65 Marrying Kira. (1/2)

Daniel's brows raised, ”????????????????... ?????????????????”

Little Jacob pursed his lips, pushed Daniel's hand off Samantha's shoulder and glared at him. ”Kira. She's my wife. Only I can hug her.”, he declared before he wrapped his tiny arms around Samantha's neck.

Samantha found Jacob's actions so adorable, she glanced at Daniel and saw his dark expression.

”Little boy-”, Before Daniel could finish his sentence, Samantha nudged his side gently as if to remind him that Jacob is just a child.

”Jakey, don't be rude... His name is Daniel. Be nice to him.”

Only then did little Jacob changed his expression into a friendly one. ”Hi.”

Samantha chuckled, ”This is Jacob.”

”Hmm.”, hummed Daniel. ”Why does he call you his wife?”, Daniel couldn't help but dwell on that word. 'How could this little creature claim Samantha as his wife? She's mine!'

Jacob beamed, ”When I grow up, I will marry Kira! So she's my wife!”, he said as he hugged Samantha tightly.

”Jacob!”, A man's voice called the little boy's name from afar.

He wiggled his way out of Samantha and she let him down. ”I gotta go, Kira! Daddy's calling me.”

”Okay, Jakey..!”

”Promise you'll come tomorrow?”

”I promise.”, Samantha ruffled his hair.

Jacob looked up to Daniel, ”You can come too. Bye!”, he said shyly before he ran off to his father.

Daniel chuckled at the cute little boy despite being annoyed by him.

”You sure have a lot of suitors.”, Daniel glanced at the woman beside him.

Samantha laughed heartily which made Daniel's heart flutter. ”I can't believe you would be jealous over a child, Mr. Cho. What has the world come to?”, she said before she walked away.

”Who's jealous? I'm not jealous!”, he followed Samantha from behind and pulled her under his arm again. ”Don't walk too far from me, it's dangerous.”

Samantha eyed Daniel and sighed. The two of them walked around some more and looked at trinkets and souvenirs along the shopping district without speaking to each other so much. Kai, River, and Chelsea met up with them later that afternoon before they bid farewell to each other.

They walked back to their cars and Samantha turned to Daniel, ”You go ahead. I have to drop by the supermarket to buy some things.”

”I'll go with you. I don't have anything else to do anyway.”

Samantha didn't reply and just got in her car. When they got to the supermarket, she first got some food and daily necessities before she went to the wine section. Daniel followed her around and picked up some stuff for himself as well. He helped her choose a bottle of wine and he got another when he thought he can't show up empty handed tomorrow. After paying for their groceries, they headed home.

She had a lot of what ifs, what if... she wasn't able to save Hannah that night? What would've happened to her? What if her brother died in that accident? And it's all because of what she did that put her brother in danger... and her thoughts went to Mia again. She can't go back in time and undo everything that she did. And... Daniel, she chose to leave him instead because she couldn't bear the thought of putting him in danger because of her selfishness, immaturity, and stupidity. She'd rather hurt herself than hurt him.

While she was deep in thoughts, she didn't notice that Daniel was already on her porch.

He bent down and waved a hand in front of Samantha, ”Samantha?”

Samantha got startled, she was so surprised to see him in front of her so suddenly. 'Did he just appear in front of me because I was thinking about him?', she thought.

”I was calling you from over there but you didn't hear me.”, he said as he pointed towards his porch with his thumb. ”What were you thinking about and why are you here?”

Samantha shook her head, ”Nothing. I couldn't sleep so I went out for some fresh air.”

The night was cool but not cold and the waves of the sea made the ambiance of the area very calming.