CH 13
Calvin
She looked so very different; Rin had cut her long hair off to just below her shoulders, and it was curled and splayed around her, and that dress on her was amazing to look at, matched her skin tone and draped nicely around her curves. Even her make–up was done perfectly today, soft and feminine with medium pink lipstick. She was just standing there staring up at him. He watched as her facial expression changed several times, as she waited for him to kiss her, then those words and her tears welled up. When she realised he wasn’t going to, he saw it. The moment she thought that, and then she just turned away from him. When really it was just that he didn’t want to ruin her make–up.
He touched her face and made her look at him. She’d only asked one thing of him. He waited until she looked up at him, and then leaned down and kissed her softly, chastely, only to have her react to that as well.
It wasn’t the kiss she wanted, but if he kissed her the way he wanted to, he’d be wanting to pull her clothes off. He’d not seen her in over a month, and had not touched the bloody woman either. He’d found that a damned hard thing to do. Knowing she was in that house in their marital bed. He’d wanted to drive down there and crawl into it every bloody day, since she’d signed the divorce papers.
It was the longest bloody six weeks of his life. But the contract marriage was over now, and things would be all good, in just 24 hours. His intent would be clear, but to see her walk away from him like that a second time. He couldn’t do it. She was upset, and he needed to fix that, so he yanked her back to him and kissed the hell out of her, devoured every inch of her mouth with his. He had wanted to kiss the woman for weeks, hell months now and he knew it.
She got all of him in that kiss goodbye, all his desire and hunger for her, and his body reacted to hers as he held her to him, and ravished her mouth with his. He wasn’t going to stop kissing her either. She’d broken it at the feeling of his arousal against her. He couldn’t stop it, and he wanted her to know he still needed her, wanted and desired her. Only to have her curse at him as she yanked herself away fro
There were tears pouring out of her, he was really truly hurting her. He realised a little too late, she wouldn’t
even let him brush her tears away, just turned and hurried away, telling him she’d never understand him. But
she would, when she got off that plane, everything would fall into place, and she’d know why he did all of
this.
It was because he loved her, because he wanted to have a real marriage. Not a contract marriage and he did
it this way so she could see his sincerity, see him standing there waiting for her to get off that plane in Italy, and have him waiting right there for her to tell her he loved her.
His heart ached at her muttered words. He had to tell himself it would be alright, that everything would work out as he planned. He called Wil and the man arrived 15 minutes later. “How’d it go?”
“She cried.” He muttered “Is hurt,” he sighed.
“I told you it wasn’t the right way.” Wil stated, “Here you dumbass,” he handed over his luggage. “I hope you’re right about knowing her, because if she is truly heartbroken, she may not trust you again so easily.” His friend clapped him on the back. “You picked a different plan carrier right.”
“Yes,” he nodded and looked at his watch. “I pre–checked in as well. So just security and then right to my
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flight it leaves in 45 minutes, hers not for two and a half hours. She’s also got two layovers, and I have none at all.” he handed his keys over to Wil, who wished him luck.
He yelled at him, “You’ll bloody need it.” as he headed into the airport himself. To catch his flight so he could beat her to Italy and prepare in advance of her arrival, though it was all set and he knew it. He had double–checked that himself today before going to pick her up from their house.
His flight landed long before hers did, and he took the time to shower and shave, do his hair and get dressed, looked right at himself. “You’ve got this, she’ll understand I want a real marriage with her, family and children. “He told his reflection, but all the way here all he could recall were her tears and those muttered words, ‘why I fell in love with you? I should have known better‘
He headed to the gate. Her plane was landing. He’d never left the departure zone, was still there. If he left he’d not be able to get back in, and he wanted her to know the minute she got off that plane that he was waiting for her. He heard it get announced that it was on time, and would be landing in 10 minutes. He packed himself up and headed out there, where there was a man standing with a large bunch of flowers.” Thank you for bringing them in,” he told him.
“Me too,” Calvin nodded, and that was exactly what this was him proposing to Rin, the woman he loved and
drawn by a loud screaming noise that penetrated the windows of the airport, and he saw a plane, hit the tarmac. Its front wheel had folded, and it was sliding along the ground in a rain of sparks, as it touched down, coming in too fast, and then it just tipped to its side and rolled over. The wing snapped and there were suddenly flames roaring to life before his eyes.
His heart hammered inside his chest as his eyes moved to see what plane it was, and the flowers fell from his hand as he realised it was Rin’s plan, and then there was black smoke filling the air and an explosion lit up the sky. “No” came from him as he raced down the airport as it slid out of sight of him.
that plane heartbroken, He chased after it, and stared in horror as he realised what he’d done. He’d put her and she’d died alone feeling unloved and unwanted. He couldn’t get out there from nere, but he could see the whole thing was upside down and engulfed in flames. There were no people coming from it that he could see. Emergency vehicles were racing out there from everywhere.
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