The Devil's Rebirth

CHAPTER 30. Restarting Event

Hope's Point of View

"Always remember that no matter what happens I will always take you back," Emir said tracing my face with his fingers.

"You mean, you will just be traveling back in time?" I asked while he smiled,

He told me about the watch he has but I don't know if I really have to believe him about it, he even dares me to try it but I refused because I'm afraid, besides I like the Emir I have with me now. Maybe he finally learned his lessons with his time travel experiences, if it is true.

We are currently in my room getting ready for the party, he even asked my friend Jessica to come over instead after he rejected my request.

I wore the golden yellow gown and the artist curled my hair while Emir looked so handsome with his two-piece Kiton gray plaid wool suit.

"Honestly, I don't like traveling back in time because I always miss something every time I do. Just like the day when you took the initiative to kiss me and asked me to stay."

"I did?" he nodded.

"Like this?" I asked, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him on the lips.

His hand traveled on the back of my neck pulling me more into him and he jerked his head to deepen the kiss while his other hand was snaked around my petite waist.

"Yeah just like that," he whispered, connecting our foreheads while we are both panting. I smiled.

"I love you, Hope," he whispered, looking at my eyes.

I smiled and unwrapped my arms around him.

"Come on, tell me that you love me too." He said, gripping my waist.

"What about Ariane?" I suddenly recall.

"Don't ruin the mood." He whispered looking down at me,

Suddenly, before I could speak again someone knocked on the door.

"Sir," it was Alfred.

Emir unwrapped his arms around me and walked to open the door while I looked at myself again in the mirror and saw my lipstick almost wiped out. I took the lipstick on my vanity and put a new layer on my lips. After a while Emir walked closer to me and made me steady by holding my shoulders, he was behind me. He then places a stunning necklace on my neck.

"What is this for?" I asked, surprised.

"Can't I give my wife a present?"

"Thank you," I mumbled in a soft voice.

"I love you," he also whispered and kissed me on the nape that made me shiver to the bone.

"Let's go?" He asked.

"Ye-yes," I stutter and he holds my hand, intertwining our fingers, and kisses my knuckle before pulling me out of the room.

I blushed because it is the first time we will be walking hand in hand with our fingers fitted together.

"You look stunning Hope," Jessica dreamily commented as we descended the stairs.

"Thank you," I smiled and blushed.

Suddenly, Alfred showed up again with his cold expression and my husband left my hand,

"I'll be back in a minute" he whispered and followed him.

Jessica quickly pulled me when Emir left.

"I thought you were not on good terms with your husband but what is that?" She whispered, eager to know the answer.

"I don't know either, we actually fought the other day, and last night he came home very drunk and scolded me for drinking coffee but when I woke up this morning he's already kissing me," I told her, and get closer to whisper in her ear,

"Yes, we made love this morning," I whispered and she gasped unbelievably.

"Seriously? I thought you don't want to get touched by him anymore?"

"Well, how can I resist? Besides I missed him too." I told her shrugging my shoulders while she only shook her head unbelievably.

"Yeah, he didn't just make me come once, and we also did it in the bathtub," I added in a very soft voice while giggling and bit my lower lip remembering the pleasures he made me feel earlier.

She gasped again with widened eyes while her mouth formed with 'O' and I just chuckled at her reaction. I felt like a teen who just got deflowered while telling every detail to a friend.

"Sweetheart, let's go." I was startled when he suddenly came.

"Jessica, thank you for coming and if you want you can stay a little bit more, I'll just ask someone to drive you home later."

Jessica and I are both shocked looking at each other after hearing his words because we can't remember when Emir said 'thank you' to anyone ever before.

"Uh, you're welcome? But I think I better go now, I still have something to do this weekend, so yeah! I'll get going too." Jessica managed to say with her shaky voice.

"Okay, I'll assign someone to drop you at your place then."

"Thank you sir," she said and we waved goodbye to each other already.

We are on our way to the party with Emir's sedan while he assigned Alfred to drive us. He also asked Alfred to turn the car in the back entrance to avoid the reporters.

"Don't you want them to see us?" I asked softly.

"Why? Do you want to be seen?" He retorted.

"Uhm, I just thought that you want them to see us to prove something,"

Emir chuckles,

"You mean to prove to them that we are still together?"

"Yes?"

Emir took my hand and kiss it on the knuckle,

"I just realized that your feelings are more important to me than our exposure."

"You're talking like a totally different person, what really happened to you Emir?"

But he only just smiled and turned to look outside the window.

We managed to get inside the venue without any interruption by any of the reporters while Emir didn't leave my hand, he is still holding mine since we stepped out of the car.

'I like him being sweet,' I thought smiling, looking at our holding hands.

"Emir, what exactly do you want me to do to help you?" I asked,

"Nothing really, just go with the flow of the party," he said with a smile but his eyes start to change as he looks around the place with crucial stares.

"I'll just go to the restroom," I told him and he looks down at me,

"Sure sweetie," he said,

I felt his stares glued at me while walking away from him,

When I get inside, I look at myself in the mirror making sure I look fine in the eyes of my husband's critics around, I just don't want to let him down.

"You look gorgeous tonight Hope Villafranco," I jumped in shocked when a familiar voice speak behind me,

"What are you doing here!?" I asked Nicolo who was wearing a janitor outfit.

"And what are you wearing? Don't tell me you're having a part-time job here?" I asked, chuckling softly at him.

"I'm not that desperate yet, I just thought it's a costume party that is happening here." He said and we both chuckles at his silliness,

"Alright whatever, anyway I need to go back to my husband he might be worrying about me,"

"Oh really? When did he start worrying about his wife? After leaving you in the hospital and not showing himself for months? I wonder where he stayed." He sounds like mocking me but all of it is true, Emir left me.

"But he's back now and better," I argue.

"Better? How?"

Suddenly, the door opens and a lady came in looking between us,

"I have to go, see you around," I said and about to leave when he grabbed my arm,

"Don't touch me," I gently said and pulled my arm.

"I'll show you something at the garden, be there." He said before I left the place.

I went back to the party, looking around to see where my husband might be. I walked through the crowds of the luxurious group of people, trying not to get noticed by looking down but I failed.

"Miss Hope Villafranco, how are you? I never thought I could see you here." A man of the same as age my husband greeted me, but I don't know him.

"Hi?" I greeted him back with hesitation.

"So I assume you're with your husband? But look, I guess you are not guarding him enough because he can still find a way. I wonder how you managed to stay in your marriage when your husband is Emir Villafranco." I turned to look at where he was staring and saw my husband talking to Victoria, the daughter of the mayor.

I always heard from news and gossip magazines about them and everyone seems to like the idea of them together, but they never confirmed the rumors. I swallowed looking at them.

"Why don't you come with me instead of being around your husband for publicity purposes, I'll make sure you'll forget him overnight." He whispered, which made me cringed and quickly turn to face him.

I took the champagne he was holding enticingly while smiling sweetly at him and tapped my fingers on his chest above his expensive suit and slowly pulled him by it.

"Try me," I whispered in his ear, thanks to my seven inches stilettos I was able to reach him. I saw him smirking while I started to pour his liquor on the back of his neck.

"What the," he started to curse and pushed me which made me stumble, luckily Alfred caught me from behind and some of Emir's security in a black suit blocked the rude man from me.

"Thank you," I whispered to Alfred and he gestured to me to go to Emir already which I obeyed.

"Sir," he calls Emir's attention.

My blood heated up even more when I saw Victoria holding my husband's arm which he quickly took off when he turned and saw me.

"Sweetheart, this is Victoria, the daughter of Mr. Harold, the mayor." Emir introduced her to me,

"Hi, nice meeting you," she said, stretching her hand for a shake, but I ignored it and just walked past her.

"I'm not friendly with my husband's flings, I'm sorry," I whispered to myself and went straight to the bar corner.

I made myself comfortable asking for a martini from the bartender while I saw my husband follow me.

"I don't understand why you need to bring me here, you said you need my help to catch Nicolo but you're only flirting around," I said with a scolded face and took a sip in my liquor when uncle Ruben came,

Then suddenly I just remember what my husband just told me about Henry betraying him and joining forces with Nicolo. I heard uncle greeted me but my thoughts were to the garden where Nicolo said that he is going to show me something there.