UNEXPECTED ✰ COLIFER

Chapter 26 ✰ Home Is Not A Place

Jen's pov

I woke up from a cold shiver over my body. I rolled over to Colin's side so I could cuddle with my husband, but to my surprise, he was not in bed with me. I looked at the alarm clock and saw that it was in the middle of the night.

Things went better with Colin since his kidnapping, but he sometimes had still problems with his panic attacks. I pushed the blankets away from me and put on my bathrobe. I quickly glanced at our children's rooms, but they were both sleeping peacefully. I walked downstairs where it was very dark.

'Colin?' I whispered loud enough

No answer. My hard started pounding in my throat.

'Colin?' I tried again.

Not again, not again...

I searched the entire ground floor, but couldn't find him anywhere. I felt the tears burning in my eyes when I suddenly heard something behind me.

'Colin?' I asked surprised

'Jen! You scared the hell out of me'

The tears rolled down my cheeks as I quickly walked towards him and embraced him.

'What's wrong, darling?' he asked worried as he wiped the tears from my cheeks

'I thought you were gone again...' I stammered

His facial expression became softer. 'I'm not going anywhere'

I buried my face in his neck while I let my tears drop down. Softly, he stroked the back of my head. 'Shh... I'm still there' he tried to calm me down.

'I know... I know...'

I felt my heart rate drop and the sobbing became less intense. I lifted my head from his shoulder and stared at him. 'Sorry... I... I panicked when I couldn't find you'

He looked at me with a worried look on his face and stroked a strand of hair from my face. 'No worries. It has not only had an impact on me but also on you'

I nodded. I had never admitted how much it had done to me and how I felt all that time, but it had indeed had a lot of impact on all of us.

He wrapped his arms around my shoulders and pulled me tightly against his body again. I felt my body relaxing as he hugged me. We just stood there for a couple of minutes, enjoying each others company in the dark living room.

'Are you okay?' he asked after a while.

'I'm okay now'

He guided me to the couch and gestured to sit down.

'Remember the day we first talked to each other?'

I nodded. 'You were shy, but I already found you the kindest and funniest guy on the set'

He smiled. 'I fell in love with you because of the hundred things you never know you were doing'

I quirked my eyebrow. 'What kind of things?'

'Your adorable laugh when you find something really funny'

I grinned. 'That's just a stupid laugh'

'No, you're always so happy and kind. That's one of the things that makes you so beautiful'

I felt my cheeks flushing red. 'What did I do to deserve all those sweet words?'

'Because I'm so lucky to have a woman like you by my side'

'Colin...'

'No, let me finish. You're the kindest, most pure, most beautiful person I know. Don't ever, ever be afraid that I'll leave you.'

I grabbed his face between my hands and kissed him passionately. He parted his lips from mine and stared at me.

'What?'

'I think it's good for the two of us if we go on a holiday for a while'

'But, Mason...'

'We don't have to leave right away.'

It sounded like music to my ears. We could all use some relaxation, so I nodded in agreement

The expression on his face told me everything. 'Let me guess... Ireland?'

He shrugged his shoulders with a smile. 'If you don't mind...'

I pressed my lips to his again. 'Of course not. It's your home and I would love to go there with you again. I really love Ireland.'

We both yawned as I stood up to go to bed again, but he grabbed my hand before I could walk away. 'Jen... Ireland isn't my home.'

I stared at him, slightly confused.

'You are' 

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A/N: Oh my god guys... The first part of this story 'Unscripted' is #1 in the Wattpad Colifer list! It means so much to me and I wanted to thank you all! Thanks for reading my stories, I really appreciate every single one of you. The ones who comment and like on every single chapter and makes me smile all the time, but also the quiet readers. Without you, I won't enjoy writing as much as I do now. I can't express it enough. ❤️

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