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Chapter 93
Chapter 93
Chapter 93 – The Beginning and The End (Anj‘s POV) Sky and I ran excitedly like crazy drunk teenagers to the shore. This was not the night I was planning for because Anya and I wanted to play in the water so badly, but we couldn‘t because our hands were tied in looking after the children. Yet this was much better. Way better.
I grinned as my feet welcomed the white foam from the waves approaching me and did not mind the ripple of water rocking as my body immersed in the seawater. I held on tightly to
Sky‘s arm, and as the water became more profound, he caught my hands.
“My feet can still touch the sand, you know,” I said, trying to sound confident, but I could already taste the salt water.
Sky was taller than me, so I was sure he could still touch the ground, but he stopped moving forward. He took my hands, placed them on his shoulders, and let me decide what to do, maybe whether just to hold or move closer to him.
I chose the latter, moving to him and intertwining my fingers at the back of his neck. My body shivered when Sky groped his hands to my waist, pulling me closer to him, our skin almost touching. Almost hearing the sounds in our surrounding made me realize we were quiet, and no one seemed to start a conversation.
“I‘m gonna die here, Sky, if you don‘t tell me what‘s running in your mind,” I teased him.“ You are scaring me.” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
He chuckled. “Ah! You‘re thinking I‘ll bring you farther and let go of you,” he said in a low voice, so sexy that I could not see the threat of getting drowned. “Remember, I‘m a mom of three,” I grinned as I tried not to break our gazes, but my instinct was telling me he had something to say to me, and I would not like it. “What do you think I‘ll do to you, Anj?” He asked, taking a deep breath. “Drown me here or
disappoint me with something you want to tell me? I don‘t know.” I licked my lips, tasting the salty water. He raised his hand and touched my face. “Let‘s continue our game here, Anj. One truth, one secret.”
I chuckled nervously. “Just drown me and then take care of the kids for me, okay?”
“Let‘s be brave this time, pumpkin,” His fingers traced my face and stopped on my jaw, touching my chin. “I don‘t want to be brave,” My lips quivered as I lowered my head, but he lifted my chin to meet his eyes again. “I‘m good at escaping, remember?” “Let‘s finish it here, Anj,” he whispered with emotions I could hardly recognize.
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“You knew...” I fought the tears back as I released a small sigh. I wanted to escape, but I knew I would probably drown before reaching the shore with the tide getting higher. I took a deep breath as I nodded, agreeing with our little game. “One truth, one secret.” It came out of my mouth as a whisper. “Your idea, you begin.” Sky nodded. “I was here last night. It was me who drank the half from the bottle, not you.”
My heart stopped beating, and it took a while before I could understand, but I was in the process of slowly wrapping my head around the truth that it was not a dream. The conversation we had inside the closet was real. “It‘s your turn,” he said.
My heart was weeping as I pressed my lips, weighing if it was time to come clean. Then, I thought of my children and remembered our conversation this afternoon at the beach. Less for me. More for my
children. “This is where it all began... and this is where it will end,” I choked at my words. “You knew I was the Angela you‘re looking for. Is that right, Sky?” His Adam‘s apple moved and nodded. “You‘re my wife. How could I not know? You‘re the only woman who could make my brain go haywire.” I gulped for air and opened my mouth, but no words came. “You brought us here to the island, so I could not escape from you until I tell you the truth.” I was not supposed to voice it out, but I was too hurt not to tell him.
He shook his head. “I wanted to spend time with my kids, not miss their birthday for the first time, and be with you, but last night changed everything.”
“Sister Grace told you everything, didn‘t she?” My scornful laugh was brief, but I could not convince myself she would do that. He chuckled, shaking his head. “The truth? She made me angry, Anj. All she has to do is tell me everything, confirm it was you, but I guess, even if I torture her, she won‘t tell me.” I nodded, feeling a sense of relief, but the truth was already scattered in the water, and all Sky had to do was pick all the pieces and put them together. “I guess I gave myself away,” I smirked and lowered my eyes, not wanting to meet his gaze anymore. I didn‘t want him to read the searing pain because I promised myself I would not cry. “Why didn‘t you tell me you were pregnant, Anj?” There was a pain in his voice. “I was afraid. Whenever I think of coming to you, my courage melted, eaten away when I think of you being happy with Lalaine.” I explained, surprised that I was able to say it to him. He heaved a sigh, nodding at me as he looked heavenward. I could feel his hands balled into fists, and if he decided to pull me down underwater, I would understand the anger. “You caused me pain, Anj. You hurt me when you left. You killed me when you kept my children away from me. You made a selfish decision of not telling me the truth, sounding
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desperate to ask me to act as their father when in fact, I am their father.”
I sucked my lips in, suppressing a cry because everything he said was true. I closed my eyes, finally feeling the cold water that I shivered. I let go of my hands in his nape and floated, not because I could but because he was still holding me. “If I came back and told you I was pregnant, what would you do, Sky? When we met again, and I beg you to go to my children‘s activity because they needed a father, what would you say to them?”
He let go of his hold because he knew I could touch the ground already. “You should have stayed!” He gritted his teeth. I laughed bitterly. “If you were here last night, you know the answer to that question, Sky!” I growled at him. “Why would I stay when you don‘t love me? Do you love me, Sky?”