Present- Happy Marriage

16 years later

“ Hon, wake up!”

A voice said waking me up from a deep, comfortable sleep. Large hands slip through my stomach and hug me from behind. His breath brings a tingling sensation into my neck especially when I feel him pull me closer to his body.

“I made you a breakfast,” he sexily whispers before placing a kiss into my neck. I can feel my fast heart beat and a sensation that is allotted just for him.

“ I love you,” I whispered before getting up to start my day. I can feel his stares at the back of my head and a laugh left out of my mouth when I saw how he did a flying kiss when I turned my gaze on him. Even after I got back from the comfort room after washing my face, he just sits in the bed and waited for me patiently. I can’t help but to admire him for his character, he is always kind and patient, I can’t help but to fall all over again.

“Do you have a schedule for today?” he asked as he guides me to sit into our countertop. This is our daily routine. I cannot help but to stifle my giggles when he skillfully put a chocolate syrup on top of my pancake while wearing a cute pink apron.

“Ah,” he said before feeding me.

“Nope!” I answered his question while trying to eat my delicious breakfast. Today is Sunday and it is supposed to be my day off but I am not sure with my husband because he is usually always not home.

“Not going to the hospital, are we?” I asked him as I saw him place his white coat and bag to our rack in the living room. I just watched him roam the house and do things randomly as I eat my pancakes. We are currently living in the apartment because we didn’t have enough money to buy a house, so it is not spacious but it fit both of us.

“Nope, either,” he answered. I saw him wink before running to me. I shrieked when he scooped me with both hands causing the fork to fell into the ground. I haven’t finished my pancake but he seems to not care because he literally scoops me out of the counter top and placed me inside the comfort room.

This is what he’s been doing. Every day in our life of being married he always makes me a bubble bath with a scent of lavender. I put my hand into the bath tub and feel the bubbles in my hand.

“Thank you, Hon,” I whispered to him when I saw him smiling because of my reaction. I jokingly raise my clothes to tease him but he is fast because he runs through the door and throw me my towel. It’s been less than a year since we are living together but he is always shy as before.

“We’re going out, faster!” he shouts before closing the door. I laughed mentally and let myself drown into the aroma of lavender and the freshness it brings to my body.

After 2 hours of driving, Hayden stopped the car inside of a village. The houses look like straight from the movies, big and fascinating design. I watched him as he opens the door of one of the houses.

“What are you doing?” I asked but he just laughed and motions me to follow him. Instinctively, I follow his steps inside the house and I feel relaxed when I see how fresh the ambiance is. The house exterior palette is just a combination of two basic color, black and white. Even the wooden fence is painted white and black for the gate.

I roamed my eyes to the place and I cannot help but to admire the porch and the minimalist design that brings the relaxation inside of me. I felt Hayden’s encircled his hands on my waist as he watches me admire the place.

“Do you love it?” he asked me and I just cannot help myself but to continuously nod while plastering a genuine smile.

“Who owns this?” I touched his face and admire his pitch-dark eyes. One of the things that I love about Hayden is how mysterious his eyes are. He got the sweet gesture, the sweet talking and the sweet smile but his eyes speaks the opposite of his actions. When I met him, I got captivated by his eyes, my heart was shattered because of how sorrowful and how agonizing the way his eyes communicate to me and I’ll always wonder if what pain did he suffer to have that kind of expression in his eyes.

“ It’s our new home!” he uttered.

“ Really,hon?!” I cannot help but to jump out of joy from his announcement. My eyes twinkled and I feel so much joy that when he nods for confirmation all I can ever think was to give him a thankful kiss, so I did.

“Woah! Easy, woman” I heard him say before gasping for air as I let go of our deep kiss.

“ I guess you’re that happy, huh?” he added before giving me the keys for the front door. Jumping out of excitement, I opened the door of our new home and screamed when I saw that it includes the sofa set that I once asked him to buy when we are a couple. I jump into it and rolled over, feeling the soft cushion and the smell of new home.

“ I love you so much!” I giggles when I also noticed that all of the designs and furniture’s are the one which I asked him when we are planning the house. I didn’t expect anything because he seems to be uninterested but seeing everything right now, he perfectly builds me my dream house.

“ But how did you afford?”

Even if I am happy by his surprise, I am also puzzled because this is so much, the cost and everything.

“ I saved up enough money and paid my student loan” he boastfully said before pulling me closer to him. I watch him as he traces our wedding ring.

“ I promise you to give a good life” he genuinely smiles before placing a short kiss on top of my head. I don’t know if I am hallucinating but it is the first time that I have noticed an emotion aside from pain in his eyes but in just a blink of an eye it disappears, just like that.

We both looked at my phone when we heard it ring and even if I don’t want to ruin the moment, I needed to pick up the call of my boss.

“ A minute,” I said to him before answering the call.

“ We got an exclusive, I’ll send you the deets,” he said before hanging up. I opened his message and saw that it is a murder story.

“ Work?” Hayden asked as soon as he saw my face. I just nodded while he began to collect my things before guiding me to the car.

“ Sorry,” poutingly, I apologized for ruining our moment. It is a best day but when you are a broadcaster/writer, work is work.

“ It’s okay, I’ll drive you there!” he said before maneuvering his car and going to our destination. Another thing that I love about Hayden is his understanding about my passion and my work.

He dropped me off to the location and I immediately run when I saw the commotion that is happening in the area. A lot of by passers are growling in pain and fear, I got curious so I made my way to the crowd but I feel the fear embraced my body at the moment that I saw a body, a mangled body to be exact.

The body is so pale and drain that the veins of the body looked so visible even in a far distance. The eyes are open in full like it watches the painful tragedy until his last breath. However, the black color dominates the eyes, it is pitch black. I tried to swing the blanket that is covering the body of the victim and I screamed on what I saw.

The organs….. his organs…. It’s all gone.