‘I.. what if... your mom… she doesn’t like me? What if she says you should… break up with me?’ Clara said, her voice cracking.
‘Oh, baby, that will never happen. You heard Ethan, my mom can’t wait to meet you. She’s half in love with you already, and they haven’t even met you. She will love you more when you get to know each other.’
‘And I... I will never let anyone tell me I cannot love you. You are mine, and I am yours until the end of time,’ he said as he hugged her to his chest. ‘I love you, and nobody can take you away from me, not even my parents.’
They stayed like that for a few minutes until he started kissing her neck, his hand crawling up her knee, traveling under her skirt, trying to pull down her undies. ‘Baz! What are you doing?’ she giggled as she squirmed away from him.
Being together was going to be a tall order. Clara had her own company, and if it ever comes down to it, Sebastian would probably need to move in with her to San Jose just to convince her his intentions were for real. There will be challenges when it comes to their long-distance relationship, but he was willing to work as hard for it, just like he had been working hard in the company his father built. And just like working diligently for several years, he knows that his perseverance with Clara will pay off, too. ‘I’m dropping you off later, and you cannot say no, okay?’ he said as they walked into a gift shop. He had a surprise waiting for her, and he could barely contain his excitement. ‘Oh yeah, definitely I wouldn’t have it any other way. Why would I say no?’ she wondered about his comment but shrugged it off as she got some cute earrings from this jewelry
-=- This chapter is R18. If you are not over 18, please skip this chapter and proceed to Chapter 74. -=- Baz was such a sweet guy. Clara had felt worried about how she would say goodbye the entire ride to the airport. She didn’t want to turn on the waterworks for him and planned to keep walking on the tarmac without looking back. It would have been humiliating if she started bawling while waiting on her plane. But she shouldn’t have worried. Baz had every single detail planned out to make going home easier on both of them. How could she not fall in love with him? He introduced her to the pilot, Mike, and his co-pilot/attendant, John, ‘Boys, meet Clara, my girlfriend, expect to see her a lot from now on. I’ll have you pick her up or drop her off from time to tim
-=- This chapter is R18. If you are not over 18, please skip this chapter and proceed to Chapter 74. -=- Clara stirred awake when his hands caressed her body on top of her dress. She snuggled closer and sighed. Her body was humming to his touch. ‘I want you again,’ he whispered in her ear, his tongue licking her earlobe. ‘Mmmmm... Stop it,’ She said huskily, her eyes sleepy with desire, she kissed and sucked on his lips to appease him while he ran his hand up her thighs, but they got interrupted when the pilot announced they were touching down and they should buckle up. Their relationship was getting too intense, too fast, and she didn’t k
-=- This chapter is a filler chapter to make the story continuous. If you did not read the sexy scenes. If you read Chapters 72 and 73, then proceed to chapter 75. -=- Baz was such a sweet guy. Clara had felt worried about how she would say goodbye the entire ride to the airport. She didn’t want to turn on the waterworks for him and planned to keep walking on the tarmac without looking back. It would have been humiliating if she started bawling while waiting for her plane. But she shouldn’t have worried. Baz had every single detail planned out to make going home easier for both of them. How could she not fall in love with him? He introduced her to the pilot, Mike, and his co-pilot/attendant, John, ‘Boys, meet Clara, my girlfriend, expect to see her a lot from now on.
-=- Start reading this chapter if you read Chapters 72 and 73. -=- Max was busy in the kitchen, preparing dinner, while Jere was in the living room playing video games. ‘That’s odd,’ Clara thought, ‘Max is making dinner, which meant he probably got home early. He shouldn’t be here until later. I wonder what happened to his date? ’ She grinned to herself, ‘I know what happened with my date.’ Max had to cut his visit with Celine short because he d
The Johnson siblings congregated in Clara’s office upon Jeremy’s request. He wanted to show them something but was being covert about it. He was projecting the contents of his computer onto the large TV, and it intrigued them. Clara and Max were speculating about his presentation when the first pictures popped up, shushing them to pay attention. Kids, in all shapes and sizes, varying in ages and conditions. Jeremy converted the negatives they got from the orphanage to a digital file. It took a while for him to sort through the negatives to find Clara’s picture when she was a child. It was like finding a needle in a haystack. Most kids at that age had almost the same length of hair, and they were all frail and scraggly. So when he did not immediately find what he was looking for, he converted every picture to a digital format, so it would be easier to so
‘No, it’s fine. I usually have friends over, so they’re used to it. Until recently they wouldn’t even let me go out alone with friends. I just think they’re too cautious.’ Celine wanted to tell him about her sister being kidnapped but thought it was not the right time, it might sour their mood. She did not want Max to pity her like everybody else she tried to date. They thought of her as someone who needed fixing because of the tragedy which happened years ago. The reason she felt attracted to Max, was that he knew nothing about her past, and he did not treat her like a fragile porcelain doll. He pushed and pulled at her, tested her patience, and challenged her like one would a person who was not considered damaged as she was. And she liked it, because for once in her life, he treated her like a regular person. She was Celine, the daring woman he met at the bar, and she had her own identity, not the girl
Clara could not believe it. The need to deny that she found her family ran deep in her bones. She never imagined this could happen because, for the past 10 years, their results had led them nowhere. And now that it has, it felt surreal. ‘This is not real. Is it?’ Baz handed her the paper so she could read it herself. 99.99% match. She looked at the men standing in front of her and wondered how they got Celine’s DNA so easily. There was something fishy going on here, but she could not put her finger on it. She’d go into that later. What she wanted to do right now, is to process the information given to her, her knees gave way when she reached the sofa. ‘Clara!’ Baz was right on her elbow, sitting her on his lap. Her brothers stood at attention. ‘Honey, are you okay?’