LOVE'S JOURNEY
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Chapter 6 Six img
Chapter 7 Seven img
Chapter 8 Eight img
Chapter 9 Nine img
Chapter 10 Ten img
Chapter 11 Eleven img
Chapter 12 Twelve img
Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty-one img
Chapter 22 Twenty-two img
Chapter 23 Twenty-three img
Chapter 24 Twenty-four img
Chapter 25 Twenty-five img
Chapter 26 Twenty-six img
Chapter 27 Twenty-seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty-eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty-nine img
Chapter 30 Thirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty-one img
Chapter 32 Thirty-Two img
Chapter 33 Thirty-three img
Chapter 34 Thirty-four img
Chapter 35 Thirty-five img
Chapter 36 Thirty-six img
Chapter 37 Thirty-seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty-eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty-nine img
Chapter 40 Forty img
Chapter 41 Forty-One img
Chapter 42 Forty-Two img
Chapter 43 Forty-three img
Chapter 44 Forty-four img
Chapter 45 Forty-five img
Chapter 46 Forty-six img
Chapter 47 Forty-seven img
Chapter 48 Forty-eight img
Chapter 49 Forty-nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty-one img
Chapter 52 Fifty-two img
Chapter 53 Fifty-three img
Chapter 54 Fifty-four img
Chapter 55 Fifty-five img
Chapter 56 Fifty-six img
Chapter 57 Fifty-seven img
Chapter 58 Fifty-eight img
Chapter 59 Fifty-nine img
Chapter 60 Sixty img
Chapter 61 Sixty-One img
Chapter 62 Sixty -Two img
Chapter 63 Sixty-Three img
Chapter 64 Sixty-Four img
Chapter 65 Sixty-Five img
Chapter 66 Sixty-Six img
Chapter 67 Sixty-Seven img
Chapter 68 Sixty-Eight img
Chapter 69 Sixty-Nine img
Chapter 70 Seventy img
Chapter 71 Seventy-One img
Chapter 72 Seventy-Two img
Chapter 73 Seventy-Three img
Chapter 74 Seventy-Four img
Chapter 75 Seventy-Five img
Chapter 76 Seventy-Six img
Chapter 77 Seventy-Seven img
Chapter 78 Seventy-Eight img
Chapter 79 Seventy-Nine img
Chapter 80 Eighty img
Chapter 81 Eighty-One img
Chapter 82 Eighty-Two img
Chapter 83 Eighy-Three img
Chapter 84 Eighty-Four img
Chapter 85 Eighty-Five img
Chapter 86 Eighty-Six img
Chapter 87 Eighty-Seven img
Chapter 88 Eighty-Eight img
Chapter 89 Eighty-Nine img
Chapter 90 Ninety img
Chapter 91 Ninety-One img
Chapter 92 Ninety-Two img
Chapter 93 Ninety-Three img
Chapter 94 Ninety-Four img
Chapter 95 Ninety-Five img
Chapter 96 Ninty-Six img
Chapter 97 Ninty-Seven img
Chapter 98 Ninty-Eight img
Chapter 99 Ninty-Nine img
Chapter 100 Hundred img
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Chapter 5 Five

Becky was adding cream to her coffee when Colin's call came the following Tuesday morning from China. She grinned wildly at her sister and swiped across her phone screen. "Hey," she whispered into the phone.

Betty was so happy that her sister was gradually getting her groove back. She prayed silently that the new guy would be the real deal, that it would be a new, beautiful beginning.

Becky had gone through a lot in the last three years. Betty had watched helplessly as her sister battled depression for months.

When her sister told her about her boss's friend, she was so happy. Becky was now eager to meet the man behind Becky's recent happiness. Betty couldn't attend the education congress, so she hadn't met Colin yet.

Betty watched with delight as Becky

picked up her snack and walked out of the kitchen, chuckling into the phone.

"Oh congrats, you've signed the deal," Becky said when he told her they had signed the deal papers.

"Thanks, dear," he whispered. "I miss you so much. I wish I'm there with you." His voice came out breathy over the phone.

Becky said nothing. She didn't know how to respond to that.

"You didn't say anything," he retorted gently. "Don't you miss me?"

"I miss you," she whispered. "Yes, I miss you too."

"Or do you want me to come back to New York tomorrow?" he asked in a ragged voice. "I can postpone my journey to Spain."

He planned to leave for Spain the following day to check up on his dad.

"No, you don't have to do that," she replied to him. "Go and check up on your dad. It's just for a week."

"Okay I will," he sighed. "But I won't stay for a week anymore. I will spend only three days with him."

"Why?" she asked. His swift change of plans surprised her.

"Because I want to come back to see your beautiful face, my dear," he breathed raggedly into the phone. "I can't stop thinking about you. I want to be where you are."

Again, Becky could say nothing. As much as she was feeling a pull in her heart towards him, she knew she needed to be cautious.

"I will spend only three days in Spain." He broke the silence when she didn't talk. "What do you want me to get for you?"

"Anything," she giggled, "you can bring all Spain."

"Anything is nothing," he chuckled. "But all of Spain is something. I will try to bring that."

"Colin, we are ready," Becky heard a low male voice say to him in the background from the other end.

"Hold on please," Colin said to her. And he asked the man to give him a minute.

"Sorry about that," he said to Becky. "That was my MD talking to me. I have to go now. Our host is taking us out for dinner."

"Oh. Okay," Becky said, and they said their goodbyes, with him promising to call her later.

After her phone call with Colin, she couldn't even eat her breakfast anymore. Becky was filled with apprehension as she started getting dressed for work . She had never felt this excited about a man in three years.

But she was afraid as well. She didn't want her heart to get shattered again. She wasn't sure if she could withstand it one more time. It was so bad last time. Her mind went back to thirty-eight months ago with Felix, her ex.

Becky knew she would never forget the unfortunate day her ex called off their wedding as long as she lived. It was exactly four weeks before their wedding day. They were about to leave for their photoshoot that Saturday morning. He was at her house to pick her up.

When she joined him in the car, he looked into her eyes and said, "Becky, I don't want to do any photoshoot again." He ran his hands up and down his thighs. "I don't want to get married anymore!"

"What?" Becky's heart nearly stopped. "What did you just say?" She widened her eyes in horror.

"I am sorry, Becky," Felix said in a low tone. I'm..." He blew out what seemed like a frustrated breath. "It's..., I fell in love with Reese again. We've been sleeping together. I can't continue with this wedding."

Reese was his ex-wife. He had already divorced her five years before Becky even met Felix. So she found it difficult to wrap her mind around why he would go back to her.

"You fell in love with your ex-wife?" She shrilled. "You are sleeping with Reese?" She rubbed her forehead, with her eyes closed, and said, "oh my God, I'm such a fool, I have been a fool all this while."

"I'm sorry, Becky," he begged her. "I never planned for things to turn out this way."

"This is what you are doing to me, Felix? I thought you loved me." She smiled mirthlessly. "Four weeks to our wedding. I am in trouble!"

She looked incredulously into his eyes. She was already sweating profusely, eyes glistened with tears. If anyone told her he would be so cruel to her, she would have asked the person to examine his or her head properly.

He said nothing: he couldn't say anything. All she saw on his face was a mixture of sadness, shame, and relief, all at the same time.

"I'm sorry," Felix pleaded again. "I couldn't help myself. I fell in love with her again." He reached out and placed a hand on her arm.

"You are so wicked, Felix Morgan!" She slapped his hand away from her body. "You are a very wicked soul. So I should go on national television now and announce that Felix is not marrying me again." Tears trickled down her face. "That we have canceled the wedding. Or what do you want me to do now?"

She opened the car door quietly and walked back into the house. But she hadn't taken over four steps when she swayed and collapsed.

                         

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