Embrace Love's

Ch 164's. End Part

Claude took his phone from the top of the nightstand, he stepped into the room door and intended to open it. After pulling the handle of the door, he turned to look at the bed in the white room he was in with his wife who was still asleep covered with a blanket. A smile immediately rose on Claude's lips. He suspected that his Cattynya would not wake up until noon, or at least, until the sun had gone up. Throughout the night until early morning, he managed to keep Catalina very busy, chatting, teasing each other, sharing kisses, then ending with making love.

They were in a villa overlooking a bay. We spent our honeymoon together without any interruptions. The crashing waves on the rock cliffs made Claude take a quick step, wanting to enjoy the scenery under the rock cliffs.

Arriving at the guardrail, Claude held onto the perimeter wall and looked towards the sea. The white froth from the breaking waves and the birds flying around made his eyes squint in astonishment. The happiness that was present in his heart now could not be described with words.

The ringing of the cell phone distracts Claude. He pulled out a cell phone from the pocket of the knee-length shorts he was wearing. Yoana's name is on the phone screen.

"Yes, Yoan?"

"Hello, groom."

Claude simply replied with a laugh.

"It's been three weeks since you left, Claude. When did you and Catalina go on honeymoon? When are you guys coming home?" Yoana's voice sounded sad. Claude laughed again.

"Ah, you miss me huh. How sweet Yoan ...."

"I don't miss you Claude Bernard! But I'm waiting for you to come home so that Vincent and I can move on! Our beautiful and beautiful house has been calling."

Claude teringat tentang rumah di daerah pinggir kota yang pernah diceritakan Vincent padanya dulu. Kawasan Wooden Fence, lingkungan dengan deretan rumah putih bertingkat dua, halaman yang penuh bunga dan tetangga yang ada di kiri, kanan, juga depan. Sebuah jalan besar membelah lingkungan itu jadi dua bagian. Ia pernah mengunjungi kawasan itu. Sebuah tempat yang sangat bagus, dekat taman, rumah-rumah yang diisi oleh keluarga dengan beberapa anak. Kawasan yang sangat bagus untuk membesarkan anak-anak.

"Just move now, Yoan. Don't wait for us to come back."

"can't. The boy should be watched every day. If not, he will be gone. Then spend the day with Leon just by traveling. You imagine that! Someone has to make sure that he gets up every morning and gets ready and comes to the office."

"Didn't he work well when he came to the office? So give him some leeway, Yoan. Let him take the occasional vacation with his son."

Claude knew exactly who his brother was complaining about.

"I knew. But it's not just that problem. I know why he did this. He doesn't want me to go. He made sure I kept an eye on him and made him go to the office every day. You know what that means? One of us must be here, Claude."

Claude looked down, looking at the breaking waves on the cliff below. Simon and Joanna.

"I knew. Me and Catalina are coming home, Yoan. Be patient. So you can move when we arrive."

Claude had not heard the answer from his brother. "Yoan? You still there?"

"Yes ..he went away for weeks and left us in the past. Making sure we're far away and not setting it up. Now he's nervous when he finds out we're all married, and then I'm moving out. No longer gathering in one mansion."

"Maybe he feels we don't belong to him anymore. He's a fool if that's what he feels."

"Maybe you're right. Hurry home. We'll hang out and have dinner together."

"I'll tell you when the time comes to return home."

"Ah .. you're on your honeymoon .. I'm the one who's intruding. I should've let you guys go instead of telling you to go home quickly."

Claude's laughter sounded later. Then Claude remembered about Joanna's pregnancy.

"Have you checked Luigi's?"

"It has. Everything's peachy. You know ... doctor it's kinda ...."

"What's up, Yoan?"

"Eitherway. Maybe the presence of her little daughter made her look even more different."

"In the sense?"

"He's getting more handsome." Someone clucked behind Joanna, making her turn her head and find her husband was already nearby.

Claude who heard the clucking sound immediately smiled widely. "I hung up on you, Yoan. You're gonna be busy, right?"

Without waiting for a response, the phone was cut off by Claude. He immediately put his phone back in his pocket when he felt two arms coiled around his waist.

"You awake? I thought you weren't gonna move until noon." Claude turned around, looking at Catalina in a hoodie and sweatpants. His head was covered in a hood, his smile appearing extremely sweet.

"I'm used to sleeping with someone near me. So, if the guy's gone, I'm gonna wake up pretty quickly." A teasing grin appeared in Catalina's smile.

"You seduced me, huh?" claude asked with a wink.

Catalina just laughed. "Come, take me for a walk there." Point Catalina towards the trail along the cliff.

"Come on. Her eyes are bright."

The couple walked down the street, looking at the view of the bay with their hands joined together. Sometimes they look at each other, look at each other, and then share a smile.

With his wife spending time always makes Claude's heart feel satisfied, happy. Then he remembered his conversation with Joanna who asked him to come home immediately.

Just be patient in a minute, Yoan. Stay with the boy there for a while longer. Give me more time to enjoy this ....

Claude stopped the move, making Catalina stop too.

"What?" tanyanya.

Claude approached, hugging his wife's waist. "none. Just wanted to do this."

The kiss was deep and beautiful. Full of promise and passion, without distance and restraint. Under the bright sunlight, the blue sky, the pounding of the waves and the singing of birds, once again the couple hugged each other and shared a kiss. Engraving memories to the deepest recesses of the heart.

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"Is he sleeping, Dad?"

Luigi came to his father who was standing while holding Luzi, his little princess who had been bathed, had been breastfed, and was taken to the backyard of the mansion by the grandfather under the pretext of sunbathing. One of the reasons for the grandfather to be able to hold and look at his grandson for hours.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Why wasn't he brought in when he was asleep?" ask Luigi.

"I like to carry it."

"You'll get tired when the weight increases."

"Ck! It won't."

Luigi chuckles. "Did you behave this way when I was born?"

"Catsy, Luigi. He refused to work. He doesn't come to the office and all he does is look at you or carry you." Luigi's mother's voice rang out from the back of the two men.

"I'm not, Esmeralda."

"Yes. You're so. Now you're so again because there's your granddaughter."

Luigi saw a reddish hue flashed across his father's face. But his father no longer denied.

"Come, Grandpa. Take Luzi there. He's been a sunbathe for a long time" joked Esmeralda.

They walked towards the back porch, where the chairs were arranged around a long table.

Natalia came when Luigi and her parents had just sat down. He carried a tray filled with glasses. Behind him followed two waiters who also carried a tray containing cakes and also a pitcher containing fruit juice.

"Have you called your parents, Nat?" ask Luigi's father.

"Already, Dad. I think they'll be here soon."

A servant came from the front a short while later with Mr and Mrs Ambroz.

"Mom!" greet Natalia, immediately put down the glass and take her mother. Hugging and kissing her cheeks.

"Ah, you cheated, Maldini. You carry it every day. Give him to me."

The two men shared a laugh, then Luigi's father gave his granddaughter a rolled up pink blanket to Natalia's father. The two then took their seats facing each other and chatted merrily as if they did not care if there was anyone else there.

"That's how they'd have met. Come Nat. Take your mother to sit. Just ignore them. I hope Luzi's crying soon, so we can take it right away."

They all laugh. Luigi stared at his father and Natalia's father who looked at Luzi with a look of affection, pride and anxiety. Then he turned to look at Natalia's mother and his own mother who asked each other the news, telling stories with one hand holding each other. Friendships that have been established for decades. Natalia's passing cough carrying two glasses of stemmed juice diverted Luigi's eyes. He saw his wife approaching two grandfathers who were busy with their new grandchildren. Pouring one glass into each of the grandfathers who received it with a smile. Then his wife came back, poured again for his mother and Luigi's mother.

"Thank you, dear." Luigi's mother raised her cheek as Natalia held out a glass towards the woman. Natalia smiled and immediately welcomed the code from her mother-in-law. One kiss landed on Esmeralda's cheek. Then Natalia gave a kiss on her own mother's cheek.

"It's your thing?" natalia's mother asked, lifting a cookie from inside a jar.

"No. Mom made it. I still have a lot to learn about pastries, Mom. My creation does not feel right," said Natalia.

Esmeralda smiled proudly at Natalia's mother. "But he's good at cooking" he said, winking.

Natalia smiled shyly, she poured the juice in one more glass, then looked towards Luigi. I meant to give the drink to her husband. But Natalia was stunned, Luigi was staring at her with the glower again, a luminous glint that always shimmered in Luigi's eyes as she stared at him. It makes them feel loved, valued and loved.

Natalia approached, held out a glass and tried to smile with a pounding heart. She felt like a newly dating teen every time her husband looked at her with that look.

"Why look at me? Is there something weird on my face?"

"No. Come ...."

Luigi pulled Natalia by the waist until her wife sat on her lap.

"What are you doing! Mom and dad ...."

"They were chatting, they were ordinary, they were looking and no wonder. They're happy, they agree, they're okay."

"Stay away! You are ... I want to sit in a chair!" whispered Natalia while glaring.

"No. You just sit here. I need to tell you something" Luigi said, taking a glass from Natalia's hand and placing it on the floor under her chair.

"Say something? What's?" Natalia looked up, looked at her husband and felt the two arms of the man embrace her.

"I love you, Querida .. Thank you for being patient with me."

A red hue crept up into Natalia's face, her heart pounding faster. But he smiled happily. Luigi of course has said it often, but hearing it again and again, always makes Natalia's heart explode with a very happy feeling.

Behind the conversation between Luzi's fellow grandparents, the couple shared smiles, relief, happiness and gratitude for the improvement of their children's relationships. Their chatter continued to flow, as if they did not notice when daddy Luzi pulled his mommy and then seemed to whisper something into the woman's ear. The whisper that seemed to be happy, saw the red hue that now lingered on Natalia's face.

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Alric turned his head, looking inside the lounge, he looked for the whereabouts of Marry or his mother. Both women are invisible.

"They're in Hermione's stable, sir." Diego's voice sounded nearby. Diego stood with a tray, something covered a hood was on top of the tray.

"What's that?" ask Alric.

"Pudding, Sir. Madam Ann asked to be brought this earlier. I'll drive him myself" Diego said.

"Give it to me."

Diego raised his eyebrows.

"here." Alric picks up a tray that Diego immediately releases. He only stared as his master stepped out the door into the backyard. A small smile finally rose on his lips.

Alric's steps stopped under a tree near Hermione's cage. Three puppies wandered around Annete and Mary's legs sitting under a tree on a concrete chair.

"Is that the pudding?" ask Annete.

"Yes." Yeah." As Alric approached, he saw a thread roll over the lap of Annete and Mary. The two women were apparently knitting.

"No. No, it's not Mary. You have to turn it around like this." Annete demonstrated the right way to his son-in-law. Mary watched closely, then the two again concentrated on their knitting needles and respective threads.

Alric put the tray on the table, opened the pudding cover, took out a spoon and cut off the pudding section. He decided to feed the two women so that their work would not be disrupted.

He held it out to his mother. "Open your mouth, Mom."

Annete opened his mouth and accepted his son's bribe.

"You too, Mary."

Mary did the same.

"What are you actually doing?" alric asked as he continued to extend a mouthful of pudding.

"I'll make a knit sweater for my granddaughter."

"And you're Mary? What are you gonna do?"

Mary lifted her face from the knitting needles, looked at Alric then glanced at Annete. But he did not answer.

"He wants to learn how to make a knit scarf. I don't know who it is for. But I guessed it" said Annete.

"For whom?" ask Alric.

Annete laughs. "She asked what color scarf her husband liked and would wear."

"Mom ...," reprimanded Mary, trying to stop Annete from speaking further.

Alric stared at his wife with a big smile.

"This ... eat again" he said, bribing Mary into her mouth.

"Don't be happy just yet. I'm just learning. The results are not necessarily good. You don't necessarily like it." Mary spoke after swallowing the pudding in her mouth.

"Of course I'd like. I'll wear it when you finish it and give it to me."

"Yes. If that one's done, make her a different color, dear Mary." Annete said without lifting his face from the knit. Not realizing that the couple nearby looked at each other with a smile.

A kiss was heard later, leading Annete to raise his face and see his son approaching and kiss his wife. With one hand, Alric stroked Mary's stomach, as if greeting her daughter who was still in the stomach.

"Oh, God. You're just interrupting" he said, but with a big smile.

Alric sat back with a wide grin. Glad to have made Mary red. Embarrassed at being kissed in front of her mother-in-law.

"Round this. Open your mouth again, Mom." Alric bribed his mother and wife. In the distance, on the backyard porch, Diego and Gray looked at the family with happy smiles. Join happy to see the life of his master who is now filled with happiness with mother, wife and future baby who will soon be born.

THE END PART OF EMBRACE LOVE

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From Author, by,

Hello readers. Thank you for reading this story to the end. May it be entertaining and a fun time.

The author is aware there are still many shortcomings in this work, the author will try to improve and of course will try better for the next works.

For the story of Simon Bernard, stop by the author novel whose title is Simon's bride, only there Leon is no longer a baby.

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Warm regards, DIANAZ.