Chapter 3

They stayed in that position for about three minutes and Layla reluctantly started withdrawing as she still had a lot to ask him, but before she could say a word Jaden put put his long finger on her lush pink lips "shush my love, we'll deal with your questions later, for now let's just enjoy this memorable moments, I'm so happy I could finally see you again after so long, God knows the only person I thought about everyday and night was you, and now that I finally have you in my arms, I can't wait any longer" Jaden spoke as he looked directly into her beautiful eyes and the fire of love he could see burning in them burned for no one else but him "Mine, you mean the world to me and you know that, you remember the day we met for the first time at the restaurant, that is the day I hold closest to my heart, it was no mistake and the heavens made that day just for fate to bless me with such a wonderful priceless goddess, without you in my life, I don't know what would have been my motivation, the fact that I have you is what pushes me to get up everyday, the fact that you care so much about me is what inspires me never to give up and I am more than convinced that you are the one for me, one of my greatest fears and insecurities have always been due to the fact that I know I don't deserve you, you deserve the best and more, nothing less, nothing like the rest of this random girls, but I'll rather die than let you be with someone else, I know I'm being greedy and selfish but I can never let you go in this life or the next to come, that is why I decided to work on myself, I want to be worthy of you, that is why I will work tirelessly to be the man of your dream, because my love for you is most real, because I intend to spend the rest of my life appreciating you, my treasure, I'm crazy about you, you know that, you complete me, my everything I adore you, I love you to the moon and back, you give me wings to fly, I haven't found a word in the dictionary to describe my love for you.

But I want you to know that you rock my world" Layla couldn't hold herself anymore, this was just too much, he was making her tremble as she became overwhelmed with a river of emotions "Jaden I love you more, I love you more than life itself, I'm nuts for you and the love keeps growing each day" Layla said out as she let him go " you know what I want to do right now?" Jaden asked her " I want to french kiss you in Infront of God, your family, my family, the priest, and the whole congregation and whole world as we say ' I do', Layla my most precious Jewel, please marry me". Jaden said as he went down on one knee and showed her a diamond ring, Layla was electrified, she felt so thrilled and couldn't help but smile as tears rushed down her face like a waterfall, of course, she wanted to marry him, all she wanted to do now was scream "yes!" And then she opened her mouth and spoke "Jaden I love you to the moon and back, my answer is.." she suddenly saw a pool from nowhere and before she could react Jaden pushed her into the pool and she started drowning.

Layla gasped for air as she tried not to sink and suddenly she woke up, she found herself in her bathtub, the water was already cold and she started to shiver, she had fallen asleep in the bathtub and almost drowned, and then she suddenly realized that all what she had seen was a dream "Great heavens!" Layla exclaimed, "That was one hell of a proposal, but I did enjoy it, Jaden is so full of surprises and I should be expecting one soon, but what was that last part?" She thought "Oh I'm sure it's nothing, I was about to drown so maybe the dream also diverted" she reasoned out. Layla couldn't shake off the dream and stayed in the water letting herself wander into the world of imagination, she started thinking about where she met Jaden, that was three years ago but the memory was still fresh in her brain.

A few years back

The young Layla was feeling a little bit down and decided to take a stroll, her brother wasn't in the country and none of her friends were around, her driver wanted to follow her but she insisted she will go by foot, the driver was very reluctant and tried to make her reason with him" but miss your brother strictly Instructed that you should never go around without a car, you almost got in trouble the last time, please I ". " Donald please just leave me alone, I'm not a child anymore, I'll do what I want when I feel like it, you have to respect what I say and now I say, just leave me alone, go away!!" Donald was terrified of what her elder brother would do to him and said shakily "But miss.." "you heard me driver, You don't want to make me really mad at you, do you?, piss off!" Layla shouted, the driver was frightened, she never behaved this way, he didn't know what to do but reluctantly left, she didn't want to get into her bad books or get fired, but he decided to stay close without letting her notice, Layla was trying not to get irritated Infront of the driver but she had lost it, effortlessly trying to calm herself down but was still rational, trying not to pour out her frustration on the poor driver, she got agitated anytime things weren't going well for her and this was one of the time when she was confused and had no idea on how to calm down, the only thing she could think of was what her brother was always strongly against, roaming around with no direction or location in mind, worst of all, on foot, she just left and kept walking, she had nothing on her but didn't care, she was ready to go to wherever her feet would take her, she was scared her brother would find out, he was gonna come back anytime soon and the first person he usually checks on immediately he comes back from his business trips is Layla, she thought of turning back but now even the thought of her brother wasn't enough to make her change her mind right now, she kept on walking non-stop, her feet were now aching after just twenty minutes of trekking, She was a rich twenty one year old girl that had never experienced hardship in her life so she wasn't used to walking so much, but still she continued, after about an hour she was exhausted, she couldn't move anymore and she thanked her stars for her choice of dressing had made it easier for her to come this far, she wore long blue jeans that were ripped a little at the level of the knee, a red crop top and red sneakers.

she had taken time to clear her mind and now felt better, she wanted to turn back but her legs hurt so much she thought they would never stop, she didn't know what to do, she left her phone in the car when she couldn't control the frustration anymore and suddenly decided to alight in the middle of nowhere, so she couldn't get to the driver, her card was with her phone in her purse so even though she knew her brother's private and business number offhand, no one would lend their phone to her for free, she started looking around and spotted a restaurant.

she hadn't realized till this moment that she was starving and without even thinking that she had no money, she walked with so much difficulty towards the well-known VIP restaurant with only one thing in mind which was to eat first, she had no idea how the payment will be done but that was less of a worry, she could contact him through any phone in the restaurant, and without even bothering to confirm it's name, she finally walked into the restaurant, she looked around and noticed that it wasn't a very big restaurant after all, though there was a VIP section all the other places seemed quite open and ordinary "miss welcome to grande cuisìne where would you want to take your seat please, will you be more comfortable in a quiet and cool place or will you love to bless this crowd with a glimpse of your grace and beauty?" Layla didn't even have the strength left to smile, she got compliments like a hundred times every single day, she wasn't moved when people praised her looks but she was too kind and wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, she just nodded and said "I would love to get some fresh air while I eat please" " very well miss" the waiter said cheerfully it wasn't every day that he got to talk to a pretty lady who was so humble genuinely.