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Charles felt his heartbreak when he saw tears escape Gina's eyes, "Gina", He called her name softly, and this made her raise her head to look at him. "I don't know why I act like that... I just get really mad sometimes, and I can't control my actions," She said in between her sobbing while Charles reached out and wiped her tears away, his eyes filled with nothing but warmth for her, and it made Gina cry even more. She was afraid that if she continued to flip out and act the way she acted a few minutes ago, she could eventually lose him, but Charles thought otherwise... he wanted to make things official with her as soon as possible and what Gina wasn't aware of was the fact that his friend who had come to see him had only come to deliver the engagement ring he had purchased... she was a jeweller and he has reached out to her because he knew she could help him pick out the best ring for Gina and he was right, he had fallen in love with the ring as soon as he saw it and had invited her for a drink because of how happy he was.. the ring box was in his pocket and he had planned to call her and ask her out to his apartment where he had started to plan out a proposal but she had shown up looking really mad and at left him confused and now she was a mess and seeing her cry made his heart ache... he wanted never to see tears in her eyes... he decided to make his proposal another time when she was in a good mood... Gina's mascara had smudged, and now she had her black eyes back... Charles took out the handkerchief from his jacket and handed it to her... he then stood up and poured her a glass of water so she could drink and calm her nerves... Gina drank the water, and then she finally stopped crying... "Is my makeup ruined?" She asked, and a smile appeared on his face... "You look beautiful,", he said, and Gina slapped his arm playfully... he watched as she got up and walked to the bathroom to check her face in the mirror... Charles reached into his pocket and took out the ring box. He was nervous, and when he heard her footsteps, he placed it back in his pocket... he was planning on giving it to her soon... __________________ __________________ "Why isn't he answering my call?" Caroline muttered under her breath as she paced around her room, Charles hadn't been home fthe or a day and had not picked up any of her calls... she had gone to his apartment to look for him but he had changed all his passcodes and she couldn't get him... the more she tried to reach out to him, the more distant she felt her son was to her... it made her happy to know that things were going well with him and Gina, but it made her sad to know that her son wasn't close to her like he once was... it felt like he was avoiding her.. she threw her phone on the bed and sighed deeply... she sat down on her bed for a while, trying to calm her nerves till a soft knock was heard on her door... "I told you already that I don't want to be disturb you!" she yelled at whoever was at the door, but then the door knob slowly turned, and her son, who had left her troubled the entire day, walked into her room... "What are you doing here?" Caroline said coldly like she hadn't called him just a few minutes before... "I came to check how you were,", Charles said, and Caroline scoffed... she glared at him and picked up her pillow... she threw it at him, but Charles caught it... "Check on me? How dare you! you keep ignoring all my cause and almost gave me a heart attack, and now you want to check how I am." She blurted out in anger, and Charles sighed deeply. He had no idea what his mother rented; sometimes he felt like she was choking him up... he was a grown man but stayed with her because she wanted him to, even though he had his apartment. She always wanted him to do what she wanted, and right now, he decided to take the reins in his own life... "You changed all your passcodes just so you could avoid me,", Caroline continued with her complaint... "Did she ask you to do it as a way of getting back at me... that sly girl?" Caroline said, and Charles had had enough at that moment. "No, Mom, you made me do it... I'm not a child any more, Mom; you can't keep controlling my life; I'm only with Gina because I have feelings for her, not because you want me to be with her. and I'm moving out because I want to. I always did what you wanted... you made him go to business school and I never once disobeyed you, but now I'm going to do what I want" Charles said firmly Caroline was rendered speechless, she stared at her son like she was staring at a completely different person and not her little boy... she realised then that he wasn't her little boy anymore, he was a grown man and could do whatever he wanted, but because he wanted to please her he did whatever she wanted... she had been selfish and had taken advantage of this opportunity to get whatever she wanted... Caroline sighed deeply and got up from the bed; she walked to where she was soon standing and reached out to hold his face. A sad smile appeared on her face as she stared at him... Her little boy was all grown up and had fallen in love... she wanted him to be happy no matter what and would do anything for him...