Chapter 613: DECISIONS
Elena hugged her teddy bear while recalling the conversation she had with Tristan during lunch break. It was the first ti he called her Lena and it was a na that her friends often call her as well. She thought he probably got it from her friends. She didn’t mind him calling her that but she was still adamant in letting him inside her heart again. Her heart was in constant pain when she saw him in the past, liking him when he was still in love with his ex – fiancé. It took so much effort from her to get him out of her system and now, he was asking to give them a chance.
She checked her phone and found it was already 8 o’clock in the evening. She was still wide awake even though she wanted to sleep early. She opened her phone and found Cayenne’s number. It would be better if she asks for advice from soone who experienced a lot of things.
‘Ms. Yen, are you still awake?’
Stefan was busy checking out the wedding plan while his wife answered her assignnts. She was supposed to answer them earlier but she got busy when she rembered the things she needed for the weekend. She almost forgot her assignnts. Stefan took out her phone from her bag and saw Elena’s ssage.
“Elena sent you a ssage.” He said without opening it even though he knew the password.
“Can you read it for ?”
“She’s asking if you are awake. I’ll tell her you are answering your assignnts.”
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“No. I can use a little break to answer that.” She put down her pen and accepted the phone from him. She leaned on the couch between his thighs and leaned her head on his knees while dialing Elena’s number.
“Ms. Yen, am I disturbing you? I’m really sorry.”
“Not really. I was just reading so books. Do you need my help or sothing?”
“Well, I just have so questions for you. It’s a little private, though but I really need so advice before I lose my mind.”
“Chill. Just calm down. I’ll be listening to you. Don’t worry, I’d be glad to share so advice from my experience.”
Elena sat up on her bed and leaned on her headboard while looking at the red carnations she picked from her trash bin. That’s right. She picked the flowers she threw earlier. “Tristan and I talked during lunch and our conversation bothers so much. I don’t want to jump head start in a relationship that I am not sure of.”
“There’s really no assurance when you start a relationship with soone. It depends on you if really want to start sothing with him.”
“Then, how did you make up your mind to start over again with the boss? I an, you almost had a divorce with him, right?”
“Hmm...about that, I don’t really rember much now. When I decided to start over with him, I told myself not to dwell on our past. The first few months of our relationship was built with lies and secrets. We didn’t fully trust each other that ti. So, when one thing was exposed, it crumbled our relationship. When he knocked on my door again, well, what exactly happened after that?”
“You shut the door for . I had to use any ans just to get close to you again. If it weren’t for Erwin and your brothers, I don’t know how long I’d spend sitting outside the house.”
Cayenne chuckled when she heard his response. “Did you hear that? The beginning of our relationship wasn’t all that sweet at all. Well, there were sweet monts but there were bad tis, too. Ah! I rember. We fought one ti and it caused to have an ulcer because you forgot to feed .”
“is that counted? We weren’t in a relationship back then. Don’t remind of that because I always feel guilty when it crosses my mind.”
“That’s why he makes sure to feed on ti.” Cayenne told Elena which made the latter laugh on the other side of the line. “The things he missed doing in the past, he tries to make up for it now. My husband isn’t a perfect man. I’m not a perfect wife either. But our imperfections make us whole.”
“What if I say Yes and later on, he’ll break my heart again?”
“I had that question over and over inside my head. But nothing would really happen if you won’t take a step. Aside from that, wouldn’t you regret if you won’t do anything? Since you would regret anyway, why not make a leap of faith and just give your heart to him. If he breaks it again, just rember that you still have your family and friends. They will always have your back. You can always move on. You can love again until you find the right person. Because sotis, fate will allow us to love the wrong person to learn a lesson.”
“Huh? I thought boss is your first love?”
“That’s another story. Let’s not talk about it because my husband doesn’t like to ntion it. His pride will be hurt.”
“That’s expected of the boss.”
“Anyway, if you need more advice, I can always arrange a tea party with all several won from my circle of friends. They can give you good advice as well.”
“Thank you, Ms. Yen. I’m good for now. I’ll think about it really, really hard before I make a free fall of this relationship.”
“Hn. That’s good to know. I suggest you think about this during the day or you won’t get any sleep tonight.”
“Yes. I’ll do that. Goodnight Ms. Yen. Goodnight boss.”
When the call ended, Cayenne imdiately looked for Tristan’s na from her contact list and sent him a ssage. ‘Do sothing to impress her again. Also, if she ever agrees to have relationship with you, do not, I an it, DO NOT ever hurt her. I will really pluck your hair one after another if you hurt Elena again.’
Tristan received the ssage while decoding the things written on the paper that Jackie gave. The smile on his face blood like he won a lottery and he ordered a bunch of red carnations which were made of cloth. In that way, they won’t wither and rot. ‘Hopefully, she won’t throw them again.’
As for Elena, she went outside of her ho and cut three bunch of daisies before going back to bed. Her mother who saw what she did was confused but she let her be, thinking she might want to place flowers inside her bedroom. She had no idea that Elena just plucked the petals one by one, counting whether he loves her or not. He said it already but she was still stubborn and silly, thinking a flower could tell her the truth.
Thankfully, the last petal ended with ‘he loves ’. If it was the opposite, Tristan would probably hate all daisies in the world.
The next morning, Elena woke up from the series of knockings on her door. Still groggy, she walked to the door and opened it, only to see her mother’s grin plastered on her face.
“Ma? What’s going on? It’s not ti for to go to work yet.”
“Just so you know Maria Elena, your alarm has gone off three tis already. Just what you been doing last night for you to wake up this late? Your friend has been waiting for you downstairs for almost an hour now.” Then, her mother grinned once again.
“Friend? Who would co to pick at this hour?”
“He said his na is Tristan.”
“Tris-what?’
“Tristan.”
“How does he look?”
“Why are you asking that?! Go and shower already. My gosh! You are an adult already. Why are you still acting like love-struck teenager?”
Tristan heard everything and he couldn’t stop laughing silently because of her. This was the first ti she’d witness the silly side of her. He might not be seeing her face but he could already imagine what she was like from the exchange of words with her mother.
“She’d probably freak out knowing that I’m here.” He stifled his laughter once again while preparing the flowers he bought.
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