Love's Deception

Chapter 43 - The Ring

What is the 'Honeymoon Stage' in a relationship? It's when everything is so perfect and your relationship is the best thing ever. You and your partner are in such a daze, believing that you are so in love and that your relationship is perfect.

This stage ends though, after all, it is just a stage. And when it ends, it's like everything goes to shit. You're both brought back to reality and realize that everything is not as perfect as it seemed. Sometimes your trip in paradise can seem like it turns into a trip in hell.

But for some couples, their love is so true and neverending, that the 'Honeymoon Stage' will never end. Those are the lucky ones, who can live their entire lives in the 'Honeymoon Stage' for the entirety of their relationships. It never ends and that's when you know, that those two are truly meant to be.

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It's been a month and Jace and I are attached at the hip. Everything is just like how it used to be. Jace and I spend as much time as we can together, sleeping over at each other's places, dates, kisses, and now something new. Now we're in love.

Our love is known, and trust me, everyone knows it. Now that we're back together we don't want to hide our relationship like we used to. We want to flaunt it and boy have we.

Since we're official and Jace was still known as the most eligible bachelor in D.C., the tabloids have had their eyes on us. The press in general has been trying to find out what they could about our relationship since it's public now. It's exhausting but worth it to be with him. Everything has been worth it to be with him.

I love feeling free in my relationship, I love feeling free in general. That's how I feel when I run, I feel free. So, that's what I'm doing right now.

I'm at the local high school that Aidan and I attended, running on the track. Technically, Jace is here with me, but I've been running too fast for him to keep up.

I finally finish my lap and turn around to see Jace catching up to me. He reaches me and then dramatically lays down on the ground, trying to catch his breath.

"Oh come on," I say, "You're built like a Greek god."

"I lift weights, I don't do typically cardio," Jace responds.

I wait for a few moments as I watch my boyfriend lay there being incredibly dramatic, acting as if he's going to die. I lightly kick him a few time with my foot, but he doesn't budge.

I wait a little longer before asking, "Are you done being a crybaby?"

"Excuse me, Ms. Bionic Woman. I'm not used to this. What were you a track and field star?"

I tilt my head, "Actually yes, I was."

Jace lifts his head up and stares at me in shock, "You've got to be kidding me."

"I'm kidding," I laugh as I sit down next to him, "I had to train to run the 300-meter sprint and the 1.5-mile run to pass my qualifications to be an FBI agent. So, I got good at running. Besides, my job involved some good physical activity."

"We are never doing that again,"

I hit Jace lightly on his hard abs, "That's what you think."

Jace finally sits up and looks at me before pulling me in for a sweet kiss. Even though no one else is here on this track right now, it feels nice to be able to kiss like this in public and not just behind closed doors.

"Do you have any meeting today?" I ask him.

He shifts his weight from his right arm to his left, "I have a phone conference call and an in-person meeting."