In Love, Never Say Never

“Come with me.”

A few seconds after the duo walked out of the private room, silence fell once again.

I hid behind the wall for another short while. Once the room went completely silent, I tiptoed my way out.

As soon as I reached the entrance, I had an odd feeling. When I turned around, I noticed the little boy I encountered on our way back home from the hospital, Gregory, had his eyes glued to me with a bright grin.

He stood upright and seemed to be anticipating my arrival because he wasn’t surprised by the stranger in the room the slightest bit.

When I thought things were way too awkward, Gregory broke the silence and asked, “Have you figured out everything?”

Slightly taken aback by his question, I asked, “What?”

“That woman who was here a few minutes ago!” Gregory tucked his arm and orated, “She’s my father’s fiancée, but we don’t really like her! Actually, the feelings are mutual between us! Since someone has to marry my father, can you be the one? I like you! You look just like my mother! Can you be my mother?”

behaved like an old man. I started chuckling, finding his choice of

supposed to poke your nose into the adults’ businesses. You’re just a kid. On top of

the eyes and made myself clear in a serious manner, yet I got increasingly discouraged as I went on because I couldn’t bring myself to get

urge to pinch his chubby little cheeks –

Gregory seemed to have misperceived my words as he asked

How could I possibly hate you when you’re so

don’t mean

father is a great man! He will take good care of you! As long as you promise me to marry him,

asked, “What do you mean by dealing with

I get Daddy to spend more time with that woman. Since I don’t like her, I’ll get Daddy to spend more time with you to

he had been exposed to weren’t supposed to be shared with a child of his age.

said, he was way too naïve in which he had approached a

forward and caressed his head, explaining patiently, “It takes more than spending time together to bring two adults together. I can agree to help, but your father may not have any feelings for me. If that’s the case, things will end up miserably and cause both of us a lot of