Chapter 19
-Miracle Astor-
Declan, mon amour, please give this to Louise when she turns 16... Je t'aime.
My eyes widened in surprise as I read my mom's beautiful cursive handwriting written at the back of the envelope.
Louise?
"She was going to name me Louise." I whispered more to myself as I held the crumpled envelope with extreme care as if I was holding a rare diamond.
But this letter is the only thing I have of my mom. She wrote me this letter. I started to get teary-eyed again as I thought about how my mom was writing this letter when she was pregnant with me.
"I thought she was the one who named you Miracle." Gabriel mused as he sat beside me, his arm wrapped around my waist.
Ever since yesterday it's like he can't go on even a minute without our skin touching, if he wasn't hugging me or had me sitting in his lap, he was either holding my hand or had his arm wrapped around my waist. It was as if he was afraid I'd suddenly disappear any minute. My heart warmed at the thought. And I'm not at all complaining about Gabriel being completely clingy and protective of me. I'm loving each second of it. I love being in his arms, I love the feeling of our skin touching, I love having him beside me.
It's absolutely crazy that just yesterday when I revealed to him everything, I was so scared to death that he wouldn't want anything to do with me anymore, that he'd be disgusted of me, but as usual Gabriel style, he once again proved me so wrong.
"Miracle was her last word. It was dad who actually named me after hearing his wife's last word I guess." I shrugged my shoulders as a smile crept its way to my face as I remembered my daddy.
Silly dad, he really just had to have me such a cliche name when all along mom already decided my name.
"Your dad did the right thing to change your name." Gaby commented as his dark brown eyes stared intently in mine as if he was almost seeing right inside my soul.
"Why's that?"
"You don't look like a Louise. You're my Miracle. You'll always be my Miracle." He gave me a grin almost automatically making my face flushed red.
How can he just say things so easily like that? While I'm a blushing mess over here with just hearing that, how much more if I start speaking the things on my mind every time I think of him? Oh, I'd die.
"Well, you're Gaby to me." I giggled. I like calling him Gaby.
"Excuse you, it's Gabriel Alexander." He proudly stated puffing out his chest as if did so making me laugh.
"Alexander, huh?"
He also looks like an Alexander. But Gabriel is a perfect name for him.
"Yeah, since my father's name is Alessandro, my mother thought it was perfect. But don't call me that, I like you calling me Gaby. It sounds... sweet." He smirks.
Sweet, huh?
"Gaby, like Gaby baby?" I giggled again staring up at him making his smirk drop, his face unamused, but surprisingly his cheeks turned bright red.
He blushed! I just made Gabriel Di Luca blush!
"Gaby baby." I laughed wanting to see more of him blushing and getting shy for once!
It's unfair that it's always me.
"Don't. Just don't." Gabriel groaned covering his face with his hand, but I pried his hand off as I continued to laugh.
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MIRACLE (✔️)
Teen Fiction"My mother named me Miracle, but I am anything but a miracle in her and our family's life. I am a mistake. I am a product of a heinous crime." Miracle Astor was born after the rape of her mother. Aurora Astor was convinced by everyone in her family...
