they watching online or when we're not watching tv with them?

Dani pouts, "I'm sorry dad."

"Oh come on, don't be such strict parents. They're just kids." Aries blurted.

Dani and Lissa moved their heads to their uncle Aries, "How about after eating, we go grab some ice cream?" He asked the two kiddos.

The two kids gaped and stared at each other then stared back at Aries while nodding. "Yey!!" The chimed together.

"And you can eat as much as you want to cos your mommy and daddy will stay behind here. How's that?" Aries glared at me with a grin.

My brows furrowed and Savannah was looking at him too.

"Mommy can I go with uncle Aries please? Please mommy?" Lissa begs.

"Me too daddy! I wanna go! Please? I wanna have ice cream so bad. You never let me have one since last week! Daddy please!" Dani begins to beg as well.

"Come on. Let the kids have fun so you two can talk." Aries tells me and Savannah seriously.

Savannah moved her head to me and I just smiled at her.

"I think that would be helpful of you Aries. Thanks." Savannah says while looking right away me.

"Okay kids! Munch up so we'll drive to uncle Aries' most favorite ice cream parlor in New York city." Aries encourages.

Dani and Lissa began cheering and started getting giddy.

"Chew your food Dani. Don't rush." I say.

"You too Melissa." Savannah says right away.

Right when the kids were done eating, Aries took them out of the table and he was also the one who paid dinner. We were left inside the restaurant as we watch the three of them heading out and hopping inside Aries' car.

I didn't know he was planning this tonight, but what was his motive? Getting me and Savannah back together? Or maybe he knows I've missed her so bad that's why he did this? But for any reason of what it is, Im happy and thankful for what Aries has done.

"I have read all of your letters by the way." Savannah blurted out after taking a drink from her water.

I moved my eyes to her, "Did you.... Did you like it? Hated it?"

She smiles. "I loved it."

I look at her eagerly and I realized that I'm so in love with this woman right now. Always has been.

"I loved all of it Nick. And I'm sure it took you so many hours of writing one letter." She giggles.

I laughed softly. "As embarrassing as it is, I did. Yes."

She smiles.

"Where's... where's Damon?" I asked.

She takes a quick drink from her water and stared at the empty plate right before her. "He's not with me right now." She answers.

"I'm divorcing him." She blurted.

I was surprised and somehow felt so much happiness overflowing inside of my system. I wanted to jump on this chair and scream until I run out of voice. She's finally divorcing him and I'm just too happy to say anything.

"Aren't you gonna say something?" She asked me while looking into my eyes.

I smiled. "I'm glad."

She chuckles.

"Sorry about what I said. It just came out. Sorry." I added right away.

She smiles and placed her hand on my arm. My heart is beating un-normally and it's driving me insane.

"It's okay. I'm glad as well." She adds.

"Wanna go somewhere?" I offered.

"With you?"

I looked around. "No. Maybe with that old man?" I pointed out and she looks then both of us laughed.

"Of course with me." I chuckle.

She smiles. "Sure."

Both of us left the table and headed out of the restaurant. I opened the passenger door for her and I got inside as well. I began driving and we found ourselves on the street of New York.

"Why did you come here in New York? Missed the place?" I asked.

She nods. "Yeah. And the people in here. I came here to visit my parents as well."

I nod.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"You'll see." I smirked.

"Are we going to where the kids and Aries are?" She asked again.

"No."

She smiles at me.

"Do you trust me?" I asked her while we were stuck on this red light.

She looks at me before answering until the green light was on. The car behind us started honking and I still wasn't moving. Both of us began smiling and call this déjà vu but we both know we're thinking about the same thing. This night had already happened to us.

"Always." She finally speaks.

She takes a look at the cars honking behind us, "I think you need to go."

I chuckled softly, "I think so as well."

I began driving again. After a long drive, we finally arrived to our destination. I parked my car and she was busy looking right outside. We finally stepped out of the car and she was looking around, examining the entire place. Remembering, maybe, where this is in part of the world.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"Remember that place where I took you during New Years day? Years ago?"

She nods.

"This is the place." I continued.

She looks at me, "You're kidding?"

I shake my head. "No. I'm not."

"It changed." She says.

She moves her head back to the huge manor house right before her. It was all painted in white and there was a wide driveway too. The lot has changed ever since then and I'm not sure if she loved the change of this place since this place was special to us.

"There's already someone residing here. The mansion is lovely. Who could've bought it?" She asked.

I pulled something from my pocket secretly, "Wanna take a good look inside?"

"Nick. We're not sneaking inside a house of someone else's. We're adults. We're not teens anymore."

I showed her the keys.

"What's that?" she asked.

"House keys."

She paused and processed what I was trying to say to her. "You..." She trailed.

"I bought this land and I decided to make a house on it."

She looks at me in amazement.

"Wanna check what's inside?" I asked.

She nods.

Both of us started walking closer to the front door and I began opening the door for her. "It's not yet done. There's a few more touches needed to be added." I say.

We marched inside the foyer and I quickly turned on the lights. Her eyes travelled around the entire living room and I think she was fascinated by everything. Of course she would be, everything she liked starting from the furnitures, to the colors of the curtains and the house decorations, the paintings, the color of the walls, the tiles and everything else, I made sure it were her favorites. I picked everything that was almost to her liking.

She smiles. "This mansion is.... breathtakingly beautiful."

"Do you love it?" I asked. Hoping that she would love it.

"Yes. Did you build this house for Dakota and Dani?"

"Why would I buy them a land and build a mansion for them?"

She paused and looked at me, "Because they're your family."

I smile to myself. "Dakota is already engaged to someone else."

"Oh." That was all she could say.

"I bought the land and built a mansion for you and Melissa." I say sheepishly.

Savannah gaped.

"I don't know why I did this, but I was hoping you could use this house... maybe when you're on vacation or something." I shied.

She starts walking closer to me and reached for my hand. We held each other and I look at her eagerly.

"You've done too much for me. The letters were more than enough Nick. And I don't deserve any of this." She starts saying.

I shake my head. "Don't say that."

"It's true. Because all I've ever done was hide everything from you."

My brows creasing.

"You have to know something." She continues and my heart beats like a drum. I don't think I'm not ready for what she is going to say.

I took a deep breath in and exhaled.

"You're...." she trailed off.

She exhales heavily. "You're Melissa's father, Nick."

I think my world stopped for a second. It's confirmed. She finally said it to me and I don't know if I should be mad at her for what I've found out because I was also expecting Melissa is mine because we made love to each other a week before her wedding and she wants me to name the baby.

She begins to cry. "I'm sorry. Im so so sorry. I couldn't tell you the truth. I was so scared that time. I was scared of Damon that he will hurt me even more. And I wasn't sure if I should tell you because you already have your family and I was thinking I don't want to be a home wrecker in front of the public. Damon was threatening me as well and I was scared for Melissa because he would hurt her if I'll tell you. I would take all the hit from him just as long as he wont hurt Lissa."

My fist curled into a ball.

"And all your letters and gifts you've been sending me, Damon knew about it. He hid everything from me not until I heard him talking about it with my driver. Mr. John showed me everything and I'm so sorry for not writing back. I would if I knew about it. I'm terribly sorry Nick. I truly am heartily sorry."

All I ever did was open my arms to her and hugged her close to me. She cries against my chest and all she ever repeated saying were the words Im sorry. I'm even more mad at Damon for what he has done to Savannah and Melissa. I just held her tight and rubbed her back.

"Does he still hurt you?" My tears building on my eyes. I'm crying because I'm so angry at that bastard and I pity Savannah for everything she has been through.

"Yes.."

It shattered me.

"I will make him pay Savannah. I will make sure he won't go out of jail. I swear to God and I swear on my mother's grave." I gritted.

She pulled herself away and I release her, "Im sorry." She says again.

"No need to be sorry. I'm the one who should say that because if I wasn't a coward, this won't happen to you."

She shakes her head, "It's not your fault Nick. I don't want you to think like that because it's not."

I wipe her tears from her cheek and push her hair behind her ears. "This time I won't let go of you." I tell her.

"This time I will fight for you." I shove my hand to hers and held her tight.

"I will never let go of you anymore Savannah. I lost you a lot of times, I'm not losing you again."

Suddenly my phone started ringing.

"Way to ruin the moment." I say softly as I pull out my phone from my pocket.

Savannah chuckles.

My brows creasing as I look at the screen. I caved in, "Hello?"

"Mr. Wilde. You need to come to the hospital right now." She rushed

My hands went cold the second she mentioned that I need to go to the hospital. I'm not sure if I'm ready to hear what she'll say next.

"Why?" I asked weakly.

"It's your sister, Tracy."

My knees started becoming weak.

"W-what happened?" My voice shaking.

"Sir you need to come to the hospital right now." The nurse insists.

"What the fuck is wrong?! Tell me right now!" I yelled.

"Nick what's the matter?" Savannah talks to me but I was holding her hand tight. "Are you okay?" She continues.

"I'm sorry to say this to you over the phone but.... Your sister is gone."

My tears dropped my cheeks and I don't know what to say. My hands are shaking and I just want to hit the walls. But I can't blame anyone right now.

"She's dead." The nurse adds.

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