Neither Kellie or Jason said anything until Charles left.
"So you were pretty much here when I finally called," Kellie said, "That's why you didn't answer. Not that I would blame you for not answering considering I ignored all your texts and voicemails until this morning."
Kellie was still talking as Jason pulled Kellie back close to him.
"I shouldn't have shut you out like I did," Kellie continued, "I know I should have just talked to you. I just heard my dad bring up Carly turning you in to get the SEC charges dropped. I was so scared that you would agree to go to prison. Even though i told myself that I was prepared for well any possibilities with you given the threats from the business and the loyalty you've had to my dad and Carly. …I panicked I guess, I just…"
Jason kissed Kellie mid-sentence, slowly, interrupting her.
"But I obviously haven't told you as much as I should how much you mean to me," Jason said, once the kiss ended, "I know that's not exactly my strong point. But I should have done and said the things I should have to show you that. That conversation with Sonny wasn't one you should have had to hear any part of that way, especially in our home."
"Did you really mean it in your voicemail? You're not agreeing to a deal where Carly gives the feds information that puts you in prison?" Kellie asked.
"No, I can't," Jason said, "Not when it means leaving you and the kids. Asking you possibly run help run the business while I've worked to make that possibility less likely. Even before I knew Carly was going to refuse a deal like that, I knew I couldn't agree to it. I couldn't lose you, Kellie. Not like that."
Kellie kissed Jason. Jason kissed her back. They started to get carried away until Jason stepped back just to look at Kellie.
"Could we sit and talk?" Jason said, "There's more I want to say to you."
"Yeah, sure, of course," Kellie said, taking Jason's hand and leading him to the living room.
Jason sat on the couch. Kellie sat next to him, facing him.
"What is it?" Kellie said.
"Come here," Jason said, reaching out to Kellie. Kellie moved closer to Jason, leaning against him as he put his arms around her.
Jason kissed Kellie's forehead.
"I love you," Jason said, "I know that I always haven't been the best at making sure you know that. I understand why you would have jumped to the conclusion I'd agree to Carly making a deal with the feds. But I want to make sure going forward you know that's not happening. My life is with you and the kids. I need you to believe that."
"I want to," Kellie said, "And hearing you say that now, I think I believe it. It might take some time to get used to that. When we started to get closer, I didn't expect to fall in love with you, to make a family with you. When we did, I could never let myself entirely trust it. I guess I tried to tell myself I didn't hope for things to work out in the long run. Whether it's an enemy coming after one of us or navigating some of your loyalties and need to I don't know…. I just always expected there would be a moment where those tensions would tear us apart. Then I heard my dad saying Carly should make that deal and there it was. I felt more surprised and stunned than I thought I would. All I could think was it's happening. The thought that there was an immediate reality to it, I didn't know how to deal with it. I just don't know..I feel like I'm rambling now."
"You're not," Jason said, wiping stray tears from Kellie's face, "I want to you know everything you've felt and thought about this."
"Even the gut instinct to yell at you that if you did agree that and then call Max and Milo's dad
about getting me and the kids out of the country," Kellie replied.
"Even that," Jason trying to hold Kellie tighter against him if that was possible. He waited to see if Kellie would elaborate.
"I didn't want to agree to run the business any capacity if needed under those circumstances," Kellie said, "That was one of my knee-jerk reactions. But I knew if you were in prison…."
"There'd be a mob war," Jason said, "I know. I couldn't do that to you. Not when you worked so hard to not have takeover last with everything going on."
"Don't get me wrong it's not that I couldn't or wouldn't," Kellie said.
"You found a deal breaker," Jason said, "And I don't blame you. I would have been asking a lot of you. I couldn't do that. You've given me so much and understood so much about my life. I know that would have been too much."
Jason turned Kellie's face towards him and swept her hair out of her face.
"I love you," Jason said, "I'm choosing you and our life together as much as possible."
"I love you too," Kellie said before kissing Jason, "I want our life however long we have to be together."
They kept kissing, starting to get lost in each other, almost forgetting where they were. When Jason's hand started to go under Kellie's shirt, Kellie startled and grabbed Jason's hand.
"I think we should definitely take this somewhere more private," Kellie said.
"Sago and Milo still have the kids," Jason said, nuzzling Kellie's neck, "Then Olivia and Monica invited them for a sleepover at the Quartermaines. We'll have the house all to ourselves until tomorrow."
"I like the way you think," Kellie said, "Do the kids know anything?"
"They just think you have a case that is taking up a lot of your time right now," Jason said, "And I'm helping you with it. That's what Milo and Frances came up with."
"I knew they were at Sage and Milo's last night," Kellie said, "From Johnny. I just didn't know beyond that."
"The kids are fine," Jason said, kissing Kellie, "Now I think you and I have other places to be."