A/N: We will know the reason why Christine left Jace in the next chapter. If you want an update tomorrow, just give me 100 comments. 

A/N: Just to let you guys know; I edited a small scene of Jace and Christine in 'My possessive ex-lover' so that the event would coincide with the flow of this story. 

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CHRISTINE's POV

Jace kept on calling me when he probably arrived home but I turned off my phone. I couldn't believe that he lied to me. He was supposedly in LA like he told me so but it looked like he didn't go there in the first place.

I couldn't even cry because of so much anger not to mention overwhelming jealousy. All I knew was, I had to go somewhere to forget about the negative emotions that I was feeling inside.

Maggie, Juno and I attended Luna's birthday party but I made sure not to drink any alcoholic drinks. Maggie was so busy with her own partying that she didn't notice that I wasn't drinking any alcohol aside from the orange juice that I was drinking.

We just got reunited with Juno after more than a decade because she just came back from Greece and we were happy to be with her again.

Almost everyone was already wasted when the party finally ended. We were about to go home when Maggie suggested something.

"It's too early for us to go home. Why don't we go to the club? I'll treat you guys." She offered. She was already drunk but not too drunk for another round of partying. I mentally shook my head.

"Maggie, I know that you have a problem right now, but we can't just drag Juno wherever we want to. It's already late." I contradicted. I didn't want to voice out in front of Juno that Maggie has a problem, but I had to say something.

Juno looked surprised upon hearing what I've said and looked at Maggie.

"You have a problem?" She asked with concern.

"Yes. She left her husband and now, she he's moping around." I answered and Maggie glared at me.

"I didn't know that you're already married." Juno said, still looked surprised.

"Yeah. You can say that." Maggie uttered. I mentally shook my head. I could see the sadness in my sister's eyes and I felt bad for her. I heaved a sigh and didn't comment anymore. Even though I have a problem myself, I chose to just forget it for the meantime and look after Maggie.

"Let's go to the club then. I don't know what your problem is right now but if you need some entertainment, let's go." Juno's tone became cheerful, probably wanting to make the mood lighter.

"Are you sure it's okay with you?" Maggie hesitantly asked Juno and she nodded her head. After that, we found ourselves at TBG club. We looked for a vacant table. Juno stayed at our table while me and Maggie went together to the washroom after that.

"Hey, Mags. I agreed for us to come here to have fun but not to drink even more. I'm already tipsy. I don't have a plan to drive while drinking." I said to my sister in an effort to stop her from drinking more than she could handle even though I wasn't tipsy at all because I didn't drink any alcohol.

They tried to give me an alcoholic drink at Luna's party a while ago and I accepted but I didn't drink it. I didn't want to be a party pooper, so I pretended to be drinking. Thankfully, everyone was busy with their own little world not to mention drunk that they didn't notice it.

I haven't told about my pregnancy to my sister yet because I couldn't find the right time. She'd been busy wallowing in her problem since she came back home.

"Don't worry, Tin. I'm still alright. I'll be the one to drive." I almost rolled my eyes. As if she could do that when she's already under the influence of alcohol.

"Remember that we have Juno with us. She looks like she's not used to these kinds of stuff so don't drink too much." I reminded her. She released a breath and then faced me.

"Actually, I want to get wasted tonight, Tin." My eyes widened.

"Maggie!"

"You're here with me that's why I'm not worried about myself. C'mon, let's go back to Juno. She's waiting for us." I shook my head in disbelief but I didn't say anything more. When we went back to our table, Juno was missing, and we had to look for her everywhere.

Maggie and I were so worried that something bad has happened to her. Then, a couple of minutes later, she suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She said that she saw someone she knew and talked to that person.

After that, we started partying. We danced to our hearts content, but my movements were limited due to the fact that I was pregnant. I just wanted to entertain myself just for the moment.

When we got tired, we went back to our table. I turned my phone on and my jaw slacked open when I received a series of messages and notifications that Jace had been trying to call me a lot of times already.

I scoffed. Whatever, I said to myself. I put back my phone inside my bag and then joined the conversation.

The three of us were busy chatting when Jace suddenly arrived. I was shock to see him because I didn't expect him to look for me. I swallowed hard. He looked livid. He asked me to come home with him but when I declined stubbornly, he did the unimaginable and scooped me up onto his arms and carried me out of the club despite my protest.

While we were inside the car on our way home, no one spoke a word and the silence was deafening. I could tell that Jace was mad judging by the way he flexed his jaw but I was mad too. When we arrived home, that was the time that he started confronting me.

"Are you out of your mind going to the club and partying like you're not pregnant?! Are you even aware that alcohol is not good for the baby?!" I flinched because of his loud voice. I gritted my teeth.

"For your information, mister! I didn't drink alcohol. Not a single drop so don't shout at me like I'm deaf!" I answered with equal tone. He ran his hand over his face in frustration.

"Do you even have any idea how worried I was looking for you everywhere because you weren't answering my calls and texts? I almost went insane, thinking that something bad might've had happened to you!" His voice mellowed. Now that his anger subsided a little, I could finally see how worried he was for me.

"And why would something bad happen to me?" I asked with furrowed eyebrows. He looked like his body went still.

"B-Because you weren't answering my calls and texts. When I came home, you weren't here and I got worried." I didn't know why but he looked like he was hiding something.

I scoffed. "Oh, really? You were worried? How come? You were having a blast with another woman's company, right? I'm sure, I didn't even cross your mind while you were with her." I couldn't take it anymore. I had to say it before I become insane.

His eyebrows creased.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"C'mon, Jace. I saw you. You went to LA, huh? Really? Well, I know the truth now because I saw you with her. You were with Arianne Imperial, right? Why did you have to lie to me like that? If you're not happy with our relationship anymore, then tell me so that I know what I'll do next. Don't make me look like a fool! You know what I hate the most? Liars." He was caught off guard. I smiled at him bitterly.

"Cat got your tongue? You searched for me and even went to the club, pretending to be worried about me when we both know that you came from another woman's company. Why, Jace? Why do you have to do this to me?" It looked like he already swallowed his tongue because he couldn't even utter any answer. I shook my head as my eyes brimmed with tears.

I turned my back on him when my tears fell. I didn't want him to see me crying. I was about to walk away and leave him there when he suddenly hugged me from behind and then buried his face on the crook of my neck.

His body was slightly trembling.

"I'm sorry, mi amor. Yes, I lied but it's not what you think. You're mistaken. Please, listen to me." He begged. I looked up, trying to suppress my tears but failed miserably. Ever since I fell in love with Jace, he became my weakness.

He makes me happy but I just realized now that the sadness he would cause me the moment he hurt me would be too much too.

I already knew that a married life wouldn't be a bed of roses nor a walk in paradise but I've never thought that it would be this early that problems arise in our relationship.

"You know why I had to go to somewhere to forget about what I saw?" I asked bitterly. He didn't reply. "Because I had to forget even just for a moment that I saw you with another woman and the fact that you lied to my face without even blinking an eye. Honesty is very important to me and I expected you to be one." I couldn't hide the resentment in my voice.

"I wanted to tell you the truth, but I couldn't. When I told you that lie, I was dying inside because I didn't want to ever lie to you about anything. Yes, I lied but it's not what you think. This is about my job." He answered as if all the life within him got sucked out.

I unwrapped his arms from hugging my waist and then faced him. "What do you mean by it's about your job? If it was about your job at MCC then, why did you have to lie? If you're not hiding something from me, then why did you have to do that in the first place? If you want me to understand you, tell me everything now while I still have the heart to listen to you."

He squeezed his eyes shut for good three seconds before he looked at me once again. "This is not about my job in MCC, mi amor. I want to tell you about it right now but I can't. If you're thinking that I'm cheating on you with Arianne, you're wrong.

"She's my friend. Nothing more, nothing less. You're the one I love, mi amor. Please, don't think that I would ever cheat on you because I will never ever do that to you no matter what happens. If you hate liars, I hate infidelity because I've been a victim of an unfaithful father.

"I grew up hating my own father because he left us for another woman. I saw how my own mother cried over someone who obviously didn't value what they had, especially our family. I witnessed all the hardships that my mother has been through, so I promised myself not to commit the same sin to my wife. Never would I dare because I love you too much." He stared intently into my eyes while saying those words.

I could see the honesty in those grey eyes of his and my anger faded just like that. I felt like the dark clouds above my head disappeared in an instant. I heaved a sigh. I really couldn't get mad at him for long even if I wanted to.

"If you really didn't cheat on me, why did you have to lie? Why were you with Arianne?" I insisted to know. He closed the gap between us and then held my hands.

"I'm sorry, mi amor, but this is highly confidential that I can't even tell to my own family." I shook my head, couldn't understand why.

"Why?"

"Because it's dangerous." My lips parted.

"Don't tell me you're involved in a syndicate?!" He shook his head vigorously.

"No!"

"Then, what is it about?" He cupped my face and then stared at me pleadingly.

"I'm begging you, mi amor. Just trust me on this. You can't get involved in this because it's too dangerous. I don't want something bad happened to you." He then embraced me tightly.

"Is this the reason why you were so worried about me?"

"Yes." I didn't know what to think about all these. All I knew was, I was frustrated and worried about it at the same time. I could sense that something was off and I had to know what it was about.

I forgave Jace and everything went back to normal between us after that even though, deep inside of me, I was determined to know his secret.

Then, the next morning, Jace drove me to work. We were at the freeway when the unthinkable happened. A black car on the other lane matched our speed and to my horror, the armed men inside the vehicle rained bullets at our direction. I screamed in terror.

"Don't panic, mi amor. Our car is bullet proof." I looked a Jace. He looked calm while busy driving and pressing something on the touch screen of the car.

"Red, I need your help. A group of men in black car is raining bullets at my car here along freeway 22. Try if you could locate us."

"Copy, Slate. I'm on it." A familiar voice of a woman answered. Then, Jace stepped on the brake which caused the wheels to squeak. I screamed once again. My eyes widened when he pulled a gun from under his seat and then cocked it. He rolled down the window and then shoot the black car who was now ahead of us because they didn't expect for us to stop.

"Slate, I'm in pursuit behind you." That voice echoed again from the speaker.

"Good! Do something!" Jace answered as kept on shooting the car until the two back wheels of the vehicle got deflated. Jace then stepped on the gas again and managed to get away from them. Then, a couple of seconds later, I heard a loud explosion.

I looked behind us and saw the black car was now on fire and got torn into pieces. It looked like a bomb hit it or something.

"It's done, Slate. I'll just call the clean-up team here."

"Good job, Red. Anyway, how come you're here this fast? I thought we were going to meet at the headquarters today?"

"Well, I already had a suspicion that this will happen soon, so I went to your place to verify if they're already lurking around. Thankfully, I decided to follow you when I saw your car leaving your house."

"Thanks, Red."

"No prob." Then, everything became silent. Jace looked at me. Beads of sweat were already on his forehead.

"Are you okay, mi amor? Are you hurt?" He looked so worried while breathing hard.

"Stop the car." I answered sternly.

"But—"

"I said, stop the car!" He sighed in defeat and did as I was told. He maneuvered the car to the highway service center. After he parked the car at the parking lot, I faced him.

"What was that? Who were those people?!" Jace gulped tensely.

"Mi amor, calm down. Are you sure, you're okay? Is our baby okay?" He was about to touch my tummy but I swatted his hand.

"Answer me!" My body was still shivering in fear. I couldn't believe of what just happened.

"Mi amor, this is what I've been telling you about. Those people were bad guys and they will do everything to get me."

"Why? I don't understand! Are those people terrorists or something?"

"Yes, mi amor. I'm sorry but this is all I could tell you. Those guys came to get me but thank God because we managed to protect you. If something bad have happened to you and our baby, I would never forgive myself." I gasped in shock, didn't know how to react of all these.

I was beyond shock. I thought, those things only happen in movies but I was wrong.

No one talked for a about a minute or so before I managed to gather myself together and spoke. "I want a quiet life, Jace. I didn't sign up for this. Maybe, if our situation was different, I would understand why you're doing this. I am pregnant with our child, Jace, and I'm afraid that our baby would be in danger if you still continue on whatever you're doing."

He took my hand and looked at me full of guilt. "I'm so sorry that you have to get involved in this mess, mi amor. I tried my best for them to not discover about you but it was so hard to do so. Don't worry because they will have to kill me first before they could touch you and our baby." My eyes widened.

"No! No one is going to die because you're going to quit that organization that you're in!" He shook his head.

"It's not that easy, mi amor."

"It's not easy? If you really love me and our unborn child, then do this for us." I met his gaze with determined looked on my face and his face softened. He raked his fingers through his hair before he nodded his head.

After that, we didn't talk about what happened again. Jace fulfilled his promise and stayed by my side as my tummy got bigger and bigger with each passing month. I momentarily stopped working when I reached my third trimester because it was becoming difficult for me.

Jace on the other hand only goes to MCC if he needs to go. Most of the time, he works at home. Everything was peaceful until the moment came that I gave birth to our first born. Jace and I were overjoyed upon seeing our little one. He looked so cute and healthy.

We named him Jacob Christiano which derived from both of our names. When I first laid my eyes on him, tears of joy fell from my eyes. He looked so precious. After we brought him home, our days were filled with joy. 

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