CHAPTER 87

She stirred. 'Sweetie, wake up," he said. She opened her eyes and adjusted her vision to the man who held her heart, no matter how far away she was from him. 'Hi," she answered as she sat up and rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. He stood there, arms around his son and looked at the woman his heart desired more and more every day. It was a torture for him to dwell without her. Without seeing her face and holding her against his impressive chest. Life had taken enough from them. He held out his hand to her, and holding his son against him with the other, he led them upstairs to his master bedroom. He had redesigned it. Changed the bed and threw away all the bed sheets he had screwed the wrong woman on. He wanted nothing the same way from the awful past he had with a snake in the grass. He remained single and kept on praying to the God he believed in, to let the right woman and his son come back home to him. His prayers had been answered. But he wasn't too certain why she was here so he wasn't about to go melting. She could have just come for a visit and will leave after Jevan's birthday. He placed his son down on his big comfortable bed and he sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his lap. He inhaled her sweet flowery scent and remembered all the good times they had together. 'How are you?" he asked. She saddled herself, facing him and undid his tie. She always wanted to undress him. 'I'm fine. How are you?" 'Words cannot describe this feeling. I'm so happy that the both of you are here." 'We knew you'd be surprised," she replied with the sweet soft voice she owned. 'How long are you here for?" he asked, hoping she'll stay forever and don't hurt his heart anymore. 'He wants his daddy for his birthday so I figured I'll just show up and surprise you with him." His face changed to pure sadness ? and his body slumped. She was only here for Jevan's birthday, and after that day is over, she'll be leaving and taking the rest of his heart along with her. 'Okay." Was his only response. 'Why so sad?" she asked him, paying attention to his sudden change. 'You're not happy that we're here?" 'Of course I am." 'Then what's the problem?" she asked as she made her lips approach his neck. He missed her touches and her sweet lips. 'Jasmine, I really miss you." 'And I miss you too." She had been fighting against the feeling in her heart for far too long. Love couldn't be fought and the love she shared for him, couldn't fade away no matter how she tried. 'Please stay," he begged again. He had been begging for her to come back and start a family with him whenever he visited them in LA. But Jasmine always was stubborn and wasn't availing to his words. 'I have no intention of leaving." His eyes popped open and his heart started beating with happiness. All the nerves in his body, which had gone numb the day she rejected him at the hospital, woke up with sparks. 'You're going stay?" he asked, making sure his ears hadn't deceived him. 'I can't fight the feeling anymore Evan. I love you." 'I love you too Jasmine." Their lips crashed together. She saw fireworks and he saw shooting stars. They had missed each other so much but now they were back together, and with a child they both shared. No force on earth was going to stop him from doing right by his little family he had always wanted. 'Da Da." They heard a tiny voice saying behind them. They laughed against each other's lips as they pulled away from the kiss and turned around to the Bundle of joy wide awake on the bed and looking at his parents with a big smile on his face. Evan, Jasmine and Jevan were finally going to become a family. *Three weeks after* Jasmine's POV Evan and I had been lying in bed when an idea crossed my mind. I had realized that there were so such to him that I didn't know about as yet and so many unanswered questions. I gently tugged on his shoulder and he turned towards me with a smiling face and messy hair. 'Can't sleep?" he asked. 'Can I ask you something?" I asked, ignoring his question. 'Sure, what is it?" 'Why do you give women white roses when you're through with them?" He chuckled and ran his hands over his face. 'When I was a little boy, I used to go to my grandmother's house a lot before she passed. Right before she got sick, she started planting a garden of white roses and I assisted her sometimes. Right before the very first blossom of the roses, she passed. She never got the chance to see her white garden and I took it very hard. So, I use white roses to tell women goodbye and that they're dead to me." I was shocked. I had absolutely no idea that the meaning to the white roses was that deep. I assumed that it was only a nice but twisted gesture to his one night stands and ex-girlfriends. 'How many women received white roses?" Was my next question. He looked at me and let out a low sigh. 'Like really Jasmine, you want to know about that right now?" 'Yes. You were the one who said that we need to know more each other so I'll like to know about your one night stands and your ex girlfriends. How many were there and what were their names?" 'Okay. To be honest, I had three one-night-stands with three actresses. Their names were Julia Starlet, Rose Carter and Angeline Pope." I shook my head. Julia, Rose and Angeline were all very famous movie actresses and were all once beauty models. 'And how many long term relationships were there?" I asked again. 'From the beginning to the end of high school, I was involved with Jessica Hills. We were always off and on. The summer after high school, she left and I met a girl named Elle. We dated for two weeks before we realized that we were just not right for each other. In college, i remained single and more focus on my education and filling my father's big boots on running and managing his establishment.