Book 2 Maybe This Time (C O M P L E T E D ❤️)

Prologue

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up."

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Edward is coming over for dinner and based on our conversation earlier, he says that he will tell me something very important and exciting.

As I prepare his favorite food, adobo, I hear him knocking on the door, so I ran and open the door for him.

"Love, don't you have your key?" I ask.

"I left it at home baby." he kisses me on the lips, "hmm, smells so good" he says after and then he showers my neck with kisses, as he hug me from behind.

"Twin, the adobo will burn then we won't have food for dinner" I warn him.

"Fine." he lets me go and I run to the kitchen. He walks closely behind me, and hugs me again as I stir our dinner.

"Taste baby?" I ask, lifting the spoon near his lips.

"Ouch" he yells, his lips got burn.

"Shit, I forgot to warn you baby. Wait, let me get some ice" I tell him as I turn off the stove. I start to walk towards the fridge to get the ice.

"It's okay baby, just a kiss will do" he says as he pulls me back towards him.

"Your style never fades Mr. Barber, classic" I smile at him, before I grab his face and pull his head down. I kiss him just as he requested. "Does it still hurt love?" I ask.

"A little bit baby. I think I need another kiss" he asks again as he point his lips.

"Hmm, let me think about it" I mutter as I bite my lips.

"Babe, you know what biting your lips does to me" he grabs my head, lock his lips onto mine, and kiss me passionately.

"Hey, aren't you hungry? Don't you want to eat first?" I ask him.

"Right now, I am hungry and thirsty for something else babe" he lifts me to my bedroom.

*ALARM*

I wake up from my dream or my nightmare? I am not sure. Tears are starting to roll down my cheeks as my memory start to play with me once again.

Lately, Edward has been the lead of all my dreams, each scenes comprise of all our memories together. From the very first time we met during that summer, to the time he left me.

I look at my clock on my bedside, it says 2:24 AM.

"It's still too early." I get up and walk to the kitchen to get a mug of milk. I then heat it up in the microwave.

As I wait for my milk, I pick up the invitation on my kitchen counter once again, and gently examines it.

Ms. Marydale Entrata,

You are invited to the reunion/homecoming at Divine School.

I hope you can join us.

It's always fun to catch up with some old peers and rekindle some friendships.

See you there.

Divine School.

I didn't want to go but on the day that I got my invitation, I received numerous messages from Fenech, Vivoree, Aizan, Yong, and Marco. They were all asking me to come so we could all catch up on life.

I wanted to ask them if Edward is coming toobut I didn't. I don't want my friends to think that I am still affected by what happened between us.

It has been two years since Edward left. It has been two years since a really great job opportunity came to him that required him to work overseas. And it has been a year since we decided to break things off because a long distance relationship is not for us. And according to Marco, it has been a week since Edward came back.

But what if he is there tomorrow? Am I ready to see him? Again?