Chapter 336 - Back home

"Baby, I'm not fine."

Diana cried softly as she bent against the steering.

"where are you? I'm coming to get you now." he sounded panicked and Diana could hear him shuffling things.

"I'll text you my location, I don't know where exactly I am, and call an Uber, I'm driving already."

"Okay, wait for me, don't move okay and don't cry anymore."

Diana nodded, "Okay."

After she heard the beep, she peeked up at the nearest sign post and texted the address to him immediately.

Now she had heard his voice, she felt a little fine.

Dipping her hand into her bag, she took out her hankie and wiped her eyes.

After what seemed like a while, she saw an Uber pull up in front of her car.

Diana pouted and came out of the car slowly.

She saw Michael jump out of the car and run towards her, he looked very worried as he approached her.

"Diana, what's wrong? What happened?"

She didn't respond to his questions, she just stretched her arms towards him like a baby itching to be held, with a gloomy look on her face.

Michael's steps faltered and without saying another word, he pulled her close and hugged her tight. Diana's hands went around him and hugged him like he was her breath. She thought she was getting better, but now he was here, she started crying again.

"It's okay, I'm here now. Stop crying."

Michael patted her back and kissed her forehead.

She wept on his shirt, soaking it with her tears. She didn't know how long she cried but when she finally stopped crying, the road was almost quiet. 

Michael took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped her eyes and face.

"Your face is red and swollen." He commented, and she pouted, she could barely open her eyes.

"But you still look cute."

Diana chuckled softly and slapped him slightly on the chest, she didn't want to laugh in this situation.

Michael smiled and arranged her disheveled hair.

Then he held her hand and took her to her car.

Opening the door, he made her sit and put her seat belt on and then he got in the driver's side,

Turning to her, he asked,

"what happened?"

Diana pouted, she thought for a moment and then she spoke, "I just realized that my whole childhood was a fake."

She paused, "my father is getting married to my Uncle's wife, is that not funny?"

She laughed, "I just looked into his eyes and I realized what a jerk my mom had lived with for over 20 years of her life."

She shook her head and stared forward,

Michael did not interrupt her, he just let her say everything weighing her down,

"You know, I didn't want to, but I didn't have a choice. Even if I didn't give my support, he would still see that woman. It's not like I could change what already happened or bring them back together again. But it still hurts badly when I think about it. He made my mom believe a lie. He made us believe he actually cared! "

"Maybe he does."

Michael said and her eyes turned to look at him,

"Imagine you loved someone and you couldn't be with the person and then you're given a chance to, would you not take it?"

"I would, but at the expense of another's hurt."

Michael took her hand with a smile,

"Sometimes, we humans become selfish, even when we don't want to. Even if we don't want to hurt the people around us, we can't help it."

Diana frowned,

"Are you supporting him right now?"

He shook her head,

"No, no, not at all." He paused, "I'm just giving you a reason to let go."

He smiled,

"Since you're so sober, we're just going to drive around the city till we are tired, then we go home, okay?"

Diana pouted and nodded, "Okay."

Her car was a convertible so he let the roof down so she would feel the cool breeze of the night and it would take her worries away.

On the way, they stopped by a snack shop and got her some snacks to keep her busy. 

They started off with small talks but soon they were talking and laughing, by the time they got back to her house, she was no longer sad.

Diana smiled as she stepped out of the car,

"Thank you for today."

Michael smirked, 

"You don't have to thank me, that's what boyfriends do."

Diana blushed, "Okay, let's go in, it's cold outside."

Michael nodded and held her hand as he led her into the house.

…

Three weeks later…

Tiana stepped down from the plane, inhaling the Californian air, they were back finally! 

Her eyes turned to Nicklaus and she smiled brightly. 

Although she had a hard time falling asleep last night, now they were finally home, she didn't feel that bad anymore.

The guards took their bags and Nicklaus held her around her waist as they got into the car.

"You are smiling a little more than I expected."

Nicklaus acknowledged when he noticed she was very happy. She had complained that she didn't want to return so he was surprised to see her so excited. Tiana laughed,

"Well, because I didn't expect to be this happy, ."

When they got home, every one was there to welcome them. Gwen wasn't home when she returned, it was just the workers. They had everywhere decorated for them and a lavish meal prepared. They went in and took a cool bath, relaxed and ate. 

They just finished eating their meal when Gwen came back. When she heard they were home, she ran quickly to the dining and embraced Tiana in a sisterly hug,

"Welcome back. I've missed you so so much."

She smiled sweetly and her eyes flashed at Nicklaus and she greeted shyly.

"Welcome back, Nicklaus, hope you enjoyed your holiday?''

Nicklaus nodded, 

"Yeah, hope you've been well?"

He asked and she smiled,

"Yes, I have."

He nodded and wiped his lips,

"Okay, I'll leave you both to have your sister time."

Nicklaus smiled and stood up, making Tiana and Gwen laugh.

After he had gone, Gwen sat on the chair he just stood up from.

A wide grin on her cheeks.

She flickered her brows,

"You look…"

Her eyes looked at Tiana up to down and she laughed,

"plump."

Tiana laughed, "well, I've been eating a lot and doing nothing, so I should be fat."

"no, you're not fat, you're just robust, and it doesn't look like it's from physical food."

She winked and Tiana laughed,

"Oh Gwen, when did you get so naughty."

Gwen chuckled, "don't mind me, welcome back, did you get my Birkin bag?"

"Yeah, I did."

"Awnn, thank you so much sis, you're the best."

"So tell me, what's popping?"

She leaned closer, as though they were about to gossip.

"There's nothing popping." Tiana replied with a slight chuckle.

"Uh, you're not…"

"no," Tiana replied cutting her off.

"there's no baby in here yet," she pointed at her belly, "and I realized maybe because I'm so worried and thinking about it too much, it has refused to come. So I'll let it be, besides I still have a whole lot of things I want to do. Having a baby is not really a pressing need right now, besides, I want to be with hubby before any child starts jumping around and taking our attention."

She laughed and Gwen chuckled.

"Okay, that's nice! Come, come let's go to my room, I have a lot to tell you."

Gwen held Tiana's hand as she led her to her room.

A grin formed on her lips.

So she was not having any baby yet... 

Thankfully she didn't get pregnant, now she would make sure she doesn't get pregnant until she was done with her plans.

Gwen grinned and opened the door for Tiana and she sat on her bed.

"So guess what?"

Tiana sat beside her,

"You know I'm not good at guessing, just go straight to the point."

"Stephen Ray asked me out."

Tiana stopped, "Stephen Ray, the one we know?"

He was a famous model, so everyone knew him.

"Yeah, the one we know."

"oh my gawd, what did you say?"

Gwen shrugged, "I turned him down, he's not my type."

"Uh?" Tiana was confused,

"how is he not your type, he's handsome, and tall and rich. Um, you don't know him character wise, and you need to get close to him to know that, so how is he not your type."

Gwen laughed, "he doesn't have the kind of beauty I want."

Tiana was confused by her reply.

She didn't know there were kinds of beauty.

Gwen laughed.

"Don't mind me, I just don't like the way he talks."

Tiana sighed, "Okay, but you should look out for any interesting guy, there are a lot of handsome men in the modeling industry, you've always said you wanted a handsome man, this is your chance."

Gwen laughed.

You know that and you took Nicklaus away...

Shenthought silently. 

"Don't worry, I have my eyes on someone already."

Tiana's eyes widened with glee.

"Really? Wow, who's the person?"

She was elated. She wanted her sister to be happy and to meet someone she wants to be with, and nothing would make her more happy than to know she had finally found the one.

Gwen laughed, "Don't worry, you'll know soon and trust me you'll be so shocked."

"Wow! I can't wait!" Tiana replied gleefully.

Gwen smiled,

If only she knew who she had her eyes on.

She was going to be shocked when she finds out.

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