The Unexpected Love

Prologue

While reading this, please play I Love You Goodbye by Nina
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Flashback

I was waiting for her at the park where we usually meet. How do I tell her? It keeps on bugging me for days. I don't know the exact words to say to her. I want her to understand, that she won't get hurt. I want her to know how much I love her and how much I want to spend the rest of my life with her. But I just cant. I should do what's best for her. What's best for us. I know someday, she will understand. I know after this, she will hate and forbid me for the rest of her life, but I have to do this. Even if it hurts. It's the only way.

"Hey! What's wrong? I got worried when you called me at 2am. Is everything alright?" I was too preoccupied by my thoughts that I hadn't notice she was already standing in front of me.

"Oh I'm sorry darling, I didn't notice you're already there."

"Is something bothering you? You look pale? Are you sick?" she came to me worried and assessed if I was sick.

"I'm totally fine" I smiled to assure her. "There's just something I want to tell you".

"At 2 in the morning? Can't it wait 'til the sun rises? Well that must be very important then" she chuckled. Her laugh is so innocent. It's one of the best things I've seen and heard in my life. I wish I could still see her laugh like that someday.

"I wanted to see you. I already miss you, it can't wait til the sun rises" I was teasing her to lower the tension that I was feeling right now, so I came close to her and hugged her tight.

"I missed you too" she hugged me back. No one talked, we just stayed like that for like 5 minutes. I want to spend this time and grab the opportunity to hug her like I never wanna let her go. And then she broke the silence.

"Sometimes you're so weird. We can hug anytime we want, you know." she chuckled.

"I just want to hug you forever. I like the smell of your hair. Hmmmmm.... let me guess, strawberries?" I changed the topic so I can still prolong the feeling of having her in my arms.

"You know that's my favorite. And besides I know you love the smell of strawberries." her voice is so sweet. "Hey! You're changing the topic again." she was pouting her lips like a 4-year old girl.

"Naaaah, I'm not changing the topic. I just don't want you stop from hugging me".

"Okay I won't stop. But you know we can still hug anytime right? There's always tomorrow." she said softly.

"I don't think so honey. There might be no tomorrow anymore." I had to say it already and went straight to the reason why I had to meet her. She pulled back and looked up at me.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"I know about New York." After we graduated college, I heard about her dad wanting her to go to New York to handle some of their businesses, since she'll be the next heir of their family's company. I knew about it 2 months ago. I just didn't tell her that I knew about it because I know what she would say.

"You knew?" she asked.

"2 months ago." I replied.

"But why didn't you tell me? If this is about papa and New York, there's nothing to worry because I'm not coming." tears began to form in her eyes.

"That's the point. That's the reason why I didn't tell you because I know what you would say. I don't want you to deprive yourself from your future. Your papa wants you to be successful and have a brighter future. And I want you to have that because you deserve to have one." All my life, I've always handled situations like this with my past relationships and end it immediately so there would be no more arguments. But with her, it's just so hard.

"I don't want to have a future without you. You're the only one I want to be with. There's no point in having a brighter future if you're not in it. I love you." she said as she began to cry.

"I know this is hard for you, it is for me too. But I have to do this." I didn't notice that my tears were now beginning to fall too.

"Are you saying that we need to break up?" she asked.

I didn't answer.

"We can run away. I'll come with you wherever you go. Just don't do this please." she was pleading.

I came close to her and wiped her tears. And then I hugged her back. "I want you to listen to me this time. I love you. I love you so much that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. But I respect your father so much that I don't want to oppose of what he wants you to have for your future. I'm only an ordinary guy. I've got nothing to give you but my love. If you would run away with me, there's no assurance that I can provide and give you everything. And I don't want that to happen." I said while stroking her hair.

"You deserve to have the best in life. That's why I want you to go because I want you to have that. Letting you go right now doesn't mean I don't love you. I just want you to have what's best for you." I hugged her tight now and kissed her forehead, because I know that maybe, it'll be the last time. I've never been this hurt. Maybe because, I love her too much that it's hard for me to let go. But I need to be strong this time. I need to be strong for her.

I was expecting for her to shout at me or push me away and tell me never to see her again, but surprisingly, she hugged back. I got startled a bit but then ignored it, knowing it's a good sign. And then she said.

"Whatever your decision is, I respect that. I love you, and when you love someone you both have to understand and respect each other. That's what makes a relationship stronger. It may be hard for me now but I know someday I would understand why you had to do this. Everything has a purpose" she was still crying.

I cupped her face and she looked at me. "You're a strong woman, you always amaze me everytime you have this courage to conquer everything you fear. That's one of the reasons why I fell for you. But for now, I want you to promise me one thing."

"What is it?" she looked up at me.

"I want you to promise me that every once a year, on the day we first met, you will go back to the church where we promised our love and light a yellow candle."

"Why yellow candle?" she asked.

"They said that yellow candle symbolizes a lot of meaning, and besides, yellow candle is very rare, and so when I get to see it there I would know that you did your promise. I also want you to have this." I gave her the necklace that I found last year when we were strolling around Rome. It was a 2 pair necklace. An old lady showed it to me and told me to give it to the person I want to be with. It was the last pair. She also said that there was once a myth that only happens every 100 thousand years, that if two people meet at a promise that was made wearing the same necklace, it will give them eternal love. I was supposed to give it to her on our anniversary, but then this happened.

"TG?" she looked at it as I placed the necklace around her neck.

"I don't know what it means, but maybe we'll figure it out soon." I faced her again and kissed her on the lips. It was a sweet kiss at first but then she wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss. I responded while I wrapped my arms around her waist. I want her to feel that I'm never letting go, emotionally. She broke the kiss first and placed both her hands on each side of my face, looking at me straight in the eyes.

"This is not a goodbye. I'm not letting you go." She kissed me once again and said. "Until we meet again."

---End of Flashback---

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