Eva

For weeks I’ve been drowning myself in work. I couldn’t work in my home anymore because everywhere I turned in my home it would only remind me of the moments I had with Eric. To say I miss him will be a huge understatement. For weeks I’ve also stared at my phone contemplating if I should call him or not.

I mean I’ve waited for his calls but it seemed like a flick of a switch, he’s suddenly back to normal. I wouldn’t be surprise if I see a picture of him in a magazine with a random woman. But why do I feel so disappointed?

I knew this was going to happen. Heck, he even sent money into my bank account for taking on his case, no note, no text… nothing. I shouldn’t be disappointed since I’ve been expecting this but I couldn’t help but feel extremely disappointed.

There were also times I found myself standing in front of his company’s tower where his main office was. But I’d always find myself walking away from it in the end. Sometimes I’d hope that I would get a small glimpse of him. Instead I would think that I saw Eric at the corner of my eye but it was just some random guy with the same hair color as his. There were other people with the same eye color as his but they weren’t the same. For some reason Eric’s eyes were more breathtaking than everyone else’s.

“Stupid Eric, can’t get work done because of you,” I mumbled to myself as I clutched my head reading one of my previous cases but it seems I’ve been reading the same sentence over and over again. It hasn’t helped that I am at my sister’s condominium and the city of New York is right below me so it is a bit noisy.

“Then would you get work done with me here?” I suddenly heard Eric’s voice. My head snapped towards the living room door to see Eric casually leaning on the door frame. Everything became extremely silent and all I could hear was the beating of my heart resounding through this chest of mine. I was positive that he could hear my heart beating as well.

Completely thrown off by the sudden intrusion I blurt out “How did you get inside?” But my question was answered by two girls giggling from the kitchen and the slamming of a door. It wasn’t hard to guess that my sisters had something to do with it.

What is he doing here? Is he here to torment me further? How much more can I take?

I thought that the next time I would be seeing him was in some sort of magazine but seeing him in the flesh only made me think that this is nothing more than a dream. That any time now I would wake up and find out that I was nothing more than a woman to warm his bed. My heart painfully clenched at that thought.

“How do you even know my address? You know what? Don’t even answered that. You’re a freaking CEO, you can pull strings,” I said as I pried my eyes off of his handsome smirking face. “So, I’ve been on your mind lately?” he teased.

“Don’t you have any work to do?” I asked as I tried to convince myself that I wanted him to leave but in reality, I was ecstatic that he was standing in the same room as me. I wanted to shoo him away but couldn’t find the strength to do so. “Actually, I came here for something else and it’s much more important than my work,” he said seriously as he approached me slowly.

“Let me guess, you have another case for me? What is it this time? You don’t want to pay child support for the woman you just impregnated?” I asked seriously.

“Wow, that’s a bit harsh but no,” he said. I didn’t stand up from the couch making him kneel down to my level and before I can ask him anything he whipped out a velvet box. My eyes widened in shock as I stared at the velvet box he held in front of me, my heart started racing.

“Now before you get any other ideas, this isn’t an engagement ring,” he assured me. I sighed in relief. He opened the box to reveal a beautiful silver ring with a heart shaped sapphire in the middle and two little diamonds on each side of it. “This is a promise ring, and I must let you know now Evangeline,” he started. “I had no intention to ever make you a booty call or make you become just another number in my phone. I want you to be more than any of those. I want you to be… mine and only mine. And I’ll be yours… and only yours.”

My heart started racing like never before as he spoke those words. I felt butterflies in my stomach. He’ll never know that his words mean more to me than he could ever imagine. It was unstoppable as a smile made its way onto my face, smiling like a love-struck idiot. “Is that really okay with you?” I asked him as he took the ring from the box and gently slid it on my ring finger.

“It would mean the world to me,” he answered as his hand gently held mine. We both smiled at each other like love sick idiots. My heart was racing fast and I finally acknowledged that it was no heartburn.

“I love you Evangeline. Always have and always will,” he softly said.

I couldn’t deny this feeling any longer. My heart felt like it was about to burst. My mind was arguing whether he was telling the truth or not but it was normal for any woman to feel this way when the person you love is confessing to you. It would be the best day of my life if he was speaking the truth and there was no other woman, that there was just me and only me.

I smiled and replied “I love you too… Eric.” Those words were foreign to me but as long as it was Eric then everything would be more than just fine. My eyes drifted from his marine blue eyes to those incredible lips of his, and I remembered the times when those lips were upon mine.

I slowly leaned towards his face which shocked him but he smiled as I closed the gap between our lips. His lips were dry but they tasted the same, still addicting, and still made me want more. His hand went straight towards my hair to pull the band out and making my hair tumble down around my shoulders.

I suddenly pulled away as I asked him worriedly “Are you sure about this? I won’t tolerate if you start flirting with other women. Do you really want to give up that life?” Suddenly becoming a worrywart.

He smiled as he replied “I’ve never been surer in my life.” It came as a total shock to me as well but I just can’t imagine flirting with any other woman than you.” Eric groaned as he quickly said “Don’t tell Asher or Angel any of my words.” As if he could already see the other two teasing him.

I smiled as I kissed those addicting lips of his.

He hugged me and kissed on my forehead. “I will be always there for you forever Eva”, he said hugging me more tightly.

I’m up for a whole new experience again, but as long as it was with Eric then everything should be more than fine. There will be conflicts along the way but I won’t fight them alone anymore, just like him, he won’t be alone anymore too……

THE END