Rachel

Rachel

“Jayce, where are we going?” I asked as he walked with me, with his hands wrapped around my waist and my eyes covered in blindfolds. “I can’t see anything,”

“That’s the point, and don’t worry, I’m holding you tight,” Jayce said, and even with a blindfold, I can say that Jayce was smirking, staring at me like that, holding onto him.

“There are steps, being careful,” he warned.

I don’t know when we reached the place Jayce wanted to, as I was asleep, and the moment Jayce parked his car, he covered my eyes with a blindfold, not letting me see anything. I panicked at first seeing Jayce acting so very suspiciously, but later I calmed down with Jayce’s presence around me.

“I hope you love what I planned for you,” he mumbled, taking a few more steps and stopping, sliding the blindfold away from my eyes.

I blinked a few times, trying to adjust myself to all the bright lighting surrounding me.

The thing my eyes noticed first was Jayce standing in front of me in a black tuxedo, holding out a bouquet of red roses to me. “Thank you.” I took the bouquet from him. “Where are we? And when did you change?” Jayce laughed at my words.

“After so much hard work, you noticed my tux,” he shook his head, holding a big smile on his face and kneeled in front of me. I made a mistake I guess. I roamed all around the space we are in, and my mouth pops open, starting with the beauty of the place that Jayce brought me.

“The day you fell on my lap was the day things started changing in my life. Like an angel you came into my life, changing it little by little, making me who I am,” Jayce said.

“Jayce..,” I mumbled, but other than words, it didn’t seem to come out of my mouth.

“You taught me to be happy in hardship. You taught me the meaning of love. You taught me how to look beyond my fears and try to take risks in life, and as time passed, I don’t how, but slowly I started liking little things about your food, the way you smile and make others smile, the importance of cherishing every moment of life even when things are as good as we want it to be. And with time, you became my life.”

I don’t know how to respond to hearing all those words from Jayce’s mouth. He was never the one who shared his feelings with others, but I looked at him, opening his heart out to me.

I kneeled with him, holding his hands in mine. I don’t know what else to do, rather than to be there with him, always.

“Rachel, I love you. I know I was a fool in the past, and maybe I could be a fool in the future, too. But I promise to never hurt you or leave ever again. You’re my life. And I don’t know what I would do without you.”

“Jayce,” tears started streaming from my eyes, and words didn’t seem to form in my mouth. The only thing I want is to be with them forever and ever. I wrapped my arms around him, crushing him in my grasp. Tears started dripping from my eyes. Who could have thought that behind this strong, mysterious man lies a loving heart that holds so much love for me?

“I love you too…., I don’t know how to describe my love for you, but I can’t dream of living without you in life,” I mumbled.

“Rachel,” Jayce whispered, staring at my face, gently wiping the tears from my eyes.

“You look handsome,” I replied with a smile.

Jayce shook his head, staring at me and planting a gentle kiss on my forehead. “You were crying right now and now you’re flirting with me,”

“I can’t waste my time being sad all the time. I want to smile and enjoy my time with the one I love.”

“Good, you look beautiful when you smile,” Jayce said, standing up and holding out his hand to me.

“Come with me,” Jayce said, holding my hand as I stared around the place we were in. It seemed like a resort, with all the greenery surrounding us, a river right beside the place where we are standing right now, and everything was decorated with fairy lights and roses and looked so beautiful in the nighttime. But why is no one here with us? Everything looks so empty, as if we are the only people in the resort. Where are all the other people?

“Jayce, why are you alone here?” I questioned, as Jayce walked me toward a table.

“Because we are the only ones who are here, other than the staff,” he said, pulling the chair out for me, and making me sit on it.

“But why…?” I wanted to ask. But a waiter walked by our table holding a bottle of champagne and pouring it for us.

“Anything else, sir?” the waiter asked Jayce.

“You can bring the entrée,” Jayce said, and the waiter left at his word.

“Jayce.., why are we here alone?” I asked once.

Jayce smirked at my words. “Well, I booked the entire palace for us.”

My mouth pops open hearing his words, “But why?”

“Because I wanted to surprise you.”

“Jayce, you don’t have to do this for me? I love you even without all this.” Jayce smiled at my words, holding my hand from below the table, gently planting his on my lips.

“I know, that’s what makes me love you more,” Jayce mumbled. “But this place holds precious memories of my parents and me, and I want to share them all with you, but alone.”

“But still…” I wanted to say, but Jyace captured my lips with him, kissing me again, but this time it was not gentle, it was strong and passionate, with his mouth putting his calm on mine. Things were just getting hot, but then Jyace speared him with a smile on his face. “Just enjoy yourself while we are here and let me show you how much I love you.”

I didn’t want to say anything to him after the passionate kiss, numbing my thought process, so I just nodded my head, emptying the glass of change in front of me.

Jayce laughed, looking at me as he filled my glass again. I don’t know if this is the beginning. Then what has Jayce planned later for us?