The CEO’s Ex-Wife Can’t Escape

The Ceo’s Ex-Wife Can’t Escape

Chapter 36: I’ll Love You

Jackson meaningfully stared at her while Airina scoffed and then looked away. She cast the barbeques a glance, her emotions were indescribable. She didn’t know why Jackson was trying so hard to get her after heartlessly breaking her heart into two. He was the same man who said despicable things to her and now he was smiling like he had done nothing wrong.

How could he be so cruel?

“Rina…”

“Don’t call me sweetly.” She lifted her hand, but Jackson only grasped it, “Jackson!”

“Rina, why don’t you give me a chance?”

Airina really didn’t want to look at him for she knew that the moment she faced him, his gaze would always make her waver. However, she couldn’t stop herself from raising her head and gazing up. Their eyes locked into each other – his eyes were fixated on her while she held her breath, unable to control her swirling emotions.

No, she moved on. She doesn’t love him anymore.

“Rina, please give me a chance to prove I am rightful to love you.”

He pecked the back of her palm to which she was electrified and forcefully pulled her hand from him. She turned around, biting her lower lip while hearing her heart beating louder and faster than previously.

She guiltily looked at her hand. “It’s useless to try,” she warned then after calming her nerves down, she turned around. “Because I won’t give you a chance.”

She took her bag from the wooden swing but before she could leave her position, Jackson wrapped his hands around her waist while he laid his forehead on her shoulders. He breathed against her back and Airina was caught off-guard by what he did.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“Jackson, let me go.”

“I can’t,” he shook his head, “If I let you go again, I would regret it my whole life…. I can’t.”

He insisted. Airina bit her lower lip. If he begged her like this, how could she have the heart to deny him?

She sighed, “I don’t want you. I don’t want to want you ever again, more so to love you again.”

“Then use me to move on from what I did to you. Slap me, kick me, beat me up,” he heavily sighed, “Just please give me a chance.”

“I can’t.”

“Why can’t you give me another chance?”

“Then what will happen afterward?”

Jackson zipped his mouth for a while. He contemplated but no words came out of his mouth. What will happen if she gives him a chance?

“If you give me another chance,” he mumbled, “I will love you more than you ever did, I will make sure you won’t be able to let me go. Rina, I want to have a relationship with you. A real loving relationship.”

She shook her head.

Jackson added, “You don’t need to love me. Because I will be the one to love you, Rina.”

Airina’s struggles to get out of his embrace stopped when she heard him. He will be the one to love her; one thing she had been wishing for him to do back then. In the end, hearing someone she loved so dearly back then come to beg her, she didn’t, no, she couldn’t even say anything.

Slowly, Jackson let go of her and turned her around. He smiled at her.

“Can you wait for the barbeque to get cooked?”

Airina dazedly looked at him, who leaned forward and pecked her forehead. She was again defeated. Jackson beamed at her, caressing her hair lovingly.

“Wait for me. I will cook the barbeques. For now, have this Sazerac drink I purchased the other day.” He shook the bottle, poured it into the transparent glass, and handed it over to her hand.

Airina, who couldn’t utter a word, quietly shed tears. It felt warm; to be loved by someone.

Somehow enough, she doubted if the love he had proclaimed earlier would last for a fleeting moment or will it be for a lifetime. She didn’t know.

“Second chance, huh… I’m not sure.” She mumbled, looking down on the drink he gave to her.

Why does love make one weak yet strong? Airina doesn’t know the answer but the feeling of her feeling being reciprocated, although late felt so good like a fairytale. But just like a tale, it’s not real.

How did he bear feelings for her after doing the cruelest thing to her? She was innocent of any sin, yet he was the one who did the unthinkable. She felt conflicted.

She looked at his busy visage,

“Should I give you a chance?”