A/N: I can't believe this story was supposed to be only ten chapters! We have come a long way and it is almost the end. This is the last chapter but I say almost because there is a short epilogue coming to wrap everything up. I hope you had fun with it; I certainly did and wanted to thank you so much for reading and bringing the story to life with all your great comments!

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Chapter 26 – Paris Je t'aime

-- Four Seasons Hotel, George V Paris --

Maxie had followed through on her promise and called Elizabeth back promptly with all the information she could gather on Jason's Parisian stay; from the hotel, the room, to his itinerary once there. The young assistant had definitely outdone herself on this one and Elizabeth thought she should remember to ask her how she got her hands on so much details. But she would have plenty of time to worry about that later, now what mattered was getting to see Jason, somewhere private so they could talk about their relationship and she could convince him to give her another chance.

She arrived at the hotel that afternoon, knowing that Jason was supposed to be at a meeting, thanks to the detailed copy of his day schedule Maxie had sent her way. But the brunette went anyway, determined to surprise him by waiting in his hotel room. Elizabeth had a clear strategy in mind and Paris being the city of love, she prayed her plan would work. She managed to discretely climb all the way up to his room where she saw a maid walking down the floor.

"Bonjour, my name is Elizabeth… Morgan. My husband is staying in this suite and I wanted to surprise him. See, it's our anniversary today and he has no idea I'm in Paris. Anyway, we were here for our honeymoon five years ago and…"

The skeptical maid interrupted Elizabeth, speaking in a thick French accent. "Really? Because Mrs. Morgan is already inside waiting for her husband. I know because I came in and did not know she was inside."

Another Mrs. Morgan? Elizabeth wondered in shock. Was Jason actually in Paris with another woman? Maybe this maid had seen his friend Brenda and jumped to conclusion, she didn't know. "Well… merci." Elizabeth told the maid who was already walking towards the next room, shaking her head from side to side.

The information didn't make Elizabeth run the other way; she needed to know who the mysterious woman was. There was no way Jason had gotten married in the few days they spent away; maybe someone had the same idea as her. The designer knocked loudly on the door, eager to confront whoever was in that room.

"I told you I didn't want to be disturbed!" A feminine voice called from inside the room.

No she did not! Elizabeth thought as she recognized the screechy voice. "Carly open that door!" Elizabeth sternly ordered the other woman. "You better open right now or I will call hotel security and have you thrown out of here."

"Oh I want to see you try that!" The other woman said as she identified Elizabeth as the one talking to her.

"Open that door!" Elizabeth insisted as she continued banging on the door. After a few seconds of hesitation, Carly finally let the brunette in.

"Here, calm down." She said letting her inside. "What do you want?"

Elizabeth quickly walked past the blond woman to enter the suite. "What I want is to know what the hell you are doing here? In Jason's hotel room?"

"Waiting for him, why else would I be here for?" Carly let her know, a fist assertively resting on her hip. "And I could ask you the same thing."

"You followed him? All the way to Paris! I thought Jason was clear when he told you he didn't want you as a friend anymore." Elizabeth reminded the other woman.

"He didn't mean that. He was angry at me but he knows what I did was because I care for him so he'll change his mind. He always does." She spoke boldly.

"I wouldn't be so sure. I think this time Jason is really through with you." Elizabeth said hoping to bring the other woman down from her cloud.

"Oh really? Well what you don't understand is that Jason and I share something special. Something he'll never have with any other woman and yes we had an argument which was all your fault, but we'll get over this." Carly said in complete denial.

"Wow, I think you're even crazier than I had imagined." Elizabeth said with a light shake of the head.

"Whatever… what are you doing here without Jason anyway?" The blond woman asked.

"I came here to see him."

"And you didn't know he wasn't in his room? That's interesting." Carly said raising an eyebrow. "Wait, don't tell me you're not back together and you came here for the same reason I did… oh this is good. And then you call me crazy." Carly commented, realizing that her scheme may have worked at some level.

"It is none of your business Carly and now please leave before he gets back or I can guarantee you he won't be too pleased to find you here."

"I'll take my chances." The woman said then settled on a sofa that faced the door crossing her legs.

Elizabeth let out a loud growl in frustration then imitated Carly. She sat at the other hand of the sofa, her arms crossed tightly above her chest as they both anxiously waited for Jason to get back in his room.

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Paris had been business as usual for Jason; each and every of his days since Elizabeth had broken up with him had been the same. His heart suffered greatly from the blow it had received, but his company was gaining from his heartache as he worked nonstop hoping to keep thoughts of the beautiful brunette at bay… without much success.

What Elizabeth seemed to need was more time, but how much time was enough time? How long was he supposed to wait for her, until she realized he wasn't her ex but Jason, the man who fell in love with her and wanted nothing more but to make her happy? But he felt his hands were tied, until Elizabeth understood that she had no reason to be afraid.

Jason heard his cell phone ring in his pocket as he got out of the elevator. Het grabbed the phone and flipped it open. "Morgan."

"Would it kill you to return my calls?" Diane scolded him on the other line.

"Sorry I've been really busy, and between different flights and jet lag I didn't get to call you back. What's going on?"

"Also you could have warned me that you were changing phone numbers!"

"I told my assistant to tell everyone that needed to know, technically anyone but Carly." Jason said walking towards his hotel room.

"Yes she let me know… a little late but she did. Anyway, I called because I have great news for you."

"What happened? Do you finally have the paperwork ready for the Morrison account?"

"No, not work! Although yes the contract has been drawn… but I'm calling about Elizabeth."

Jason arrived in front of his hotel room and swiped the key in the door that he then swung opened. "What about Elizabeth?"

"Yes… so if I were you I would hurry and give the woman a call." Jason heard as he walked inside the suite.

It was only when he fully entered the room and lifted his head up that he noticed the two women comfortably sitting, arms crossed above their chests. As they saw him, both swiftly jumped to their feet.

"Diane, I'll call you back." The man promptly said, and then quickly flipped the phone closed, staring at the surprising scene. Jason was completely taken aback by their presence but for completely different reasons.

"Jason!" Carly exclaimed walking towards him with a gigantic smile on her face. Elizabeth rolled her eyes at how faked she sounded before looking at Jason whose powerful glare was concentrated on Carly.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, his tone contrasting her overjoyed expression.

"I came to see you Jase, we need to talk about everything that happened. I know that you didn't mean everything you told me last time we spoke but you were angry and I get it. But you need to reconsider." She told him ignoring Elizabeth's presence in the room.

"I told you I didn't want to see you again and I meant it." Jason flatly told her.

"I am sorry ok? I am really sorry and I promise not to get involved in your love life ever again and if you want to be with her…" She pointed at Elizabeth. "…then I'll support your decision. You have my word."

"I wouldn't take the chance of letting you in my life again. I can't trust you." The man said, walking past Carly to face Elizabeth more interested in knowing why she happened to be in his hotel room than listening to Carly's excuses. The brunette eyes met his as she looked at him sorry for having put him through so much these past few days.

Carly interrupted their moment by continuing her plea. "You know you can… Jase please give me a chance. Just this time, let's forget about all this and get back to what we were before. You won't sell your shares to Jax and…"

Her words prompted Jason to turn again to face her. "So that's what this is really about, huh?" Jason said, reading through his ex friend like an open book.

"It is about saving our friendship Jason, and I thought you cherished it as much as I do."

"All you care about is keeping control of the Metro Court and well it's not going to happen. You brought this on yourself Carly." Jason told her.

"Jason, please… even if I'm not your favorite person right now you can't sell your holdings to Jax!"

"Too late, a contract is ready and Jax is probably signing it at that very moment."

A deep frown took over the woman's face as she heard these words. "If you ever cared about me Jason please do not do this!" She pleaded to the stoic man who was once again ignoring her presence and staring at Elizabeth.

He spoke without tearing his eyes from the brunette who was shyly eyeing him back. "Carly please leave now. I'm not changing my mind."

"But Jason…"

"Out!" The man firmly yelled, leaving Carly no choice but to exit the room.

Both Elizabeth and Jason watched the furious blond woman walk out of the suite with fuming ears and Jason was finally able to concentrate all of his attention on Elizabeth who had been quietly following the exchange.

"Jason." She said with the sweet sounding voice he had missed so very much.

"What are you… what are you doing here?" He asked still shocked by the woman's presence.

"In Paris or in your hotel room?" She timidly asked.

"Both, and with Carly?" The man said walking to stand closer to the brunette.

"I'm in town for fashion week and I heard you were in Paris too so… um… and I wanted to talk and you weren't here so I thought I'd wait for you, but I guess Carly had the same idea because I found her here… I told her you'd probably not want to talk to her but she stayed anyway. Sorry, maybe I shouldn't even be here." Elizabeth rambled on as she began thinking that now didn't seem like to be the best time to pour her heart out to him after all.

"No, you came to talk to me right? I want to hear what you have to say." The man asked ready to listen to her attentively.

She took a deep breath. "Yes… Ok… first of all I need to tell you how much I am sorry Jason. I am sorry for the way I've treated you since Carly tried to break us up. I reacted that way just because I was afraid and couldn't figure out what I really wanted. But now I know what I want, there is no doubt in my mind that what I want is to be with you."

"But you said..."

"It doesn't matter what I said, I was in shock, I was scared and now I had all the time in the world to think about us. I thought I was protecting my heart by letting you go but I have never been so unhappy and miserable. Jason I am in Paris and yet I couldn't seem to find the will to enjoy this amazing city because all I could think about was you and how much I wanted you next to me. When I went up the Eiffel Tower or on a bateau mouche all I could do was think about you." She paused drawing some air in. "What I am trying to say is that I love you too."

A deep breath of relief escaped Jason who had been growing scared he would never hear those words from Elizabeth. He took a step forward and without a word his mouth fell on hers, taking her lips away in a fervent kiss. He slid both of his hands along her neck to entangle them in her generous curls. He kissed her breathlessly until they were both in desperate need of air.

"I was so afraid you wouldn't want me anymore." Elizabeth let out once she could speak.

"Are you crazy?" He said, before meeting her lips once more, as if he couldn't get enough of their addicting taste.

Elizabeth broke away from the delicious kiss. "But I've been calling you and you never returned any of my calls so I thought you didn't want to talk to me anymore."

Jason hit his forehead with his palm. "Shit! I was using a different phone because Carly kept calling trying to convince me to change my mind. And with the way we left things at LA I couldn't have imagined you would try to call me before I got back to Port Charles."

Elizabeth's face was brightened by an even larger smile. "Jason, I want you to know that I am done with the misunderstandings and I am done overreacting over nothing because I trust you."

Jason took both of her hands in his and looked at her straight in the eyes. "And I promise not to give you any reasons to doubt my commitment to you. I love you Elizabeth."

A keen smile appeared on her face and she heard his words. He then went on. "But, I have to know that you are sure that this is really what you want."

"I know I had my doubts but now I'm sure. And I think in a way I needed all this, to realize how much I want you in my life and that with you my heart is safe."

His lips curled up at the woman's words and Jason lowered his mouth again to meet her halfway for another kiss when a loud knock interrupted his motion. He prayed Carly had understood the message and wasn't back for more drama.

"Jason? You're there?" A female voice called from outside the suite.

"It's just my friend Brenda." Jason told Elizabeth before she could say anything.

"Brenda Barrett? Don't worry Jason, I'm not jumping to conclusion, I get that you guys are just friends even if the article hinted at more." Elizabeth reassured him.

"I'm so glad you didn't buy whatever they wrote about me."

"Jason!" Brenda impatiently called from behind the door. "I know you're here so don't make me wait outside your door yelling."

Jason finally walked over to the door that he opened to let Brenda in. "Finally I thought you drowned in your bathtub or some crazy shit like that." She said then noticed he wasn't alone. "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to interrupt." The woman said with a large beam.

"Brenda this is Elizabeth." Jason introduced her.

"I absolutely love your work." Brenda said.

"Thanks." The designer replied always happy to receive compliments.

"Well, I can see my timing sucks, sorry again for interrupting… but I guess you're not coming to the fashion show with me anymore huh?" Brenda told Jason then continued before he could say anything. "Ok, I get it, would have been too good to be true anyway. Alright, I'll leave you guys alone. Elizabeth it was really nice to finally meet you." The model said before leaving the two reconnected lovers alone.

"Sorry about that." Jason said once Brenda was out the door.

"Did she just say you were supposed to go to Fashion Week with her?" Elizabeth pointed out.

"Um… yes I was." Jason admitted. "She asked me if I wanted to come and I said yes. I was kind of hoping I would maybe get to see you given this is supposed to be this big thing in fashion."

Elizabeth was touched by the fact Jason would sit through a whole fashion show just because he hoped to get a glimpse of her. She quickly stood on her tiptoes and crashed her mouth on his, locking her arms around Jason's solid neck. The young man lowered his hands to hold her by the waist as he deepened the kiss, thrusting his tongue into her cavernous mouth. A longing moan escaped Elizabeth and as he heard her pleasure plea, Jason suddenly lifted her thin body up, holding her solidly under the thighs and Elizabeth enveloped her legs around him in a straddling position.

Their mouth still entwined, Jason carried Elizabeth to the bed's foot where she landed and the man tore his lips away from hers for air. "I missed you so much." He said, the sound of his low and rasping voice sending chills running down her body.

"I missed you too." She told him and without delay he went for the naked skin on the side of her neck that he avidly savored. Elizabeth realized she had been genius to decide to wait for him in his hotel room as she couldn't wait for their bodies to be linked anymore.

The brunette's fingers reached for Jason's dress shirt that she eagerly opened while she fought to keep her composure despite the gentle touch of the man's tongue working its magic on her sensitive neck. Jason finished removing his shirt that he tossed to the side then effortlessly helped Elizabeth out of her blazer and t-shirt that she wore underneath. He then delicately trailed his coarse fingers down her now bare arms, until her reached her hands that he linked with his.

"I've missed your body." He told her eating her up with his stare, and she answered by letting herself fall on the comfy bed behind, taking Jason down with her. The man landed on top of her, his muscular body covering her petite frame and the naked skin of his chest now rubbing against her upper body. "I love you so much." Jason murmured against her ear.

With soft whispers and promises of love they tenderly showed each other the depth of their feelings. Once they fully satisfied their craving for one another; it did then occur to Elizabeth that what had started as a simple fashion affair had blossomed in the love of a lifetime.

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Next: Epilogue