The Love That Passed

Colleen’s POV

“Colleen, dear, why are you still here?” Mom asked when he went to our bedroom and found me sitting on a chair by the poolside. The sun was almost down and a cold breeze of wind brought chills to my body when I never wear a sweatshirt over my clothes.

“I want to wait for Jared here. Lately he had been going home a little later than normal and I was worried that he was facing some problems in the company.” I replied and I saw him sigh.

“Don’t over think about everything. I’m sure that if he has some problems at the company, he will be able to handle them just fine.” she replied.

“How can you tell?”

“I never saw your husband’s face being too stressed whenever he comes home. If ever, he may have thought more of you and nothing else,” she replied.

“Is he having a hard time because of me?” I asked worriedly,

“Of course not! You know that it’s not the case. Yes, I am not going to sweet talk you. As your mother, it was painful knowing your condition and I know that Jared was hurt as well. He may have thought about exchanging places with you, but even if it was like this, I know that he is not seeing it as having a hard time.” she answered, but no matter how much she rephrased everything, the truth will only hurt me and us.

“It’s painful but never hard. Because when you love someone, nothing is hard. You feel pain and it is natural. Loving someone was not always heaven, you know, but it doesn’t mean that it was hard. You only make it hard for yourself and that makes it hard for Jared as well,” she added.

“You need to be strong. I know it was easier said than done, but you have to. If you think you can’t, think again. Because you are the strongest and bravest person I ever know.” she continued, and I felt touched. I smiled at her and let her hug me. I was thankful that Jared brought her and her family to our house, which gives us time to be together like this.

The mother’s love and affection that I thought was lost is now found and in full swing. Having Diane and Marcus as well as Uncle Rick in addition to our family made it even more meaningful.

“Now, get up and let’s get inside. You wait for Jared inside your room. He will worry if he finds you here.” she said and helped me get up from my chair.

“It’s not good for you to overthink, so it will be fine and better if you ask Jared what worries you.” she added and I nodded as we both got inside our bedroom. “When Jared is home and dinner is ready, I am going to call you two, OK?”

“OK, mom. Thank you so much.” I said and she left our bedroom after she gave me a kiss on my forehead and then I waited for Jared.

It was 30 minutes past 7 when he arrived and he looked really tired. I welcomed him with a smile and a kiss. He hugged me so tight and said, “I missed you so much, wife.”

“I missed you too, how’s work?” I asked, hoping he would tell me if he was tired or worn out so I could help him relax.

“Everything’s fine and I have already hired some secretaries to help Rodney when I am not around.” He replied.

“Why won’t you be around? Are you going somewhere?” I asked,

“I planned on staying with you more than in the company. Rodney will only have to report to me or if Ingrid agrees, she will have to go there and look after things that I should look after.” He replied.

“You don’t have to-” I was trying to object but he stopped me.

“I want to do it, because I want to be with you, especially when your 7th month of pregnancy is approaching. I can’t work properly as well when my mind is here with you.”

I felt touched and it made me feel special. Although I was feeling like this, I still have a lot to thank for. One of those is this. I never expected him to make such a decision but here he was, willing to do everything he could so we would be able to spend more time together.

“How can I be this lucky?” I asked him.

“Because you have a handsome husband?” He asked, teasing, so I smiled.

“That and a lot more than I can count.” I replied and he laughed.

“No, wife. I was the one who was lucky and I must have saved the world in my past life for God to grace me with you.” he replied, capping my face with both his hands. I like it whenever he does that. His thumbs caressing my cheeks and that brought shivers to my body which made me want him.

Though I was trying to control myself because I knew that he wanted me too, he knew that we can’t indulge ourselves with so much intimacy. He had been very careful and I appreciated that.

“You make it appear that I am worth everything in this world.”

“No, you are a priceless wife. You are not just one in a million, but the only one in this world.” I giggled after he said that.

“You’re happy?” He asked, smiling, and I nodded immediately. I wanted him to know that he just made me super happy. “That’s good, because I only want you to feel that way.” He added.

“Why don’t we go to the diner and have our dinner already? We must be very hungry to give each other so many compliments.” I told him and he let go of me, then freshened up before we went out of our bedroom and joined mom and the others for dinner.

Everyone was seated when we got there and Jared pulled a chair for me to sit on and he sat beside me. “I enjoyed eating with everyone during breakfast and dinner. It was fun and very lively.” He said as we started eating.

“You must have been feeling lonely during lunch in your office,” Mom said, and he nodded.

“That’s why I always want to bring Colleen with me, but the incident with the reporters last time prevented me from doing so.” He replied.

“I already told you that I am fine and I didn’t bother thinking about it.” I told him.

“Still, it could have given stress to you,” he said.

“But it didn’t.”

“Enough of that, I personally understand Jared. I was worried as well when we found out about it after you got back home.” Mom said, which everyone agreed, which made them all laugh and so did I.

The dinner was fun just as Jared said. We went back to our bedroom after that and, because we were not sleepy yet, he decided to pull the chairs from the poolside near our bedroom door and we sat there.

There was a canopy that covered the sky from where we were positioned, so even if we wanted to see some stars we couldn’t. We just sat there while I leaned on his chest as he had his arm wrapped around me. He tucked me in a quilt so I wouldn’t get cold and talk about what we had done the whole day that we were away from each other.

It was just a repetition of what we talked about over the phone but we still happily talked about it again as though it was the first time that we heard from each other.

I wanted to laugh at our craziness, but I guess that’s what makes us love each other even more.

We were laughing and even when I was already sleepy, I did not bother telling him that because I knew that he was going to carry me to our bedroom when I ended up sleeping, which I knew was going to happen soon.

I want to do this every night so I can get a good night’s sleep and the possibility of having him in my dreams is going to be great. I am going to call this our sweet time. With that thought, a smile slipped over my lips as my eyes closed and sleep finally visited me.