On the other side, Daniel who just stepped in the old mansion was about to push open the door to the living room when he heard loud laughter coming from inside.
He slowed down his action and slightly opened the door and peered inside trying to figure out the cause of laughter, but to his disappointment, he couldn't see their faces only their back views. But one person he could realise even with his eyes closed, his mother, Kathryn.
Daniel entered and hushed the maid who was about to announce his presence by placing a hand on his lips.
He then stealthily walk towards a figure on the left side, when he got closer, he covered her eyes with his hands and slightly smiled at his mother's visitor.
"Honey is that you?" Kathryn inquired
"....."
"Father stop playing this childish game !"
"....." Daniel was speechlessly worried about his mother's sense of smell and touch.
"Baby I know it's you "
Daniel signed relieved when he heard his mother say "baby" but the words that came after made him want to take his mother to see the doctor ! Maybe his mother needs medical attention.
"Emil dear, let mummy see you, you came because you knew your fiancee came here right? "
But who is Kathryn ? She knew all along who had covered her eyes. She just didn't want his baby's effort to go to waste so she decided to play along.
And those last words ?She intentionally said those to make a certain girl happy and think that Emil cares about her.
"Would my brother play this game with you?" Daniel slightly chuckled and redrew his hands.
He walked over, sat beside his mother and wrap a hand round her waist.
"What do you think? " Kathryn smiled as she threw a question back to Daniel. 'Why does her two boys has such sharp tongues? Can't he just play along with her?'
"I think you miss me so much as I miss you, and so, here am i"
"Who miss you?" Kathryn unhappily said. But deep inside, she was jumping with joy.
"Oh is that so? then.... " Daniel dramatically removed his hand from her waist and pretended to stand up.
He knew his mother was just throwing tantrums.
Kathryn became worried and instinctively pulled him back on the sofa and held tightly onto him
"Don't even think of stepping foot out of this house"
Daniel rolled his eyes and cheekily smiled; 'His mother was such a child at heart !'
All this while, a certain someone was totally forgotten.
That's how Kathryn is like, to her, her two boys were the most important. And all other persons are forgotten.
"And who's this pretty lady? " Daniel said looking at the girl sitting on the opposite sofa. He knew about his mother's extreme love towards him and his brother. He was sure his mother has forgotten about her guest.
"Oh! " Kathryn voiced out looking sorry
"Am Louisa, Louisa Kim" Louisa introduced as she stood up and extended her hand to Daniel.
"Daniel" Daniel said as he shook her extended hand.
"Have heard a lot about you and I have watched almost all your shows. But this is my first time meeting you, and am honored to have finally meet the nation's idol"
"It's my pleasure. But don't make me feel shy, am no nation's idol. Am my mother's only idol !. " Daniel cheekily said and redrew his hand. He then stuck his hand in his pants pocket.
He really felt unease, he didn't like it when outsiders hold tightly onto his hand, and that's exactly what Louisa did. He wanted so bad to clean his hand but with Louisa's eyes on him, he didn't dare to do it. Not because he was afraid, but because he didn't want to hurt her self pride !
"Baby, this is your first time of meeting Louisa right ? She's the one mama wants your brother to marry" Kathryn happily proclaimed
Yes, this is the first time of meeting her, but Daniel have already seen her countless times and all those times were on the TV screen. But this, he will never voice it out!
"Mmm" Daniel acknowledged with a nod.
Louisa became unhappy when she saw Daniel's reaction to his mother's words about her.
'Why won't he compliment her ? isn't she pretty !' she fumed as she thought.
Kathryn saw the unhappy look on Louisa's face and chided Daniel within her, ' Will it kill this boy to say a few nice words ?'
...
In the garden, Emil held Yvonne tightly in his arms as they silently sat on the grass. For a long time, none said a word. They both were occupied with their own thoughts.
"I love you" the quiet moment was disturbed in a very romantic with Emil's declaration of his feelings " I don't know how it started, it may have started when you bumped into me that day or maybe after. But am sure it all started when I was just a kid "
Yvonne's heart pounded with every word uttered by Daniel. She felt butterflies in her stomach. Most importantly, she felt content.
" What a coincidence" she muttered softly
"What?" Emil asked as he didn't get what she muttered
Yvonne just smiled and pecked lightly on his lips.
Nothing happens without a reason, and things happen as they should. Everything that happens in life has a beginning and an end. Also, there's something call "process". Once process has been established, there's bound to be an outcome. The outcome may cause incidents above or below our imaginations.
The boy and girl didn't know that their encounter was a process being establish and that one day, this establishment will lead to something great.
How do we treat people we meet randomly? Do we even realise the purpose of those we meet in our lives?
Sometimes, our little efforts leads to something great. So we should cherish every moment and every person that comes to our life.
They are there for a reason, they aren't a mistake.
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