Falling For The Man I Married

Chapter 27: Facing his family

Madi's POV:

We haven't gotten out of the car yet, but we were already surrounded by his relatives.

"Stay here," he said before opening his car door.

"Huh?" I didn't understand what he said.

"I said stay here. I'll open the door for you."

"Ohh... okay," I said nodding. -'Slow.'- I murmured to myself.

But as soon as he exited the car, he was pulled and hugged by five boys and four girls and let's add the two cute little boy and girl. Maybe they are siblings.

I waited for him to open my door, but he's now busy exchanging his stories with the boys while the girls were also waiting for him to open door.

"Okay, let's start this game, Madi. Breathe in, breathe out... you can do this. You are Madi, the ever beautiful, confident and strong Madi." I exhaled loudly before deciding to push the door.

And then all eyes were instantly turned to me. And I smiled, completely ignoring Gabriel's hard gaze.

"Hi," I said looking at them one by one.

"Oh my! You're so beautiful, honey." and I didn't wait any second and all of them were in front of me.

I bet the one who's hugging me at the moment is his mother. They have the same eye color and shape of lips.

"Gabriel, come on, introduce us to your beautiful woman here." the woman called him but not looking anywhere but me.

And he walked over to me and put his hand on my lower back.

"Didn't I tell you to stay and I'll open the door for you?" he whispered in my ear that sent goosebumps all over my body. I gripped his jacket tight, but still managed to put on my sweetest smile.

"Ma, Dad, this is Madi, my girlfriend." He said smiling at everyone.

Sometimes I hate myself for being a mind reader because I can read easily if he's just lying or not or if his smile is genuine or fake.

"Love, this is my Mom, Beth and my Dad Jonas."

"Don't forget me!"

"And this is my sister Nancy." he referred to the woman in her early twenties.

"Finally Brother! You met someone more beautiful than your sluty ex-girlfriend!" she said smiling and hugged me too.

But we have noticed that almost all the people around us stopped in their tracks and some were glaring at her.

"Oops! I'm sorry. I'm just excited you finally moved on."

"Nancy!"

Her mother glared at her.

-'Awkward.'-

"I'm sorry, okay." she made a peace sign on using her two fingers. "By the way Madi, I'm so excited to finally meet you. My brother here can't stop talking about you for the past couple of months." she took my hands and I can say that she's really happy. Maybe we will get along with each other, I think she also has a bubbly personality.

"I'm looking forward to it," I said smiling.

"Madi, I'm so happy you came into my son's life. He's changed a lot since he started talking about you." Mr Wilsons the senior, pulled me out of Gabriel's hold and hugged me.

I wanted to laugh at his statement. Yeah, your son has changed a lot since he asked me to play as his girlfriend to get his ex back.

"He talks about me?" I asked raising my eyebrow on my 'boyfriend'.

"Yes. A lot---"

"Nancy!" Gabriel glared at her and she stopped immediately.

"Uhm... by the way love, this is Uncle James and his wife, Aunt Morgan. And the couple from their left side is Uncle John and his wife Aunt Cindy." Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I went to them and kissed them one by one. They were all looking at me like I was an alien... not in a bad way... but in a positive way. Maybe they were all surprised that their nephew had already moved on from his ex. Tsk.tsk.tsk. little did they know.

"If you noticed, love, my uncles and my dad start their name with the letter J. Well, they were all siblings and my two Aunts too."

I got a little confused.

"What? I - I didn't get what you mean."

"Okay." he breathed. "My Dad, Uncle James and Uncle Jhon were brothers while Aunt Morgan and Aunt Cindy were also sisters, except my Mom."

"Oh, I see." I nodded.

"And these are my cousins, Phillip and Justine, Uncle James kids, and these two cute little girl and boy." he bent his knees to hugged the two children. "These are Savahna and Christian, they are twins, fraternal. And they are Aunt Cindy and Uncle Jhon's children."

"Hi Sav, Hi Chris, how are you?" I asked the two of them and they both kissed me on the cheeks.

"We're fine," Chris answered with a toothy smile.

"Madi, will you marry Gabi too? But please, don't leave him like what the bitch did."

My eyes widened and I gulped with what has Savahna said.

And then suddenly, all their eyes turned back to Nancy. I giggled when she glared at the two kids.

"What? Why are you looking at me? I'm not doing anything!" she defended herself.

"Sav, don't say that again. That's a bad word, okay?" Aunt Cindy took Sav's hands.

"But it's true mommy. We saw how that sluty-bitch slapped Gabi!"

We all gasped at Chris' words. He actually defended his sister.

"My God, Nancy! What were you putting on the kids mind?" Mrs Wilsons pinched her arm.

"Ma, I told you, I'm not doing anything." she rubbed her sore arm.

"Okay guys, let's just continue this inside. For sure Gabriel and Madi were exhausted from their rides here."

"Yeah, and we've already cooked for lunch, so Gabriel, after showing Madi her room, please go down to the kitchen so we can start eating.

"Yes, Ma, let's go love." he held my hand and pulled me inside.

"Wait! What about our bags?" I stopped walking.

"Love, don't worry about them, the maids will bring them to our room." and he pulled me again.

"Which room?" I asked confused.

"My room, but now, it will be our room." he winked at me.

My face turned horrified by the thoughts.

"No! Show me my room!" I whispered-yelled at him.

"I'm sorry, my love, but I think all the guestrooms were fully occupied by my Aunts and Uncles, and don't forget my cousins."

We entered a room painted and furnished in color black, gray, cream and blue.

"This is my room."

-'I know because the colors suit your personality well. Cold and serious.'- I murmured only to myself.

I looked around and my gaze landed on the picture frame on his bedside table. And I gulped from the sudden inexplicable pain I felt inside after seeing who was on the picture.

It's him and his ex Stacey, kissing... with a beautiful sunset as their background. I averted my eyes away from the frame, but that was the time he followed where my eyes were looking.

"I'm sorry, it's been a year since I slept here, I haven't noticed this photo is still here." he took the photo frame and tossed it on the bin near the door.

I half smiled and shook my head.

"You don't need to explain, Gab. It's your room, it's your life, it's your decision and your choices. And by the way, I'm going to sleep on the couch."

I pointed the L-shaped sofa in front of his 50 or 55 inches TV hanging on the wall.

"No! What are you talking about? You won't sleep there, you will sleep with me."

"Huh! No way!" I walked towards the door. It's okay to have a conversation with his family and sister rather being in the same room with this naughty side of him.

He followed me outside and since his room was the first room in the hallway, you can already see the staircase.

"Hey, you're just thinking naughty, love. Don't worry, I won't touch you unless you ask me, too." And he laughed with his carefree laughter.

"Pervert!" we're now at the beginning of the steps of the long and high stairs.

"I will not sleep next to you! If you want you can sleep on the couch and I'll take your bed." I said wiggling my eyebrows.

We've started taking steps down the stairs and because we're busy bickering on who will go to sleep where we both didn't notice the amused stares of the people downstairs.

"No way, love! You said, it's my room, my life, my decision and my choices, so I want you to sleep next to me." and he started laughing again.

"No!" I glared at him.

"Yes, my love!"

"No!"

"Yes!

"No your---" and I didn't finish my sentence when he pulled me and kissed me right after our last step down the stairs.

We're still oblivious of the people in the living room waiting for us to go to the kitchen. And there was a look of surprise and pure happiness.