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Never Say Goodbye Chapter Fifty Six
Gabriel Have you ever had a best friend who knew you better than he knew himself? Who could detect, just by looking at your face, when you're lying or telling the truth? Who knew exactly what you've been up to, without you telling him? Well, you're in luck if you don't have such a friend. Simon and I have been friends since we were in diapers. We did everything together, went to the same elementary school, primary school and then after I returned from Italy with my parents at the age of sixteen, graduated from the same high school. As if that was not enough, we went to the same university but studied different courses. I went for business administration and he went for architecture. We're not blood brothers but you'd never know if you saw us together. It infuriates me sometimes that he can read me so well while he's a closed book and getting information from him that doesn't pertain to work is worse than pulling teeth. I am yet to say a word and he already knows why I called hi
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Fifty Seven
Gabriel "You're a caveman, Gabriel Cruz." Arian's raspy voice makes me hard again. "I doubt I'd be able to sit well for a week."I turn on my side and prop my hand under my head and smile big at her. She looks so relaxed in my bed like we've been sharing it for years instead of a few days. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep her this way and never see her beautiful eyes be anything but happy."I didn't hear you complaining when I was busy making you come." I tweak her nose. "You loved it."She lets out a loud yawn and I chuckle but it's cut short as I follow suit, suddenly feeling very sleepy. I lift myself up, grab the blanket from the edge of the bed and throw it over us so she won't freeze to death. I like putting the AC on full blast because I'm so used to it but I don't think Arian is."Goodnight beautiful." I place a gentle kiss on her forehead. "Dream about me.""Goodnight." She snuggles up to me, sighs contentedly and drifts off to sleep. I follow suit ten minutes later with a sm
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Fifty Eight
Arian I'm seated in the living room watching TV with Kelly and we're laughing at the stupidity of the characters on the show when the door of the living room opens and Gabriel's twin sister walks in with her mother. Kelly and I scramble up from the sofa and curtsy, then we glance at each other with wide eyes as if we're asking each other why the two women are here. They're both wearing gorgeous dresses that have the same pattern but in different colors and they're both looking down their noses at us. "Good morning Mrs Cruz, Mrs Wilson." Kelly greets them. "Good morning Kelly. How are you?" Mrs Cruz asks. "I'm fine ma'am." Kelly replies. "What would you both like to drink?" "We're good. We're not staying long." Her daughter says. "We're here to see her." She points to me. Kelly glances at me then nudges me with her elbow and I look up to see her jerking her head towards Gabriella. "Leave us Kelly." Mrs Cruz orders. Kelly curtsies, turns off the TV and hurries out of the livin
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Fifty Nine
Gabriel A week later Having feelings for a woman who's incapable of reciprocating those feelings in return is something a man should seriously avoid. I wouldn't recommend it but It's hard to take my own advice so I've stopped trying to fight my feelings for Arian. It'll be okay if she never likes me back. It'll even be okay if she finds someone else that she eventually falls for. Lies! All of it! I'll go mad if she falls for someone else and it'll never be okay if she doesn't like me back, which is why I came up with the idea of a non-date outing with her. I've managed to mend cracked fences with my parents so Kary is spending the weekend with them which makes Arian available to go out with me. I just hope she'll say yes to it anyway. I find her lying on the sofa in the library with her legs waving in the air, reading a book. She had a nightmare two nights ago about what happened last week and she almost injured me as she struggled in her sleep. Fortunately, she screamed my nam
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Sixty
Arian Our day of fun was ruined and the sexual tension that had sizzled between us was long gone as well. Gabriel had driven home in silence and I didn't bother making small talk either because I was still reeling from Mrs Cruz's apology. If I'd not saved her son, she might have blamed me for the shooting and she'd have done everything in her power to get me out of her son's life but I'd saved him so I was her heroine - for now.By dinnertime, I'm out of my mood but Gabriel is still very much silent and his attitude makes me wonder if I did or said anything I wasn't supposed to earlier at the hospital. I don't ask him any questions until we're getting ready for bed and despite the awareness that there won't be any kinky fuckery going on tonight, I expected him to pull me close like he usually does but he just turns his back to me, mutters a bland goodnight and turns off the lights.I stare at the ceiling, fuming about his childish behavior even though I don't have any right to. He'
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Sixty One
Gabriel I can't exactly say that I have telepathy but it would seem so because every time I get home from work rather early or just unexpectedly early, I'd find either my mom or my sister harassing Arian. It has only happened once before but a second time is making it too much and I won't stand for it."What's going on here?" I shut the front door and make my way over to the two women. There's a white envelope lying on the floor between them so I reach down and pick it up. "What's this?""Nothing." Gabi tries to snatch it from me but I turn my hand away at the right moment. She's acting really suspicious and I wonder just what she's come to say to Arian that hadn't been said before."It's something if you're shaking like this." I open the flap of the envelope and turn it over on my palm and a slip of paper slides out of it. I know what it is before I even turn it over and I lift my head to glare at my sister."It's not what you think." She mutters. "I was only trying to be of help."
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Sixty Two
ArianSomething feels off as Kary and I walk into the house but I can't put my finger on it. We meet Kelly pacing to and fro in the hallway with her hands folded and one finger in between her teeth. I can tell she's really anxious by the way she's biting down hard on that finger and I wonder what has her so agitated."Kelly, what's wrong?" I ask her."It's Mr Cruz." Her voice comes out shaky."What about my daddy?" Kary's eyes widens. "Is he alright?"Kelly glances at Kary worriedly and the expression on her face makes my heart race in my chest. I'd left the house to go and pick up Kary from school with Micah and Gabriel had gone on to his bedroom to change into casual clothes after his swim.He'd been smiling at something silly that I'd said and he'd even called to tell me that I could get ice cream for Kary if she requested for one."Um... Kary, why don't you go upstairs and wait for me?" I ask her. "I'll be with you shortly.""But, Papa..." She frowns."Your father is fine." I assu
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Sixty Three
Gabriel The speed at which Arian flies off my lap to put on her clothes makes me laugh even though there's nothing to laugh about, but having the best sex with the most amazing woman to have ever lived would do that to any man. Make him feel like he had absolutely nothing to fear in this world and I am a recipient of that feeling. I don't think I want anything or anyone to mar this euphoria I'm feeling right now, so it's with deliberate slowness that I put on my clothes and head to the door to open it but Arian stops me in my tracks with her hands on my arm and her eyes round like saucers. "Is there any way to get out of here without your father seeing me?" She whispers. "Why?" I frown. "I'd rather he doesn't know what we've been doing in here." She mutters. "He already knows about us." I inform her as dad bangs on the door this time. "He does?" She's shocked. "Don't worry about it." I tell her and unlock the door. It flies open and we stumble back to avoid being hit but dad
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Never Say Goodbye Epilogue
Arian Six months later Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today in the sight of God to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony. Not to be entered lightly, holy matrimony should be entered into, solemnly and with reverence and honor." The priest begins in Italian. "Into this holy agreement, these two persons come together to be joined. If any person or people here can show cause as to why these two should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace." Gabriel and I turn at the same time to look behind us but no one speaks up and we face the priest again. Majority of the people here probably don't understand what he's saying so we're good to go. "Do you, Gabriel Emerson Cruz, take Arian Katerina Macavinta to be your lawful wedded wife and live together in the estate of holy matrimony? Do you promise to love, comfort, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for better or for worse as long as you both shall live?" The pri
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Eighty Three
Gabriel Two years later Dear Gabriel, Two decades ago, I was a little girl who had been abandoned by her beloved father and I'd thought myself unworthy of anyone's love but you saw me, took your time to get to know me and at the end of that day, I went back to the orphanage with the knowledge that I was worthy of being loved by someone. Months ago, I thought I was returning home to get far away from the clutches of my ex husband and I vowed never to get involved with any man but I met you and you turned my life upside down. You made me happier than I'd ever been in years and for that, I'll be forever grateful to you. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you I am the girl you'd been waiting for and I didn't even realize it until you told me about your story. I'm sorry for leaving you and your daughter after I promised not to go, but I hope you can understand why I have to. Rafael is finally dead and I'm free from him forever, thanks to your father. I need to find myself again. I need t
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Eighty Two
Gabriel Arian probably thinks I'm out of my mind for challenging her ex husband to a fight. He's a dangerous man who has no qualms about killing someone in cold blood but I don't care. He made her life miserable for ten long years and even after being incarcerated in prison, he was still tormenting her in her dreams but it has to stop now. She was his and now she's mine and I will make sure I win this fight, then take pleasure in blowing his brains out with his own fucking gun. I have the upper hand in this fight and I don't give him an inch, throwing punches after punches making him bleed but he also doesn't give me an inch either as he throws a sucker punch that almost knocks me out. My ears ring from the punch and my vision becomes blurry but I shake myself out of it and attack him again and we end up rolling around on the floor trying to get the best of each other. My attention becomes divided as I see Lucille pick up one of the guns from the floor, turn off the safety and
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Eighty One
Arian "She has a gun." The voice in my head whispers fearfully. "She has a fucking gun!" I feel the cold sweat that has broken out on my face and I have trouble breathing. I hate guns, hate seeing them because I've had to live with gun-toting, knife-toting men like Rafael and his men for ten years. I'd prayed to God to keep me away from guns when I came to this country, but I'd ended up taking a bullet for this man in front of me and now his ex wife wants to exact revenge on him. Gabriel moves to stand in front of me, shielding me from his ex wife's murderous glare, all the while trying to placate her to drop the gun so they could talk calmly about this, but his words fall on deaf ears. "Did you think I was joking when I told you that I'd kill you and the woman you choose to leave me for?" She asks. "How stupid of you to think I'd just accept defeat like that, Gabriel Cruz! You're mine and no one else's." I don't know why Mrs Cruz and her daughter aren't here to see a certifiable
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Eighty
Gabriel I leave my car running, the automatic gear in Park and the door open as I race up the steps to Lucille's front door and I press the doorbell incessantly until the housekeeper appears to open the door for me. I don't give her the chance to say anything as I march into the house and head straight for the living room. She calls my name but I don't answer until I walk into the living room and my steps falter when I come face to face with my wife - soon to be ex wife - having sex with an unknown guy on the sofa. "Mr Cruz!" Helen stops beside me but she turns her back quickly, unlike me, as Lucille and the guy break apart. "What the hell, Gabe?!" She snaps. "I'm so sorry, ma'am. I tried to stop him but he barged in before I could." Helen apologizes. Lucille picks up her discarded dress from the floor and puts it on as the guy hastily dresses up but he doesn't quite finish and hurries out of the living room with his shirt and shoes. Good for him that he had the good sense t
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Seventy Nine
Gabriel Six weeks later Walking out of the High Court with the knowledge that in a few weeks, I'll be a single guy once again has me grinning from ear to ear. The judge had listened to both sides of our story and even as Lucille had laid it thick on her tears for the judge to rule in her favor... He hadn't and had declared our marriage irretrievable, but it hadn't been his final decision and that was good enough for me. I'd wanted Arian inside the court with me but she'd refused to go in, saying it reminded her of her own divorce and I'd not pressed her. Seeing her waiting for me on the steps of the building makes me very happy and my smile widens when she looks up and sees me. "How did it go?" She asks. "I'll be a single guy in a few weeks." I reply. "I don't know why he didn't just give a decree absolute instead of a decree nisi. It's all good, though, because I have finally beaten Lucille at her own game. She won't be Mrs Cruz for much longer." "It's fast." She remarks. "Min
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Seventy Eight
Lucille Gabriel has finally done it. He wants to get rid of me so he can have a good life with that bitch and my stupid daughter who wouldn't know a good mother from a bad one even if it hit her in the face. She has forgotten that it's because of me, because of my love for her father that she's alive today, but I'm going to let it slide with her because she's just a little girl.I'm sure Gabriel has been feeding her lies about me, which was the reason why she'd not wanted me at the party. One thing Gabriel Cruz doesn't know is that inasmuch as I love him, my love could easily turn to hatred and I did promise to never let him be happy with any other woman. If killing him or her would ensure the end of their budding relationship, then so be it. I'm game."Are you really letting him go?" Samantha settles down on the single wingback chair with a drink in her hand. "It's unlike you.""I'm making him think he has won, Sam." I send her a smirk. "He may win the case in court and we'll get d
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Seventy Seven
Arian"This is so surreal." I mutter. My head is resting on Gabriel's chest after our intense love making. It was better than the previous times. Although, it could be because we'd both gone two months without it and we'd been so starved for one another. All I know is that I'm not so sure I can say no to this man anymore."It is, isn't it?" I can hear the smile in his voice. "Being here with you, like this again. I feel like I'm dreaming.""Then, we're both having the same dream." I chuckle."I love you, Arian." He bends his head to plant a kiss on my hair. "It feels really good to let it out now.""Will you be okay with me saying I like you?" I ask in a tentative voice. "I can't go any further than that.""I'm more than okay with it." He squeezes my shoulder. "Half bread is better than nothing.""Do you think... Kary will hate me if I tell her I don't think I can be her mother? I mean, legally?" I look up at him. "What do you think?""I think she'll love you either way, Arian." He re
Never Say Goodbye Chapter Seventy Six
Gabriel "I'll go away." Lucille says. "I just came to say goodbye to you."Kary's gaze slides to mine in excitement, as if she's already guessed why her mother is saying that. "Does this mean... She won't be in our lives anymore?""Yes, baby." I nod. "We're finally getting a divorce.""Yay!" She claps her hands excitedly. "Thank you, daddy!" She wraps her small arms around my neck."I guess this is my cue to leave." Lucille's voice cracks with emotion as she finally realizes that even her daughter doesn't want her around. "Goodbye... Kareena. Can I hug you?"Kary literally recoils from her, burying her face in my neck. I stroke her back to calm her down and gesture for Lucille to leave. Thankfully, she listens to me and walks away."Is she gone?" Kary asks."Yes, baby." I reply. "You won't see her again if you don't want to.""I don't want to see her again." She reaches for Arian and I hand her over to Arian. "I love you, Arian. I want you to be my mother."Arian's wide eyed gaze sli
