gan's POV
Eight Years Later
"Are you happy now, gan?" Alice asked , and I was inside my office, looking over the window.
"Happy about what?" I asked as I tried to think what she ant.
"Well, being a successful businesswoman. You made your na, g. You are the company's CEO who owns the expensive best-selling perfu in the entire country. You are only new in the business world, three years more or less, but the product of your company is extraordinary." She said, and I smiled at her.
"You could say that I am happy, I beca what I wanted to be, I am now a chemist, and I created my own brand of perfu, but since you are my best friend, you know how I feel, Alice," I said, and I can see the concern on her face.
"Of course, how foolish of to ask you that kind of question. It has been eight years, g, and I think it is ti for you to have a love life." Alice said.
"Here we go again, Al," I replied as I shook my head.
"I will never get tired of reminding you that you are still young. At twenty-six, you beca so successful, g. You are still beautiful, and n are drooling over you every ti you walk in front of them. You beco sexier as the tis go by." Alice declared.
"You better stop that, Alice. You know I am happy and contented with my life now, but I am still mourning over Abigail's death." I said, and I couldn't stop feeling sad as I rembered my baby girl. When I ran away from ho, I never expected to have twins, but my baby girl died after I gave birth to them.
"gan, it wasn't your fault; besides, you have Axel, and he is a healthy baby boy." She said, and I agree with Alice, but I couldn't stop thinking about my little girl, and because of Ashton, I lost her.
"Because of that bastard, I lost Abi," I said.
"Hey, it was no one's fault, gan," Alice replied.
"My baby girl could have a healthy heart if Ashton didn't drive away that day, I was in pain, Alice, but I tried my best to pretend I was okay. I was only eighteen years old when I got pregnant with my twins, and I have nowhere to go, and if not because of Gael, I don't know where I am right now." I declared.
"Abigail could have a healthy heart if I weren't broken-hearted during my entire pregnancy," I said, and my best friend fell silent, and then she left my office when my trunk line rang. I answered the call, and I talked with one of my clients for ten minutes, and I couldn't stop myself from looking back.
I can still rember the first ti we arrived in galopre, I fell in love with the place, and I am forever grateful to Gael. When he started solo, he used all my songs, and I never expected my pieces to beco so popular nowadays. Even if I insisted he would take all the credits, I never expected Gael would give 50% of his earnings of all the songs I composed for him for the last eight years. I was only thankful for him since he was the first person who offered help when I was so down and brokenhearted.
"gan, you were an angel, I earned so much because of your songs, and it would only be fair to give you back what you deserve. You earned every penny you have in your bank account." Gael said when I told him it was too much. After two months of living at his house, I looked for an apartnt in the town center because I didn't want to be a burden to him.
Alice stayed with , and we both looked for a job, and when I gave birth, I already had enough money in my bank account through the effort of Gael. I never expected he had given fifty percent, and when I reread the contract, I signed for him. He stated he would be giving fifty percent of the earnings per song I wrote for him in return for taking the rights for my songs. And I couldn't stop myself from crying that day when I looked at the figures in my bank account, and it grew higher every month.
I continued studying, and I also asked Alice to continue her studies. I told her to pay after she finds work after her college graduation when she already has a job on her own. But I never expected I could build my own company. I hired her to work for , and now she is my VP for Sales and Marketing, and she had already fully paid her loan from , which I only sent to her parents. I felt guilty that my best friend gave up her life in Astikoz for my son and .
Alice gave up her love life to be with Axel and . She helped take good care of my son even if I hired a nanny. When my best friend didn't return to Astikoz, her boyfriend broke up with her, and no matter how I asked her to go back without , Alice was stubborn and remained in galopre with us.
And I wondered what happened between them, and it was only later on that I learned before we left in Astikoz, she found out her boyfriend had cheated on her. She didn't tell anything because she knew I was in deep pain; she bottled up her own pain for my own sake. That is why I am so lucky to have Alice in my life through thick and thin.
And now I am living in my own house, and it was Gael's property, the one we lived in the first ti Alice and I arrived in galopre. It is now under my na. I am just glad Gael inford he would put his property on sale, and I didn't hesitate to buy it because it was my dream house. Even it was too big for the three of us. Alice and I both studied at the sa university. I took up a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry while Alice studied BS in Marketing.
I used the remaining money I earned from composing songs for Gael to open a small business after I bought the house, and I never realized the market would embrace my product, but of course, thanks to Gael. Because of him being so popular, he offered to be the model of my perfus, and then the rest is history. My best friend has her own house now in Majuscule, but most of the ti, she stays with us because she will miss Axel.
And now M&A Wonderful Scent Co. is at its peak, and I could tell my life is perfect, but I can't deny the emptiness I felt from eight years ago is still there.
"Hey, we need to go ho now, gan," Alice said, and I shut down my laptop while I craned my neck, and I stretched my legs, and I couldn't believe another day was over.
"Mommy! Mommy!" I heard my son's voice reverberate in the living room the mont I got inside, and I couldn't stop myself from running, and I took him into my arms.
"Hello, Axel! What did you do in school today?" I asked, and he started telling about his activities in school. I am so proud that I have an intelligent kid, and I could tell he got my intelligence, and I wouldn't say I like it when Alice reminds that his father was also an outstanding student, and there are monts I wonder where he is now.
He beca famous in football after he graduated from college, and I wouldn't say I liked it every ti Gael would visit my house. He will watch football, we will fight, and in the end, I will always win, and he will shut off the screen as I reminded him how much I hate everything about football.
"Mom! There is one thing I wish for my birthday." Axel said after we had eaten our dinner, and he was sitting beside on the sofa of our main living room as we watched his favorite cartoon. He paused the TV screen, and I could tell my son was excited. I smiled at him as he looked at in the eyes. I know Axel is mature with his age, and I love him so much.
"What? Why are you looking at that way, Axel?" I asked him, and he gave his beautiful smile that lts my heart, and I hate that I always rember his father every ti my son smiles because I can't deny that they have the sa kind of smile.
"Promise you won't get angry." He said, and I looked at my son with tenderness as I caressed his face.
"Who says I am going to get angry with you, Axel? Mom loves you, and there is no reason for to get angry with you. Unless you will beco a bad boy, when you will not listen to mommy, or your aunt Alice, and uncle Gael, and of course, to your nanny Clara." I said.
"Of course, I am always a good boy, mom." He replied, and I ruffled his hair, while I could see out of the corner of my eye, Alice was listening and watching us with amusent on her face, and I couldn't deny I beca so excited to know what my little boy wanted for his birthday.
"You can tell mommy now, Axel. What do you want for your birthday?"
"I wanted a football ball.." My son replied, and my body turned so cold as I could feel my face turned so pale while I heard my best friend chuckle.
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