For Her

Chapter 10:Final Chapter

{Jennifer Brandon}

I was just sitting in my room completing my project when my phone rang. I answered "Hello, Mr Liam? Is everything alright?" I was shocked to see Liam call me all of a sudden.

"Hello, Jennifer. Yes, Liam speaking. Actually, I was going through the papers of our deal today morning and I saw that in one of the papers, I forgot to take your sign. I am luckily still in LA since I have to attend a very close friend's wedding today. But I will be returning to New York this evening. So if you don't mind can you meet me at the wedding today? I need your signature on that paper." Liam replied.

Oh shit! I thought to myself, *how can I forget to sign on such important papers?* "Yes, of course, I can meet you today." I was thinking if it was okay to go to someone else's wedding, but this deal was important for me. "That's great Jennifer. I'll text you the address and arrange your entry pass. Thank you." Liam said and hung up the call.

While I was deciding what to wear for the wedding I saw Charles' letter in my cupboard. I opened it and started reading it again. As I was reading the letter my phone vibrated. It was Liam's message which had the address. Since I was getting late I kept the letter aside and got ready for the wedding. When I reached the wedding, I started looking for Liam. I messaged Liam that I had reached the address he messaged and I was looking for him. He replied, "Can you please go upstairs in a room and wait for me. I am stuck in some work and I will meet you in a few minutes." So I went upstairs and I was waiting for Liam.

{Charles Bason}

Two weeks had passed by, that Damien had told me about Jennifer. I was at my cousin's wedding, talking with my friends when I saw a girl walking upstairs in a room. *Jennifer Brandon! What is she doing here?* I said to myself. I almost skipped a heartbeat and I was surprised to see her again. She was looking beautiful in a blue dress. I excused myself and I went to the restroom. I thought Damien again planned something to make me and Jennifer meet and so-called Damien. As Damien picked up my call before he could say anything I asked him, "Where are you right now? Did you plan to make me and Jennifer meet again?" I was angry and hoping to hear a no. "What are you saying? I am working in my office right now. I didn't plan anything after I decided to be out of your and Jennifer's life. Why where are you?" he asked. He was curious but I just said, "I'll call you back." I hung up the call and went back outside. I rushed upstairs and towards the room where she was sitting. I thought meeting her this time was a mere coincidence, and it was supposed to mean something.

While I was going towards the room, a waiter came to me to serve me some drinks. I picked two glasses of wine and continued walking towards the room. Jennifer was facing the balcony, her back towards me. My heart was pumping faster as I took each step close to her. I went to her and offered her a glass of drink saying...

"Is it a coincidence this time or was it planned again?" Jennifer turns around and is shocked to see me. She takes the glass of wine and starts staring me. Her eyes were filled with tears and I could see that she was happy to see me again. I continued to speak "What are you doing here?"

"I had met a client some days ago. He wanted to discuss something important regarding our deal today itself since he would be returning back to New York tomorrow. But he also had to attend this wedding. So he invited me here. I had no idea that you are going to be here." She was scared, stammering and she didn't want me to think that she was meeting me on purpose. She takes a pause for a minute and continues, "I think Damien could..." I know what she was about to say so I interrupted her before she could complete the statement and said, "No it wasn't Damien. I called him and he had no idea about this wedding. He had nothing to do with us meeting again." After taking a pause for a minute I continued, "Jennifer why did you lie to me about Damien? Why didn't you tell me that he was your ex?" she was shocked to know that I had figured out the truth. She said, "how do you know about us?"

"Damien told me everything. How he met you and what he did to you. He told me how you had nothing to do with us meeting twice. Why would you lie to me?" I wanted to know why she lied to me. "I didn't want you to fall in love with me and then break your heart like Damien broke mine. At least you would hate me rather than wishing that someday I will be yours. You would be cursing me to come in your life and I cannot see that. So I lied to you." Jennifer said, her eyes filled with tears but she was trying to control them.

"So Damien was right. You are broken and you won't fall in love again. You didn't feel anything for me and so you wanted me to hate you right?" I sounded sad, as I assumed she didn't feel anything for me. But she replied, "That's not true. I did feel for you but I didn't trust you completely. Even if I fall in love with someone, it's not simple for me to trust anyone again with all my heart. At least not until someone proves to be trustworthy. You were nice to me, very nice. But I was afraid that if you started loving me and I didn't, I won't be able to forgive myself." She said. She was scared to fall in love again. She was scared to be betrayed again. I could see it.

"So you didn't even think of giving me a chance to prove myself, just because of Damien," I said in an upset tone. "Yeah, I didn't. We had just met twice because Damien wanted us to meet. I cannot trust that man at all. And in the letter that you gave me, you thought it was destiny that wanted us to meet again and again. If it was destiny then I would have given you a chance but ....it wasn't, it was Damien. Also after I told you the truth and left your house, you never contacted me."

I just couldn't control my emotions any more. I wanted to hug her tight and never let her go. I could see her in pain. I wanted to show her that I am there standing by her side always and forever. So without even thinking I just went on my knees and said, "Jennifer Brandon, the night of the party, I started feeling for you. Maybe meeting you then, for the second time wasn't our destiny, but today it was. No one planned this, it was just meant to happen. It was a coincidence. Will you give me a chance to be in your life and prove that you can trust me no matter what? I promise I will never leave you or hurt you. What Damien did was wrong but he didn't have a choice. He regrets his decision. But you cannot let him affect your future. You have to move on. Please give me one chance." This time tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't control it anymore. She said "You should think about this. I might not be ready. I might break your heart."

I was very sure about this one thing and I replied to her, "You won't break my heart. If you are not ready, you can take your time. There is no hurry to say yes, I just want you to give this a thought. Give me a chance to be in your life, let me love you."

Without taking even one second she said, "I will be with you." Giving me a hand to stand up and hugging me tightly, she continues "But I will never allow you to leave me or break my heart. Do you promise?" I nod my head saying yes and kiss her.

It's been two years now that I have proposed to her, and here I stand, eagerly waiting for her to walk down the aisle.

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