Runaway Groom (Groom Series Book 1) (English Translation)

Chapter 30

Chapter 30: IG Stories

Hughie's condition is not getting better. The pain he is experiencing is getting worse. I am starting to feel so sad. Not to mention that Mew has not been able to return to Spain for the past three weeks.

All my contracts are now over. But due to Hughie's condition, I am unable to return to the Philippines. I do not want to leave Hughie all of a sudden especially with his illness.

He is getting weaker and weaker each day. The symptoms he is experiencing are also becoming more painful and extreme. That's why I decided to get him confined here in the hospital. That way, there is medical attention 24/7. Hughie's mom is also here. Tita Marem and I were close when Hughie and I were still together. Fortunately, she did not feel angry at me when she found out that his son and I broke up.

"Hughie used to talk to me about you," Tita Marem was talking to me. "He loves you so much. I even think that he loves you more than me," she was laughing as she cried. She wiped the tears falling from her eyes.

I can say that Hughie inherited his soft features from his mother.

"Don't say that, Tita. I'm sure Hughie loves you the most."

We are in Hughie's room at the hospital. Hughie is soundly sleeping on his bed after his chemotherapy this week.

He has been trying to get me to leave him and return to the Philippines since last week but I did not want to do that. I can still remember the nights I was drunk and crying because of Mew, how he was always there to take care of me. That is why I can never really leave him in his condition, no matter how hard he tries to push me away.

After all the sacrifices he made for me, the least I can do is to take care of him. Be there for him when he needs me the most. I could never reciprocate his love. I would be a bad person if I cannot do this at the very least.

And I am not only doing this out of pity and indebtedness. I am doing this because I care so much for him.

Hughie may not tell me that he wants me to be here, but I know that it is me that he really wants to take care of him.

Since Tita Marem is here now, we habe decided that she will be the one who will sleep here tonight whilst I go home to get some things. I still have to come back tomorrow.

Mew and I barely have time to talk to each other anymore. Sometimes, we could only talk to each other through video call twice a week. He has a lot to do at the company because his work got piled up during his few weeks stay here in Spain. The company is now demanding more of his time. But with Aron now out of the picture, he has nothing to worry about, especially with my safety.

The time zone difference makes it really hard for us to find a time that we are both available to talk. Being in a long distance relationship is so hard. We have agreed to video call every eight o'clock in the Philippines which is two o'clock in the afternoon here. But sometimes, we are unable to because of me being busy with Hughie. He is also busy with work too.

I miss him so much already. And I'm also tired of just seeing his face through video call. I miss his big toy so much. Well, if you know what I am talking about.

I just arrived at our condo unit from the hospital, tired and sleepy.

It is now six o'clock in the evening here so it is probably twelve midnight back in the Philippines.

And I think he is already soundly sleeping. It's only Monday so he probably did a lot of work today.

I replied to his last message that he sent five hours ago.

"I just got home."

To which I was only able to reply now with "Can I call?"

I could not reply to him earlier when he sent it because I was busy watching over Hughie who is either angry or is treating me rudely.