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"You accepted the ring but said no?!"
Bella's voice was full of disbelief and confusion. She could not believe the extent of Laurie's mother's obsession to make sure she would end up with a husband.
She thought she was just forced to marry now since she was in her thirties and it's the age back home were asking 'when will you get married?' is the equivalent of 'how are you?'
She never expected that Laurie's mother's quest to make her daughter marry started when she was nineteen years old.
"It's complicated," she said as she pushed herself up from the picnic blanket.
"Yes, it is! So tell me the story then," she grabbed her hand.
She scoffed and stared at Bella's flabbergasted expression. If she hasn't known that she has a crush on Hideaki, maybe she would tell her the story of why she got the engagement ring from Hideaki but didn't get engaged to him.
