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Stephan sat with a confused expression on his face, he had two hundred dollars in his hands, while the rent he had to pay was two thousand dollars, more than that, Stephan had not yet bought a birthday present for Bella’s father. Of course, this was something that really made Stephan feel very dizzy.
Until finally, Stephan decided to use the two hundred dollars to buy Bella’s father a gift.
“No problem, tomorrow I will work even harder. Then I will give the money to Mrs. Lily, I’m sure she will understand this.”
Stephan, who was wearing his nicest clothes, finally got up from his seat and immediately prepared a small gift for Bella’s father before he left for Bella’s house.
After everything was ready, he quickly got on the bus with all mixed feelings and also incredible curiosity. A faint smile appeared on the corners of Stephan’s lips because he was sure that Bella’s father was not as evil as Luis, Bella’s cousin.
After arriving, Stephan immediately rushed towards the house in front of him. Stephan was silent for a moment, a feeling of increasing insecurity emerged in Stephan’s mind just as he realized how big and magnificent Bella’s residence was. Even the fence of Bella’s house seemed towering and huge, and the fence opened automatically. All the invited guests used luxury cars and dressed very expensively, while Stephan?
Stephan swallowed his saliva again with difficulty, he was about to decide to just go back. Besides being embarrassed by his truly poor appearance, Stephan was also embarrassed by the gift he brought. A gift that would be more accurately described as … trash.
Stephan rushed to turn around, but someone immediately grabbed his hand. When Stephan turned his head he saw that Bella was very beautiful in her red dress. Stephan could only remain silent, apart from being stunned by Bella’s beauty, here he became increasingly self-aware that he and Bella really had very big differences.
But how come Bella didn’t seem to see it all? Stephan didn’t understand at all.
“Where are you going, Stephan? Come on, Dad is waiting. I’ve told him all about you, and Dad is very happy. And I can’t wait to introduce you to him.”
“Oh really, your father is very happy about me?” Stephan asked doubtfully.
Bella nodded perfectly, without awkwardness, without hesitation and without embarrassment, the woman immediately took Stephan’s arm, the two of them immediately walked casually towards the main door. Even Bella didn’t seem to care about the views of all the invited guests, only Stephan knew that very clearly. The looks full of disgust, looks of astonishment and looks of condescension all seemed very real.
“Bella, I shouldn’t be here. Can I just go home?” Stephan asked finally. His face was already bright red from embarrassment.
“Why, Stephan? Come on, soon you will meet my father! Come on follow me!” invited Bella who was so stubborn.
Stephan could only surrender, when he was dragged by Bella towards the crowd of people in front of his eyes, the crowd seemed to be joking and laughing, and for some reason Stephan’s heart felt even more nervous.
“Dad, Mom, you guys!” Bella called her family.
The group of people immediately turned around, they looked at Bella and Stephan with views that were difficult to interpret.
“Who’s this beggar, Bella?” asked a woman who Stephan guessed was Bella’s mother.
Stephan could only look down while swallowing hard, while Bella looked annoyed with her mother’s question.
“Mother, what are you saying? He is Stephan, my boyfriend, my future husband. So stop saying bad things about Stephan!”
“What? He is your boyfriend?” a young woman looked shocked then she laughed out loud right in front of Stephan.
Stephan really felt that this time his pride had been completely destroyed, and for some reason he felt annoyed to death.
“Come on, Bella. I admit that this poor man has a very handsome face, but you also know who we are and who he is, right? I think Fernando is much more suitable to marry you, he is a young businessman who is definitely rich, unlike this … beggar.”
“Amanda, shut up! I just wanted to introduce Stephan to Dad, not to you! Because I’m sure that Dad will be much more understanding about what I want than all of you!” Bella snapped.
Stephan held his breath perfectly, his jaw clenched now. Of course, this was something that made him feel humiliated.
“He is your boyfriend, Bella?” asked Bella’s father.
Bella smiled then she pulled Stephan’s hand closer to her father. Stephan smiled, he immediately reached out his hand to shake hands with Bella’s father, but Bella’s father did not accept Stephan’s outstretched hand at all, making Stephan shyly lower his hand again.
“Yes, Dad. His name is Stephan Barack, he is a very, very good young man, Dad. He is a hardworking young man and so sincere, I really love him, Dad. I want to marry him!” Bella spoke without stopping.
“Oh really? This is of course good if you have already decided who your lover is. So, I want to ask him, which prestigious campus did he graduate from? What business does he have? How many companies does he own? More than that, how much is his networth balance?”
Stephan immediately fell silent when he heard this, he couldn’t even say anything. The question clearly insulted him.
“Dad, I….”
“Shut up, Bella. I asked Stephan, your handsome future husband.” Bella’s father approached Stephan, and for some reason suddenly the camera immediately focused on them, making everyone see what was happening on the projector screen there. “Stephan, aren’t you Bella’s boyfriend, my only daughter?”
“Yes sir.”
“Surely you know who Bella is, right?”
“Yes sir.”
“She is my only child who has a very large business. My company for the last five years has always been on the list of the most successful companies in this country, you know that too, right?”
“Yes sir.”
“Surely you also know how much wealth I have, right?” Now Stephan couldn’t answer any more. Bella’s father then smiled wryly then he looked at Stephan with a look of extreme disgust. “Do you know, Stephan, how many men have tried to propose to Bella? All the men were from high society, businessmen, or even from some officials and famous artists. What about you?”
“I’m sorry, sir. Maybe I’m not the right man for Bella, who could be suitable for Bella, but I love Bella so sincerely, sir.”
“Okay, what if it’s like this, Stephan, I don’t need to say much, if you really love Bella and want to marry my daughter, then you have to prepare these three things, first make sure your savings balance is five hundred million dollars, because I don’t want Bella suffers living with you, secondly make sure you have a company and within the next five years make your company a successful company, and thirdly prepare a cruise that can accommodate five thousand passengers as a dowry for Bella. If you can’t fulfill my request, then get out of here.”
“Dad, what are you saying? This is completely unreasonable, and—”
“Security guard, throw this poor, ignorant young man out of my house! I never want trash to come to my house!”
Two security guards immediately came, both of them wanted to drag Stephan away but Stephan immediately refused. Because he felt insulted, Stephan immediately spoke very loudly in front of Bella’s father.
“Okay sir. I will fulfill all the conditions you put forward in the near future!” Stephan answered firmly, then he left the Bella family’s house with overflowing emotions.
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