Chapter 52
**** MELINA P. O. V ****
“So…” I said looking at him.
“So we have a place to hold mom’s funeral,” he said with a smile, and I smiled and nodded.
“I know. I meant about you. I told him, “Your humanity,” and he sighed.
He stood up and said, “Oh, that.”
“What do I do then?
He laughed when I asked.
“I’m not sure. What did you do that time to make me like you again? ” I rolled my eyes at his question.
I said, “You remember,” and he nodded.
“Yes. And I almost killed you. He told me, “Don’t let that happen to you again.” I sighed.
“I know, but I have to take action. I told him, “I can’t wait to see you again,” and he smiled.
“Okay. He said, “Why don’t we try a kiss?” I smiled and took his hand.
I kissed him on the lips and said, “I hope it works.” He kissed me back, and I tilted my head and kept kissing him.
He started to enjoy it, so I thought his humanity was back on. I stopped doing what I was doing and looked at him.
“Do you love me? Did it work? I asked him, and he smiled.
“Nope it didn’t. He said, “I remember the memories, but I don’t feel anything.” I sighed in sadness.
He added, “For now,” and I sat back in sadness.
“Jason, I don’t know what to do. Help me help you. What do I do? ” I asked.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
He said, “Maybe we should go down memory lane,” and then I had an idea.
“Jason, when I first met you. I really did not like you. The way you forcibly took away the thing I loved most made me hate you even more.”
“I didn’t want to see or be near you. I told him, “I wanted you dead for good.” All he did was smirk.
“But the day you told me your damn rules was the first day I knew I couldn’t hate you forever,” I said with a laugh.
“You put your face so close to mine that I couldn’t stop thinking about kissing you. I worked hard to make sure I didn’t, and when you moved back, it helped me.”
“Since that day, I’ve hated that I couldn’t stay away from you. I heard you didn’t care about people, so I didn’t think you could ever change.
“Agnes kept telling me to keep trying, though, because she knew you didn’t like me. I knew I shouldn’t try to get you back, but my feelings for you kept getting stronger and stronger.”
“And the look on your face that night, when you were scolding Clara and you shot me, “The fear in your voice made me realize you still had some good in you, and I was the only one who could bring it out,” I told him. I could see tears welling up in his eyes, so I kept going.
“When I woke up in the hospital, I could hear you crying, and Agnes couldn’t stop telling me about it. “And one time I wish I could see you so I could see how cute you would be,” I said, laughing and crying at the same time. He did the same.
“When I first saw you, I was angry, but then I realized that I couldn’t hate you, so I wanted to leave. I didn’t want to hurt Harrison because I’ve known since we were kids that he loved me.
“After everything he did to help you, I couldn’t just let him go like that. And one day I’ll never forget was when we were almost kissing goodbye at the club and Harrison stopped us,” I said, and we both laughed again.
He wiped the tears from his eyes and said, “That annoying fool.”
“Yes, I wanted to punch him that day, too, but I wanted to show you I wasn’t fooled by your good looks,” I told him, and he smiled.
“Jason, I left Harrison because I love you. On that boat, I couldn’t get you out of my mind. I knew that if I lost you, I would be sad for the rest of my life and that I would hurt Harrison in the end.”
“I saw the new you, but don’t worry, I didn’t fall in love with you then. It happened while you were still not human. Jason, you should know that no matter what happens, I will always be here for you.”
“I know it hurts that your mother is gone, but I will do my best to be here for you. I hugged him and told him, “I’ll be right here to spend this time with you.”
I said through tears, “Please come back to me,” and his tears touched my shoulders.
He said, “I love you, Melina,” and I looked away from him.
“Are you back?
” I asked, and he gave me a yes.
He cried like a baby and said, “I am.” I gave him a tight hug and let him cry it all out.
“Mother. Mother… “She’s gone,” he said through tears, making me cry even more.
“Jonathan, she was proud of you. I kissed his head as he cried on me and told him, “She loved you and will keep watching over you.”
He said, “Thanks, Melina,” and I looked at him.
“What for?
” I asked as I used my fingers to wipe away his tears.
“Thank you for staying with me when I was such a monster. “Thank you for sticking with me even though you saw how bad I could get,” he said, and I smiled.
“You weren’t really that bad. We both laughed when I said, “Ryan was the scary one.”
He said, “I’m serious, Melina,” and I smiled and took his hand.
I kissed his lips and told him, “I’d do anything for you, baby.”
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