Lie To Me novel Chapter 64

“Calm down, Eli. She’s going to be fine,” Maxine, my cousin said.

I shook my head. “She needs me there,” I replied, looking at her husband to gesture to him to drive faster.

Fuck.

I never thought I would feel as nervous as I am right now.

Jianna Astrid.

Someone I never thought would come in my life and would make this big difference in me.

She changed me…

She made me the person I am and I will never regret knowing her.

I still remember how Maxine bothered me just to send a text to her friend—I honestly don’t understand why she has to be friends with her fiancée’s ex-girlfriend.

Right.

That girl was Russell’s ex-girlfriend, the girl he chased for so long before he met my cousin.

I don’t have a problem with her being nice to that girl but being friends, I don’t think so.

Sometimes, I don’t understand girls’ logic.

It’s always chaotic.

But upon seeing her—Jianna Astrid—I now understand why everyone is so fond of her. Why did Russell chase her until he realized that there’s really no chance for them. And honestly, I was somehow thankful that they ended.

Damn.

No offense to my cousin, but Russell made a big mistake letting this girl go.

Seeing her at my cousin’s wedding, silently watching the happenings in the wedding’s reception caught my attention.

She was so damn beautiful.

I was watching her the whole party. I wished she joined the part where my cousin threw her bouquet, because I swear, I will do all the damn ways to get the garter.

And I did. I got the garter but she didn’t join any of the games.

She was just sitting there, watching everything.

I thought that was the last time I would be seeing her, but luck was in part that I met her again in my new work.

Mikael wasn’t wrong when he said I would be enjoying working in the company. Because the day I saw her inside the conference room, introduced to as one of the managers in the company, I knew I would be staying as long as she was there.

So, I did everything to be close to her. I became shameless asking her if I could court her a few days after our first meeting. I would also not deny making her jealous intentionally because it turned out so nice.

She confessed her feelings to me.

Damn.

I was so happy that time.

Finally, she’s mine and I don’t have any intention of letting her go.

I already figured out my future with her.

“Elijha!” Reysa, her best friend, called me upon approaching the delivery room.

“Where is she?” I asked worriedly.

Everyone is there, her friends and family. My family is also there.

They were all worried about my wife.

Hanzel tapped my back and pointed to the delivery room. “She’s been laboring for three hours now,” he said.

“Three hours?” I asked.

Fuck.

My wife must have been through a lot of pain right now.

“I will see her,” I said with conviction.

They all nodded and let me. I asked for some assistance on how I can go inside to accompany my wife. It only took a few minutes until I was already standing beside her, holding her hand as I whispered words of encouragement.

But seeing her having this really having a hard time giving birth, I swear to myself that I will never have another child.

“I love you,” I whispered to her ear, kissing her on the forehead with teary eyes.

She was gasping for air and tears were falling from her eyes as she held on to our child.

Our son was born.

“Oh, my god.” All that she could say as she continued crying and giving feathery kisses to our son’s head.

Jia was immediately moved to her room after she was cleaned up, while our son had to stay in the nursery for the prenatal checkup.

“That’s my son,” I told myself as I stood outside the nursery room, watching my son sleep in his crib.

My wife was still asleep and I asked Reysa to look for her while I checked on our son.

I still can’t believe this little guy came into me and my wife. That my wife carried and gave birth to this wonderful gift.

“He looks exactly like you when you were a baby, son.” My dad said he was standing beside me, also watching his first grandson. “And I felt the same the first I saw you. It felt surreal,” he added.

I nodded because indeed, it feels surreal.

When Jia told me about her pregnancy, I was beyond happiness.

I was already planning to propose because I don’t think I can’t live without her beside me. Ever since she came, I started to love waking up early in the morning because I knew it was her I would wake up with.

I would love to see her every morning the rest of my life.

In three years of dating, I have witnessed how beautiful inside and out my wife is. She’s so understanding, kind, and thoughtful. It feels like I don’t have any right to be nothing but good to her as well.

She’s a diamond that no one would want to lose.

Jia woke up five hours later. She was still high from anesthesia that she immediately cried realizing that our son is not inside her anymore; she thought it she lost in I could imagine what ways.

“Hash, baby. You have given birth to our son and he’s in the nursery room right now,” I told her, trying to calm her down but she won’t stop crying still.

I kissed her forehead.

“Baby, our son is fine, okay? He just need to stay in the nursery for some tests,” I added.

“Tests?” She asked, still teary from shock.