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Gianna’s POV
I opened my eyes and saw that I was now laid on the bed, beside the bed was Greg, he was staring at me and smiling.
“You are awake” He said.
“Hmm”, I hummed.
I couldn’t believe that we did all that, right here in the peaceful farmhouse, and I wondered when I had turned this way, become a sex freak.
“Let’s go home”, he said and took my hand in his, kissing the back of my palm.
I quickly removed my hand from his grip.
“No. I’m not going with you”, I said.
“Why?” He questioned, looking confusedly.
“Nothing”.
“Was I rough on you? Did -“.
“Greg, you didn’t do anything. I just felt it isn’t right to go with you”, I said cutting him short.
“But why isn’t it right? We are couples remember. I -“.
“After you asked me to leave, I stopped seeing you as my partner”, I replied, yawning loudly.
He sighed.
“I know I did wrong to you but we are having a child. We need to be with each other, I -“.
“Hmm. Having a child? Didn’t you ask me to terminate it? How sure are you that I’m still carrying your child?” I snapped.
He ran his left fingers through his hair in melancholy.
“I know I said that, but I didn’t mean any of it, I swear”, he uttered bitterly.
I kept mute, saying nothing to him in reply.
“I know you can’t hurt our child Gianna”, he said. I still didn’t say anything, but just looked away.
“I’m sorry. Alright fine, you can stay in this farmhouse, but how do I take you home now? Tell me, I am ready to do anything”, he uttered coldly.
“I don’t know” I answered sharply.
“I will be right back”, he uttered and stood up to his feet, then left the room with a set of reddish eyes.
“Why is he becoming soft all of a sudden?” I wondered aloud.
Without bothering to ask where he was leaving for, I went about my daily duties. I got down the bed and freshened up. I was about going to prepare breakfast when I heard a knock on the door.
“Come in”, I answered and instantly, Lionel walked in.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.
I was shocked, totally dumbfounded. I had been so carried away with Greg the previous night that I totally forgot about his friends.
“Damn!” I cussed.
“Gina?” He called flashing me a cute smile, which I instantly returned.
Then he came forward and took my left hand and pecked my knuckles.
“You look prettier when you are pregnant”, he complimented.
I smiled.
“Thanks so much”, I appreciated, “you look cute yourself”, I uttered.
Then I offered him a seat on the bed. He gave a small nod of acknowledgement and sat down. I sat next to him and he struck up a conversation.
“Hello again Gianna, it has been a while”, he said.
His tone was calm and soft, but his face showed something was wrong, it showed all wasn’t well.
“Yeah, it is good to see you again”, I replied.
He stared off into the distance, and as he did that, his expression changed and contorted like he was thinking hard about something.
“How long has it been? A month? A month plus?” He finally asked.
I froze in place, millions of thoughts rushed through my head. Yeah, it’s just two months though. It had really been that long since I last saw him in person.
I felt a small tap on my shoulder and I turned my head to meet his gaze, he looked worried but didn’t say anything.
“Lionel -“.
“I didn’t expect you to leave Gianna”, he muttered and I sighed.
I didn’t expect myself to choose leaving either but then again, something in me told me to go.
“I know Lionel. I feel bad for it but I needed time to think. Greg told me to go. I felt like he didn’t want me again, he gave me his permission to leave me and -“, I paused as I exhaled deeply.
“He even said I should terminate our child”, I finished up.
“It’s okay, I understand you. If I was in your shoes, I will do the exact thing you did”, he said and I nodded.
“Please, just don’t leave again”, he suddenly said.
“Why?” I questioned.
“After you left, you were the reason why Greg had to quickly recover. He wanted to search for you himself. He missed you. Greg loves you so much although he hardly tells we his friends but we know he does. Ever since you left, I haven’t seen him smile until yesterday when we told him about you. He had suffered a lot. You are his angel, his hope, his happiness, the only person who can help him get a normal life. Gianna please”, he finally finished his sermon and then went on to do the unthinkable, he knelt down before me, rubbing his palms together.
What! Jeez! My eyes widened in astonishment.
“OMG!” I muttered to myself.
“Gianna please”, he kept on pleading.
I shook my head, my eyelids flickering.
“Lionel, it’s… it’s okay. You shouldn’t be kneeling down, I have heard you. I won’t go far away from him”, I said.
He nodded as he stood up. Then we went on to do some catching up, discussing other things. He told me a lot of funny stuffs and made me laugh.
We were making breakfast together when the other two arrived, and they joined us.
Soon we were done and I asked the guys to go over to the little corner where the dining was located while I dish out the food. They did, chattering and laughing as they went.
Greg was still yet to arrive, and I wondered where the hell he had been to.
I was coming out of the kitchen and heading for the dining when the door opened and Greg sauntered in.
“Why did you take so long?” I halted in my tracks and questioned.
“I’m sorry. I had to take care of some things”, he apologized, shutting the door behind him.
I nodded knowingly.
“This is San Jose not South Korea, what did you go to take care of?”, I asked.
He opened his mouth to reply and I hushed him with a wave of my left hand, then took his right hand and led him to the dining.
“Here he comes” Jones said, mouth filled with roasted chicken.
Greg eyed him fiercely.
“Why did you give him such a plumpy chicken?” Greg asked, looking serious.
“Buddy chill. You can have some if you want to”, Jones replied scooping a spoonful of veggies into his mouth.
“Where have you been bro? Without informing us, what if you got beaten up by bad boys? No one could have noticed”, Nelson complained as he dropped the glass of water he had been drinking from.
Greg ignored them all and took my hands in his, as we went to sit with them. We sat and I quickly dished out some food for Greg and myself.
“Gina, you are a good cook”, Nelson complimented.
“Thanks buddy”, I replied blushing.
“I see the reason why Greg refused eating outside since he met you, so can you please pass me the chicken bowl?” Nelson requested.
“Yeah sure”, I replied and was about passing it to him but to my greatest surprise, I saw Greg raised up his right fist and tried to punch Nelson, but he briskly stood up from his chair and the punch landed straight on the side of Lionel’s left eye who was sitting beside Nelson, quietly eating.
He gasped in shock. It seemed like he wasn’t expecting that.
“Ouch fuck!! You wanna blind the daylight outta me”, Lionel cried and we bursted into laughter, except Greg of course.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to”, he uttered sternly glaring hard at Nelson who stood busy laughing out his ass.
“How are you fairing now Mr Lionel? Hope your eyeballs are still intact?” Jones pouted wiggling his tongue.
“Idiot! You started all these”, Lionel uttered.
“I wasn’t the one that made Greg miss his target, have some chicken to lessen the pain”, Jones uttered.
We ate quietly afterwards, Greg warned them not to say any more words, but Jones and Nelson kept smiling mischievously and flashing each other weird smiles, while Greg and Lionel sat grumpily.
I watched amusingly from my seat.