Chapter 45
"Sebastian's birthday is tomorrow, and I still haven't figured out what to get him."
What can you give a person who has everything?"
"A stripper."
I turn my look to Timur, who is eating ice-cream.
"I will not get a stripper for my brother."
"If I were your brother, I would be happy." Timur smiles.
"Then you're lucky I'm not your sister."
"Yeah, baby, because it would be bad to have incest."
"Watch what you say Boyko, or I might kill you and make it look like a suicide."
"You've gone crazy because of Amelia, that's what girls do to men,"
Timur pointed his spoon at Danylo. "That's why I'll never get married."
"Relax, dude, no one will want to marry you." Danylo leaned back in his chair.
"Everyone wants to marry me, I'm Timur fucking Boyko."
I started laughing with my hand over my mouth. But Timur is right. All the girls dream of marrying him.
"Tell me my five character flaws," he continues.
"Annoying, talkative," Danylo began to list.
"Oh, shut up, Bondar. Be glad you have Amelia, otherwise no one would be with you."
"And you listen to Lana Del Rey."
"Don't you dare, Bondar. It's Lana."
I'm looking at these two grown-up fools who brought me to a children's cafe for ice cream and are eating their fifth batch. I don't know at what point it happened that they became so close to me, but I'm happy. For the first time in years.
***
"Happy birthday," I walked over to Sebastian, "I knew you wanted a puppy, so here you go."
I give him the box, holding back my laughter.
A smile appears on his face and he opens the box.
"Amelia, what the hell is this?"
"A puppy."
"It's not a puppy, it's a fucking piggy. Why did you buy me a pig?"
"First of all, it's not a pig, it's a little pig, and secondly, it looks like a dog."
Sebastian took my pig out of the box and held it in his hands. I put on her a pink dress and a small crown.
Just imagine, a twenty seven-year-old billionaire standing in front of you, wearing an expensive suit and holding a little pig in a pink dress.
"In what way does it look like a dog?"
"It has legs, eyes."
"And it's a pig. Take it away from me right now, Amelia."
"Oh, no, no, it's your gift, you can't return gifts."
In the corner not far from us, Danylo and Timur are standing almost choking on their laughter. They are twisting with laughter and almost crying.
"I adore you," Danylo comes up to me and puts his arm around my waist.
"Just a second," Timur says, quickly puts the crown on Sebastian's head and takes a photo, "now I have a photo of the head of Melnyk corporation holding a pig in a pink dress with a crown on his head, I wonder how much I can sell it for?"
"I will kill you all. I promise."
"Don't forget that my father is the best lawyer in the country," Danylo said.
"And my father is the chief judge of country," Timur added.
"Remind me of that, boys, when I blow your brains out." Danylo leans against me and whispers in my ear.
"Do you want to go swimming?" "No, but I can watch you swim."
He takes my hand and we walk to the pool.
Danylo takes off his t-shirt and shorts, remaining in only swimming trunks. The look of all the girls immediately falls on him. And I involuntarily bite my lower lip.
He dives into the water with such ease as if he had been swimming all his life.
"Come on," he offers.
"No. I'm fine here, too."
"Ami, don't make me throw you into the water."
"Oh, you wouldn't dare."
"Oh, sure I wouldn’t."
I move a little further from the pool.
"Don't dare you." He smiles.
God, I love his smile.
"Okay, okay." Danylo raises his hands up. "Help me get out of the water." And give me his hand.
"Don't you dare throw me into the water." I warn him.
"I promise, I won't."
I approach the pool and extend my hand to him, he grabs my hand and I don't have time to realise how he is already pulling my hand and I find myself in the pool.
"You promised." I push him, wiping my eyes from the water.
"I'm sorry, darley." He shows me the crossed fingers on his left hand.
We start laughing. He picks me up in his arms and hugs me to his strong body. His lips are a few centimetres away from mine. We breathe hard, without taking our eyes off each other.
He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear.
"I love you, darley."
"I love you too."
We love each other like no one else in the world. And we will continue to love in spite of everything. This is something that no one can take away from us.
Because love is what we are.
He kisses me, and I forget about everything in the world. All the people around disappear. Everything dissolves in air. The universe, stars, planets disappear. There is only us. We, who belong to each other. We, who promised to love each other for a month. We, who will love each other forever.
He is my silence, which I have been looking for all my life. He is my voice when I am unable to speak. He is my peace when I have a panic attack. He is my song when I want to dance. He is my air when I forget to breathe. He is my heart when I lost mine forever...