Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 103 - Eighty-Five

Chapter 103: Chapter Eighty-Five

ERWIN

"And you are telling me this now?" I cross my arms over my chest and a disappointed look is etched on my face.

"I didn’t want to worry you." Leo murmurs, his head hanging between his shoulders.

"But do you think I am happy now that you hide your sickness from me?" I step closer to him and cup his face. "I will worry about you whether you want it or not. Love comes with worry, Leo. I can’t help but think about you all day and all night. Even when I am with you let alone when I am not with you. You are the one who always occupies my mind." I breathe, "I don’t care Leo if you keep secrets but when it comes to your well-being, please consider telling your queen. I worry, okay?"

"I am sorry." He nods and apologizes softly.

"It’s fine." I kiss his forehead, "But do you know why you got sick like that? I didn’t know you get motion sick."

"I don’t know either." Leo’s eyes are not meeting mine. He knows something or suspects something but deliberately hides it from me. But Leo is trying to hide something from me then he has his own reason. I won’t push the matter any further.

"Leo, do you want me to do my PhD?" I abruptly change the topic since he looks like he doesn’t talk about the matter anymore.

"Your PhD?" Leo blinks and it takes a few more seconds for him to comprehend what I am saying, "Oh your PhD degree? You just completed your master’s degree, didn’t you?"

"Yeah," I rub the back of my neck. "So I was thinking if I should pursue a PhD."

"Then go for it." Leo smiles warmly at me. "I am rooting for you."

"But... it will take a lot of money." I press my lips into two thin lines.

"And isn’t this the reason you married me?" Leo asks playfully, "I am your black card remember?" He chuckles and I fall for him all over again.

"I know you will fund for me but there is another thing that I want to talk about." My muscles suddenly tense and my jaw clenches as my heart starts to beat at a slow pace. "I want to go to MIT," I say slowly, my every word is measured.

We currently live in New York and Boston is quite close to New York but it takes at least four hours to drive from here and that is almost impossible for a regular transportation schedule. If I want to study at MIT then I have to move to Boston and that is not a choice for me. I can’t live without Leo. I can’t even breathe without him. How am I supposed to live without him? This is a far-off cry for me.

"Do you want to leave me?" Leo asks, still firmly held in my arms. "Do you not want to live with me anymore?" He blinks at me and I don’t know if he is testing me or just teasing me.

My heart drops to the pit of my stomach and my eyes go wide, "Fuck no. I could never do that. I want to be with you as much as possible. I never want to leave you. You are like oxygen to me. I can’t breathe without you. I think about you 24/7. There isn’t a moment when I don’t think about you. There is no corner in my mind which is not filled with your thoughts. I will go crazy if I am not with you."

"Then?" Leo presses further.

"I just want to study there." I blurt out, "Dad wanted me to study there."

As I mentioned before, my dad was a prostitute. He earned too little to feed both of our stomachs let alone my other expenses. He could never manage my tuition fees. But I don’t resent him for that one silly reason. I could see the remorse in his eyes when he looked at me. When I handed him my report cards, where there wasn’t a single number out of place. The remorse in his eyes when he would come to my sports day and see me win every single medal there.

My dad did enough for us to keep us alive but he still hated the fact that he couldn’t provide for my other necessaries. He loved me but he didn’t love my hair and my name. It was too late for us to change my name so he never called me by my name. And because he hated my hair, I changed the color to silver so that my dad would love me more. The day I returned home from the salon to show my dad that I changed my hair color. He was lying prone on the ground, all drenched in blood. My world shattered. I suddenly felt cold. I didn’t cry as if my heart was ripped off my chest. Like it couldn’t feel anymore, beat anymore.

I killed the man who shattered my little world. I killed the man who mercilessly crushed my dream to be loved by my dad even more. I killed him and I don’t have any regret for doing so.

My dad always wanted me to study somewhere big. He was even saving up money for that but like a fragile crystal the dream broke. I was given the money after he passed away. That money helped me survive a few years with a bit of struggle but I survived anyway. Then John took me in. I didn’t have to do anything while I was there. It was like heaven to me. But now that I am with Leo I know what Is actually real paradise.

Leo made me feel again. I lost my sanity the moment I saw my dad’s body on the ground years ago. But then Leo came into my heartless unfelt life and made me feel every fucking single moment of it. Love, hate, remorse, anger, jealousy, happiness, sadness and everything. It’s like he has somehow dug out my long-buried heart and returned to its rightful place. I can never thank him enough for that.

I don’t want to leave Leo but I want to fulfill my dad’s wish. After ak he was the only man for me before Leo came into this unfelt life. The only man who made me feel hay around him aside from Leo and John. So I have the responsibility to fulfill his wish and show him that his son is doing fine. He can rest in peace now.

"Oh." Leo’s eyes soften at my words, "So your dad wanted you to study there?"

"Not actually there but somewhere big." I shake my head and hum, "But he never mentioned how big it should be. So To make him extra assured I want to choose the best out there."

"Understandable." he chuckles, "Don’t worry then, I will come with you."

"Huh?" I pause and blink, bewildered. "What did you say?"

"I said that I’d go with you." Leo smiles warmly at me, his finger clenching around my shirt more tightly than before. "Will you not take me?" He looks at me with those dark pleading eyes and my pulse tenses. My heart skips a beat.

"I will gladly take you with me and hide you from the world but how are you supposed to do all your job if you come with me? The company headquarters are here and our house is here too." Then another thing comes to my mind, "Our friends are here too."

Leo smiles, "It’s okay, there is another brunch there in Boston. I can also work from there and if we are talking about this house then I have another house there too. I lived in that city for a long time too. And our friends can always visit us. We can visit them too. It’s not a big deal."

"Wait, wait, what do you mean you iced at that city too?" I blink, amused by the revelation.

"Oh I have never told you that I graduated from MIT, have I?" Leo blinds then chuckles, "Though I didn’t do a PhD. And Ruth was just there because of me. He didn’t want to part away from me. He always clinging to me like a cocoon to a tree."

"Really?" My eyes are wide, "You studied there?"

"Yeah, my major was business as I mentioned." Leo hums, "I was quite the bright student but unfortunately as good as you."

"Oh my God, Leo, what are you talking about?" I pull him closer and chuckle as I rub my nose against his, "You are an awesome businessman. I sometimes wonder if you will sell me off too." I say playfully.

Leo pauses, "I would never do that, Erwin. Never." He is looking so serious all of a sudden and this is so cute...

I peer down at his pouty face and then laugh, "I know you can never do that. I was just teasing you, Mr. Snow. So what now? Are you really going to move to Boston with me?"

"Did I not look serious enough?" Leo blinks.

"You did... just a little confirmation." I smile.

"Yes I am going to move to Boston with you." Leo smiles and I grin back.

Then suddenly my phone rings. "Wait a bit please." I fish out my phone and check the caller ID. It’s John.

"John." I acknowledge him through the phone.

"Erwin, I think I just found something interesting. Care to come?" John sounds so very intrigued.

"Be right there." I state.