I was staying in Albert's apartment pendin the time my I would be ready to live tbe country, I did not want anything that would remind me of the pains I passed through in this city.
Selling my properties was tbe best decision I have made, I made peace with myself, I pray my dad understands wherever he is that this is the best decision for us. A lot had happened in this few days and must and the company have been in the Frontline of the national dailies, so I just wanted to move on, I did not want anything that would keep reminding me of this place, anything that would keep reminding me of Ethan and my uncle Anthonio.
"Hey beautiful, how are you doing?" Albert greeted me. Bringing me back from my thoughts.
"Hey Albert,you are home early," I asked him.
"Yes dear, because there is a place I would be taking you to," he said with smiles in his face.
"Really, and where would that be?" I asked him.
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"It is a surprise,so you would have to go in and get dressed," he said, bringing me up from the cushion.
As I went in to get dressed,I wondered what the surprise that Albert has for me could be.
I quickly dressed up because I was so anxious to know the surprise he had for me. I tried to guess but I could not.
I knocked on his door to inform him that I was dressed and all ready for the surprise he has.
Albert informed me that we would be going out to eat, I asked him if that was the surprise that he claims he has for me, but he urged me to be patient.
I followed him to his car and we drove out of the house. From the road be went through, it looked so familiar, I remembered we had rode on the party road on one or two occasions.
He stoy at the luxurious restaurant, I tried to remember and take my memory back,it was the same restaurant that we visited on our first date,the same restaurant he told me he only brings people who are very special to him.
We pulled over at the restaurant's packing space, stepping my feet in the restaurant brought back a lot of good memories. It reminded me about the first day Albert and I had come there, it was all lovey dovey, it reminded me of our very first Laughter together, it was the same place that we both held our hands together and talked joyfully, but right now a lot of things has really changed between us and we are no longer together.
"Hey Erica,do you remember her" Albert asked me.
"Of course yes, I remember here, it was the first place we had our first date and it was from here that we began our journey of love," I answered.
"Yes, I am glad that you still remember, I have my reasons for bringing you to this same place, remember I told you that day that it is only those that are special to me that I bring here," he said.
We both laughed, I vividly remembered all the fun and laughter we had that day. I was still in wonder of the reasons he still brought me back to it after some years.
We into the restaurant to have a meal. As soon as we sat down, the waiter presented the menu to us, Albert and I made our choices for the meal and the drinks of our choice.
I choose to drink a champagne and to also eat rice and and french sauce, Albert made same choices.
I remembered that the first day we came there, Albert prepared a special place for me at the VIP place of the restaurant.
Our meal was brought to us and we started to eat, the taste of the food was as great as it has always been.
To my greatest surprise, Albert knelt down and brought out an engagement ring.
"I want to us to start afresh, I would like us to put all that happened behind us a let us give ourselves a fresh start, let us love ourselves and live together forever now that every force that would want us to stay apart has been cleared off," he said.
I could not believe my eyes, Albert was still clearly in love with me that he would like to spend the rest of his life with me, a lot of things has happened that wanted to tear us apart and here nature keeps bringing us back. I did not want to make the same mistake several times, I have given love enough chances and each time I do so, I always end up being hurt in one way or another,and I would not want that to keep on repeating.
I would really like to love again and even ready to give it a chance even though it has not been favourable to me.
Each time I am with Albert ,U I always fill joy and satisfaction, he has really been through a lot with me and here he he still here to the very last.
" Erica,will you marry me?" he said, looking straight into my eyes.
It took me time to come up with answer for a very important question like this, a lot has happened and I would not want make mistakes. I do not want to be the type of lady that love does not happen on her side.
I did not know the answer to give Albert, I would want to fail again at love since I have give it several chances and it all failed.
"Erica, please do not say no to me, I believe we have can bright future ahead of us," he added.
A part of me wants to give Albert a chance while another wants to just let go of everything and live my life, but I listened to the first voice, I would not give up on love. Moreso, Albert and I have being together if not for my uncle's lies and deceit, and Ethan who planned with my uncle to return my love with deceit.
I accepted his proposal, he slipped the ring into my finger and kissed it,the ring was beautiful.
"Thank you for accepting my proposal, I really appreciate this," he said.
"You do not have to thank me, remember we were both in love with each other, untily uncle sent that voice recording to me, so I should be the one apologizing to you" I told him.
"Thank you so much,I promise to always love you, I promise not to hurt you," he said.
Albert and I started our love life afresh. I told him that I would not like to stay in this country anyone, I would like to travel to Maimi to start my love life afresh. That was the main reason I sent I sold everything that we had in this country so that I can go start another life.
Albert accepted to follow me to the the new country, for us to leave permanently there, I was glad we would both be leaving together.
I called my friend Rose, who I met the time I went to study at Miami, she helped me look for a good house in a conducive environment, she sent the details of the house to me, I checked the details out and was satisfied with it, I paid the money to the agency in charge of the house.
I called my to travel agent to help me prepare for my traveling, I instructed her to make arrangements for two persons, she got our visa and passport ready and I went to their office to get it.
When Albert came back to the house I presented them to him.
"Hey baby," I greeted him.
"Hello dear, you look so happy," he replied.
"Yes, I am so happy, our visa and passport are out so we are ready to leave this city, so that we can go far away from all the worries and troubles," I said, smiling.
"Wow, that is very lovely to hear," he said.
"So you have to start packing your things together and get ready to leave," I told him.
"Yeah, I would have to go to my office to have some things sorted out," he said.
Albert went to his place of work to inform the workers of his plan to relocate from the city, he handed the clinic over to a colleague of his, pending the time they would successfully move the patients out of the clinic.
I took time to arrange some of my things, I took my lovely clothes,I went to the fashion academy where I had registered, to inform them of my intentions to leave the city, I would continue my training when I get to the city that I would be relocating to.
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Our travel agent came to inform us that our visa was ready for us to travel, I paid her for her services and also told her to get our light tickets ready.
It was time for us to travel, Albert and I had our luggages well packed. I called Rose to inform her that we would be leaving any time soon, so that she can get ready to receive us and also take us to the new apartment she helped me purchase.
As soon as we got the airport, our papers were thoroughly checked and confirmed okay, so we all went on board.
It took several hours for us to get to Miami, Albert and I had a fun filled flight, it was really quite enjoying being on board with Albert, he made the journey a lovely one,with his numerous number of jokes, kept me smiling all through the journey. This was my first time having a flight together with him.
We finally arrived at the Miami international airport, I was glad when the air hostess announced that we were about to land.
"Kindly fasten your seatbelt everyone,we are about to land at the Miami international airport," she announced.
My heart was filled with joy, I was glad that I am finally away from the city we used to leave.
We landed at the airport and everyone alighted. We went through the process of checking our luggages again, and after everything was done, I put a call to Rose to locate the exact place she is, I found Rose waiting at the lobby of the airport.
"Hey Rose," I greeted her.
"Hello Erica, I have really missed you," she said and embraced me.
I have really missed Rose she has not stopped been her usual lively person.
"Hey Mr cutie,nice to meet you again," she greeted Albert.
"Hey Rose, I am glad to meet you again, buy you would have to stop calling me Mr cutie, my name is Albert," Albert said with smiles in his face.
We proceeded to the place where Rose's car was packed. We drove to the house that I bought through the help of rose.
It was a sight to behold, it looked much more better in real than in pictures. I took a walk around the house to confirm that everything I paid for were delivered. I was so much satisfied with the interior deco. The furniture were of good quality and was tastefully done.
"Erica, I would like to go now, I will call you on the phone for us to speak," Rose said and left.
"Thank you so much Rose, I really appreciate everything that you did for me, I do not know how to pay you for all this," I said.
"You do not have to thank me, what are friends for?" Rose added and left at once.
The apartment had a place to view around the city, it was one of the best building in the city, to look around. I took a glass of wine from the wine we bought while we were coming back from the airport, and was sipping my drink.
I remember everything that I had lost and what I stand to gain, I am happy that I still have my wealth with me.
While I continued to look around, Albert came from the back and held me from the waist.
"Hey baby, can we go inside to complete our fun," Albert said looking seductively at me.
"Yes, we can go in," I replied.
We went into the room, straight to the bedroom, we locked our lips in a sweet and passionate kiss. There was a great romance, we had a passionate love making.
Albert was still good in bed, he has not changed one bit and he made me so happy..
"Sweetie, I would love us to take our marital status to the next level, I want us to get married," Albert said.
I could not contain my joy.
"That is good dear," I replied.
"Yeah, I have really thought about it, it would not be good for us to be living together without having our marriage certified," he added.
"I am so happy right now,I would like to have a big wedding, unlike the other wedding I had with that liar 'Ethan'," I said.
"That is okay dear, you will have any kind of wedding you have," he said.
I searched for one of the best wedding planners, I got the best through the help of Rose, we had the best of the things needed for the wedding.
I got the best wedding dress, I invited so many people for the wedding.
Albert and I had the best of wedding.
Few months later I found out that was pregnant. Albert became the happiest man finding out that I was pregnant. Nine months later I gave birth to a cute baby girl and we named her Lily.
THE END
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