Cold Showers — Chapter 88

Roman quietly shut the door quietly behind him when he stepped into Lilian's room.

He approached her bedside and saw she was still sleeping soundly. He placed a soft kiss on her forehead before gently taking a seat beside her.

He caressed her hands until she opened her tired eyes.

....

Lilian thought she was dreaming when she slightly opened her eyes and saw Roman beside her.

She was sure as hell that Roman wouldn't show up in her life again, at least not after all that she said to him before breaking up with him.

So she shut her eyes to continue her sleep.

"Hey." She heard that very familiar voice say and felt a familiar touch caressing her hand.

Lilian opened her eyes widely in shock; she wasn't dreaming, Roman was truly here.

She sat up and looked everywhere else except him.

Roman closed the gap between them and took her hands in his.

Before he could say what he had to say, Lily burst into tears. Roman embraced her and she cried in his chest.

"I love you Roman, please forgive me. It hurts me that I'm unable to give you what you want and I'm afraid you'll eventually get tired of me and find someone else who will give you a child."

"I'm sorry for all the harsh words I said to you the day I broke up with you. I thought it would be easier to go our separate ways but honestly, life is hard without you. Please forgive me." She cried.

Roman patted her back as she let it all out. He was very much aware she didn't mean those silly words she said the night she broke up with him.

"It's okay, babe." He whispered to her, trying to calm her down.

Lilian finally pulled away from the hug. Roman wiped her tears away. "I'll never leave you or walk away from you just because we don't have a baby yet. My happiness lies with you Lilian, you're my life, you're my everything."

"I disagreed to the surrogacy and Ivf idea. most especially the Ivf because I don't want you to go through any trauma, especially if it doesn't work for us."

"What if it works? I'm trying to look at the positive side of things." Lilian said with her puffy eyes.

Roman exhaled. "I believe we will have a child and he or she will be conceived naturally, without any form of injections or procedures."

He caressed Lilian's hands that were in his. "I want to make a deal and a promise to you. Which do you want to hear first?"

"The deal." She sniffed.

"From now onwards, at least for the next couple of months, I want you to take your mind off the baby issue. I want us to live life as if nothing else mattered in the world to us. I want us to have faith that everything will be fine and most importantly spend time together and do the things that we love."

"If nothing happens after that, we will go with your suggestion for Ivf, surrogacy or adoption. Anything to make you happy."

"Will you do that for me?" He asked. She nodded after a while.

"So what's the promise?" She asked.

"No matter what happens, I will never leave you. I love you so much and I plan to spend the rest of my life with you."

"You promise?" She whispered,

"I promise!" Roman said before pulling the love of his life into a tight hug and then he kissed her forehead.

"Thank you for coming over to settle things with me." She said in his chest.

"Jayda called me over and spoke some sense into me. You should thank her."

"She also feels guilty about everything that has happened. She thought if she had paid more attention, she would have known something was not right between us." Rome added.

"I didn't tell her because I didn't want her to get all stressed up. She has had a lot on her plate too." Lilian reasoned.

"I'm happy we are cool." She said as she snuggled close to Roman.

"Same here my love."

Lilian and Roman stayed in Lily's room for a while and engaged in conversations before they decided to join Jayda in the living room.

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"Aunt Lilian," Aaron said excitedly before running over to where Lilian was and hugging her legs tightly.

Lilian released herself from Aaron's hug, dropped down to her knees and hugged him.

"I missed you, buddy." She kissed his cheek.

"I missed you too aunt Lily."

"Did Uncle Rome make you cry?" He asked with a sad face.

Lilian chuckled, even though she had splashed some water on her face, her eyes were still puffy.

"No my love, my eyes were itching that's why it's like that."

Aaron nodded.

Lilian hugged Sebastian and then Jayda.

"You don't need to feel bad about anything. Thanks for calling Roman over. We are cool now." She said to Jayda.

"Everything will be fine, I promise," Jayda assured, giving her best friend a light squeeze on her shoulder.