CHAPTER 10
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"I have to discuss with my wife and my daughter for a second before accept the engagement, excuse me Your Grace and my Lord," nod Mikan's father before leave the two in drawing room.
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CHAPTER 10: THE ENGAGEMENT (Part 2)
Another Room…..
After her father told what Natsume request too his daughter and his wife.
Mikan silent for a while when both her parent looked her with worried face.
"How your decision, Mikan?" ask her father while looking to his wife with worried look.
"Doesn't worry father, I accepted his Grace proposal and his request. I agree what the duke suggested about to shorten our engagement because I think I didn't wanted to long engagement. Tell the Duke of Ravenstone I accept his suggested," looked to her father with smile but inside she was sad because she will leave her family after married.
"Alright there, Mikan do you really accepted this engagement and you didn't regret about your decision?" ask her father. Mikan only nodded.
After the Baron of Dumont looks that his daughter nodded to answer his question. He leaves the room too go the drawing room to speak to Natsume about their discussion.
In the drawing room….
Natsume is talked with Ruka while waiting Mikan's father to went back in this room.
"How on earth, do you want shorten your engagement, Natsume?" question Ruka.
"I am have certain reason with I didn't wanted discuss with you, Ruka" answer Natsume with cold tone.
"Are you cannot wait for your marriage bed?" Ruka chuckled after look Natsume shocked face heard his question.
"Damn, that is not the reason Ruka," Natsume glare fiercely to Ruka.
Ruka only laughed after saw Natsume annoyed face.
Both of them heard someone came to the room. Looked who the person was they saw that Lord Sakura Taiki who came to the room.
After the butler close the door.
"What the answer of your discussion with your daughter and your wife, My Lord," Natsume didn't hesitate to ask about Baron of Dumont discussion with his daughter.
"My daughter and my wife accept your request, your Grace," answer Lord Taiki.
Natsume was relieve after hear the answer from Mikan's father. 'I thought that they will refuse my request and the offer if THAT happen I didn't knew what I will doing, maybe hidden from other place for a years,' think him but shook his head at the ridiculous suggestion.
"Can I talk for a while with your daughter alone in other room?" ask his with emotionless face but has eagerness in his voice.
"Sure, Rowen please comes in this room!" shouted Lord Taiki to his butler.
"Yes, my Lord any other request?" emerge his butler into the room.
"Tell to my daughter that His Grace wanted to see her in white room (actually there are many room in this house with I cannot explain very detail about that) and brought his grace to that room," order to his butler.
"Right this way, Your Grace," the butler said to Natsume.
"For a few second Lord Dumont, my friend wanted to speak with you for something else," after said that Natsume leave with the butler to go other room to see his fiancée.
"What His grace talk about Lord Angelstone?" ask Lord Taiki.
"Actually, are you any else knew about this girl with name Miss Imai Hotaru?" ask Ruka shyly.
"Yes, Hotaru is my younger sister daughter and also my niece, why you ask about this?" question Lord Taiki with suspicious look.
"I wanted to meet her parent because I wanted to propose their daughter. Lord Dumont, do you knew where her house?" asked Ruka eagerly.
"That why you ask about Hotaru, I am very grateful about your offer of marriage to my niece. I think my younger sister family will be glad to hear about this news; their house is not far from this place. I will tell to my footmen to bring you to their house," after said that he shouted to one of his footmen to come into this room.
One of his footmen emerges into the room, after hear the order from his master. He quickly took Ruka to Imai resident with carriage.
Near to Hotaru house, Ruka get out from the carriage with the help from his footmen.
Near to the door, Ruka hesitate for a while before ringing the door. The butler from the house open the door.
After Ruka explain about his came about. The butler quickly disappear to talk to his master.
After a few minutes, the butler brought Ruka to meet Hotaru's father, Imai Kamizawa.
"Pleasure to meet you, my lord and please sit," greeted Mr. Imai Kamizawa.
"Pleasure to meet you to Mr. Imai," nodded Ruka to Hotaru's father.
After Ruka sit the chair Mr. Kamizawa quickly question about Ruka visit to his house. "By any chance why you came to my house, my Lord?" question Mr. Kamizawa.
"Actually I wanted to propose your daughter Miss Imai Hotaru, sir," answer Ruka shyly but with serious looked.
Shocked Mr. Kamizawa about the proposal of marriage from Ruka. "I cannot alone make this decision. I will discuss with my daughter and my wife before accepted your proposal, excuse me my Lord," Mr. Imai leaves the room to find his daughter and his wife.
In the room, Ruka was thinking very hard. 'Are they accepting my offer, what will be happen if their daughter refuses my offer? If that happen I have to find other candidates but I will not found other candidates such as Miss Imai Hotaru. Because when I first meet her in my ballroom, I have like her no…… I love her. Why I love her maybe because she was different from other women that I meet before, maybe that why I was attract about her. She totally opposite from other women who loud voice, didn't care my title or my look and she was very beautiful and also intelligent,' thought Ruka.
In other room……
Mr. Imai explains about the proposal from Ruka to his daughter and his wife.
Hotaru's mother, Mrs. Imai Kaori was shocked and delighted about the proposal from the famous Earl of Angelstone to her daughter.
Hotaru cannot believe that Earl of Angelstone propose her, without hesitate to answer. "I accept his proposal, father" with emotionless face but there are trace of happiness in her voice.
Mr. Imai quickly went to meet Ruka to give the result of their discussion.
Ruka hear that was relieve and delighted. He quickly request to Mr. Imai to meet Hotaru alone.
Alone in other room, Ruka didn't hesitate to tell about his delighted of her accepted to his offer. His stop talked when Hotaru question about his propose.
"Why you choose me? I different from other girls, I was heartless and always have emotionless face. You are opposite from me, my Lord and I didn't suitable to be your wif……" Hotaru was cut short by Ruka kiss.
They kiss in few second. "Didn't say that you were did not suitable to be my wife, I choose you because you are different from other women I meet before and that I was attracting to you. You are different from other women who attract to me because my title, fortune and my look. They didn't care what I was but what I have. I-I have something to say t-to y-you," stuttered.
"What you want to say, my Lord?" Hotaru who still blushing about the kissing stay calmly even her heart start beating very fast.
'Why my heart start beating, you cannot say that I love this man but even so I love him maybe he didn't love me either,' thought her but waiting Ruka to said something.
"A-Actually I want t-to say I LOVE YOU," shouted Ruka while covering his blush face with his bang.
'I have finally said IT now what her reaction about this. If she say she didn't share same as my felling, I will ready but I will tried to make her fall in love with me beside now we have engage and few month now we will wedding and I will tried while I can,' promised to himself.
Hotaru was shocked to hear what Ruka confess. 'Oh MY GOD, did I hear right. He said that HE LOVED ME, how possibly he loves me who am coldhearted like me,' thought her.
"Y-You not serious about t-this r-right beside who possibly love coldhearted like me," said Hotaru while hiding her sad tone.
"I was DEAD SERIOUS Hotaru, I have never have this felling with other women that I meet," with his serious expression in his face.
After hear that Hotaru cannot hold her tear, with blushing face she said "I love you too, my Lord Angelstone,"
Ruka was relieve to hear that hugged her and kiss her passionate. Both of them chatting with other happily, Hotaru was smile with her rare smile to her beloved fiancée, Ruka while Ruka cannot help to thank to god because meet him with this girl.
END CHAPTER 10
To all my beloved reader,
This story will be fiction T because some reason with I cannot tell about.
I was very – very sorry about this mistake. I also what to apologize about title chapter 9, I supposed write THE ENGAGEMENT (Part 1) and being continued to chapter 10 with title THE ENGAGEMENT (Part 2).
Maybe I was too tired to think about this mistake. I am very sorry about this.
I will be updated someday because I am very busy right now to prepared for go back to my college for my new semester.
Maybe I will be updated for long time.
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