The Woman Of THREE CROWN PRINCES
LOVE ME OR KILLME Part 98. Chianti 1's
Nathan POV.
I proposed to him personally. It's a relief, he took it sweetly, I haven't even bought a ring but he accepted it.
"You look so happy." Mom noticed the look on my face as I drove her to the airport to return to Chicago. "Something happened?" I laugh. My mother knows best if I'm happy.
"Let's tell you what's wrong with you?" He patted me on the shoulder and made a probing look at me.
"I proposed to Kate in person last night, but I didn't have my engagement ring, but she accepted it so I gave her the family locket that my mom put on me at my wedding with Amanda..." I finally admitted it to Mom of course I was happy to hear she even accepted me without a ring that I should have given her.
"Ahhh. You should be so happy. Happy darling..."
"I was waiting for Mom to meet him actually, yesterday Mom agreed, I couldn't help but say it because she's been living with me for a while now. That I don't have Mom's ring, ...."
"It seems that instead of Amanda you're more comfortable with her I see."
"Yes, everything is more open talk. He's not a jealous man. He trusted me like I was enriching him. Maybe because with Amanda our work is very different. So all the talk is easier to understand." Mom nodded. He thought for a moment. Then talk again.
"What if we just speed things up, Mom and Dad are going to Italy for the new year and you're applying in front of his family. You haven't given her an engagement ring yet don't you, now you just have to find her ring right away and call her parents to arrange this surprise event..." I'm surprised now.
"You want that, Mom? Do you have time for the new year?"
"Of course, this new year's Mom doesn't plan anywhere, we speed things up if you two have agreed to get married. But you have to call her parents first to plan it as a surprise party."
"Surprise party..." Looks like it'll be a sweet surprise for Kate. "Well I'll call her dad soon, we invite them to a private dinner instead of Mom."
"Yes, Mom will find a restaurant in Chianti soon. You need to give Mom their full wineyard address. So we can look not too far. Okay, let's talk about your wedding date after that."
"I'll do it soon Mom."
I can't wait to see the new year now.
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The POV Kate
"I'll be on the 28th, but I'll be there until the 6th, but I have to go to Milan on the 4th after the new year because of work. While you have to go home on the 3rd." Nathan now takes me to the airport. Can't wait to meet Mom and Dad, but they'll be separated from Nathan for a while.
"Hmm okay, ..."
"Have fun there okay. The vineyard you dreamt of is in front of your eyes..." I can't wait to be in a vineyard in the Mediterranean. Dear I go in winter, in this season the vine stays, the leaves may have fallen, the harvest of grapes must have been finished.
"No, my mother had the same dream. He also likes farming just like me. I used to remember him telling me wineryards. I think from there I had a dream of having my own wineyard."
"She's Mother...Of course you have something in common." We got to the departure gate.
"Don't cancel your schedule okay, you should come." I want him there to meet Mom. I
"I'm definitely coming. Go." She kissed my forehead as a sign of separation while I hugged her tightly. I'm gonna miss him now.
"Bye ..." I reached out to him and entered the airport check-in queue with a happy heart.
Chianti I'm coming soon, although I have to take an 11-hour trip from NY to Florence, after which another hour and a half to my mother's place.
Mom and Dad waved at me. My attention was on Mom. He smiled broadly at my arrival. She still looks beautiful in her mid-50s. May they stay healthy longer to redeem their lost time. I'm sad to imagine Mom being punished by Grandpa for trying so many times to run away with Dad. While I'm guilty of trying to avoid them because I don't know their true story.
"Mom..." I walked in front of him and ran to hug him while carrying my suitcase. So did he meet me.
"Katya darling..." For a moment he just sobbed as he hugged me. "I miss you so much..." And we cry with satisfaction now. Hugged each other tightly with Dad hugging us both. Two women he loved very much.
"I'm sorry I ever ignored you Mom. I really miss you too, but I ..."
"What's wrong, it's okay. Mom understands... Everything was hard to explain, you were innocent to Mom. Our fate is too bad, we make you feel abandoned."
"No, you guys are so great still trying to be together after all. I'm proud of you, but you'll be together now and you'll never be separated again. Don't leave Dad again, look now he looks so happy." Mom and Dad chuckled in response to my words.
"Yesterday you cried when I left NY, now you say don't leave Mom. What you really want." Dad hugged me and touched your nose that was red from crying.
"That's just carried away Dad's feelings. Father who was too emotional to respond to me." Dad laughed.
"You know this flight was a long time ago, fortunately I was able to pass it from NY, a few months before I flew from LA to Catania."
"Ohhh you went to Catania?"
"At a friend's wedding in early summer, he had a wineyard as well but it was huge, along with wine processing, olive oil and his hotel. But now that I'm going to your house, Mom, I need a flat bed right now, before going around your vineyard. You know I've always dreamed of having my own wineyard, Mom, it turns out you have... We have the same dream." I always wanted to tell her this when I met her.
"of course. You're my daughter, we have a lot in common."
We drove to Mom's place then. Dad brought the car while Mom and I chatted noisily in the back. I can hug her like my teenage years. Dad is willing to be our driver now without complaining.
"You've got a fiancee now, you're getting married soon. I left you at 15 now to meet you you're getting married." Mother stroked my hair while we told her, it felt like it was shot into the past while we were still together happily.
"Not yet Mom, she's just proposed personally, we haven't made any plans yet. There's still a lot to prepare I guess."
"really... I think if he's ready to come here soon. Your father said he was a trustworthy man to take care of you. And you've met your mother-in-law, haven't you?" I asked again about Nathan.
"Yes Mom, he's very friendly. I think I'm lucky to have that warm-hearted mother-in-law."
"That's great, does she live in NY too?" Mommy smiled at me who was telling me a happy story now.
"No he lives in Chicago."
"Mom and Dad will be with you if you prepare for the wedding. We owe you a lot of time."
"Thank you Mom." I hug and kiss her cheek now. I am thankful we have been given time like this.
It was like a dream, spending this Christmas with Mom and Dad again. With festive Christmas decorations, wineries in winter with incredible views. His aunt and family accompanied us in Chianti a few days later. The atmosphere of the house is very crowded, a lot of food, especially because they are very happy to cook, even Dad also cook to help Mom. While me and my two cousins have to spend what they provide.