Chapter 22: II Nuovo Inizio

"HON!"

"HON! WAKE UP!"

I can hear David calling to me.

I knew it was him but I couldn’t move my neck. I can't bear to look at him.

I also can't move my neck.

"HON! OH, GOD! PLEASE WAKE UP!"

Wake up?

Why is he saying that instead of asking me if I'm okay?

Isn't he hurt?

Won't he ask me how I am? My neck hurts. hr

~

David's POV

I don’t even want to do it but it feels like I really need to do it.

I know it's wrong but this time it seems like I'm doing the right thing.

"HON!" The last time I shouted at her, I barely slapped her.

I saw her forehead wrinkled so I straightened up when I sat down and pretended I had done nothing.

"Hon?" I call her.

She was soaking wet with sweat and then I was very cold because it was raining. I noticed she was sweating earlier.

So I turned on the aircon even though I was cold and I didn't have a jacket. I only have my coat with me because I have a meeting with Jacob a while ago.

I approached her because she couldn't believe she was here in my office.

"What happened?!" Her lips trembled when she asked me.

"Hon, how come what happened? I should be asking you that. What happened to you? Jacob and I just finished our meeting and he wants to invest in your business." I caressed her cheek as if she still couldn't really believe it so I kissed her forehead. "Are you okay? What did you dream about? You've been sweating a lot lately so I turned on the aircon."

I looked outside, it was still raining.

"Hon? Let's go home." She did not answer my question.

I could see in her eyes that she was confused.

"Abi? Why? What's wrong with you?" I'm really worried about her.

"H-Hon. I had a dream in which I also dreamed. I'm not sure how that happened. I-In the end, only one t-thing happened in my d-dream-" Abigail continued, "in the end ... we were at our house, then we went home from there. On the road-

She didn't finish what she was saying because she was already crying.

"What happened to us on the way?"

I held her on both her shoulders.

I was trying to comfort her by caressing her shoulders.

"H-Hon. In the two dreams that happened to me, we always had accidents. We were hit by a truck. Then I always regained consciousness. But when it comes to you, you're always the one who dies." She sobbed.

I was horrified when I found out.

Good thing that in her dream she is safe but why am I always the one with the worst happening?

Isn't something bad going to happen to me? Not even now? But maybe the next day or tomorrow right away?

I can’t help but overthink.

I wonder what awaits me.

"H-Hon, don't worry. Okay? Nothing will happen to us, nothing will happen to you or me. We will always be careful." I don't know where I got the courage to say that because I was nervous about what she said.

However, the more she needed to calm down, the more she needed that word.

"Please, even if you're not with me at all times, double your precautions. Do it. Okay?" Her voice was still trembling with fear.

I knelt down in front of her and brought my face close to her, "I'll make sure I'm always safe. Don't worry, hon. I'll always be fine. Promise." And again I kissed her forehead, "let's go?"

I invited her to come home because I noticed that the rain had subsided.

She agreed immediately and I sent my secretary home because I had canceled my other schedule.

We got in the car and I was so shocked when she suddenly cried again.

"H-Hon? Why?" I asked her.

"Hon, I don't want to ride in your car now, please?"

"Okay all right, don't worry. We're not going to use my car." I said to her and I put my arm around her.

She leaned her head on my chest.

I picked up my cell phone and contacted my driver Fred.

"Hello, Fred? Abi and I are going to commute. Just get the car here at the office. When are you free." I told him, and he agreed immediately and I dropped the call.

"Where do you want to go or do you want to go home first and do you want to rest?"

"Hon, slap me, please, I want to make sure I don't dream again." She said as she wrapped her arms around my waist and looked up at me.

She is really beautiful.

"Hon, I don't want to do that to you," I said and I slightly laughed at her.

I could no longer restrain myself and I kissed her on her lips.

Her cheek turned red when I did that.

"Please, I won't be hurt." She said and frowned as if she were a child.

"No, you're not dreaming. Do you really want to believe you're not dreaming?" I smiled like I am teasing her.

She glared at me and pulled away from hugging me.

"Why?" I laughed at her.

"I know what you want to do, but you won't believe what I'm going to say. You know what, it also happened in my dream and it seems so real. So if you do that to me again I still can't believe it's not a dream." She also laughed while saying that.

I narrowed my eyes at her, "so did you dream too-"

I couldn't finish what I was about to say when she threw her bag at me.

I laughed at what she was doing, she really didn't want to talk about what was happening to us because she was ashamed to know how she was turned on.

"You are so annoying! Go ahead and say what you wanted to say and you'll really see!" She said boldly.

But I really can't help but laugh at her because she's so cute, I raised my hand as if I was giving up, "okay, I'm sorry." I said and suddenly a kiss touched her neck.

She laughed and she barely hit me.

We haven't finished teasing each other yet but we have to leave the office.

When we got to the corner of my office we both looked at each other.

"Where are we going to ride?"

~

Abigail's POV

David and I laughed when we realized that we don’t know we were going to ride.

We just laughed because we had no idea where we are going too.

I was still wearing a maxi dress and he was still wearing his coat.

Of course, I never asked him what happened in his meeting with Jacob.

It's like I just don't want to ask because in my dream that's how I did and that thing had happened.

"Will you come with me?" I asked David with a smile.

"Everywhere else, I'll come with you." He said and winked at me.

"Shall we go to Sirao Flower Garden? Do you want to?" I've wanted to go there for a long time but I can't go because apart from the fact that I don't have anyone with me, Jacob didn't like to roam before.

"I told you not anywhere, I'll come with you." When David said that, I hugged him, I didn't think he was so sweet.

If I only knew before that he was like this, I wish he was the one I loved first and I wish I had never experienced what I shouldn't have experienced.

"You are the sweetest!" I said to her as I hugged her.

"You're just as sweet as you are. I can't wait to marry you."

When he said that there was a pain in my chest.

Because I can't change my status now. Because until now, I am still married to Jacob.

And I will admit that Jacob and I have not yet worked out our divorce papers.

I also don't know why but because David told me he would help me.

I was in the middle of thinking when a Mybus passed in front of us on its way to a famous mall in the country.

We'll just ask anyone when we get there.

Soon we arrived at a well-known mall here in Cebu City.

When we got off the Mybus it was literally all the people's eyes were focused on us or not at all, as if they just looking at David.

Wow! Only now have I felt jealous of David throughout our relationship! I was irritated because I saw a woman not far from us who was smiling and then abruptly whispered to her companion and then looked at David!

Can't they see I'm here?!

And they are really testing me, huh!

David was startled when I suddenly pulled his arm and held his hand tightly.

"H-Hon, ouch! Your grip on me is too tight. Are you mad at me?” He complained.

"Don't act like that! Just hold my hand!" I can't take my gaze away from the women who still admire David as I say, "can you not wear a coat and baston pants? Your curve is too obvious!

"Huh? What? We're from the office and I had a meeting earlier, it's only natural that I'm wearing this." Said, David.

"Just! Argh! From now on don't wear that!” I suddenly got irritated.

"What should I wear when I go to the office? It's not good if it's just casual. Investors might laugh at me." He said he had a point but because I didn't want to.

“No, you should work from home. Have a meeting using social media! I don't know! It's up to you!" I was so annoyed that I parted from him slightly.

I noticed four women approaching us.

We stopped walking because they blocked our path.

"What?" I asked them.

"U-Uh, your b-brother looks like an actor, Ma'am," said a woman in uniform, I raised an eyebrow at her, "can you please take us a picture?" She said and then she handed me her cell phone with the camera ready.

I laughed a little because of what she did, I looked at the four of them, "are you serious?" I still raised an eyebrow at them.

I even saw them smiling, they looked like they were thrilled. I looked at David and he smiled too! Why is he even thrilled, too?!

I picked up the cell phone and handed it to David.

"Take a selfie!" I was rude to him.

He looked at me with a smile and bit his lip, "stop being cute!" I told him.

I passed the four girls and left David there.

"Excuse me, but I'm not an actor and she's not my sister. She's my wife." I turned to David when I heard him and saw him hand the cell phone back to the woman and they were literally stunned at what they heard.

Serves you right!

David ran towards me and when he caught up with me he put his arm around me.

"I love you, my wife."

~

As of the moment we are already on the bus to Sirao Flower Garden.

I'm excited and at the same time, I’m so happy that we are able to do this today even if I had a bad dream.

David and I traveled for the first time since we got home here in the Philippines.

Because since we came home we have had nothing else to do but work and take care of our business.

Fortunately, there is no traffic to Sirao.

"Are you happy now?" David asked me and he put his arm around me.

"Sure, there's nothing happier than my day today." I just told him. But a lot is running through my mind now because I really feel that my dream is true.

I just didn't really think it was all just a dream.

But it's good that that's not true because I can't handle it if all of that is real.

When David and I went down, I immediately ran to the entrance.

It's like I really need to see flowers now so I'm just so excited.

But when I got to the entrance the guard stopped me.

"Ma'am, you must buy a ticket at the ticket booth before you can enter." The guard said kindly.

I was suddenly sad because it was getting dark but the queue was long. I may never see what they look like in the sun.

"Hon, can we just come back tomorrow morning?" I asked David.

But instead of answering me, he took something from his pocket.

ID?

He picked up his ID and showed it to the guard.

"David Fuentabuella," David said simply.

"I'm sorry, Sir! I-I didn't notice that is y-you. I'm really s-sorry, Sir!" Guard's apology.

I looked at David in surprise.

"What ID did you show?" Out of curiosity, I asked him.

"I guess you forgot that we're in Cebu, hon."

When he said that, at first I didn't know but when I realized that his family was one of the best known here in Cebu.

We no longer bought tickets and we no longer lined up in very long queues.

I took David's hand and then accompanied him as I ran closer to...

"Celosia!" I cried and the smile could not be erased from my lips.

I can't say anything; all I can do is smile whenever David looks at me.

I noticed that he picked up his cell phone and looked around as if looking for someone.

When someone passed in front of us he approached it.

"Can you take a picture of us here?" He said and pointed to the Celosia at my side.

"Sure! All right!" Said the old woman who I think is in her 40s.

David came up to me and put his arm around me so I put my hand on his waist.

"I love you," he said softly but clearly.

Instead of looking at the camera, I looked at him because of what he told me.

And I was just as shocked when he also looked at me.

"You two are so beautiful. You always have to be careful. You two are so a sweet couple. I can see your love in your eyes." The woman said and handed over David's cell phone.

When we look at the picture, you can see that David and I really love each other normally and deeply.

Something I enjoyed.

~

The next day ...

I am excited to wake up because today is the opening of my II Nuovo Inizio here in Cebu, Philippines.

I can no longer remove from my lips the joy of thinking that what I worked for in Italy will open.

"Hon? Are you ready?" David asked me.

He was so handsome wearing his navy blue slim-fit tuxedo.

"Yes, handsome. I am born ready," I said with a smile that reached my ears.