Chapter 46

"At least tell me where you are taking me?" Celeste asked again in an impatient voice, making Liam chuckle. Hearing him chuckle at her misery, Celeste couldn’t help but glare at him even though she couldn’t see because of the blindfold he had put on her eyes.

"Just ten more minutes. I promise," Liam said with a smile as he held her hands. The driver who was driving the car smiled at himself as he heard their conversation.

"You've been saying that from the past three hours," Celeste said in a childish voice as she slowly leaned towards Liam. He held her close to him.

"It's been only 20 minutes, Celeste." Liam looked at her before he answered her with another chuckle, making Celeste scoff.

"Whatever. Both are the same when you are excited," Celeste said with a grin while looking up at him. Liam shook his head in amusement.

It had been a month since that night when Celeste and Liam had their confession. Celeste had been staying in the mansion with Liam and his parents. She had been really happy for the past month as she again experienced Liam's gentleness and care for her. But this time, it made her happier knowing he had loved her. She had had her doubts, but in the past month, all that slowly started to fade away with his love and care. Also, Clarissa and Andrew gave her all their love, making her feel at home. She didn’t know when was the last time she was that happy.

One fine Saturday morning, Liam informed Celeste that she should get ready as he had a surprise for her. Celeste was confused and excited at the same time and asked him about the surprise tenth time, but Liam didn’t tell her even when they were in the car. He just said it was a surprise, making her even more curious, and that's one of the reasons Celeste hated being surprised.

"Why are you putting a blindfold on me? What's going on?" Celeste asked impatiently when Liam put a blindfold on her eyes after they got out of the car.

"I told you: it's a surprise," Liam said with a laugh.

"But is it necessary to put on a blindfold?" Celeste asked while holding the edges of the blindfold with her hands.

"Yes. It is. Now follow my lead," Liam said while holding Celeste's shoulder and leading her the way. After a while, Liam stopped walking, making Celeste also pause.

"Now you can take your blindfold off," Liam said in a soft voice, making Celeste nod excitedly. Celeste took off the blindfold hurriedly and blinked a few times to get her vision cleared. She then looked around herself, and her eyes got stuck on the beautiful house in front of her.

It was breathtakingly beautiful! She couldn’t take her eyes off the beautiful two-story modern house. She looked around herself only to find she was standing in a beautiful white rose garden. There were only two types of flower plants.

White Rose and Lavenders. They were her favourites.

"Do you like it, Celeste?" Liam asked with a smile, making Celeste turn to look at him in awe.

"I love it. It's beautiful. Are we going to stay here?" Celeste asked excitedly while clapping both of her hands. Liam chuckled at her reaction.

"Since It's our new house, we have no choice but to stay here," Liam answered with a smirk, making Celeste look at him with wide eyes.

"Really? Thank you, Liam," she said while reaching up to kiss his cheeks, but Liam turned his face, making it land on his lips instead. Celeste's eyes went wide with the sudden move as she took a step back with a sheepish smile.

"Can we go and look inside? When will we move in?" Celeste asked while taking steps towards the house.

"Tomorrow," Liam said while handing her the keys to the house. Celeste nodded and took the keys happily before entering her new home.

***

Celeste and Liam walked hand-in-hand around the farmer's market while looking at different organic products. Liam had brought her here after they were done checking their new house. Celeste couldn’t explain how happy and excited she was to move into her new house. Her happiness doubled when Liam proposed to bring her here.

He even was taking his time to buy things with her and giving his opinion, which was really new to her. Celeste bought a lot of new ingredients for her new house and also for Clarissa. Suddenly her eyes lingered over peaches and jujubes, making her heart clench in sorrow.

Her grandma loved those fruits!

Celeste averted her eyes and put a smile on her face to cheer herself up. She didn’t want Liam to be upset because of her. They were there to enjoy not spoiling their moods.

"Liam, I want to buy some peach and Jujubee plants along with some magnolia plants. Can we go to that side?" Celeste asked while looking at Liam.

"Sure. Let's go," Liam said with a smile while taking her to where she wanted to go. After Celeste picked up some plants, they moved towards the antic section as Celeste wanted to buy some ceramic products for their new home.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Celeste said while showing Liam a beautiful ceramic bowl.

"It is," Liam replied with a smile. After that, they both picked some ceramic products and a few more products that Celeste wanted to decorate her home with. Liam, who was checking his watch to see the time, called out Celeste's name, but he got no response. When he looked at her, he found she was looking at something with a loving gaze. He followed her eyes and found it was a baby crib. His face automatically turned into a smile when a sudden idea crossed his brain. He didn’t say anything to her; instead, he simply smiled mysteriously before calling her name again.

"Celeste, let's go." He said, pulling her hands. Celeste averted her eyes from the baby crib and nodded before following him with a soft smile.

***

"I'm hungry. Can we stop somewhere to eat something?" Celeste asked while looking at Liam with a pout.

"Sure. What do you want to eat?" Liam asked with a smile.

"A cheesy quesadilla from Quesadilla Cart," Celeste replied after thinking for a while.

"Street food isn't healthy, Celeste. You are pregnant," Liam said while shaking his head.

"No. Who said cheesy quesadillas are unhealthy? They're yummy, and I want to eat one," Celeste said while scowling at him.

"That's not the point. We could eat in a good restaurant," Liam proposed, hoping she would agree and drop the idea of eating unhealthy street food.

"No, I want to eat a cheesy quesadilla from the Quesadilla Cart. Please, Liam," Celeste said in a pleading voice, making Liam give in.

"Okay," Liam agreed, defeated.

"Thank you," Celeste said while giving him a quick kiss on Liam's lips, making his heart flutter. Liam smiled at her and pulled her closer to his chest by hugging her from the side while instructing the driver to drive towards the quesadilla cart.

Nothing but her happiness mattered to him.