He Only Married Me To Show Her That He Already Moved On

Seven pm. in our house...

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.. happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday... Elsa."

Me, including all our maids, some guards, even the hardener ..we're all in the living room, and celebrating one of our maids birthday. This is my last day of vacation leave and Gabriel is still in the office.

"Thank you, Ma'am Madi. You're the best!" Elsa is in teary-eyed when she walked closer to me. I smiled and hugged her.

"It's a small thing, Elsa. It's okay."

I am in the mood to cook earlier, especially when I heard that it's her birthday today. It would be my first and last birthday gift to her.

"No, Ma'am. For me it's a big thing. It's my first time of celebrating my birthday here in this mansion with so much food! Thank you, Ma'am Madi." 

She said hugging me again and I hugged her back with tears also forming in my both eyes. I'm going to miss this. I'm going to miss them.

"Happy birthday! Let's stop all the drama and let's start the celebration!" I lifted up the glass of my wine. "Cheers!" and they all followed me.

"Cheers for Elsa's birthday!"

"Cheers!"

-'Cheers for my aching heart, and the pain I am about to go through after this..'- I silently muttered.

"But you know what Ma'am Madi, we're all happy that you came into this house." We all turned to one of the guards, Simon.

"Yes, that's true Ma'am Madi. When you came here, it feels like a true home and not just an empty mansion." it's Lily one of the maids.

"Yeah, an empty mansion with a grumpy ghost---- I mean, boss!" and we all laughed with what Elsa added.

"It's our first time to eat these kinds of food. Thank you so much Ma'am Madi for cooking these delicious and yummy food for Elsa's birthday."

I smiled when all of them send their thank you and warm hugs to me.

"Okay because of that, I'm gonna give something to all of you." I said smiling while getting the cards from my shorts' pocket. "Tada!" 

I gave them one by one the black card and all their eyes turned wide as they looked back at me.

"Oh my God! Is this true, Ma'am Madi?" Elsa's eyes were wide as saucers.

"Yes, that's real and that's is all yours." and I heard their gasps and squealed. "Are you familiar with the 'Maiden Restaurant' in town?"

"Yes, Ma'am. That's the famous restaurant here in the City."

"And we never tried to eat their or to come inside, because it's too classy and it's only for rich people."

"No! That's not true! Who told guys that?" my eyebrows crunched as I looked at them one by one.

"We just heard some people talking about that restaurant when we we're in the supermarket."

"Ahh.. okay." I said nodding. "Well, that restaurant is happened to be mine."

"Huh?" they all gasped.

"Yes, I am the owner of the Maiden Restaurant. Maiden is short for Madielyn, which was my nickname when I was a kid and it's my Dad's nickname to me. And the card that each of you are holding right now, that's the VVIP card of the restaurant." I paused just to chuckled at their reactions. "Don't ask me if how much is the amount inside of that card, because it's a huge amount guys. I was the one who put the money in there. And anytime from now on, you can enter and eat in that restaurant for free! Anytime.. using that card!"

"Wow!"

"Oh my God! Dream come true!"

"Thank you, Ma'am Madi!" they all squealed in happiness and excitement.

"Cheers for Ma'am Madi!"

"Cheers!"

And because we're too busy with our cheers sessions, we didn't notice the sound of Gabriel's car and the opening of the entrance door.

We all turned to him. He has a shocked expression when he saw us wearing a party hat. I inhaled deeply before I wear my sweetest smile and walked towards him.

"Hi, it's Elsa's birthday." 

I kissed him on his cheek, but he pulled me into a tight hug. He put his head into the crock of my neck and inhaled my scent. I gulped as I felt the goosebumps that sends shivers down my spine.

All around us were cheering and clapping their hands. Especially the guards who still doesn't know our set up. Well, we don't need to inform all the maids because they can see which room are we from, every morning.

I hugged him back and also inhaled his scent. I'm gonna miss all of this. 

"Love.."

"Hmm?"

"We're going to get the results of the DNA test tomorrow." I gulped again when he whispered it near my ear.

"Ahh...well good luck." 

He pulled back and looked at me directly.

"I'm still hoping it's not mine." 

I smiled and cupped his left cheek. "Well, whether it's yours or not, it's still a blessing. It's a precious gift from heaven. And love, let's not talk about this tonight. It's Elsa's birthday. Let's just talk about this tomorrow."

He nodded and smiled at me. I don't want to hear that topic right now. And if he's going to see me here tomorrow when he gets back, then we're going to talk about it... forever.

We stayed there staring at each other's eyes.

"Wait, have you eaten dinner, 'love'?" I was the one who break the staring contest.

"No, not yet." he put his hand on my lower back.

"Sir, do you want me to serve you your dinner? Ma'am Madi cooked Bolognese pasta and delicious lasagna." Elsa asked him with an all-out smile.

"You cooked?" he turned to me and I smiled.

"Yes, for her birthday." and he kissed my forehead. 

Elsa brought him his dinner in the living room with us.

"Happy birthday, Elsa."

"Thank you, Sir." 

"Hey, continue what you're doing. Don't mind me here, I'm just going to watch you guys." he said and started to eat.

"Okay, let's start the party." I said giving a signal to Simon to open and set entertainment device.

This is my last night with them, and my last night with him. So, I'm going to seize every minute and seconds of this moment.

We started to pick our songs from the songbook and put it on the screen. And when Gabriel finished his food, he also joined us in celebrating Elsa's birthday. For me, it's a double celebration..the last one is for my heart and soul that we're going to die tomorrow.

"Okay, that's my song." I squealed when I saw the title on the screen, although my heart started now to mourn.

***I will leave my heart at the door, I won't say a word. They've all been said before you know. So why don't we just play pretend, like we're not scared of what's coming next or scared of having nothing left. Look don't get me wrong, I know there's no tomorrow...

All I ask is if this is my last night with you, hold me like I'm more than just a friend. Give me a memory I can use, take me by the hand while we do what lovers do. It matters how this ends, 'cause what if I never love again...***

They all clapped their hands and cheers for me, except Gabriel who's only sitting on the couch and staring at me with an emotion I couldn't even read... no.. I really don't want to read. I don't wanna look into his eyes, because I don't want to melt again.

It's not new to me that anyone can fall for him. Just the way he smile can make anyone's heart melt. The way he moves can make anyone turned around. The way he laughs can send a certain vibration into someone's heart. And the way his eyes mirror into someone else's, can speak thousands of unspoken words. 

So if you're going to ask me why I fell in love with him, that's my answer. And why it's hard to say goodbye and to let these feelings go.. it's because everything about him is like magic. In which, it casts spells that made my world magical, even in those short period of time.

And another title of the song flashed on the screen. This is it.

***It pains my heart to see you go away, 'cause I thought you'll always stay. I just can't believe it's true, 'cause I'm still in love with you. I'm gonna make it through without you, soon I'll come to see the light. Won't be living in my dreams, and what's far from my sight...

I'm going to miss you, oh baby. Gonna miss everything about you, gonna miss your love. So now I'm letting you go, it's the right thing for me to do. Though it hurts me so, it's so hard I know..I'm letting you go..***

I blinked back the tears that start to form in my eyes when I noticed the kind of stare he's giving me while singing the chorus of the song. But I ignored him and continue to sing.

***You'll always be a special part of me..though we're not meant to be..

This time, I become brave. I walked closer to him and looked into his eyes while singing the next lyrics.

***Knowing you I won't forget, loving you I'll never regret... So now I'm letting you go, It's the right thing for me to do.. though it hurts me so, it's so hard I know.. I'm letting you go.. I'm letting you go...***

And a lone tear escaped from my eyes, but I immediately wiped it and turned around to pass the microphone to Elsa. But the moment I turned back again, I was engulfed by a tight hug and a deep passionate kiss.

And this time, no matter how I tried to control my tears.. they were so stupid like me, because they all racing down on my cheeks. When he pulled back, he noticed the tears from my eyes. He wiped it with his thumb while looking at me directly.

"Why do I feel that you're going to leave me?" he asked almost a whisper, and I had to laugh just to stop my tears.

"Going to leave you? What are you talking about?"

"By your songs. It's like a message of goodbye."

I laughed again and I hold both of his hands. "It's just a song, love." I take a deep breath before I pulled him into a bone-crushing hug.

-'You don't know how it's hard for me to do this, and how it's so hard to let you go. But I need to, 'cause it's the best thing than to pretend I'm okay in front of all of you. I need to do this for myself. I need to stop from dreaming that you're going to love me back, that you're going to be mine. I don't want to give up with this love, but it's slowly tearing me apart day by day every time I see you with her. I can't do this anymore, Gabriel.'-