Chapter 255 - I Love Him!

Name:The Villain Author:tanu_sam
Persephone was sitting on the couch in the living room. Her eyes were blank and no drop of tear was left inside her to trickle. Everyone was seated in the same living room, extremely quiet today. She showed some emotions when she heard Eleanora cry. She remembered how she hadn't fed her daughter for a long time. She stood up to take her daughter from the only calm person who had enough strength to shush the crying baby-- Callum. 

"Thank you," Persephone whispered and took Eleanora from his hands. " I will feed her."

She walked to the nursery to feed her baby. As she entered the nursery, she was reminded how she and Santiago had chosen every single thing for their baby. With so much love and care. 

She stifled a sob when she felt as if her baby too was about to cry. Eleanora's mood was easily influenced by her. If she found someone laughing, she would laugh too and similarly if she saw someone crying, she would cry too. 

Outside, everyone who had been deadly quiet started raising questions. 

"Callum, did you find something?" Killian asked. Turning to Valencia, he asked, "And where is Nash?"

"I couldn't call him. His phone is out of reach," Valencia softly replied. Her eyes too were swollen like Percy. 

"Don't you find it weird that even we were not allowed to enter the airport?" Callum said. "Santiago's phone has been off even before he boarded the plane. What the hell is even happening?"

Before they could hear anything, they heard Persephone's shriek from the other room and immediately ran to see what happened. When they opened the door of the nursery, they saw Persephone jumping like a little kid. She was laughing and crying at the same time. 

"What happened?" Emma asked. "Are you alright?"

Persephone nodded her head and then shook it. "He didn't forget."

"What?" Everyone's brows were furrowed in confusion. They didn't know what might have happened to drastically change Persephone's mood. 

"I asked Santiago when he was leaving to text me before he boarded the plane," Persephone replied to them with a small smile. "He replied now. He said he couldn't board the plane as his flight was cancelled."

"Is he alright?" Valencia asked Persephone, tears streaming down her face. 

"I don't know," Persephone answered. "If someone texted me from his number, it would be him, right? I don't want to believe otherwise." 

They didn't say a word. Callum immediately left the rook to make a call while Killian and Emma were left to console the two crying ladies. Even he was not ready to believe that someone like Santiago could die just like that in a plane crash. It didn't make sense to them but they chose to keep the information to themselves. 

"He is fine. And both Santiago and Nasha are together," Callum informed them. He had an urge to beat Santiago and Nash for this heart attack. What if they had weak hearts? 

He turned to Emma and softly said, "Can you make Santiago's wife eat anything? I don't want him to throw a tantrum when he sees his dehydrated and starved wife." 

Emma softly smiled and nodded. She hugged Persephone and went to the kitchen to get her something to eat. 

"How about Nash and I babysit my niece today?" Valencia offered. 

"Why?" Persephone said in a hoarse voice. 

"Because I believed that you and your husband need to have the big talk today," Valencia told her best friend. "I know we have no right to talk between the two of you. But I have seen you today. You looked as if you had lost your whole goddamn world! If it's not love, then I don't know what the hell it is." 

"Val, you don't curse," Persephone said with a soft smile. 

Valencia scowled. "Even you know that I don't curse, you both frustrate me so much that I feel as if you two need a beating! I get it you guys were taking it slow. But for two years? I don't know who is the dumb one. I or both of you." 

Killian cleared his throat to remind the two ladies that apart from the two of them, someone else was in the room too. He wasn't one of those people who would interfere in someone else's life.

But even he felt that both Persephone and Santiago were infuriating with their taking things slow. Either they wanted to be with each other or they didn't! It was as simple as that. It only took him two months to figure out that he wanted forever with his flash wife. 

"I love Santiago," Persephone whispered, looking at all of them. "It didn't take me forever to figure this out. I knew it even before Eleanora came into our life. But I am afraid. You have seen that Santiago and I didn't have a very sweet start. Hell, it can't even be a normal one. We are not a fictional couple. Captor-Captive Romance didn't exist in real life. Our story started in a way I never expected it to be. I took my time figuring out slowly what I wanted." 

"Didn't you say you love him?" Callum asked. "Is it not enough?"

"Of course, I love him," Persephone said. "But loving him and spending the great if my life is not the same. I abandoned my life in New York for what? Freedom and peace. I don't want riches just these two things in my life. I wanted to make sure that if I chose Santiago I won't be the same caged canary again." 

Valencia sighed as if she could understand Persephone's logic even if she didn't want to. "So, what do you want now? Percy, don't give him any hope if you are eventually going to leave. What if you took several more years to figure this out? What would he do if you left him even in the end?" 

"I will never leave him! I can't leave my husband! I love him, Val. I love him more than anything else in this world. There is nowhere I would rather be than with him. I want a forever with him. I love him so much!"

Persephone said, panting and as she gazed up, she found a frozen Santiago in the doorway. 

Valencia played her well!