As Fate Would Have It - Part 2 (Completed)

Chapter 23 : San Diego

Lilly's P.O.V :

I was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen while Aman spoke to my parents over phone. I smiled listening to how happy he sounded and how comfortable he was when he spoke to them.

I had called up my parents yesterday when Aman had gone out of the house and told them about Aman and I dating. To my surprise they were more than happy, especially my mom who loved Aman since the very beginning. Dad had sounded more relieved than happy.

After the Sandeep incident dad had seemed a bit off until yesterday when I told about Aman. Sandeep had left the hotel soon after our little argument and I never heard from him ever since. I had called up my dad and had told him that Sandeep and I didn't get along very well, sparing him any details of what had happened. Dad never asked me any further questions which was kind of a relief to me to be honest.

"Your parents are the sweetest people in the world, I love them", said Aman as he entered the kitchen after hanging up the call.

"I know", I smiled wide, "I love them too".

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A week passed by and I was now packing for San Diego. "Aman have you seen my jacket? The black one? I think I wore it the last week", I asked while looking in the closet. My packing was a mess, like always, but a little more stressful this time as my things were scattered in two houses now.

"I think its at your place Lill, You took it back for your video last Thursday", he replied. "Aaarghh..!", I was annoyed at how unorganized my life was right now.

"Hey love, don't stress. You look good no matter what you wear...", he said hugging me from behind. I smiled and instantly felt the stress disappear in his arms. I rested my head back on his neck and took a deep breath. "Hmmm... yeah, I guess I will pack something else instead", I said.

The past week had been a little stressful. I had done three videos, including the next Monday video, so as to have no pending work when I return. I had started back my daily vlogging hence I had the extra editing work to do. And also I had finished my meetings and conference calls before hand so as to make this vacation stress free. This was our first getaway since we got back together and I wanted to make the best of it.

Aman and I had decided to stay at San Diego for three days. Aman's talk was on the first day, and the next two days we would have all to ourselves with no meetings, calls or work tensions.

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We reached San Diego and our cab was waiting for us right on time. I liked this place. I had been here a couple of times, twice for my world tours and once for a campaign, but it was always for work so I couldn't really see much of it. Now that I had come with no work in my mind, I took in the sight of this beautiful city as we drove and fell in love with it.

After reaching the hotel, Aman and I got fresh and started to get ready. There were two hours left for the talk show to start and I had to look good as I was going to represent my man in that show. I had chosen an all black theme, with a black top and a black blazer with black trousers. I accessorized with some silver bracelets and a silver purse. Black heels and a nice neutral makeup with bold red lipstick. I tied my hair into a side pony. I really liked the end result.

"You look stunning Lill", said Aman, who also, had chosen to wear all black and looked dashing. I still wondered how this effing hot bloke ended up being my man.

"People are going to be so jealous of me", he said approaching me and snapped me out of my thoughts. "You need to look in the mirror more often bruv, you have no idea how effing handsome you are, I winked and I could see him blush. Ah, he is so cute!

His talk turned out to be the best one among all. I sat there feeling so proud of him as I watched him take over the stage and the hearts of the audience. His talk was so inspiring that even I had this sudden temptation of trying out painting on a canvas.

I cheered the loudest as he ended his segment and returned back to sit beside me. "you were great out there", I said and he was all smiles. Many people approached him after the talk asking him questions and appreciating his work. I chose to stand away from him so he could have his moment and watched him from far, my eyes gleaming with pride all night.

After having dinner at the event we returned back to the hotel feeling exhausted. My ankles were killing me as I wore heels all night and took them off as soon as i entered the room.

"So what plans for tomorrow?", I asked Aman while we cuddled in bed. "Well, we will first have to shift to another hotel. I don't want the company to know I stayed back here because then it will be evident that we are together", he said. I smiled, he was pretty smart. I loved how he took care of the fact that our relationship shouldn't become public.

"Then we can go either to the beach or a resort depending on what you want to do", he said as he played with my hair.

"Okay", I said, "we will decide at that moment".

Aman smiled, and something was different about his smile. May be he has planned something he isn't telling me yet, I thought.

We cuddled some more and drifted off to sleep.