A man puts a ring on his wife's finger and smiles. He felt so happy that he could marry the woman of his heart.
He took her hand in both of his and vowed that he would always love her.
"I will always love you, take care of you and will always be there for you, Stella," the man said as he kissed his bride on the forehead.
Stella smiled back at him. "I will always love you too, Davion."
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"Stella, where are you going? Are you leaving me and Yohan?" asked Davion frantically when he saw his beloved wife putting all her belongings into a suitcase.
"I'm leaving, I'm leaving and never coming back with you!" she said and pulled her suitcase away.
Little Yohan cried and ran to catch up with her, he held his mother's arm begging her not to leave.
"Mama, don't go! Please don't leave me, stay here with me!" he said pleadingly while continuing to cry.
"SHUT UP! Get away from me, you son of a bitch!" Stella snapped and pushed Yohan away until he fell.
Davion immediately ran over to their son and hugged him. "Stella honey, why are you doing all this to me?"
For a moment the woman was silent, she didn't even look at the two of them at all.
"Because I hate this family. I never loved you and now I found a much better man than you!" she replied firmly and loudly, before finally pulling her suitcase away from the Davidson residence.
Davion could only watch his wife's departure with a broken heart, but he had to stay strong for Yohan.
"It's okay, father is here for you."
Flashback End
He hugged Claudia's body tightly, with his eyes closed he remembered his painful past. But his current feeling when he held her was so calm.
He felt something that had long been lost to him, and now he found it again. But he felt so scared to go back to feeling it because he was worried that it would hurt him again.
Claudia fell silent as she felt Davion's warm body hugging her from behind. She felt a bit confused, why did Davion suddenly hug her like this?
His chest and muscular body, seemed to envelop the petite body that was in his arms right now. A body that felt so right and suitable for her to be in his arms.
"Mr. Davion?" she called while holding Davion's hand that was wrapped around her waist.
Realizing what he had just done, the middle-aged man pulled away quickly because he was worried about offending Claudia.
He was afraid that she would think he was doing something indecent to her.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Claudia! I didn't mean to do anything bad to you, or anything inappropriate. I just felt like moving myself when I saw you busy cooking in the kitchen like this," he tried to explain so that there would be no misunderstanding between them.
However, Claudia chuckled when Davion looked panicked like that. Very much different from his usual self.
"It's okay, Mr. Davion. I won't blame you or maybe yell at you by calling you a pervert for hugging me like that," she replied with a smile.
She explains that she understands it, probably because Davion misses the figure of a wife who has long left him. In fact, it had been 13 years since the last time Davion actually touched a woman, namely his ex-wife.
He never thought of opening his heart again, or dating anyone, because he was still hurt by what happened in the past.
"So I understand that you might miss having a wife in your life," she said softly.
However, being too embarrassed to admit it after what he did a few minutes ago, made Davion immediately clear his throat softly.
"The point is I'm sorry, and I promise not to repeat it again. I'd better get ready to welcome Mr. Bridget to my house," he said and then he walked out of the kitchen with a slightly flushed face.
Claudia let out a long sigh, rubbing her own chest. Her heart was still beating very fast as she felt their bodies pressed against each other.
Because honestly, Claudia could smell Davion's cologne which was so strong and felt dominant for a mature man like him.
"Wake up, Claudia! You need to focus on making this meal so that Mr. Bridget likes it and he will accept Mr. Davion's Project. That way he'll be impressed that I'm helping him with the future of his company," she murmured with a sense of pleasure.
Even what Davion had just done by hugging her, Claudia felt that it was a green light for her.
Didn't that mean Davion had been attracted to her, seeing Claudia as a wife?
She quickly finished cooking dinner there, then got dressed again because her makeup had smudged. She tidied up her clothes before Mr. Bridget came to have dinner with them.
At 7.15pm, Rowant Bridget finally came to the Davidson residence to fulfill their invitation.
"Welcome Mr. Bridget. Please come in, sorry if my residence doesn't look big," Davion welcomed him.
"You've invited me here is enough to please me," he replied then walked into the house and headed to the dining room where Claudia was waiting for him.
"Welcome Mr. Bridget, we've made dinner for tonight. We hope you'll like it," Claudia said with a sweet smile.
When the man looked at the table, he saw the dishes. He was surprised to see one dish in the bowl. It was the stir-fried pork wrap that Claudia had made according to the recipe from Rowant's hometown.
"You... How did you know that I..." he said in disbelief when he saw the food on the table.
Claudia smiled, as she knew that was the reaction the man would give when he saw her.
"I heard you're very picky when it comes to food. I was worried that you wouldn't like ordinary food, so I decided to make this dish that you might like," she replied.
She then invited Rowant to sit down and taste her cooking. Davion was a bit hesitant and skeptical when he saw it, worried that it would be beyond their expectations.
The woman poured a few spoonfuls of the stir-fried pork wrap onto Rowant's plate, and then he tried it.
"Mnn! Mnnn..." Rowant continued to spoon the food into her mouth without stopping, even with tears streaming down from her eyes.
This scene made Davion surprised, not expecting this to happen.
'I know Claudia's cooking is very good, but is he crying like that?' he thought.
"So how was it, Mr. Bridget? Did you like it?" asked Claudia in a half-whisper.
Rowant gasped for a moment then cleared his throat in embarrassment as he continued to eat the food on his plate when Davion and Claudia had not even touched their food.
"Forgive my impoliteness, but this food impressed me greatly and reminded me of the flavors of my childhood. It's really delicious," he replied as he scooped up the meat on his plate again.
Davion felt so relieved when he heard that then turned to Claudia with a faint smile. She returned his smile and nodded.
"I told you to just trust me, right?"