Chapter 3

We were living in the villa for a month now and everything was perfect. Lucas got all he ever dreamed of and he even got to begin to love Michael who was very nice to him. My mother was much better than we left home. Michael got the best doctors for her and she was doing great but I never saw gratitude from her towards Michael and she was always sad and I didn't know why. She was even sadder then when she found out that dad cheated on her. I never did much thought about it and said to myself that she must miss home and dad.

I and Michael got even closer if it was possible and we became best friends. Michael got me a tutor so I could continue the school I lost since I began the prostitution job. I was really happy and didn't want anything to happen that will get us apart from Michael's life.

Another two months passedand everything seemed to go well. One day I and Michael were in his office. I was reading a book to him he loved listening to me while I read and acted. He was looking at me but not as usual, his eyes were more intense and for the first time since I met him I felt exposed in front of him and nervous.

I looked up from my book to look at him when I found him inches away from me. He took softly my hands in his and he asked me the only thing I was not ready to do "marry me" he asked. I was stunned and confused by the sudden question. I never saw this coming or actions from him that got me to think this. I wasn't ready to take this step yet and with someone that I only saw him as a father.

I couldn't speak because no answer could be the right one. If I say no to him he will probably thinks that I didn't love him and I would lose him something I wasn't willing to do. I already loose a father and he was all I've got now. And if I say yes that would mean that I was admitting my love to him as husband and ready to become his wife.

I didn't know what happened since I was lost in thoughts but I was brought out of them when I felt his lips on mine. I didn't kiss him back but he didn't seem to take it in the wrong way because after he pulled away he told me "I love you". I wasn't expecting those words after I didn't kissed back but a slap on the face and without thinking what I was saying I said "me too".

In a way I didn't lied to him because I did love him but our love was different. I became to love him when I felt protected by him and when he did everything to help me out of my situation. I loved the generosity and caress he showed me and my family but he didn't understand my intentions towards him and my love for him. He was the happiest man on earth in that moment and he immediately began to make phone calls to announce his wedding with me.

I didn't know what to do if I should tell him how I really feel about him or just make him happy after all the things he've done for me. I walked slowly towards the window that led on the garden. I looked out and saw my mother running after Lucas, they were playing and laughing. Both of them looked better here and I didn't want to be the cause for destroying their luck so I turned back looking at Michael and without anymore thought I walked towards him and this time I was the one that surprised him and gave him a kiss on his lips.