When Merlin finished he looked at her to say something but not a word came out of her mouth. "Go on and tell me, what you feel, if you don't love me, I will not force you to love me but what I will not want to happen is for our friendship to go under the carpet." "Merlin, I am sorry but I can't love you the way you love me." "Is it because you have someone else in your heart?" She nodded her head. "You are still in love with Lauren?" "Yes, I am in love with Lauren, I am sorry if I lead you on but the truth is, I still want Lauren, I just don't think I could love another." Merlin nodded, it hurt but he was expecting it, his heart kept telling him that, there was no way, Mandy could love him but he just wanted to push his luck, he turned the car around to drop Mandy, she had told him that, she is going to Tessa, he packs at Larry's, she held his hand. "Sorry...""It's fine, don't beat yourself, just go for your heart desires, if Lauren is what you want go for him, he is no longer wit

Tessa, Lisa, and Mandy are picking gowns from the wedding when Mandy's phone rings. "Hey, Mr mask!" "Where are you Bonbon?" "With Lisa and Tessa, about to have my gown...""No need for that, it's fixed, you should come out, Stone is there to pick you up, he will take you to me." "Where?" "Stop asking and don't come with Lisa or Tessa." Mandy smiled, for the past two days, Mandy had gone everywhere with Tessa and Lisa, from booking the venue for the registry to picking up the bouquet, everything was so fast. They were saying Tessa and Larry's wedding was fast. Lauren and Mandy's is faster. "Silly, I will not come with them." "Good, I love you." "Love you too." "Alright, see you soon." The call dies off, Mandy looks at them. "Go on, he doesn't want us to come with you." The two said in unison, making Mandy titter. "You two are silly." "Get going before he waits up his life, you should know brother hates the wait." Mandy pecks the two and hurries out, Stone is there, and he p

A year later, Mandy and Lauren already had their first baby, a boy, Grandpa Asher had named him Zeus since the baby arrived Mandy's focus had been on the baby, and she had to stop working, Lauren didn't want her to tire herself out. Mandy is having her bath, when the Telecom rang, indicating she had a visitor. "Who could that be?" She said mentally as she slipped into simple wear, getting into the living room, where Tessa and Lisa are"You two? What are you doing here?" "Happy marriage anniversary!" "What did you just say?" "Didn't you remember? Is your marriage anniversary?" "Dammit! Lauren will kill me, I didn't even wish him one." She grabbed her phone to call him but the number was switched off. "This is not happening." "What happened?" Lisa asked. "His number is not going through, let's just say maybe he is having a network issue and he too forgets it, so I will just surprise him." "Really?" "Yes, we need to..." Her words stop, seeing Sharon's message."What Is it?" Tessa