Chapter 70 - Epilogue
3 years later
I glanced up when I heard a knock on my office door, a little confused. I didn't have any meetings, and practically everyone had already left the building, but I pushed my confusion aside.
"Come in."
"Hola, Señorita Jiménez," a familiar voice called out while pushing open the door. A smile automatically appeared on my face.
"Hey baby," I greeted, standing up and reaching Christopher halfway. The moment I felt his arms around me and his lips on mine, I felt all tension and stress leave my body.
"I missed you," Christopher muttered against my lips. I pulled back after another peck.
"I miss you too. Let me keep my things and leave."
We fell back into our usual routine, Christopher sitting on my desk, us telling each other about our day while I packed up my stuff. Once I was done, we walked to the lift and down to the car.
We continued talking while Christopher drove, but a small part of me was, as always, distracted by him. I felt so lucky and grateful, being here with him.
Christopher might not have known about the bullying, but he had, has, and will always, be the one to help me move forward. He helped me move on from it, helped my scars heal, and helped me learn more about love. Everyday, since before I could remember and for the rest of my life, I knew that he would always be the one for me, and that he was the one that I would always love and cherish.
At the traffic light, he stopped, turning to me and picking up my left, kissing my knuckle softly and running his thumb over the diamond ring on my fourth finger.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
I couldn't wait. A few more months to our official infinity.
And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone for reading and staying with me 'til the end! I didn't know how I wanted to end this book and had multiple versions of it but none of them were good enough. Eventually, I decided to go with this. I hope you've enjoyed this book.
Thank you for coming along with me on this journey! I started this book when I was 15 and I am now 18. My perception of the world and of love has changed and grown, so maybe that's why I felt like I couldn't seamlessly connect past few chapters to the rest of the story, but I tried.
Thank you to everyone who has read this book, voted for this book, and commented. They all mean so much to me.
Stay safe, happy, and healthy x
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