Chapter 300 - Ill wait for you (1/2)

''What are we going to do? '' she asked, her eyes deep with emotions. Leo was quiet, not saying a word. It scared her.

''Please say something… Anything, please! '' She pleaded as she fisted his shirt in her hands. Her eyes watered and she buried her face in his chest, her lips trembling.

Leo's head fell and he held her head up to look at him; his eyes drowned in her crystal ones and the pain in them broke him.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed;

''I thought about it over and over and no matter how I want to look at it, the answer was still the same.'' He paused, pushing the strands of her hair away from her face;

''I wanted to tell you that it would be fine, I wanted to say that it would be okay to leave you, I wanted to tell you that it would be fine being with another person, that I would get over it, but I couldn't because it's actually not fine.

I know I'm selfish, but I don't want to see you with another man, the thought of you being with another man, breaks me in a thousand pieces, so it's not fine. I know what I'm going to say now may sound very foolish, but Claire, I love you and no matter what it takes, or how long it's going to take, I'm going to be here with you. I don't know how much longer I have, but I want my last days to be spent with you. ''

Claire stared at him in shock, at first she thought he was joking but then she really saw that he was serious.

''you are crazy. '' She said, the tears in her eyes rolling down with great speed.

''What about me? How do you want me to live without you! How can you say that! How can you say you want to die! '' She cried as she angrily slapped his chest, her face swollen with anger. He didn't even think about how she was going to survive without him. How she was going to live each day knowing that she would never see him again.

''you're so selfish! You're so selfish! '' she cried painfully. Leo pulled her close and hugged her tightly;

''What are we going to do? '' he said with a heavy heart.

Claire hiccupped against his chest as she thought silently;

''Give me six months, I promise I'll come back to you. Only six months, I promise. ''

She stared at him, placing her hands over his hands on her face;

''Claire… ''

''don't be with anyone for six months, I promise I'll resolve this before the six months is over. ''

Leo sighed; ''Claire, I can't even be with any other person even if I want to. '' he paused;

''I'll wait for you, no matter how long it takes, I'll wait for you. ''