the fourth story
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With a smile on his lips, Jack waved at the woman who had just entered the restaurant he had specially ordered for tonight. He hastily put it in the velvet box that he had prepared long ago. Only for the lover he loves, Emma Veronica.
"Sorry honey I'm late, did you wait long?" She said and sat down on the chair in front of Jack.
"No, I just came too." Jack smiled, even though he was lying. If he had not waited for his lover, he would have left this restaurant an hour ago.
Jack raised his hand to call the waiter, he and Emma needed to order food.
"After eating, there's something I want to tell you." Jack continued to smile, he took his lover's hand to gently stroke it using his thumb.
"Jack kept smiling, he took his lover's hand to stroke it gently with his thumb.
"Really? I also want to tell you something. And this is very important."
"All right, then let's order some food first. We'll talk later, I'm hungry to eat something."
Emma nodded slowly, Jack and Emma took the menu book that the waiter had offered to their table, chose the food menu first, then they would continue the conversation that the waiter wanted to convey. each.
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Camelia is currently watering the flowers in her backyard, this is one of her favorite places here. Seeing the flowers bloom made her heart feel a little better. Luckily, Nafa gave her an easy task this time.
"Why is it jammed?" Camelia patted the water hose she was using.
She looked at the end of the hose and her gaze followed the length of the hose she was using, in case something caught Camelia's mind. was removing the hose that Camelia was using.
"Sis! Help me! Why are you silent!" At the other end, Millo was overwhelmed because the water coming out of the faucet was very loud.
Camelia hurriedly ran and approached Millo who was already drenched in water, the faucet was broken, no wonder the water didn't stop coming out. Camelia finally left. to go into the warehouse to get a pipe wrench and a pipe cover.
“Sis!”
“Ah yes, sir, wait a minute.”
Carefully, Camelia repaired the broken faucet. Somehow Millo managed to destroy the pipe. made.
"it is," said Camelia then stood, it seemed like she had to clean up the mess later.
Camelia stared at Millo, seeing her young master had been wet all over his body because of himself.
"Wait a minute here." When Camelia passed away, she first went to the warehouse to put the pipe lock she used.
Not long after she entered the house, she didn't forget to clean her feet first so as not to dirty her. stay home. On the way, David, who had just come home, saw Camelia entering in a hurry.
"What happened to you?" spontaneous speech.
Camelia stopped, she turned directly to David for a respectful bow. Lifting her face, David was silent for a few seconds. He paid close attention to Camelia's appearance, which might look chaotic, but also looked different.
"Excuse me sir, I'd like to get a towel. Young master Millo needs that. Or he could catch a cold. Excuse me."
David watched Camelia leave.
"Stupid."
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"Bow down sir, you are too tall." obeying Camelia's words, Millo finally bowed.
With a slow motion, Camelia rubbed the small towel through Millo's hair.
"You didn't dry your hair either? You could catch a cold, too."
"Later, the young master should go first."
"Okay." Without answering again, Millo just silently waited for Camelia who was still rubbing his wet hair.
***
"You're not lying, are you, Jack?" Emma asked in disbelief, now Jack was on her knees and placed a ring on her ring finger.
"Of course not Emma, you didn't see. Now I'm proposing to you." replied Jack with a smile that never left his lips. Emma immediately hugged Jack's body, and of course Jack replied no less tightly.
"So I'm planning to formally propose to you, what do you think? When is the right time?" Jack asked Emma as he let go of her arm.
Emma didn't answer, she just looked down and fiddled with her fingers that were placed on her thighs.
"Can we postpone the proposal, Jack? Actually, I got a promotion offer to do a photo shoot with a magazine in Japan." Emma said doubtfully, she could see Jack's face was now slightly hardened. The smile that Jack had been wearing earlier disappeared.
"So this is the happy news you wanted to share?" asked Jack coldly, he immediately stood up and returned to his chair.
"Honey, I'm sorry. You know how I started this career. And how did I struggle? I don't want to waste this great opportunity. I hope you understand."
Jack let out a shaky breath.
"When are you leaving?"
"Next week." Jack's face grew sour, why didn't his lover tell him first. As much as possible he controlled his emotions that could explode at any time.
"Okay, I'll take you to the airport. No refusals or anything."
"Really?"
Jack nodded.
"I'll be waiting for you Emma, I'll be patient. Tell me when I can see your parents."
Emma smiled happily.
"Thanks Jack, I love you." Emma jogged to Jack and immediately hugged Jack back.
"Forgive me." said Emma slowly.
"To?"
"Ruined this proposal moment. Really I'm sorry."
"It's ok, it doesn't matter dear. Remember I will wait for you anytime."
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Camelia had finished cleaning her body, she felt more refreshed now. Now it's time to rest. As she entered her room, her eyes narrowed when she saw the small box on the table near her bed.
"Medicine? And honey? Who put it here? Could it be Aunt Lana?" Camelia put the medicine box and honey back on the table.
"Maybe tomorrow morning I'll ask auntie, I also don't know what medicine this is."
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