Vania's rejection did not perturb Hanson as he continued, "I didn't know what 'love' is until now. I've fallen for you at first sight. Vania, I'm serious. Please be my girlfriend. I will marry you because you're the only one who can ever be Mrs. Luke."
A shell-shocked Vania thought her pounding heart was going to burst out of her chest at any time, especially now that he proposed. Akin to him, he would be her first.
He asked, "Vania, do you feel the same as I do?"
"I don't like you." She was being dishonest with her answer.
"Hmm? You don't like me?" He raised his brow. "Looks like I need to make you fall for me, then."
The curious Vania asked reflectively, "How?"
"Of course, it's to…" Hanson's voice trailed off as he approached her closer, trying to kiss her lips once again. However, he stopped in his tracks when their lips were in close proximity. "Of course, it's to kiss you until you say 'yes'."
Without a beat, his lips crushed into hers, in which Vania reciprocated by expressing her feelings through actions.
Hanson was probably right about falling in love at first sight. The lingering feeling had already sprouted since their first encounter and now was the time for it to flourish.
Hanson was probably right about falling in love at first sight. The lingering feeling had already sprouted since their first encounter and now was the time for it to flourish.
Vania did not want to avoid matters when it came to love. Rather, she was willing to give it a shot.
After the light kiss, he looked at her intently with a determined gaze. "Put it on for me."
In actuality, it was preposterous for a couple to wear rings on day one.
The rings were in fact prepared by him for their wedding. Still, the ecstasy had fueled his impatience as he wished to announce their relationship to the whole world at once.
Neither had he worn a ring nor imagined that a woman would actually capture his heart someday; marriage was never in his future plans as well.
However, everything had changed; he now had someone whom he liked and wished to marry. He wanted to give her everything that she deserved in the world and the rings could vouch for that.
As she took the ring from Hanson's hand, Vania gazed deeply into his eyes before blurting out her feelings for the first time, "Hanson, I like you too."
Having said that, she slid the ring into his finger without a second thought.
Looking at the ring on his finger, he could feel the vigor and joy surging inside him, prodding him to take the other ring. "Now, it's my turn. Please give me your hand, darling."
As the ring fit itself onto her slim finger, its glitters complemented her fair skin so well that it was pleasing to the eyes.
Hanson held her hand and kept staring at it, as though he could not get enough of it, especially that ring.
In the end, he lifted her hand and gave it a kiss on the back. Despite the gushing feelings that he wished he could put into words, he suggested, "Since you're mine now, let's take a shower together."
Just like that, his obscene words had ruined the wholesome atmosphere and rendered Vania speechless, leaving themselves engulfed by silence.
This is definitely not what I've expected.
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