Lu Jingli saw Theresa Mo and Junxie Li’s wedding photos and couldn’t believe his eyes. Was Junxie Li the man Theresa claimed was the father of her kids and in love with?
He saw the photos of the two boys and was left speechless. The appearance of the boys has spoken for itself that they are Junxie’s kids.
But is Theresa Mo their mother? Lu Jingli shook his head. No wonder she refused to be remarried to him.
She was with President Li. Thank goodness, he didn’t think of doing anything silly to her after they left the court that day.
Julia has now completely forgotten about Rita. But he knew he can’t always remain like this. He needed to find someone he would fall in love with and stayed glued to her.
As for Rita he has completely forgotten about her. He was moving on with his life and he wished her happiness.
He loves her and till tomorrow, he would still love her. But love means letting that other person go. He wants her to be happy.
But if her happiness doesn’t lie with him, he would let her go. If she someday wants to return to him, he would take her to be by his side if he hasn’t gotten entangled with someone else.
Xixi and his other girl have been trying to come back. But he doesn’t want them again. He only wants Rita.
He would definitely fall in love again but that’s going to take a long period to come. For now, he would concentrate on his life and his daughter.
Three months later.
Julia had promised his daughter they were going out for dinner. She said she wanted to see what the city looks like and Julia promised to take her out for a tour and end up with dinner in a fancy restaurant.
Alfred was celebrating his birthday and Rita promised to take them all for dinner as well. She was owning Alfred and his new girlfriend an outing though.
They were there, having their dinner when Julia walked in. He was carrying Amaya on his shoulder and making her giggle.
As soon as he entered, Rita paused and tried looking around. ” What’s the matter Rita?”
“I perceive Julia’s body scent. He’s somewhere around here” she said, still looking around.
She soon sighted him taking a seat with a little girl by his side. He smiled at her as one of the waiters approached him.
Monica and Alfred followed Rita’s line of sight and it led them to the quietly sitting Julia and a little girl by his side.
He was now making orders and then glanced at the girl as if asking her what she wanted.
The waiter soon left and Julia took Amaya’s hand, talking to her in a tone only they two heard.
Rita became restless. She couldn’t concentrate on her meals anymore. She saw him talking like a father to a favourite child.
Her eyes became teary. Monica held her hands and Alfred saw her changed mood and knew she was missing him.
She looked down at the plate of food before her and gently cleaned the drop of tears that ran down her cheeks.
Alfred’s girlfriend Jane immediately understood. The fellow at the extreme end must be her ex boyfriend or something.
But why is she not going to meet him if she still has a crush on him and can’t do without him?
“I don’t know anything about you nor your past life. But that guy over there has occupied a place in your heart.
If I were you, I would put my ego aside and pursue the man I love. Go to him and let him know you still love him…” Jane advised, holding Rita’s hand and giving it a light squeeze.
Rita smiled through teary eyes and nodded. She looked at him again and couldn’t help but keep staring at him.
The waiter brought their dinner and Julia ensured that Amaya started taking her meal before he dug into his dinner.
The first chopstick he was taking to his mouth, he paused. Maybe it’s intuition or perhaps he felt there were eyes on him, he looked at the adjacent side and locked eyes with Rita.
Rita was there? His eyes lingered on hers and as flippantly as he had looked at her direction, he looked away. He didn’t look at her but was seeing her from his split vision.
She’s in the company of her family and he is with his daughter. They are strangers now and should see each other through the eyes of such.
He thought he saw her face teary a while ago. But that isn’t his business. She can shed tears or laugh all day. He has moved on with his life like she had with her own life.
Soon they were through. He wants to leave that place immediately. If he had known that she was there with her family, he wouldn’t have stopped by that restaurant.
He stood up and took out his wallet and gave the waiter his credit card. When he had paid for their meal, he held Amaya and walked out.
“Go after him Rita” Jane advised and Rita stood up almost immediately. She walked out and saw him getting into his car and walked towards him.
“Hello Julia,”Rita said, getting close to him. Julia turned and glanced at her briefly. “How have you been Rita?” He said and held his car door, wanting to step in.
” I am fine. It’s been a while, thought you travelled out” Rita said, talking in a familiar tone like two old friends.
She has indeed been looking forward to them crossing paths for the past few months and didn’t meet him.
“I did travel out. But it’s just for a few weeks” Julia replied, not seeming to be interested in discussing it with her.
Rita guessed so but still stood there, glancing at him. They looked at each other until Rita asked again ” that girl, who is she?”
Julia glanced at her briefly and lingered a little before answering “she’s my daughter” he replied.
“Hi” Rita waved at the beautiful girl and smile. “What’s your name beauty?” She asked and Amaya answered and smiled back at her waving her hand too.
“Call me aunt Rita. Will you be my friend?” Rita asked and Amaya said yes. “Will you Promise me that you will call me everyday, as often as you can. Your dad has my cell phone number..” Rita said and smiled beautifully with her.
“Give her time to call you when your boyfriend is not there,” Julia interrupted. “She can call me anytime” Rita replied and Julia said she’s never going to call her then.
He slipped into his car and bade her a goodnight before shutting the door. He didn’t give her another time to say something else.
He drove off in his tinted car. He had a good look at her since she couldn’t see him, he admired her like he had always done.
Rita felt greatly relieved after speaking to him. She felt light and knew she would soon start communicating with Julia again.
Using Amaya as bait, she would start Calling him. From there she would make it known that she wasn’t having any boyfriend nor feelings for someone else besides him.
She returned to her family and they were done with their meal. She took her seat and said thanks to Jane.
Julia was happy that he talked with Rita after the incident when she lost that pregnancy. He felt so excited.
He is a little lonely. Junxie Li is always in Company of his wife and kids and is always around Theresa because of his unborn baby.
Lanre was his companion for a while until he also got married. After his wedding, his time is divided between his family and work.
He hasn’t heard that Rosa is pregnant but knows she will be shortly. He is the only one single among them.
He got married first before them but longed to be a bachelor. And now that he has enjoyed his bachelorhood, he is tired and wants to be married.
This life is just unstable, the dynamics of human nature.