Okay! So let me inform ya'll there is a sequel to this book. The sequel information is in the last chapter.

Read "The Girl I love" to experience another heart touching love story and get to know what happens to Cruz and Blake.
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*12 years later*

"Mummy!" My little seven year old daughter squeals, "Harper isn't giving me my doll back."

She has beautiful blue eyes and chocolate brown hair just like me and perfect sculpted nose resembling her fathers. "Amber! Its christmas eve stop fighting with your sister and tell your brother to get ready, dad will be back soon." I say to my daughter.

"Okay! But that idiot never listens to me." She groans. "Language Amber. That idiot is your elder brother, respect him." I scold. She nods, running upstaires towards his room.

Amber always reminds me of Cruz. I still remember that day we spent together on beach.

*Flashback Starts*

"Get hell out of here!" I groan into my pillow. It is a bright sunny day in Boston and I was comfortably sleeping untill this jerk showed up. I shifted my head away from the voice.

"It's time to get up in the morning, in the morning. Got McDonalds breakfast for you!" He shouted. "Did you just quote Niall from one direction?" I squealed, throwing a pillow at him.

"I drove two miles to get it. So you have to get up and eat it. You lazy child, you crazy girl. Don't be selfisish." He continues to sing.

"Cruz! Count this as warning, one more word and you are dead." I warned him, wrapping the comforter around me tighter

"So you got to get up, time to get up
You gotta get up, its time to get up
Its time to get up, its time to get up, its time to get up!"

Suddenly I felt the other side of my bed dipped. He was now on my bed, Cruz was jumping on my bed.

Enough is enough! This jerk has the audacity to ignore my warning. "What are you, a four year old?" I shouted, shoving his leg. With the sudden jolt he trembled and landed straight on me.

His weight all over me, his lips brushing my cheeks. "I know you can't resist me," he smirked in victory, the spawn of Valak smirked.

"I hate you!" I stated, shoving him off me. "My little damsel in distress, you know you love me." He pulled me up.

"What do you want?" I folded my arms, looking at him. He woke me up, there must be a good explanation to this.

"I have plans for today but first get ready," he pushed me inside the bathroom and passes me my clothes.

I came out of the bathroom, raising my brows at him. "We are going to the beach." He stated, delightfully. "Okay, and what makes you think I will go with you?" I frowned.

"Can't you just act like a love-struck bird? Let's go, we are getting late." He said pulling me down to his car.

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To be honest, today is the best day to roam around the beach. The sun is shinning bright. It's neither too hot nor humid. Cruz is really excited to play on the beach.

Sometimes I really doubt that he is the Cruz I used to know. He is no less than a four year old. Believe me if I say he wants to built a sand castle.

"Come on let's play in the water," excitement fills in his voice as he takes off his shirt. I nod running towards him. "I prefer sun bath." I state but he pulls me into the sea and starts splashing water on me.

After playing for half an hour in water and he totally acting like a child, we get out and wipe ourself.

"What are you thinking about?" I ask him, interwining our fingers as we walk along the beach. "Future," he whispers looking ahead.

"What do you think?" He asks. "Future ugh? Umm, first of all I plan to pass my exams with good marks so that I get admission in a good university in future." I smile.

He snaps towards me, amusement visible all over his face. "I was talking about our future." He states. "Oh," I mouth dumbly.

"Yes! I was thinking about our future. Like we will get married and have tons and tons of kids." He smiles. "Tons and tons of kids?" I ask in a duh tone staring at his face. He starts laughing pushing his head back and holding his stomach.

"It is not funny," I frown. "Your expression was funny!" He points. "What about having a cute little daughter just like you?" He says as his hand brushes mine. "That sounds good. We will name her Meadow. I really adore this name."

"What?" He looks at me, surprised. "What kind of name is that? We will name her Amber. She will be just like a precious jewel, my hope for better future." He smiles thinking about it.

I look at him and a smile finds it's way on my face too. He will be the best father a child could ever ask for. "You look cute, when you think about our future." I say leaning against his arm.

"Did you just agree I am cute?" He smirks holding my hand more tightly.
"Yes! You also look cute when you look at me like that." I smile.

Every girl has three guys in her life:
the one she loves, the one she hates, and the one she can't live without. But in the end they are all the same guy and for me it's Cruz Adams.

*Flashback Ends*

"Aunt, See what I found!" Harper exclaims pulling me out of my thoughts. Harper is Brooklyn's eight year old daughter. She is naughty just like her father and pretty like her mother.

Harper is more like my own daughter than Brook's. She is seven months older than Amber, they both fight all the time, just like siblings do but love each other to the moon and back. They never refer to each other as cousins.

She come running towards me, holding a necklace in her hands. The same necklace Cruz gave me, the one he gave me that night. I lost this when we shifted to our new house and I have been searching for this since the very first day.

"Where did you find this?" I ask her.
"Shh! Don't tell Amber." She whispers with a finger on her lips. I nod. "I was hiding the doll under the nightstand, so that Amber doesn't find it, that's when I saw this." She whispers in my ears handing me the necklace.

"Thank You!" I laugh. Kids are so innocent. They don't have anything to worry about. Sometimes I wish I was still a child. I tie the necklace around my neck.

"Uncle Brooklyn!" Amber shouts. "Where is my favourite sister?" We hear Brook's laughter as he gives her a piggy back ride to the living room. "Daddy!" Harper exclaims with joy, pulling him into a bear hug.

He puts Amber down and both the girl look at him with excitement. "Don't look at me like this, I know I am very handsome." As it is said some people never change.

"Daddy! Uncle!" They both yell in unison. "Okay! Okay! I got your christmas presents." He smiles taking out two perfect rectangular wrapped presents from his bag.

"This is for my princess, Harper Rain Fox." He gives the one with purple wrapper to Harper. "Love you dad." She smiles running out of the room.

"And this is for the most beautiful girl I know, Amber Hope Lancaster." Brook hands her a pink present. "Thank you uncle!" She pulls him into a hug.

He places a kiss on her forehead, "now go and play with Harper, I want to talk to your Mama." She nods before running out.

"Blake?" He asks with concern. "You are still wearing that necklace?" I nod as a tear escapes my eyes, rolling down my cheek. He comes closer pulling me into a hug.

"Brook I hate it when my mind keeps on telling me to stop loving him, but my heart can't let him go." A sob escapes my mouth.

"Blake it's high time to understand that he is never going to come back, you should move on. Sam loves you so much." He whispers, rubbing circles on my back. I nod closing my eyelids.

The worst feeling in the world is when you can't love anyone else, because your heart still belongs to the one who broke it. Cruz I loved you and I hope you are happy without me. I don't know why you did this to me but now I am Blake Lancaster.

I kept my promise, I waited for you but you never came back.
I still Love you.

~~~~~~The End~~~~~~