Chapter 53
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"On this beautiful day a baby girl was born and brought so much joy in our lives, thank you for being born Selena. I know we met under abnormal circumstances but I don't regret ever meeting you.
Marrying you was the greatest thing I ever did. You brought so much joy in my life as well as those of my family. You taught me to love, forgive and be a normal person who lives freely and happily.
Because of all that I just want to say that thank you for loving and be with a person like me. I am very sorry for everything I made you go through but I promise you that I will never let you suffer in your entire life. I will make sure that you are happy as you are now and I will not let you duffer alone.
We will face everything together as one, just like our vows we took together that day. I love you and I will always do. S.S."
She couldn't help herself cry as she read that message that her husband had written for her. He wasn't a great talker; it might have taken such great courage for him to say all this. She was really proud of him and happy that he declared his love in front of so many people.
As she wiped away her tears the lights came up and there, he was smiling at her and walking towards her. She couldn't stand up at all, she had lost all the strength, she felt as if she will stagger and fall if she tries to stand up.
Sean reached her and went down on her knees. She didn't even think much about it. She just thought that since she was seated he just wanted to be on the same level with her. He wiped away her tears and she smiled at him.
"I love you more my husband and I will always do," she said as she cupped his cheek with her hand.
She could feel it, he had more to say and she wondered what more he could say when he had already done everything a woman could hope for. He suddenly reached for his pocket and took out a box. Everyone gasped as they saw what was happening. She just couldn't understand what her husband was up to but when she saw him opening the box, she gasped too and looked at him with confusion.
"Dear, what is going on?" she asked as she saw the sapphire ring in the box.
"Selena Sawyer will you do me the honors of marrying me?" he popped the question and she just stared at him with utter confusion.
"Aren't we married already?" she asked confusedly as she looked at him.
"I know that we are but I want this to be our fresh start. I never gave you a proper engagement ring, don't you remember?" he asked seriously and she knew the answer.
There was no love between them in the beginning so nothing like this happened but this was different. How could she refuse him when he was being such a darling like that?
Selena stretched her hand towards him with a huge smile pasted on her face.
"Yes, I will marry you as many times you want my husband," she said and made the whole audience burst into laughter.
Sean slid the white gold sapphire ring on her finger and it fit perfectly. She has always wanted that ring; she was just so glad that he gave it to her and fulfilled one of her greatest wishes.
Ignoring everyone that was around, Selena initiated a kiss between herself and her husband. She could heat the cheer of the audience until she couldn't hear it anymore. She was lost in a world where only she and Sean existed with no one else.
When the kiss was finally broken, she was all red with embarrassment, she couldn't believe that she did something like that in front of her parents. But they didn't seem to mind at all, everyone was just happy with what had just happened which was a huge relief.
The rest of the party was spent with her clinging on Sean as if she was stuck. She didn't want to leave his side and he just gave up on going anywhere else. By the time the party ended, she was sad to see everyone leave.
Her parents were sleeping at the hotel; apparently Sean had booked them at the hotel and gave them a week getaway. Her parents were going to have a vacation while they enjoy a romantic time together which was a relief.
She kissed her parents' goodbye as it was time for her to return back to her marital home with her husband.
She sat in the car quiet as she thought of everything that had happened. She just couldn't believe it, everyone fooled her and she fell for it. Next time she was going to pay attention to herself and those around her. Because there was no way she was going to have another surprise birthday without her knowledge.
When they arrived home, her husband disappeared for a while and she took that time to dress herself in that red sexy lingerie her husband loves on her. She no longer has that body to die for because of her pregnancy but that never stopped the two from being intimate to each other.
When he returned, she was lying on the bed and he smiled at her.
"You do realize that we need to rest right," he said as he climbed on the bed in his gown.
"Does that matter?" she asked as he lay next to her.
"I guess it doesn't. Since it is a special night I may as well make love to my beautiful wife and make this year a special one," he said as he kissed her neck slowly. She moaned with pleasure as he did that.
"I would love that dear," she said as she hooked her arms around his neck.
She knew what she was asking for and she didn't mind at all. She wanted her husband and he wanted her too. They had been careful because of the pregnancy but for tonight all that can be forgotten. She just wanted to make love to him, feel him as he fills her in and rocks her world.
And Sean never disappointed her, was it because he was older and has so much experience, because he did exactly that and took her places and rocked her world the whole night.
Selena looked at her husband at dawn, loving the way the sunrays were streaming across his handsome face. This man lying there was hers and there was nothing more she could ever ask for.
So, what if she was a little bride like what others calls her? She was still his bride, his wife, the mother of his children but above all his woman and she knew it that she was going to be happy with him by her side.
Love is strange; it has no frame, no rules and no requirements. Love is love.
EPILOGUE
TWO YEARS LATER
Who would ever thought that one day she will find herself smiling so brightly like that as if it was just her and her family alone in the whole wide world? She couldn't hide the joy that was emulating from her as she posed for the month's family pictorial for the new shop that their company had opened.
She was proud of being a mother, a wife but above all a woman who found everything she wanted in this life. She smiled and thanked the staff who had worked so hard for making this pictorial lively as she left the stage where her pictures were being taken.
"Mommy!" her daughter Sophia ran towards her and she scooped her two-year-old daughter up carefully as she was already expecting another child. They had been pretty busy, she wanted a huge family and Sean didn't seem to mind at all.
"Are you hungry my princess?" she asked her daughter as she rested well in her arms.
"Yes. Are you done now? I miss daddy."
Selena looked at her daughter, for such a young girl she was able to talk as if she was already five years old. She was a troublesome child but she makes her happy. She was one clever and intelligent child and she could see a bright future ahead of her. She also hoped that her unborn baby will be just like the sister and make them al proud.
"Yes, we are done now. Let's go and meet daddy outside. He promised to take us to the zoo. You love the zoo, right?" she asked her daughter whose face was all light up with the mentioning of the zoo.
"Yes, I can't wait."
After wrapping things up with the staff, Selena left the building with her daughter and found her loving husband dressed in casual clothes waiting for her.
"Are you done with work?" she asked as she approached him.
"I am done for the day, now I can spend the rest of the day with my loving family. So, are you ready?" he asked as he took Sophia away from her.
"We are all ready, my love," she said smiling at him.
The three of them got into the S.U.V; it was a safe car for a young child as well as her other pregnancy. Sean drove them to the zoo where Sophia was in the lead, looking at the numerous animals in the cages. Sean held her hand as they walked, watching how happily their daughter was.
The joy this man brings to her was too much. She was glad and happy that she got to feel what is like to be with the person that you love. Just as happy as she was, her friend Vivian had found her own happiness and got engaged to Edward. She was going to be the bride's maid of honor by the end of the year when the two gets married.
It was such a joyful moment and she was overjoyed to see how her friend had found her own happiness. Being able to be with him, just like this, saying nothing but knowing what the other is thinking without a word, was all that she need.
She came to a sudden halt and he stopped as well and he looked at her with those loving eyes, already knowing what was going to happen next. When it comes to him, she couldn't hide a thing. It was so difficult for her to just even lie or hide anything because like he always says; her eyes always give her up.
He cupped her cheek and brushed her lower lip with his thumb before he captured her soft lips with his. She closed her eyes and kissed her husband back. She loves this man and she will always do. If she was able to get back in time to change something, she will never change a thing but go back to that exactly moment where she messed his clothes and owed him a debt.
"I love you," she whispered as they broke apart the kiss as their daughter was now hanging between them.
"I love you too," he said back before picking Sophia from the ground.
She couldn't hide her smile as Sean took her hand again and the three of them resumed their date. A thought suddenly rushed through her mind and she found herself smiling.
That statement relates to her life and she hoped that people out there who were waiting for chances or circumstances to be happy or to pursue what they want to achieve, they should apply it and live a life that they will never regret like how she doesn't regret her life or the choices she made to be where she was now or who she is now.
"Never wait for a perfect moment; just take a moment and make it perfect."
THE END…
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
