Chapter 210 - Epilogue 1 & 2 (1/2)
Epilogue 1
After two years
On a private island, the sea crashed against the shore creating gentle ripples. The blue sky intermixed with orange and darkness, signaling for the day to end.
Rozarria laid on the white flour sand. Her feet crunched on the soil, feeling the tiny particles on her skin. Connecting with nature brought a peace that she so longed for.
A soft linen-covered her back, and she looked over to see the most handsome man she ever laid eyes.
”You'll catch a cold.” Alvaro smiled and sat beside her.
Rozarria just brushed her hair behind her ear and arranged the linen on her shoulders.
”Maybe if I did, you'll come to your senses and finally let me go back to my country.”
Alvaro chuckled. ”There's a lot of doctors on the island. I've made sure that you'd be properly taken care of.”
He then rubbed Rozarria belly with all the gentleness he didn't know he had. ”It's getting bigger. I wonder if it's already capable of kicking your stomach.”
Rozarria stifled a laugh. ”It's just four months old.”
Alvaro hummed and laid his head on Rozarria's thɨġhs, ear against her tummy.
”I wonder if it's a girl,” he said.
”It's a boy,” Rozarria answered in finality.
Alvaro laughed. ”Either way. I'll love her.”
”Him,” Rozarria corrected.
Álvaro looked at Rozarria, fingers brushing her face. ”Jealous?”
Rozarria flexed a brow. ”Who was it that kidnapped me and brought me here when I refused him?”
Alvaro faked ignorance. ”It's not like I've restricted you. You can use the boat if you want and go to the mainland. And you have your phone with you at all times, right?”
”. . .”
Alvaro grinned and pinched Rozarria's rosy cheeks. ”Let's not talk about it. We've both know that you love me. That's why you came with me without as much as a squeak.”
He then rolled to his side and closed his eyes. His grin turned into a full smile when Rozarria mumbled incoherent words. She did it sometimes when she couldn't express her emotions.
How cute.
. . .
. . .
The waves crashing to shore created a lullaby, and Alvaro fell asleep. Stroking his hair, Rozarria watched the boats' lights lit on the sea. The birds flew in the dim sky. Feeling the warm air against her skin and the fine sand on her feet . . .
She had no more complaints.
Startled by the vibration of her phone, she picked it up.
”Miss, when are you coming back?”
Said her secretary on the other side. Rozarria could actually see her on the verge of crying with just her tone.
”Hmm . . .”
”Miss! This is no laughing matter! The company needs you! It's only a matter of time before your father knew of your disappearance!”
”It's fine. Just tell them I've been kidnapped.”
”Wha––”
Rozaria turned off her phone, and a sly smile rose the corners of her lips. She looked at Alvaro and brushed his hair from his forehead.
”I love you, but what made you think that I'll just make it easy for you?”
Epilogue 2