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After a long time, she and her father were finally back home. He and his father never left.
Their fathers were partners and their company was the best one known in the business industry in the country. Thomas Leodegrance and Uther Pendragon graduated at the top of their class when they were in university and grew to be the best of friends. As their business started to grow, they decided that as partners, only one of them would go on business trips or on international business deals so that the other can stay and look after things. Uther, knowing that Thomas was more fond of travelling than him, decided that it's only fair if Thomas or "Tom" as he is usually called, would be the one to be in charge of the business trips and international deals and Tom agreed happily.
As the both of them began to have a family of their own, experiencing their ups and downs, they never failed to be there for each other, just like brothers would. In the past and most unfortunate of times, Thomas lost his beloved Ella and Uther his lovely Ygraine but, were granted with beautiful children. And they both had two children, ironically chuckling at each other's experiences. Thomas had Guinevere, "Gwen" as she likes to be called and Elyan. Uther, on the other hand, had Morgana and Arthur. Their children got along very well as the time flew by until they all studied in university. They all had studied as Business Management Majors following through with their fathers' corporation.
Elyan was now following through with the business, as one of the people in charge of it in another state of the country. Morgana became the best of friends with Gwen and followed through with her own business with Hospital Management, looking after her own hotel namely Casa Pendragon, thus owning up to her reputation as a Pendragon. As the only ones who were stuck with their fathers, Arthur and Gwen grew to be closer and closer with each other as they always trained together as they were to be the heirs of the company that their fathers had started. In fact, as they trained, they reunited with their friends Merlin, Gwaine, Leon and Percival who also graduated as Business Majors, applied on the Pendragon-Leodegrance corporation and got accepted as part of the advertisement team.
All of them were successful and happy. And when Arthur admitted his feelings for Gwen, Tom and Uther became happier until that happiness between Arthur and Gwen was cut short when Tom had to go on an important international business deal that had to be processed for nearly 2 years. Since Gwen was Tom's apprentice, she had to go with him. That's when Gwen decided to call Arthur, wanting to know what they had to do as a couple.
"Arthur, I'm going to be away for 2 years. Where does that exactly leave us? What are we going to do?" She asked him one night, worrying about where their conversation could lead.
"Guinevere..." he sighed before continuing "this is not going to be easy for the both us. It's going to be hard and you're going to be busy when you get to LA with Tom… there's hardly going to be enough time for us to spend with each other through late night phone calls or even video chats." he said reluctantly, wondering if he's making the right decision.
Gwen was worrying inside but managed to maintain her normal voice "What are you trying to say?" she asked, hinting confusion in her voice.
I knew this was going to happen. This is it. I have to be brave…
Arthur was silent for moment and continued.
I'm sorry, Guinevere. This is just the way it has to be…
"I need you to know that I love you so much... but, maybe... this is not the right time for us to be together. Perhaps... we need to think about more important things." he said reluctantly, sighing deeply.
"Oh… I love you too... so much." Gwen replied, taking in their instant break-up over the phone before continuing.
"Yeah... maybe you're right. Maybe this isn't our time. I understand... Goodbye, Arthur." she said.
"Goodbye, Guinevere." he said.
They both stayed silent for a while, neither of them hanging up, not wanting to say goodbye, hoping that the other would say something. When Gwen knew she was going to cry, she hung up the phone and began to shed her tears silently.
That night, Gwen was hurt and confused, wondering why Arthur had let her go easily.
He didn't ask me to stay. I was stupid to think so. Even if I try, I know I won't be able to forget him. I love him so much...
And so she packed and left, saying goodbye without another word, keeping her thoughts to herself. Little did she know that on the other side of the line, Arthur was disappointed in himself that he didn't have the courage to ask her to stay.
It's all my fault. She's not going to stay. I might have just lost her forever. I love her so much. I always have...