Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 145

**Three months later**

After three months of working hard on various fronts and trying to get my new life under control, the day of the exhibition finally arrived. Throughout the past three months I’ve been keeping myself busy by juggling my parttime teaching job, my university project, prepping for the art exhibition and spending time visiting my grandmother in the hospital.

I woke up extra early today to ensure that I had enough time to do any last-minute preparation for the exhibition. After all the hard work that I put in, I was sure that I did my best and now all I had to do was pray for the best. I got up from bed, showered and put on a nice burgundy dress that I had saved up to purchase so that I could wear it to the exhibition. It wasn’t rare for artists to get some commission or land jobs at their own exhibition, so I had to dress up for that.

I put on my dress and applied some light make up before checking my reflection in the mirror. Guess this will do for the day. Glancing a little to the side of my dressing table, my eyes focused on the photos that I took together with Hayden that day that we went to the amusement park together. We looked so happy together and it made my heart ache a little at the memory. It all seemed like a lifetime ago.

I still miss you…

By this time, I had already come to terms with the fact that I probably won’t ever see Hayden again. He’s no longer a part of my life and I wasn’t a part of his either. Just like how we lived in different worlds before we met, we have now returned to our own worlds. Never will our paths ever cross again.

I no longer cried my eyes out late at night whenever I look at the photos that we took together at the amusement part that day. Everything about him, the times that we spent together and the memories that we created together had all become precious memories in my mind that I would treasure. I look back at them with a smile while I felt thankful that once I got to share a part of my life with him, no matter how short our time together was.

Snapping out of my thoughts, I grabbed my bag and hurried to the door. I put in the effort to wake up early, so I can’t be late. Now isn’t the time to daydream. After arriving super early at the exhibition, walked around with Jenny checking that everything was in place.

“I think everything is ok. Sorry, Jenny, I need to go now. I need to pick my grandmother up from the hospital,” I said, sounding apologetic.

“So, the doctors allowed her to come?” Jenny asked in surprise.

“Yes. They finally did. It’s amazing, at first, I couldn’t believe it. However, she can’t be out for long, so I was thinking of bringing her here before the exhibition starts,” I explained quickly.

“Wow. Sounds like a plan. You go ahead. I’ll do another round just to be safe,” Jenny said before smiling encouragingly at me.

“Thanks, Jenny,” I said before smiling at her.

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A week before this I told my grandmother about the exhibition again and she got very stubborn about wanting to come and see it in person. Although I told her that I could take photos to show her later or that we could do a video call while I was there, she had turned down all the options that I suggested. She was adamant about coming to see it in person.