Drop in the Ocean (Upper East Side Three)

Chapter Thirty-Nine

39 - Forgive

Warning. Mature scenes ahead. Read at your own risk.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned was never to force things to happen. Because I realize that if you push it too hard, they will eventually break.

The time Reizo and I were apart was the significant factor that made us reach where we are right now. That the time made us grow, heal, and be better for this perfect moment, He purposefully created for the both of us.

The familiar warmth of Reizo's embrace made me feel that I was already home. The beating of my heart sends me like this is where I truly belong — in his arms.

Reizo kept on tightening his hold around me. "Tell me I am not dreaming..." He whispered, as his head buried on my neck.

I shook my head and caressed his back. "You're not dreaming, Reizo. I am here, love." I answered as I felt his embrace tighten again.

"God! Thank you so much..." Bulong niya at naramdaman ang mga munting halik niya sa leeg at balikat ko.

Losing Reizo Aillard was painful, but I knew He had His reasons why we had to separate. I admit that it was breaking and damaging on my part, seeing the love of my life losing his faith in me and forgetting to trust me.

When I went back to New York, there were days were before I sleep and when I woke up, I thought of Reizo. Because I knew that he never left my mind even when we were apart. Reizo will always linger at the back of my head, and I never intend to force myself to forget him because I will be fooling myself if I do.

But right this moment, that feeling of losing him never amounts to what I feel right now. Because as soon as I realized that I still wanted him to be with me, the feeling of love and happiness was too consuming my being that I almost forgot feeling lost because he is my home. At nakauwi na ako sa kanya...

Reizo moved and cupped my face. He looked at me with longing, kindness, and warmth in his eyes as he was busy fixing the hair that covered my face. "God, I am in love with you so much, Kaela Aveline..." He murmured, and again, he enveloped me with his tight embrace.

We stayed there for a while, standing and him — murmuring his gratitude to me for taking him back again.

Love is patient and love will always find its way back in the right time. Alam ko, dahil nandito na kami ngayon kasama ang isa't isa.

"Kaela... I promised myself that if you would take me back again, I will always and will never fail to tell you how much I need you... how much I love you... and nothing else matters." He added.

"Mahal na mahal din kita, Reizo. Mahal na mahal." Sagot ko sa kanya.

He leaned forward until I felt his lips on mine. When I got to taste his lips again, the familiar feeling sent me on cloud nine. The kind of kiss that I will only allow if it is him. The type of kiss that made me realize how much I miss him despite the years we were not together. And the kind of kiss that made me remember how much I am still and utterly in love with him since day one.

"Let's go home..." He reached for my hand and I let him held mine.

Bago kami humakbang paalis ay nagbigay pa siya ng halik sa kamay ko at ngumiti sa akin bago kami umalis sa may rooftop.

As he drove us, he held my hand using right hand. Ginamit niya ang kaliwang kamay niya para sa pag-drive at panay ang sulyap niya sa akin.

"You're really here..." Mukhang nahihiwagahang sabi niya habang sumusumulyap sa akin.

Ngumiti ako at hinaplos ang mukha niya. He tilted his head and gave it a kiss.

Sometimes someone comes into our lives and changes everything. And Reizo is that someone. I never thought that I get to hold him like this because I am only Ridge's best friend. I never thought that being his brother's friend would allow me to meet and love Reizo Aillard Saavedra.