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 GAELLE slowly opened her eyes when she woke up but instead of getting up right away, she just stayed lying in her bed while staring blankly at the ceiling. She heaved a deep sigh when the face of the only man she loved and kept on loving until now popped up on her mind.

She chuckled humorlessly. It looks like it was already impossible for her to forget about him and remove her love for Kellan. No matter how much resentment and anger she was feeling right now, that couldn't kill her love for him. She was certain about that because she could feel that the love she has for him didn't even decrease since she left him.

He should consider himself lucky because until now, he's the only man her heart wants and keep on loving.

Her heart clenched painfully as she remembered his handsome face; his green eyes as he stares at her so lovingly and his lips that never failed to make her lose her sanity just by his kisses.

She felt her eyes heated up as tears clouded her gaze. She took a deep breath in order to calm herself down and to stop herself from crying. It's been a week since she came back in France but her longing for Kellan never even decreased one bit. She missed him a lot and she couldn't deny that fact no matter what she does.

Everything that happened was still hurting her and whenever she remembers about it, the pain in her chest kept on getting worse. She caressed her tummy and a smile occurred on her lips when she felt her still small baby bump which serves as a proof that a life was slowly growing up there; the fruit of her and Kellan's love.

These past few days, their unborn child served as her strength to avoid getting too sad and stressed out from thinking about what happened between her and Kellan. She didn't let the pain get the best of her because she knew that her baby would get affected if she let the negative emotions eat her.

She tried her best not to think about Kellan often but it was so hard to do so. But even so, her unborn child in her tummy served as her happiness and diversion to forget even just for a while. She haven't given birth to her baby yet but she already knew that she would love her/him so much, more than her own life.

"Stay put, baby. Don't worry, we'll both be okay. I'm here for you. Mommy will always be here for you" she said to her baby while caressing her tummy full of love. And just like that, she felt calmer.

She was about to get up from her bed when she heard someone knocking at the door.

"Chérie, are already awake?" her eyebrows creased and then glanced at the digital clock. It was already 9 am and she thought her parents already left for work. She got up from the bed and then strode her way towards the door to open it. It was her maman Belinda.

"Oui, maman?"

"It's good that you're finally awake. Do you want to come with me at the store? You've been nothing but staying home since you arrived from the Philippines. You know that it's not good for your baby. You need to exercise even if you just take a walk" she suggested, worry was evident on her face. Gaelle smiled faintly.

She wanted to tell her that she didn't want to go out but she knew that they're getting affected of what's happening to her and about her actions lately. They're already getting worried about her.

When her parents heard about what happened between her and Kellan, they got so furious and told her that leaving Kellan was just right for him. They said that she just did the right thing.

"Okay, maman. I'll just take a bath" joy and relief illustrated on her mother's face. It looks like she wasn't expecting for her to agree to go with her.

"Okay. I'll wait for you downstairs. Your breakfast is already prepared" she smile grimly and then nodded her head. When her mother left her room, she quickly went to the bathroom and took a shower and then dressed up after that. She didn't bother putting some make up on.

She just put on a lip gloss and then let her long hair fall freely on her back. When she finished prepping herself up, she went downstairs to eat breakfast. After eating her meal, she and her mother drove to the office.

SHE STAYED at her mother's office and helped her with her paperwork's and other stuff. Her mother didn't want her to help but she insisted. She felt bored and needed to do something so she busied herself working her ass off.

It was around afternoon when she finally got tired so she told her mother that she would go home ahead of her. Her father let her use his car to go home. He told her that he would just ride with her mother after their work.

While she's on her way home, she decided to hang out near the Eiffel tower before going home because she changed her mind of going home early. She didn't have anything to do at home anyway other than to lay down, or watch TV and think about her situation.

SHE SAT on a bench while thinking about the things that's been happening to her life when someone suddenly spoke behind her.

"Salut, Gaelle" she looked at his direction when she heard his familiar voice and when she saw his face, she confirmed her suspicion.

"Pierre..." she muttered in surprised.

She never thought that she would see him again after the last time they saw each other.

"How are you? Long time no see" he asked while staring at her intently and then stood before her with a confident smile.

"I'm fine" she answered inanimately and then stood up. She was about to leave when she felt his hand stopped her by her hand.

"Can we talk, Gaelle?" she raised an eyebrow.

"And why would I talk to you?"

"I just want to talk about what happened the last time we saw each other" there was a hint of pleading in his voice. She pulled her hand from his grip.

"There's nothing to talk about, Pierre. Everything's fine. I didn't even hold any negative feelings about you" she said. Yes, that's true. She really doesn't have anything against him aside from disappointment. She thought that he was different but she was wrong.

She stared into his eyes. She could clearly see the regret in his eyes but she knew to herself that whatever happened between them wasn't important anymore. It was all in the past. Actually, she was even thankful because Pierre left. If he didn't, she might've agreed to become his girlfriend even though she clearly knew from the beginning that she didn't love him at all.

Because of what happened, she found her way back to the only man who owns her heart. Even though she and Kellan's relationship hurt her again, she doesn't have any regrets because he was the only man she ever loved and still continuously loving until now.

"Even so. Please, I want us to talk. I have something to tell you" she heaved a sigh. She crossed her hands across her chest.

"We're already talking" she answered coldly.

"Can we talk somewhere else? Please?" his voice was begging while gazing at her. She scowled at him.

"Just this once, Gaelle. Just this once. I just want to tell you something" her eyes closed for a couple of seconds. Irritation filled her but she chose to remain calm. She doesn't understand what else he wanted from her because she knew that they didn't have anything to talk about.

"Fine. Let's go at the nearby restaurant. I only have 30 minutes before going home" Pierre nodded right away and she could see the excitement that registered on his face upon hearing her answer. They went to the nearest restaurant to talk.

"What do you want us to discuss about?" she asked formally.

"I want to apologize of what I did before. I know that I was an a*shole of what I did and I am regretting it badly" Gaelle couldn't hide the surprise look on her face upon hearing that. She wasn't expecting that he would actually apologize to her.

"I already told you, everything's fine. You don't have to worry about that because I already forgot about it" he nodded his head and then smiled grimly.

"I hope, I am not late yet though" her eyebrows creased.

"What do you mean?"

"I still love you, Gaelle" that took her by surprise but she didn't let him notice it. She secretly observed the beating of her heart but it remained beating normally. Now, she confirmed that she really doesn't have any special feelings towards him.

"I'm sorry, Pierre, but----" she stopped mid-sentence when Pierre suddenly took her hand and then kissed it. She was caught off guard that she couldn't react right away. She was about to pull back her hand from him when someone suddenly snatched her hand from his grip.

They both got surprised and looked at the one who did that.

"You?!" Pierre stood up from his seat roughly when he saw who it was.

"I already told you before to know your place" Kellan said menacingly. Rage was evident on his handsome face while Gaelle on the other hand, blinked for a couple of seconds as if she was confirming if she was only seeing things or not. She couldn't believe of what she was seeing. He's here, he's really here!

Even though she didn't want to admit it, happiness rose within her heart. She didn't expect for him to come to France!

"You don't have the right to tell me that! If you don't want me to tell Gaelle what you did to me, get lost" Pierre answered daringly. Kellan's fists tightened in anger.

"Don't you dare" Kellan threatened. Pierre smirked.

"Do you want to know something, Gaelle?" Pierre asked.

"What do you mean?" Gaelle asked in wonder.

"Did you know that he was the reason why I left without even saying goodbye to you before?" her eyebrows creased.

"Leave while I still have my self-control" Kellan warned in controlled rage. His eyes were blazing with fire and she could tell that he would do something violent to Pierre any moment now. But even so, she wanted to hear what he wanted to say.

"Let him talk. I want to hear what he wants to say"

"But---" before Kellan could complete his sentence, Pierre spoke.

"He threatened me not to get close to you before. He threatened me that I would lose my job if I wouldn't leave you alone. Even though I didn't want to do it, I couldn't do anything but to oblige. The owner of the company where we used to work is his friend. He's not a good man, Gaelle. He's a bad person"

"Is that true?" Gaelle asked Kellan through gritted teeth. She couldn't believe that he would do that.

"Let me explain, chérie" his voice was begging as he stared at her. His face softened too. Gaelle looked around them and saw that everyone was already looking at them. She stood up and then walked out of the restaurant briskly.

She heard them called for her and then continued with their heated exchange of words. She knew that they were already fighting because of her but didn't care anymore.

She didn't want to get stressed out because of them; it wasn't good for her baby. Because of anger, she hurriedly walked towards the parking lot without looking back. She was happy to see Kellan but her anger increased as well because of what he did to Pierre before.

She was about to get inside the car when she heard the commotion from outside the restaurant. She looked back and saw that Kellan and Pierre were already almost killing each other. They were fighting like two raging bulls.

Panic rose within her. She went back to stop them.

"Stop it!" she screamed but the two men ignored her.

"I said, stop it!" she repeated but fear crept throughout her body when her stomach suddenly hurt. She stopped moving and touched her tummy.

"Ahhh!" she groaned in pain. She felt something warm on her inner legs and when she felt it up with her palm, her eyes bulged in unexplainable fear when she realized that it was blood!

"Chérie, are you okay?" Kellan worriedly attended to her. The corner of his lips was bloody. They finally stopped fighting.

"I-It h-hurts----my s-stomach h-hurts" he looked at the blood in her hand and legs and fear registered on his face right away upon seeing it.

"Oh, my God! You're bleeding! Stay put, I'll bring you to the hospital" he said in panic then picked her up and hurriedly got her inside the car. He kept on saying 'sorry' while driving. She noticed that he was already crying. Indescribable pain crept inside her as well.

It hurts but she didn't care about what she was feeling because her concern was solely about her baby.

Later on, her eyelids were getting heavier. Even though she didn't want to close her eyes because of fear that something bad might happen to her baby, she couldn't control it. Darkness was strongly pulling her senses.

She heard Kellan calling for her repeatedly before darkness totally engulfed her.

KELLAN felt like his heart was crushing down into pieces while staring at Gaelle. He took her hand and then kissed it.

He came to France to chase after her and take her back but this happened. It was his fault again. He let his jealousy got the best of him when he saw Gaelle's hand was being held by another man.

Of all the scene that he would see, he had to witness that. Because of that, he couldn't stop himself and jealousy ate his heart out completely.

"Please forgive me, chérie. I didn't mean for this to happen" he whispered emotionally, full of regret. He couldn't remember how many times he uttered those words since a while ago. He kissed her forehead and then her lips. He gently touched her tummy and then kissed it as well.

"I'm so sorry, baby. Daddy didn't mean to hurt you like this" he uttered while crying. Gaelle almost had a miscarriage because of him. Thankfully, nothing bad happened to Gaelle and their baby because he would never forgive himself if something bad happened to them.

Later on, Gaelle stirred up and slowly opened her eyes. Happiness filled him but at the same time, he felt reluctant and scared to what she might do upon seeing him. He was right because when she saw him, rage instantly registered on her lovely face.

"W-What are you doing in h-here? Get o-out!" he shook his head vigorously. He was already expecting that this would be her first reaction upon seeing him but he would never leave her even if she was mad at him.

"No. I won't leave you here alone, Gaelle. I promised myself that I would never leave you again the moment I found you. I love you very much and you and our baby are my life. Please forgive me that this had to happen the moment that we saw each other again. It wasn't my intention to hurt you like this. Please believe me. It wasn't my intention to cause trouble. I couldn't just control the jealousy that I felt when I saw you with another man. Please, forgive me, chérie" he said full of guilt and regret.

"I d-don't want to s-see you r-right now. Get out!" she said with a faint voice, almost hysterically. Because of the fear that she might strain herself because of her yelling, he decided to go out even if he didn't want to. But before he closed the door and get out, he spoke.

"I'll be just here outside, chérie. I won't leave you. You and our baby are very important to me and I don't want to lose you again. I love you so much, chérie. You and our baby are my everything. I will surely die if I'd leave you that's why I will never ever do that again no matter what happens" he saw the change on the expression of her face.

Her face softened. He stared at her lovingly before he went out and closed the door behind him to give her time to think. He knew that she was angry at him but he would do anything to fix things between them. He loves Gaelle so much and he would do whatever was necessary so that he wouldn't lose her completely.

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It's getting messier with each passing chapter! LOL. 

What do you think? Is there a chance for Gaelle to forgive Kellan after this? 

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