A/N: I wanted to finish the past in this chapter but it was already too long that I had to cut it in two chapters. 

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CHRISTINE's POV

Tears ran down my cheeks upon seeing the result of my tests. I had mixed emotions about it, but one thing was for sure; I was happy about it. Yes, Jace and I haven't talked about starting a family yet but just thinking that a life was slowly growing inside of me made me feel an unexplainable emotion that I haven't felt before.

While I was on my way to the hospital this morning, I feared the possible result that I might actually pregnant. But now, I felt the opposite. Yes, there was uncertainties and fear about the possible consequences of this but that was nothing compared to the happiness that I was feeling.

I caressed my tummy and I felt my overwhelming love for my baby already. I knew from that moment that I would cherish and love my baby with all my heart.

While on my way out of the hospital, I stared at the test results that I was holding and then suddenly thought about Jace. What if he wasn't ready for this responsibility yet? Yes, he told me that he loves me but a child is another story. I bit my lower as my family came to my mind as well.

Suddenly, I felt scared. What if my parents wouldn't accept my situation right now? My father specifically told me to help him manage our businesses and I promised that I would do it the moment I graduate. But now that I'm pregnant, there would be a possibility that I will stop working for the time being the moment I give birth.

I heaved a worried sigh. I didn't know what do think about my situation and what I would do next. I huffed and was about to put the papers that I was holding in my bag when I noticed someone standing in my way.

I lifted up my gaze to that person's direction and my eyes widened when I saw Jace. He was quietly staring at me full of seriousness. I gulped inaudibly.

"J-Jace..." His face was unreadable. He then sauntered toward me then held my hand and pulled me toward the parking lot. He opened his car and motioned for me to get in without even uttering a single word.

The moment I got inside the car, he closed the door and then got onto the driver's seat. He started the engine and then turned on the aircon.

No one talked for at least a minute or two and the silence was deafening. I wanted to start telling him about my pregnancy but I didn't know where to start. Suddenly, I felt nervous. He looked mad.

"Do you even have any plans of telling me about this?" My eyebrows creased and looked at him.

"About what?" I asked with an almost inaudible voice. He raked his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"Don't give me that, Christine. I know that you know what I'm talking about right now." Him calling me by my name told me that he was indeed mad. I sighed and then handed him my tests results. He gingerly took it and then read what was written in there.

"I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure yet. I had to come to the hospital to make sure." I explained with a small voice as I stared at my twiddling fingers on my lap tensely. I heard him gasp and I looked back at him.

He looked shock. The beating of my heart beat became fast.

"Y-You're pregnant?" I slowly nodded my head. He really looked like he couldn't believe it. He was staring at the results with widened eyes. I chewed on my bottom lip as I waited for his next reaction. I squeezed my eyes shut; couldn't take the suspense anymore.

I really thought, he was going to react negatively, but I was wrong because when I heard what he said next made me surprise. "Thank God! I thought, you were sick." I opened my eyes and stared at him with furrowed eyebrows. He took my hand and then kissed it as he stared at me full of joy.

"Yes! You're pregnant, mi amor. I'm so happy right now!" His eyes were twinkling with so much happiness while smiling at me. To my surprise, a lone tear fell from his right eye. I've never seen him like this before and it really surprised me.

"Y-You're not mad?"

"Why would I get mad? This is what I've been wanting for from the beginning." My eyes went wide.

"W-What?"

His smiled widened. "You heard it right, mi amor. This is what I've been wanting since we started getting intimate." My lips parted in shock. I couldn't believe of what I've heard.

"Ah. Now I understand why you kept on distracting me everytime I talk about protection." I crossed my arms across my chest and then raised an eyebrow at him, pretending to be serious and ticked off. The smile on his face faded.

"M-Mi amor, are you mad?" He asked, looking like a scared puppy. I wanted to burst into a fit of laughter because of the fear that was written all over his face, but I held back myself.

"What do you think, huh?" I caught him swallow hard because his Adam's apple moved tensely.

"Come on, mi amor. I just love you so much and I want you for myself, but it's not that I was trying to trap you with me that's why I planned to get you pregnant. I just wanted to have a baby with you because they say that a baby is a blessing. I just wanted us to have our little one so that our happiness would be complete." He answered while staring into my eyes lovingly.

He caressed my cheek. "You know that I love you so much, right? But I would never trap you into staying with me just because you're pregnant now. If you're not ready yet, I won't force you to. I'm sorry because I was selfish, wanting a child without talking it out with you first.

"You never insisted for us to use protection aside from suggesting the idea so I thought, we wanted the same thing." He looked down and then released a harsh breath. "Tell me, mi amor. Aren't you happy about our baby?" I could hint the fear in his voice. He was obviously tensed that he couldn't even look at me while waiting for my answer.

He looked so adorable like a dog who just got reprimanded by its owner.

I couldn't hold back myself anymore and laughed amusedly. He looked up at me with knitted eyebrows.

"You're laughing." He sounded like a fool as he blinked a couple of times in disbelief.

"Did you really think that I didn't want our baby?"

He nodded his head. "Because you looked mad a while ago."

I laughed. "You're so silly. If I didn't want to get pregnant by you, I would've taken contraceptive pills without your knowledge. Well, it's not like I was planning to get pregnant. It's more like, I was so overwhelmed and happy of our relationship that I didn't think of such things. I just knew that whatever happens, I would accept it for sure because it's with you."

Yes. I couldn't see the future without Jace anymore. Even if we never talked about marriage before, subconsciously, I knew that he's the one for me. He proved himself to me these past few months and his love was enough for me to hold onto us together.

"Really? So, you were just making fun of me by pretending to be mad because of my confession?"

"Well..." I answered while beaming. To my surprise, he suddenly cupped my face with his hands and then captured my lips with his for a hard, rough yet passionate kiss. I moaned and automatically wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back with equal heat and need.

We kissed like we couldn't get enough of each other until we almost ran out of breath.

"Are you planning to kill me?" I snapped at him the moment we finally pulled away from that hot kiss. He smirked at me.

"Of course not, mi amor. I love you too much to do that to you. I was just punishing you for making me worry and scared like that." I sneered at him and he laughed heartily. The serious look on his face a while ago was gone.

Now, I could tell that he was happy like a kid who got lots of presents on Christmas eve.

"But kidding aside, mi amor. Now that you're pregnant, I think I should talk to your parents about us." I instantly shook my head. His eyebrows creased.

"Why? Don't you not want them to know about us and your pregnancy?" He asked in disbelief.

"It's not like that, Jace. It's just that if you tell them about us and the fact that I'm pregnant, they will force us to get married right away."

"So what? Isn't just right for us to get married?" I shook my head right away.

"B-But I don't want you to marry me just because I'm pregnant. Besides, I am not ready to get married yet." I admitted and then bit my lower lip. His lips parted in shock while staring at me with furrowed eyebrows.

"You're not ready yet? What about our baby? Do you want him/her to be born in this world without us getting married first?"

"Yes. Why not? We can do that, right? I mean, I'm only 21 and you're 26 years old. We're still young. We have a lot of things that we want to accomplish first before getting married and settle down, right? I'm sure, you're the same. I don't want us to get married just because I'm pregnant.

"Whether you admit it or not, I know that you're not ready yet too. Besides, you never talked about getting married before and that's one sign that you're not ready either." I didn't know if I was saying the right things.

All I knew was, I didn't want to get married yet because I had a lot of plans. I knew it was ridiculous for me to think like that considering that I was already pregnant but I was scared about getting married so soon.

"I can't believe this! Just because I've never opened up about marrying you before means that I didn't have any plans of doing so. You know how much I love you, right? When I told you that, I meant every word. I stopped seeing other women and stick with you because I knew that you're the only one for me.

"You're telling me that I am not ready but you don't have any idea of how many times I've been thinking of asking you to marry me but I held myself back because I knew that you were the one who wasn't ready yet and I was scared about that.

"I was scared because you're still young and you might not want to settle down yet because you still have plans to do in your life and I was right all along. But you know what I think now that you told me these?"

"What?" My voice was almost inaudible.

"That you're just telling me that you're not ready because you don't love me." I gasped and looked at him in disbelief.

"What are you saying?" He smiled bitterly.

"I've always been open about my feelings towards you but you on the other hand never told me yours. I admit, this has been bothering me because I was scared that one day, you would find someone else to love and leave me."

My jaw slacked open. "W-What are you saying? I will never do that!" He looked into my eyes.

"Are you sure? You're not saying this out of pity?"

"Out of pity? Where are these coming from? Do you really think that I will give myself to you and stay in this relationship if I don't have feelings for you?" I asked in disbelief.

"Then, do you love me too?"

"Yes, I love you!" I gasped as I covered mouth with my hand upon uttering those words. I couldn't believe that I admitted it. I thought, I wasn't sure of my feelings yet but now, I finally realized that I really do love him.

"R-Really, mi amor? You love me too?"

I heaved a sigh. "I already said it. Don't you believe me? Do you want me to take it back?" He shook his had vigorously and then cupped my face. Our foreheads touched as he caressed my cheeks while staring at me lovingly.

"You made me so happy, mi amor. You don't know how much I've been wanting to hear those magic words from you. It was killing me, you know? You don't know how much scared I was of thinking that you might not love me after all." That made me smile and then gave him a gentle kiss on the lips.

"I admit, I was confused at first. Everytime I see you before, I always get irritated by your presence. Maybe because of your reputation of being a womanizer that I was allergic to you." We both chuckled. "But when we became a couple, everytime we're together, I always feel happy but when you're not around, I feel melancholy and always missing you so much.

"You became the center of my universe. I'm not sure when it all started but one thing is for sure, I love you so much and I can't be happy without you in my life." His eyes sparkled with so much happiness.

"You don't know how happy I am right now, mi amor. I love you too so damn much." I laughed because the way he said it. Then, our lips met again for a passionate kiss.

"I'm sorry if I can't marry you yet. I just don't want us to regret anything by making rush decisions." I uttered the moment our lips pulled away. He smiled.

"Don't worry, mi amor. I understand now. Besides, hearing you finally admitted your true feelings for me made me feel at ease. We love each other and that's the most important thing. We can always get married when you're ready. For now, let's think about our baby." He bowed down and then kissed my tummy.

"Daddy promises to love, protect and cherish, you baby together with mommy." My heart swelled with so much joy hearing what he said to our unborn baby.

"Thank you, for being so understanding, mi amor." He straightened his back and then looked at me like he couldn't believe what I've said.

"You called me mi amor." I laughed and gently flicked my finger on the tip of his nose.

"Why? Don't you like it?"

"Of course, I like it, mi amor!" I shook my head full of amusement. Later on, we agreed to tell about my pregnancy to my parents a week after that day in order for me to prepare myself.

But the next morning after that day, I wasn't expecting my father to come home. He looked so serious that when I greeted him, he didn't even smile. I swallowed hard.

"You should get ready, Christine. You and Jace must get married before everyone will notice your baby bump." I was stunned, didn't expect what he said.

"H-How did you know that I'm p-pregnant, daddy?" My voice was trembling. I've never seen my father this serious before.

"I have my ways."

"Did Jace tell you about it?"

"No. He didn't have to tell me for me to know about it. Now, I want him to take responsibility and marry you because if not, I will destroy him!" My eyes widened. He looked dangerous that I almost shivered in fear. I've never thought that my father had this side of him.

"B-But, daddy, I—"

"No buts, Christine. You only have one choice and that's to marry Jace!" He said sternly. I bit my lower lip and then looked down. He looked furious and disappointed.

"I'm sorry for disappointing you, daddy." My voice was shaking as my eyes watered.

"If you're really sorry, marry Jace. That's the only way for you to not disappoint me more than you already have." Before I could answer, he already turned his back and went upstairs. I felt the need to cry knowing that I disappointed him, but I gathered myself together.

I didn't want this to affect my baby. About an hour after that, I was surprised when Jace came over and talked to my father in his study room. When he came out, I noticed the reddish bruise on his cheek. When I asked him what happened, he just smiled and told me that it was nothing.

After Jace left, my father left for Houston again and told me that he would come back for Jace and I's wedding. I couldn't do anything other than to agree.

Later that day, Maggie came home to my surprise and she was devastated over Marco. She cried on my shoulders and I comforted her. I couldn't help but to get mad at Marco when Maggie told me everything that happened.

I wanted to go to Marco at the hospital to confront him but Maggie stopped me. Because of that, I couldn't tell Maggie of what happened. I didn't want to add to her burdens.

Three days later, we held a simple church wedding with only our families and friends. Everything happened so fast that I couldn't even digest everything. The only good thing was, I got married to the man I love.

After our wedding, Jace took me somewhere.

"Surprise!" He said the moment we entered inside the beautiful mansion. I looked at him questioningly. He chuckled and then hugged me and kissed my temple.

"I bought this house for the two of us. Welcome home, mi amor." I looked up at his handsome face.

"You bought this house?" I asked like silly. He chuckled and then nodded his head.

"The two of us together with our future children will fill this house with happiness and joy, mi amor."

"Our children? You sound like you want many children."

"Of course, mi amor. I want us to have our own baseball team." My eyes widened.

"No way!"

He smirked. "Yes way, mi amor." He then scooped me up onto his arms and carried me bridal style upstairs and took me to our room. Of course, we made love after that. Even though we kinda got forced to get married, we still became happy.

Days with my husband were happy and incomparable. He was the best and I thought, I couldn't ask for more. But a week after that something unexpected happened.

I saw Jace together with Arianne Imperial when he was supposed to be in California for a business meeting. I accidentally saw them inside a car while I was on my way to work. Jealousy ate all the rational thoughts in me and because of that, I decided to go home to my parents' house.

While on my way there, I received a message form my high school friend, inviting me to join them at Luna's party. I didn't reply yet because I wasn't sure yet of my response. Besides, I was too down to think clearly. Upon arriving home, I saw Maggie at the living room.

Looked like she and Marco haven't fixed their problem yet.

She'd been staying here since last week because she left Marco. It looked like she noticed that I was sad and she interrogated me. I just told her that I was sad because of what happened to Carina which was true. Until now, I was still blaming myself because of what happened to her, but I didn't tell her about the reason why I came home.

"You came here alone? Where is Jace?" She asked casually. I sat down beside her and then leaned the side of my head on her shoulder.

"He's at work."

"Ah. So, how's work?"

"As usual. Work is boring as hell." I answered, trying to sound fine. I just went back to work yesterday.

"Really? Well, it's a good timing then. It's Luna's birthday today and she invited us to her party tonight. It's been a while since we went to a party so you should come too." I closed my eyes. I felt so stressed out. I didn't want to think about what I saw this afternoon anymore but it felt on repeating in my head like a broken record.

"Yeah, I'll come. But I won't be able to go with you at the same time because I need to go somewhere first with my other high school friends. They will be there at the party too because they're acquainted with Luna as well. I'll just see you at the party then." I then stood up. "I'll just go freshen up."

"Okay. Nancy prepared a snack so come down when you finished." She looked like she wanted to ask something but too hesitant to do so.

After I finished freshening up, I went back downstairs and chatted with Maggie while eating our snack. I didn't want to stay in my room and think about Jace and Arianne because it would just make me go crazy with jealousy. I didn't want to think that they have a relationship because it hurt like hell.

After that, we started preparing ourselves for the party. That night, I've decided to party as hard as I could and forget about what Jace did.

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