Everyone deserves a love story

Chapter - 8

Ivana rubbed his back softly and slowly removed him from her arms. She then held his face and said, "Don't go hard on yourself Liam. Natasha would have understood everything that happened. Don't feel like she is dead. She is alive, here." She said while pointing his heart.

"She is alive in your heart Liam. She is alive in the hearts of people whom she loved and who loved her. She is there in the sky, among the stars, twinkling brightly, looking at you and is still with you."

She wiped his tears away and held his face with both her hands and continued.

"Don't go hard on yourself Liam. She wouldn't love that. And I hate it to see you cry. You will be forgiven once you know you did wrong Liam. You will be forgiven." She consoled him.

"I want you to stay healthy and strong, to be with me till the end. I want you to be happy Liam."

Ivana said whispering the last sentence. She came close and kissed his lips softly.

"She would have given her life for you to be happy Liam. Don't make her sacrifice go waste." She whispered and left the balcony leaving Liam alone.

Liam stood there frozen. He didn't know how to react on Ivana's sudden kiss. It has been two years since they were been married but never had any sort of physical intimacies. The kiss has taken him in surprise.

He didn't know that Ivana has feelings for him for some time. She has never told him about it. Perhaps he had been too deep into the past that he had failed to notice it.

What she said was right. Natasha died for him to live. And he should live to make her soul happy. Deciding on what to do next, he went inside the room. There, he found her, his wife, who loves him, cares for him, sitting on the bed, feeling sorry for him.

How didn't he get it till then? He thought. Perhaps, Natasha's death and his father's pressure to marry the girl of his choice made him blank.

He went and knelt before her and held her hands.

"Ivana?" He called softly.

Ivana looked up his face when he called her. He then held her face and wiped off the tears with his two thumbs. His eyes became moist seeing how vulnerable and soft she is.

"Don't cry for me, okay? I'm not worthy of your tears." He said while stuttering.

"You can't be like this Liam. It is my wish about for whom I am shedding tears. You are my husband and you are worthy of every single smile and tear of mine." She breathed out.

"Ivana… You…"

She paused him with a finger on his lips.

"No Liam. Don't." She stopped him.

She held his face and brought it closer to hers. Their foreheads were touching and their lips were so close.

"I love you Liam… But I hate it when you devalue yourselves. Don't do that." She murmured.

Liam saw her red eyes and felt sad. He had hurt someone who cares for him.

"I won't." He said softly.

Their eyes met and so their lips.

Ivana pulled him along with her to the bed and switched off the lights. It was late but still it doesn't matter.

"I don't know whether I would love you like the way I loved Natasha. But I promise to take care of you well and I will try." Liam said and closed their lips again.

At Matt's room.

Matt took a shower and laid down on his bed. He thought about his day with Jennie. He felt his lips curl up as he thought about her.

He felt that her idea wasn't too bad. In fact, it is actually very simple. His family won't stop him if he did like that.

He felt happy that she might be the best thing happened to him in this life.

He heard the sound of the door knocks when he was to switch off the lights.

"Who is it?" He asked.

"It's me, Mattie." A female voice was heard.

"Come in Cat." Matt answered after he recognized the voice.

The door knob twisted and came in a lady in her mid- twenties. She was a tall blonde woman and had striking features that may make men go crazy.

"Back in town?" Matt asked her.

"Hmm… Saw you and Liam having a great conversation in the bar." She said as she sat on the bed.

"Great conversation? Please, my dear sister Catherine." He said over dramatically.

Catherine said nothing but just smiled.

"You seemed to be peaceful today." Catherine stated.

"Hmm… Had a date today." Matt answered.

"A date? Matt, you know it very well that these love and relationships should not be our thing." She said worryingly.

"I'm planning to move far away Cat. Far from this s**t. I will take her too with me. I will have my happily ever after with her. That old man can't stop me K. He can't and he won't." Matt answered.

Catherine sighed after looking at her stubborn little brother. Ever since young, he has never taken things seriously. And if he does, He would go all out. Perhaps, a war is about to start in their home after some peace.

"Just know that I will be there for you, ever." Catherine said.

"Thank you, Cat." Matt thanked her.

"Sleep tight little Mattie." She said and placed a soft kiss on his forehead.

She saw him sleep and left the room after switching off the lights.

Ever since the matter happened with Liam, all her hopes got lost in everything. She broke up with her then boyfriend so that he might stay alive. She would rather let him be with someone who loved him than get killed instead. He misunderstood her, yes, but he will be alive. That matters the most to her.

She went to her room back thinking. She then took a shower and changed into her night dress.

She sat at the edge of the bed, opened the last drawer and took out the photo that had been placed.

There were two people along with her in that photo. A man and a woman and her.

She touched the man's face and sighed internally.