Chapter 89

Chapter 89
In every direction there is a star, should she fly into the universe any way would be the right way. She tilts her head, gazing upward, eyes more open than they can be in the fullness of day, not looking at one star, yet somehow seeing them all at once.
 
She breathes out gently—this was serene. It was all she needed.
 
He stroked his hand up and down her arm and looked down at her. She looks at him and smiled. "Thank you." Her voice makes him to smile for no reason. Possibly because it's the only voice he gets forward to hearing every morning.
 
"I'm glad you're okay now," Max said to her. She'd been upset since they left the airport. She spent the rest of her Sunday in her room until Max decided to join her and met outside at the balcony.
 
She was staring at up at the gazillion stars, smiling at nothing but her imaginations. It's a beautiful sight to stare at.
 
She frees herself from his hold and moved to the ledge. She was now watching out to the city. Her eyes wandering from a building to the next. She seemed intrigued by whatever her eyes caught sight of even though she had seen it several times.
 
"What was it you wanted to tell me?" Her voice caught him off guard as he wasn't expecting her to bring it up.
 
His throat instantly went dry as a chill ran down his spine to his feet. He cleared his throat and moved closer to her. Her face was still facing straight but when he stood beside her, she turned to look at him.
 
She shoots her eyebrow in a questioning way and he shakes his head. "It was nothing... I just wanted to tell you that I missed you so much when we were apart..."
 
"Max," she called him, her eyes were glassy and he knew that she knew it wasn't what he wanted to say.
 
He chew on the corner of his lower lips as he breathe out gently. His eyes were searching hers and it gave him hope even though he knows he's not getting what he wants.
 
She's looking up at the sky again and her eyes grew long. He doesn't look up but by the looks on her face, she was looking at something astonishing. "I felt a drop of rain," she whispers.
 
He raises his head up and the stars were hidden behind the grey clouds. He felt the drops also and more came. "We should go in," he said because this rain won't wait until they were done talking.
 
"I wanna watch the rain fall," she told him. He knew how much she loved the rain.
 
He grabbed her hand and guided her into her room. He doesn't close the glass door. They stood inside her room while the rain begin to fall.
 
There was a smile on her face and it was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Her orbs lightened up as her eyes wander in every direction the rain fell.
 
He wished he was kissing her rather than standing there, staring at her.
 
"He's so lucky to have you as his mate."
 
Her smile falls as her expression freezes, as if his words jolted her with a bolt of lightning. It kind of did because she wasn't expecting to hear that from him. She slowly turned to look at him and he's smiling at her already.
 
The room lights were off but the occasional lightening helps her get a glimpse of his face.
 
"Hunter. He's your fated mate..." That sentence seemed hard for him to say. His voice trailed off toward the end as though he was attempting to stop himself from finishing his words. The truth was bitter but he has to face it if he wants to move on.
 
"How... what?" She chuckled anxiously. It started from he wanted to tell her something to Hunter is her fated mate. "What makes you think that I'm going to take him back?"
 
Max looks out the balcony and shrugged. "Because you guys are meant to be."
 
She was taken aback by his quick decision. "What if I don't want him?"
 
"Oh, come on, Elise." He's facing her now. "You have to stop being stubborn and admit things to yourself. Being stubborn is what's making you have all these heartaches and confusions. It's what's bring Ethan back and Aaron pestering you." The shocking look on her face makes him to chuckle.
 
"Just because I don't say anything doesn't mean I don't know anything."
 
She lowers her gaze as her cheeks reddens for absolutely no reason. "I just..."
 
"Or are you going to date me?" He asked as she gasped, raising her head to look at him with gaped eyes.
 
"Exactly." He shoulder shrugs. "Do you know why I let him to come see you without hesitation?" He asked her and she shook her head. "Because I know he's the only man that loves you wholeheartedly and sincerely. And he's the only man that would put you first before himself."
 
She takes her eyes off him and took a deep breath. She chew on her lower lip as though she was about to cry. Her throat was burning with agonizing pain.
 
"I knew him before he even met his wife Larisa. He's been a good guy his whole life and I've always looked up to him. He's the only man I can trust around you other than me."
 
Elise chuckled, a very appealing, purely feminine sound. He smiled, staring at her smile while she's looking back at him.
 
"What's the problem?"
 
She folds her arms across her chest and heaved a sigh. "I don't know... I guess... I'm just scared." She sighs again, looking down but immediately bring her eyes back up.
 
"I think I did love him," she whispered under her breath. Her eyes were getting watery and he knew she was about to cry. Talking about Hunter always made her cry because she's messed up everything between them.
 
"It's been months and I think of him everyday. Sometimes I'm enraged at him for what he did and sometimes I'm thankful that he at least came into my life and gave me hope again." She looked out the open door and stared at the rain that fell in synch with her now falling tears. "It was the best thing I ever felt. I think that was love." This was the first time she had ever admitted to loving Hunter. She has never told anyone or even confessed to herself.
 
But now she believes it—all this while, she just needed someone to help her point it out.
 
Max expression was stoic. It's hard for him to hear her cry. He pulls her in a nice and tight hug, and she buries her face in his shoulder, sobbing quietly.
 
A long moment later she pulls away, smiling a little through her tears. "I ruined your shirt with my tears," she said, pointing at his stained shoulder.
 
He shrugs it off, smiling. "I like it that way."
 
She chuckled softly, hugging herself because she could still feel Max's arms around her even though he was standing few inches away from her.
 
"You're going to be okay," he told her, with a smile. "And he's coming back to you."
 
"How sure are you he hasn't moved on? I mean... I blew the man off after he travelled hours just to come see me." She rolled her eyes, annoyed at herself for what she did months back.
 
Max brought his hand to her forehead and brushed a lock of hair off her face to the back of her ear. "Trust me, there isn’t a word in the dictionary for how much he loves you.”