Hired Bride - Season 2 - Episode 13

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Hired Bride - Season 2 - Episode 13

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Kelsey stared at herself as she gazed at her beautiful gown. The grin on her face has never left her face since the morning had started. She couldn’t contain her happiness and she felt the joy overflow in her chest. Kyle knocked on the door and peeked his head inside. “Are you ready? Mom’s waiting.” He asked and Kelsey smiled and nodded at her little brother. She was so glad when the doctor had announced a year ago that Kyle was officially cancer-free. Her heart swelled in delight, knowing that her family was happy and complete. She took the bouquet of white roses that was neatly placed on the table and exited the room. She then followed Kyle to the other dressing room and entered. She stared at her beautiful mother in her white simple gown that had some detailed-pattern rhinestones on the chest area. “You look beautiful, mom.” She commented as her mother gazed at her with filled-tear eyes. “No, no. No tears mom, or you’ll ruin your make-up.” She quickly advised her as her mother chuckled in response. Soon enough, Ella also entered the room and stared at the gorgeous bride. “Wow, you look exotic, Hilda.” She uttered lovingly at her. “Thank you, sweetheart.” She barely audibly replied. Kelsey gently approached her and touched her shoulder. “Mom, don’t tell me you’re having second thoughts. Because if you are, I can call Enrique to get the car and you can make a run for it.” She teased her causing her mother to laugh. Hilda shook her head and pulled her daughter into a side hug. “No honey, I’m not having any second thoughts. I’m just really happy. Finally, our family will be complete again.” She sighed in contentment. A year and a half had passed since Kelsey and her father had made up. And ever since then, nothing but joy and wellness greeted upon them. After Kyle had finished his chemotherapies and his additional two months of resting and recovering, the doctor had announced that he was finally free of cancer. The whole family was happy for him and nhe finally got to go home. Hilda also told him the truth about Lucas being his biological father and the boy was more than happy to welcome him in their family. Kelsey and Mason decided to postpone their supposed wedding and it was relieving that Delilah didn’t go through her threat upon Mason of taking the company away from him. She was, in fact, grateful that Mason had opened up his heart again. When Lucas told Mason and Kelsey that he was going to propose and marry Hilda again, the two were more than happy to let them get married first. They were not getting any younger anyway so Mason Kelsey gave way. When everyone had settled down, Lucas proposed and Hilda, of course, accepted and they moved in to the Montenegro’s residence. Kelsey, however, stayed with Mason in his penthouse because the two of them couldn’t get enough of each other. Lucas didn’t like the idea of his virgin daughter living under the roof of the city’s most popular playboy, but caved in anyway when Mason promised him not to touch his precious daughter in any kind of sexual way. A little doubtful, but nonetheless convinced, Lucas finally obliged. After a year of preparation, Kelsey still couldn’t believed that her mother and her father were getting married again. She smiled at her teary mother and handed her the bouquet of flowers. “For the beautiful bride.” “Thank you, sweetheart.” Hilda muttered and kissed the side of her temple. “Mom!” Ace squealed as he ran towards his mother with Chloe in tow. He was holding a red square box while Chloe was holding a triangular one. They both halted before Hilda and reached out the gifts to her. “Do you need some coffee, Mr King? Because you’re becoming awfully cheesy lately.” She said referring back to the time when they went to their trip to the resort and Mason slept on the floor as she was sleeping on the couch. She still clearly remembered how sore his back was and that morning, he had said some cheesy pick-up lines at her. Mason smiled at the memory and placed a lingering kiss on her forehead. “Have I mentioned how much I love you?” He asked with those dreamy eyes staring lovingly at her. She remembered when he first uttered those wonderful words at her. They were at his grandmother’s house on the rooftop. It was already night time and the stars and the moon were beautifully shining brightly in the skies. They spent the day cleaning and reorganizing the playhouse. It brought back so many memories for the two of them as they polished and dusted the place. Exhausted from cleaning, they decided to spent the rest of the night star-gazing. “Why exactly did we separate? I can’t even remember when it happened?” She asked him as she rested her head against his arm. “You were too young back then.” He told her. “But from what I remember, it was the time when Victoria found out about my existence and she insisted that I live with them. We left the country for a bit after that. About two to three years, maybe.” He nonchalantly explained. “Why did you leave the country?” “To spend some quality time as a family. We were all hurt by what had happened. Mom was hurt because Dad cheated on her and hid me. Dad was regretful of my mother’s death. And I just felt out of place in general. It was awkward during those times to even eat at the same table with them. But Ella made it seem natural.”


He laughed as the memory played in his head. “She and Mom made everything better for me. Of course, I still resented my father during that time.” “I still can’t believe that after all these years, we’ve still managed to find each other.” She commented in disbelief. Mason smiled and turned his way sideways to stare at her. “I know, I think fate just wants us to be together.” Kelsey glanced at him and laughed. “Mr. King, do you suddenly believe in ‘fate’ now? What happened to not falling in love because you hate commitments?” She said in banister with a smirk on her face. “You happened. That’s what happened.” He claimed and pecked her on the lips. Kelsey giggled in response and wrapped an arm around his waist. “I could stay here like this forever.” She sighed in contentment. “I love you.” He suddenly announced, hitching Kelsey’s breath. A little gasp had managed to escaped her lips. She quickly sat up and stared down at him with scrutinizing eyes. “What did you just say?” She asked him in bewilderment. Mason chuckled at her cuteness and sat up to reach her eye level. “What did I say?” He raised a brow in banister. “Did you just say-” “What? Did I say something?” He interrupted her in amusement. Kelsey’s brows knitted together in confusion as Mason peered at her turmoil state. “Nothing. I just thought – I think I’m just hearing things.”


She disappointedly spoke and stood up with her back facing him. Mason became worried and followed after her as she started walking towards the edge of the rooftop. She wrapped her arms around her as the cool breeze lightly hit her skin. She swallowed the disappointment she was feeling and realized how much of a crybaby she was being. Mason wrapped his arms around her from the back and rested his chin on the crook of her shoulder. He chuckled at her cuteness and kissed her on the cheek. “What’s so funny?” She asked him in annoyance and side-glared at him. He moved her to face him and docked down to kiss her. Kelsey could feel his smile under her lips and pushed him away. Did he find it amusing to play with her? She thought in irritation. “I love you.” He declared, staring into her hypnotizing eyes. Kelsey felt her heart skipped a beat as the man she was in loved with profess his love for her as well. “I love you, Kelsey.” He repeated, ensuring that she heard it loud and clear. Her lips unconsciously drawn laterally into a wide smile that brought sparkles in her eyes. Mason stared at her beauty and couldn’t help himself but kiss her softly and tenderly on the lips. “I love you too, Mason Emerson King.” She claimed in between breaths as she rested her head against his forehead. Mason pecked her on the nose, snapping her out of her thoughts. “A penny for your thought?” Kelsey smiled at him and sighed in contentment as he wrapped his arms around her waist. “I can’t wait ’til next year.” Kelsey’s brow raised in confusion at his statement. “I can’t wait to get married to you and spend every single morning beside you. You will cook me some delicious breakfast, make me some coffee, then you’ll tie my tie properly before I leave for work. Then when I come back, you will massage me to relieve my stress from work, then I’ll drag you to the bedroom. We would most likely skip dinner but I’ll make sure that your hunger is completely taken care of.” He dirtily yet dreamily shared with her as she laughed at his cuteness. She still couldn’t believe he was hers, yet alone think that he was already imagining their future together. “Why do you have such dirty thoughts, Mr. King? And who ever said that I’ll marry you?” She smugly asked him.


Mason squinted his eyes towards her in challenge and smirked. “I’m just not too sure if you can resist all this.” He said gesturing to his body. Kelsey chuckled once again and playfully hit him on the arm. “You should go. The entourage is about to start.” She ordered him. Mason was the best man, as per Lucas’ request. He couldn’t say no to him anyway. Lucas was like a father to him and he had learned many life lessons from him, such as not having any regrets in life. Mason was ecstatic for him, he deserved to be happy again. “Yes ma’am. I’ll see you later.” He obliged and placed one final kiss on her lips before he dashed in front of the line to his rightful spot. Not long enough, the entourage had started and one-by-one they entered. ~ * ~ * ~ “Marg, we’ve been going around in circles for twenty minutes now. Just take me home already!” Kelsey groaned in frustration as Margie looked back at the printout map. “I would love to, but as you can see, I have no idea where we are.” She told her as she handed her the map. “Here, try and see if you can read that and tell me where to go.” Kelsey sighed and grabbed the map from her. She couldn’t believe that her phone had died before they could even find their way back home. Margie had invited her to go to the beach uptown, two hours away from home. ‘Best friend day’, Margie had called it since they had been so busy with work and their own love lives, so they decided to have a girls’ day out. They had lots of fun throughout the day and Kelsey really missed her best friend. But right at the moment, she wanted to jump off the car and try to find her way home by herself. She couldn’t believed they were lost and she forgot to bring her charger with her “Should I turn right?” Margie asked and turned right before Kelsey could even retaliate. “No!” Kelsey angrily glared at her. “Now we’re going around again, Marg. We’ve been on this road five times already.” She told her as they went around the curb that had no other exit but the way they had entered. “Sorry.” Margie muttered under her breath. Kelsey felt guilty for yelling at her as she tried to figure the map out. When she found it almost impossible to read, she crumpled it and tossed it at the back of the car. Margie watched her incredulity. Kelsey saw a small diner in the middle of the route and asked Margie to pulled over. “Stop there. Go, go!” She demanded as Margie slowed down and parked her car on the parking lot. “I’ll go ask someone for directions. Stay here and watch the car.” Kelsey ordered as she got out and headed inside the diner. Margie waited until she was inside before pulling her phone out of her pocket. She quickly dialled Bryan’s number and waited in anticipation as it rang. “Hello?” Bryan answered. “Is everything ready? I can’t stall her any longer, Bry. She’s literally gonna kill me if I spend another minute going in circles.”


Margie frustratedly complained at him. “How far of a drive are you?” He asked. “About forty-five minutes away.” She answered. “Mason, is forty-five minutes enough?” Bryan asked over the phone. Margie panicked as she saw Kelsey strolling towards the door of the diner. “Hurry up, Bryan. Kelsey’s coming!” She gritted through the phone. “Okay, but we still need at least an hour and half to prepare everything. Stall her some more, will you? Love you babe, bye!” Bryan said in a rush and hanged up before she could even argue with him. He knew he was gonna get an earful from her. Margie groaned in frustration and quickly turned off her phone and shoved it back in her pocket before Kelsey could notice. “So… did they give you directions?” Margie asked her warily as soon as Kelsey had strapped her seatbelt on. “Yes, let’s go before the morning comes.” She sarcastically commented as they started driving again. In about an hour that should have been a forty-five minute drive, they were back in the city and Kelsey couldn’t feel any better seeing the familiar skyscrapers and the busy streets. “Finally.” She sighed in relieved, unaware of her anxious friend. “You don’t mind if we stop over at the pharmacy, do you?” Margie nervously asked her, remembering that they still needed thirty minutes to set everything up. Kelsey practically glared at her after their long day together. “I’m tired, Marg. I just wanna go home.” She whined. “Please?” Margie begged her. “Can’t it wait tomorrow?” “No, I need it tonight. You know…with Bryan…” Margie sheepishly lied, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment. Gosh, Mason better give her a house and lot for such a huge favour she was doing him. “Oh god!” Kelsey ran a hand over her face in frustration and awkwardness. “Do you have to do it tonight?” Kelsey shook her head and just pointed towards the pharmacy’s direction. “Just go and buy it.” After thirty minutes of total awkwardness of choosing the ‘best’ type of condom out there, with Margie asking Kelsey if Bryan would like any flavour, she finally paid with a box of unflavoured, ordinary condom.


The middle-age man who was checking her items out winked at her before she left. Kelsey told her that she was going to the bathroom before they left and Margie took the opportunity to check her phone. A message popped up as soon as she opened it. It was from Bryan giving her the green signal. “At last…” Margie sighed in relieved and placed her phone back in her pocket. Within 5 minutes, Margie was finally pulling in front of the building and Kelsey unbuckled her seatbelt. “Thanks for today, Marg.” She gratefully thanked her. “Although we got lost and spent many hours travelling today, I really had fun spending the day with you.” “Me too. Until our next trip?” “Until our next trip.” They hugged each other goodbye and Kelsey took her bag from the back of the car and entered the building. As she was doing so, Margie took a u-turn and went to the underground parking lot to make her entrance. Kelsey impatiently waited for the elevator to arrived at the top floor. She couldn’t wait to get to bed and sleep. When the elevator dinged and opened, she strolled out, punched the code of the penthouse, and finally got in. It was completely dark when she entered and she sighed knowing that Mason had most likely taken an overtime at work. She dropped the bag she was carrying on the floor and felt for the switch on the wall but the lights turned on, surprising her. “Surprise!” Everyone yelled out as she stared at them in pure shock. The first person she saw was Mason standing in the middle of the crowd. Then her eyes scanned the crowd and saw her mother, her father, Kyle, Ace, Chloe, Victoria, Edward, Ella, Lance, Delilah, Georgia, Enrique, Ricky, Nina, Brandon, and Bryan. They were all there except for… “Surprise!” Margie screamed from her back, all by herself, causing everyone to laugh. “I don’t understand. You were a part of this?” She asked her best friend in incredulity. Margie sent her an apologetic look and smiled at her. “You have no idea how hard it was to keep it a secret from you and how difficult it was trying to stall to make sure everything goes well.” Kelsey chuckled at their long day. Then she figured that nothing was purely coincident, everything was planned that was why they went around the same road ten million times. “But what is all of this? It’s not my birthday today, what exactly are we celebrating?” She asked in confusion and curiosity. Mason slowly approached her as she watched his every step. “A very special day.” He uttered. “A day that I have been waiting for for the longest time.” He said as he kneeled on one knee and popped open a tiny, red box and Kelsey’s hands quickly flew to cover her mouth. “Kelsey, I know our relationship started, well, in a very interesting way, but I’m glad it was you. I’m happy that after all these years, we found each other again.


You bring the best out of me, you bring out my real character. With you, I don’t have to hide anything nor do I have to change myself. I can be just me when I’m with you, and that’s what I love most about you. That you love me for who I am. I love you, Kelsey Parker Montenegro. I loved you before, I love you now, and I will love you forever. So please, please say you’ll spend the rest of your life with me and marry me?” A tear of joy has escaped her eyes as Kelsey listened to Mason’s sweet voice. Her heart melted inside her chest as she was completely filled with gladness. Everything was a bliss. She glanced at everyone behind Mason and it was such a precious moment to have everyone she cared about join her this very special day. She glanced back at Mason and finally nodded her head in reply. “Yes, yes I’ll marry you!” She answered as he placed the ring in ring finger. They kissed each other and everyone clapped and cheered for the newly engaged couple. “Let’s enjoy the party!” Mason screamed in happiness. They were congratulated by everyone and the joy in their hearts overflowed. Brandon then approached her as she was scooping some fruit punch to drink. “Congratulations.” He wholeheartedly told her. “Thank you, I’m glad you came.” She said as she poured him some fruit punch as well and handed it to him. “I couldn’t say no when Mason said he was finally going to propose.” After the incident when Mason punched Brandon on the night of the movie premier, Mason got angry at Brandon. But Brandon told him his intentions. He apologized to Mason and told him how much Kelsey really cared and loved him. From then on, they became friends again. “When did you arrived from Paris?” She asked taking a sip of her drink. When the King’s business grew bigger, Brandon was sent to Paris to managed their hotel there. He was now running the branch and was the overseer. “Yesterday, and I’m leaving tomorrow night.” “The hotel must’ve kept you busy.” She commented. “How’s Adeline by the way?” “She’s great, she’s amazing, Kelsey. I can’t even describe her with words.” He dreamily told her. “I can tell that she’s really got you wrapped around her finger.” She kidded and smiled knowing that he was happy. “Just like how you have Mason wrapped around your finger.” Kelsey chuckled and nodded in agreement. “Thanks for being such a good friend, Brandon. I hope to see you on the wedding.” “Of course, I wouldn’t miss it for the world. The ‘famous playboy’ is finally getting tied down, how can I not?” “So you better be present on my wedding day, Kane. I’ll be expecting you with your girl.” Mason butted in and wrapped an arm around Kelsey’s waist. “I’ll be there.” Brandon promised them. Suddenly, his phone rang and he fished it out of his pocket. “Speaking of my girl…”


He grinned showing them the screen of his phone. It was Adeline calling him on FaceTime. “I have to take this. Congrats again, you two!” He said and left them alone. “Were you really surprised, Mrs. King?” He asked her and turned her to face him. Kelsey nodded her head and smiled sweetly at him. “I was, Mr. King. I wasn’t expecting this at all. Thank you, for inviting everyone that’s important to me. I love you.” “You’re not correcting me anymore.” He said referring to him calling her Mrs. King. Most of the time, she would shrug it off and joke about it, but this time, she was finally letting him call her that. “And anything to make you happy. I love you much much more, Mrs. King.” He said and claimed her lips once again. “Maybe we should kick everyone out and start on our honeymoon.” He playfully whispered in her ear. “Mason!” She hissed and hit him at his shoulder. He chuckled in response and placed a lingering kiss on her forehead.


THE END! ___________________