A month had passed and we were moving back home. Wade wanted to have his business back and I was going to get to see my Dad again, he must have been absolutely furious at me for not telling him what was going on. Molly and Peter were going to come with us as well so I was very excited and so was Adele.
"Wade, have you seen my wedding ring?" I asked him.
He sighed, "It's with John."
"You gave it back to him?" I asked concerned.
"Yes well, you're with me now so I thought you didn't need any reminders of him so I when I went to meet him that day... I gave him the ring" he said.
"I feel slightly confused" I said, "Why did you feel the need to do that? I mean thank you, but I kind of wanted to give it back to him, so I could get a little closure."
"I'm sorry I didn't think of that, I just wanted to be sure you wouldn't have to worry about seeing him again" said Wade.
I knew he meant well. "It was very sweet of you, but I kind of need to see him so I can pay him back, for the wedding."
He grinned, "Already done, I paid him back everything."
"You paid him?" I said.
"I have the money so I paid him for you" he said.
"You didn't have to do that, I would have managed" I said.
He kissed my lips lightly, "Lea, I want to take care of you; I want to rid you of anything that is holding you down, so I paid him for you. We're in this together."
I wasn't used to money not being a problem in my life. John and I's wedding was low budget but it still was a couple thousand that I owed him. "I just don't want you wasting your money on me."
Wade smiled, "It's not a waste if it's for you."
I pressed my lips to his, his hands clinched to my waste.
"We better hurry up, we have to be at the airport soon" he said.
...
After the flight, I began feeling rather sick. I didn't know if it was something I had eaten on the plane or because I was about to face my father. Wade placed his hand on mine, reassuring me that it would be okay. I did feel slightly better until I could see my house. I sighed walking up the driveway toward the front door, Wade stood next to me holding my hand.
I knocked on the door and what felt like an eternity waited for someone to answer the door. I saw the large, figure open the door and I knew this was my father.
"Hi Daddy" I said nervously.
"Lea!" he said hugging me tightly, "I've been so worried, lucky Randy told me where you were."
"I'm sorry I didn't call you Dad, but I guess I was scared of what you'd say" I said lowering my head.
"Scared? Scared of your own father?" he asked.
"Yes well my wedding was called off and then I went straight to... Wade" I said looking up at the Englishman behind me.
"It's nice to see you again, sir" said Wade.
Dad grinned, "It's nice to see you again, but I had a hunch that you had feelings for my daughter but I had no idea that she would reciprocate."
"I'm glad she has" he said.
"Anyway, come in... we can't stay out here all day" said Dad letting the two of us inside, "There is actually someone I want you to meet."
We walked into the lounge room and there was a fair, brunette haired woman with green eyes sitting in the couch, a glass of wine in her hand. She grinned upon seeing us as she stood up.
"Hi" I said moving toward her.
"You must be Lea" she said excited, she also looked a little nervous.
Dad cut in between us, while Wade just stood behind me.
"Lea, this is Stephanie... We've been dating for a couple of months; I wanted to introduce you to her at the wedding, but... " said Dad.
"The wedding was called off" I said.
He nodded, "But its fine, we all get to meet now."
"It's so nice to finally meet you, Paul just talks all about you" said Stephanie.
"It's nice to meet you" I said.
She then glanced at Wade, "You must be the Englishman that stole her heart."
Wade chuckled, "Something like that."
"Well I heard about how you were there for Lea, when she wasn't feeling her best" said Stephanie, "You must her love her a lot."
"I do" he said gazing at me.
I grinned at him, patting his cheek.
"Anyway, Dad I actually came to talk to you about everything" I explained.
Dad nodded, "Alright."
"Um... maybe Stephanie, you and I should get to know each other" said Wade. She nodded and the two went in the other room.
Dad and I sat on the sofa, the feeling of nausea still filling my body. "Dad, I'm sorry the wedding didn't happen. I know how fond you were of John. But he and I just weren't the perfect match, sure we had chemistry and I did love him but... in the end we both felt that we were repelling each other and weren't meant to be. I then realised that the man I wanted to be with was in Miami and all that I wanted was to be with him" I said.
He nodded, "All I want is your happiness darling, if John isn't the guy for you then that's fine. If you think its Wade then be with him, I am fully aware that he will love you with all his heart. I could tell by the way he acts around him, that you have definitely affected him."
I grinned, "He does make me happy. He is different to John and Randy... all the two of them wanted was for me to pick them over the other while all Wade wanted was for me to be happy and if it was with someone else then he was happy, even though he wanted nothing more but to be with me... I feel like that was selfless and that's what makes me love him."
"He's a nice guy; I know he'll take good care of you. To be honest when John told me the wedding was off, I thought you would have gone to Randy but I noticed how you and Wade were acting toward each other."
"John talked to you?" I asked.
He nodded, "He called me and told me that he had called off the wedding but that he felt that the two of you weren't as matched as you two may have thought and that maybe the rushed wedding was not a good idea."
"We were crazy, I guess... we had known each other for a little while and were planning out this fantasy" I said.
Dad smiled, "I'm happy if you're with the man that makes you happy."
"I'm happy, if you're with the woman that makes you happy" I said.
Dad blushes, "She is really lovely."
"She must be, to get to be with my Dad" I said.
Dad chuckled.
"Dad... there's one more thing" I added.
"Yes, sweetheart."
"Wade wants me to move in with him and... I want to."
"You want to live with him?"
I nodded, "Yes Dad, I want to."
"Well I guess, you have to at some point" said Dad.
"Maybe Stephanie might want to move in with you" I said.
"Maybe, but when would you be leaving?"
"Not for the end of the week" I said.
He smiled "That's fine, darling but I'm going to miss you."
"I'll drop by all the time, Dad... you know I will."
"Well I'm glad to see you again, my little angel" said Dad smiling.
"Me too."
...
Wade had left to go home, while I went to Randy's place to see how he was. I hadn't seen him since he had dropped me at the airport. Randy looked more than thrilled to see me, I was glad to see him as well.
"It's so good to see you Lea!" said Randy as I sat next to him.
"It's good to see you."
"So what are you doing here?"
"I spent a month with Wade and then we decided that we wanted to live back here and now he asked me to live with him and... I am" I said waiting for his reaction.
"That's great Lea" said Randy, "I'm happy for you two."
"You are?"
"Of course I am! I'm your best friend" he said.
I nodded, "I've never been so happy."
"So was it everything you imagined being the girlfriend of that British mogul" asked Randy.
"It's different, but it's with him... so I'm happy" I said.
"Must be nice having money" said Randy.
"I hardly even think about the money, you should come over sometime and you'd see that their not all shallow people."
"Yeah that would be great, Wade and I hate each other" said Randy, "I really can't stand him, if it wasn't for you I'm pretty sure I'd have knocked the guy."
I rolled my eyes, "Well you'll have to get along some time, why don't you come over on Friday night?"
"Lea... really? Do I have to?" he whined.
"Please, for me?" I pleaded, "It would mean so much to me, if the two of you would settle your differences."
He sulked "Alright..."
"Thank you" I said excited, hugging him tightly, "You'll love him once you get to know him and he's really cool."
"What are you sixteen? I doubt he'll be cool!"
I shook my head, "But you'll like him once you leave that ego of yours at the door."
He laughed, "I missed this."
"Our arguing?"
"Yeah, I always secretly loved how we would argue for ages" he said.
"Well... I didn't. You would always get so mean."
"Only because it was you" said Randy, "Anyways you were always right in the end."
"I'm sorry, could you say that again?" I said chuckling.
He glared at me, "You were always right."
"I was always right."
He shook his head.
"So anything new happening with you?" I asked.
"Nothing much, just been busy with work."
"Yeah, I don't think I can work as Wade's assistant anymore" I said.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah, we're living together now and I don't really want to see him at work as well. It'll just be too much and I don't really want my boyfriend to my boss" I said.
He nodded, "Why don't you work in my office, we could do with an assistant. Work is piling up and it would be really cool if we worked together."
I laughed, "You want me to work with you?"
"Yeah, I promise I won't be a prick and it'll be fun. Our office isn't as serious as yours."
"Alright, that'll be fun" I said, "I'll tell Wade about it."
