One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 89: Nice to finally meet you

~~~Sunrise, time flies, feels like a dream. Being close, inhaling, hard to believe. Seven billion people in the world, finding you is like a miracle only this wonder remains. Softly, slowly, love unfolding, could this love be true? Could I love you anymore? Could I love you

anymore?~~~ -Reneé Dominique-

SAM's POV: 'Ding...'

A smile crept into my lips and I got up excitedly from the couch to open the front door when I heard the doorbell ring. It's 8:30 in the morning and I was waiting for David for over 30 minutes as he promised to come with me to the coffee shop near my best friend's old apartment where he currently staying.

In a few hours, that coffee shop will be owned by me and Jack as today we will be receiving the keys from the former owner. We have already completed all the necessary papers and requirements and today is the official handling of all the legal documents. But that smile faded instantly and was replaced by surprise when it wasn't him but Luke who I saw standing at the front door. He's holding a bouquet of red roses and a large box of pizza in his hands and has a wide smile on his lips.

I suddenly held my breath when his familiar scent hit my nostrils. It made my stomach churn and for a few seconds, no words formed in my head. I was just staring at him and I gulped when he speaks. "Hi..."

My eyes moved from his lips to his eyes that were staring back at me at that moment.

"Good morning."

And that's only when I was pulled back to my sanity.

"W-What are you doing here?" I asked avoiding his gaze and went back to the living room. The thought that he's my daughter's father slipped out of my head, so I asked him that question.

"I came to greet you good morning." I heard him say and I knew he followed me behind. "I bought a pizza and some flowers for you."

I turned to him, my eyes held a silent question before a light chuckle left my lips. And then I remember, our daughter.

"Cali's still sleeping, but if you want you can just ask the maid to put the pizza in the kitchen. And as for the flowers, you can take them to her room, so when she wakes up---"

"These are for you." He interrupted me and I raised an eyebrow.

"Those are for me?" I asked him, repeating what he said and he nodded. I sighed, long and deep. "Well, thanks, but you don't have to. You can ask the maid to put them on a vase and bring it to Cali's room.

I didn't miss the disappointment that was suddenly written in his eyes after hearing my words. There was a pinch that I felt in my heart seeing how I hurt him by those simple words, but my mind loudly screamed at me 'it's the right thing to do and right words to say'.

the atmosphere for a few seconds and although I was embraced by awkwardness, I chose to stay quiet and checked the time on my wristwatch again. I silently prayed that David would

stares but I acted oblivious

seemed to be waiting for

boyfriend." I smiled at him, emphasizing the

repeated and I widened

I know that he already knew about it. "Anyway,

a deep sigh. He stared at me with an emotion I couldn't read that swirled in his eyes. He seemed to have something to say but was trapped between the urge to tell them or keep them. But in the end the

was busy. I took care of some

but suddenly I couldn't explain the feeling I felt upon hearing the words 'personal matters. It seemed to me that the meaning of those words was 'he's busy with his girlfriend', but little did I know that what he meant was that he was busy following me and David from the day he arrived in the country. He follows us every day and watches our every move without even knowing it. And because of that, he hadn't had time to

see... you took care of

what I was going

"David."

stood up and walked over to him. The first thing I noticed

were now resting on top of the small

familiar look that David had given Luke. It's the first time they see each other... (well, that's what I

have known

his arm and that

a whisper before capturing my lips in not just a quick kiss, but a hungry one that took me by

by his action and at the same time, I remembered that we're not only the people in the living room, I slightly

his eyes simultaneously when he looked at

sorry, I got carried

and

with his thumb, but the way he mentioned the word 'another' didn't slip my ear. I'm not sure if it was

this is Luke, Cali's father---" I hadn't finished talking yet when

he repeated, not looking

I'm Cali's father," Luke said

tension began to

from Luke to David when he smiled and took a step forward, offering his hand for a handshake.

idea what's going