Married to my fiance's sister

23.

"She meant drive, love. We are going by road, surprise." I said trying to be goofy.

"We are going to San Francisco by road, in this car." She asked. I nodded my head. There was silence for a few seconds. I turned to her and saw tears in her eyes.

"Hey kitten what happened? Why are you crying?" I asked feeling concerned.

"You did this because of me." I could hear her voice cracking. "Yes, I didn't want you to go through that all over again. We will go on a flight when you feel comfortable and right about it."

"Pull over" she said, her voice more shaky. "What happened Hope?" I asked feeling panicked about her behavior.

"JUST PULL OVER." she yelled. "Okay okay, calm down love" I said pulling to the side of the road.

As soon as the car stopped, she unbuckled her seatbelt and jumped on my lap. I helped her settle, she put her face in my neck and broke into sobs. "Hope, my love. What happened?"

"Why are you doing all this" she asked.

"If I will not do all this for you and then for whom else? Of course I'll always take care of you and think about you and your comfort before anything. You are my everything baby. And...Te amo mi gatito" I said kissing her head and pulling her closer.

"Yo tambien te quiero mi amor" she said and snuggled more into me, kissing my neck. I whispered sweet nothings to her till she called down.

"So you know Spanish, What other languages do you know?" I asked.

"I could feel you intentionally said it in Spanish, so I could not understand. I'm a little disappointed at that. But I am glad I learnt it instead of French in school. That's the only other language I know. " Hope said from her seat.

"I am sorry I stopped you, but that day I was not ready. If you would have said those words leaving would have been more difficult. But I hope you know I mean it with all my heart." I said feeling a bit guilty about stopping from confessing.

"It's alright. I guess I can understand. I love you Haven." She said keeping both hands on mine over the console.
"I love you more mi gatito". Saying this I pecked her lips.

The next 54 hours were spent on the road, having karaoke, small breaks in gas stations and few hours sleep at night in sone motels. This time was spent sharing jokes, memories and some small arguments here and there.

Hope was curled on the passenger seat we were just a mile away from my apartment. I woke her up, she grumble something about breaking a beautiful dream but sat up straight. Once we reached the building, I pulled all the luggage from the trunk while she was collecting stuff from the back seat.

As we made our way towards the elevator, I put in the key and told her the passcode before entering it. When the it reached our floor, I picked her up bridal style and she squealed in surprise. I stepped into the penthouse. "Bienvenido a casa mi gatito"
She was looking back at the elevator, "Haven our stuff"

"I have stopped it here, No worries."

"Oh my God" she jumped from my arms and went towards the floor to ceiling windows. "This view is amazing." She looked around excitedly. "This is so beautiful. How did you get this place? It's amazing." She asked taking my hands in her and standing in front of me.

"When I told dad about moving here and not being part of his company, he accepted under one condition that I have to accept his gifts waiting for me here. One was the penthouse apartment and other was my baby."

"Baby?" She raised an eyebrow. "My car" I replied instantly not wanting her to be angry.

"Oh okay. The one we came in?" She asked looking a bit relaxed.

"Oh...eww...No no no not that one.  My baby is far better that that rental. I'll show you tomorrow. Let's fresh up and then we can sleep. I have to be in the office before 12."

"What? I thought you'll be home today."

"Love you know how hectic it is these days. I'll try to come back as soon as I can, promise."

"You are so exhausted, with constant driving and last week as well you didn't sleep that well. We shouldn't have come by road." She said in a small voice.

"Hey none of that okay. Let's go have a shower. I would like if you would join me in there."