First And Last Chance?

Chapter 27

Daniel's pov

I waited some more time on the terrace trying to process what had just happened.

The entire terrace was decorated with flowers and fairy lights. There was a bouquets of white tulips around. I had thought it would be the perfect setting for when I told her I loved her.

How could I be so ignorant and selfish? I only thought about myself and my feelings.

In highschool I was immature and an asshole and a jerk. I was arrogant and thought the entire world revolved around me. My dad then said befire college entrances he was not going to pay a single penny for my education and that I will have to get a scholarship and will have to live my life on my own for four years except for the summers and holidays when I came home. It was then that the real world hot me hard.

What I did to her is not justified, at all. I should have not done that. What she felt was not wrong. I cannot expect her to fall on love with me.

I got down from the terrace and into the living room of the mansion where the party was still going on. The lights were dimmed and I escaped without anyone seeing me. I messaged my parents that something came up so I had to leave.

I went to my car and over there I saw that before going to the party I had kept another bouquet of tulips there. Hidden inside that was a ring box. I opened it and saw the princess cut diamond ring I had chosen for her. I went ahead and also cancelled the hotel reservation I had made for the two of us.

I began driving towards the my penthouse again. I just wanted to speak with her calmly one last time.

Third person's pov

The bell rang and layla got up from her bed. She was not sleeping but just processing about what had just happened. She never expected it.

She got up to open the door and saw Daniel standing in front of her looking at her with a serious and sad expression.

'Can I talk with you?' he asked her. She nodded and let him in.

'About what happened today...' she said. 'I get it.... Why you said no.' He replied.

'I came over to...... To apologise.' He said. 'Apologise?' she asked him.

'For everything I put you through in highschool. At that moment I was not thinking and just said sorry like that but right now when I am calm I came over to truly apologise to you. Now when I think back on whatever I did,i was wrong. I am really very sorry. If I could go back and change everything then trust me, I will.' He said. 'I should have realised what I was doing. I was wrong and an asshole. Sorry, sorry for everything. Even if I realise that saying sorry is not going to fix anything. Even if you call me the worst kind of names.' He said looking down.

'You are forgiven Daniel. Please, let's not talk about this anymore.' she replied.

'Can I ask you one last question?' he asked sincerely. She nodded. 'Is there really not a chance that.... That something can happen....' He said and trailed off. 'I will try my best.' He whispered.

'It's not about you trying your best or anything Daniel.' she replied. 'It's just...... Its just she said going and sitting on a chair. After an awkward silence she spoke,'Daniel, even if I say yes, I will never be able to trust you properly. I will never able to love you the way I want to. The past between us keeps on reminding me if everything over and over again. I am sorry, I will not be able to return your feelings.' she said calmly this time and he felt several wounds stabbed upon his heart.

'I..... I never expected you to feel this way about me, I never expected any of this to happen, I mean when I look back I am starting to understand everything but....... All this that happened was something right out of the blue.' she said in a sad tone.

'If whatever that happened in highschool had not happened, then....' He was asking and trailed off. 'I don't know Daniel..... Please don't ask anything like this.' she said.

'I am sorry layla, for everything, I will not bother you anymore.' He said and without saying another word stepped out of the door.

Daniel went inside his penthouse and sat down on the couch. He closed his eyes and tears wouldn't stop flowing. Layla had not broken his heart, he was the one who broke it himself. After all he had done how could he even expect layla to love him back?

Karma got right back at him for all that he had done. It was now his time to atone for his sins by not having the girl he loved by his side.

He tried to get himself together and stopped crying. He was about to take off his coat when he felt something in the coat pocket. He took it out and saw it was the ring, the ring he had brought for layla. And the tears burst out again.

'I don't deserve her. I never did.' was all he thought as he kept it away.

'You are not mine but I am yours layla. My heart belongs to you. Forever and always. Whether you are with me or you are not. Just stay happy. Thank you for helping me experience love.' was all he thought as he closed his eyes and darkness enveloped him.

Author's note: it came out okay but I want to warn all of you that the story is going to take a sharp turn now. I had been thinking about it for the past week hence the late updates and hope you like it. Sorry for the mediocre chapter but I hope you all got what you somewhat expected.