An immense disappointment occurred in Artemis's heart once his father denied his rejection on the matchmaking. Not only that, the slap has scored more points to the pain. Great huh! That's what he thought.
Ariel walked to Artemis's private bedroom and gave him a beer can.
"Thank you. I surely need a drink!" Artemis muttered while taking off the cap and down. Meanwhile, Ariel perched on one of the couches near the balcony.
"So, what will you do now? We've been switching places, and Mr. Katto believes that I was you." Ariel said sarcastically. Artemis took a glimpse at Ariel and sighed hopelessly.
"I'm losing my mind. I can't think nor decide anything at all!" Artemis admitted to Ariel, who also had a blocked mind. They were quiet for about more than 10 minutes while drinking and daydreaming.
For Artemis, he was thinking about how he should elude the engagement's night. On the contrary, Ariel was thinking something against Artemis.
He still could smell Marcella's scent on his nostril. That girl was such an addiction. If only there were no problem occur due to the switch problem, he might think of courting her. Perhaps more than that, he could go to the extent of proposing.
'Wait, what?' Ariel's mind suddenly shrieked out. As if an exciting dispute between the angel and the Devil on his mind. When the Devil wanted more than the incident, one-night stand prevail while the angel stood differently. Ariel should be grateful that Marcella did not reveal anything about them yet. On the other side, both bad and good sides were trying to dominate Ariel's mind, yet he didn't decide to side.
"Why are you smiling like a nut?" asked Artemis curtly to Ariel. Ariel, who soon realized that he acted a bit crazy, then put a stern cast instead.
"I wasn't smiling. I was thinking!" Ariel answered nervously. Artemis was becoming more suspicious. Ariel was acting very weird in some of the things. And there was something Artemis wanted to clarify on him anyway.
"Ariel, do you remember our promise to say the truth to each other whatever it takes?" Ariel glanced at Artemis then lightly nodded.
"What about it?"
"I told you my side story on how I met the wild Miraya Katto. But you didn't tell me yet how was your meeting with Marcella at the club!" Ariel jolted a bit, but he took control of his response so well with the expression.
"I just met her as we planned before," Ariel answered casually. He tried to make it as natural as he could. But Artemis indeed could sniff something. He frowned at him and even scrunching his eyes so Ariel would recognize his curiosity.
"You know what, I smell something fishy!" There were Artemis trump words when he knew there's something wrong, and he would never back off until he has the answer. Ariel never liked those scrunching sights at him because he knew what it was.
"What do you want?" Ariel asked Artemis with his annoying expression.
"Tell me something I don't know!" Artemis replied faster than the rapper Eminem. Ariel threw his hands in the air.
"Nothing happened, okay. Didn't you hear what Marcella said about us? We were sleeping in a separate room!" Ariel answered it with a raised tone. Moreover, it has made Artemis became more suspicious. Typically Ariel, if he cared about something, he'll be pissed to defend it. And now he looked like that.
"Are you sure you don't want to confess anything to me?" asked Artemis once more. And the silence happened, although for some minutes. But Ariel took quite a long gap to answer.
"There's nothing to confess, Arte. All we have to think now is how we're going to manage this situation," replied Ariel with his serious look. Artemis was grinning then sliding himself to the edge of the bed. He put himself directly in front of Ariel.
"I was asking you about Marcella because I have something to do with her. So if there's nothing happened between you two, then I'll make my moves!" Artemis was smirking at his plan while Ariel was on his maze. He didn't understand what Artemis tried to plan.
"What is the correlation with Marcella?" Artemis scrunched his nose and forehead at the same time, thinking so hard.
"I have an idea. If my Dad did not want to reject the engagement, then I will propose him!" Artemis spoke confidently.
"About what?"
"About switching the future fiancée!" Ariel was shocked and opened his mouth. Now, what kind of chaos that Artemis wanted?
"Do you want to switch Miraya with Marcella?"
"Yes!" replied Artemis shortly. Ariel frowned even more in confusion.
"I-I don't understand."
"We have to corporate this time; you will be with Miraya, and I will be with Marcella!" Artemis started to explain his brilliant idea to scam his father and Mr. Katto.
"How?"
"Mr. Katto recognizes you as Artemis, and he named me as you. So we keep the switch places and engaging with them at the same time and the same party." Ariel laughed so hard until he held his stomach. He even almost rolled on the floor, laughing out loud. Meanwhile, Artemis did not find it funny to him at all. So he sat there glaring at his friend, laughing at him so hard.
"Why are you laughing?" asked Artemis annoyingly.
"Do you think that your father was an idiot? Do you think that he's not going to introduce you to Mr. Katto? By that time, he knew that we scammed him for a wrong guy!" Ariel answered curtly with his sharp eyes.
"I know it'll be happening, but if I can make a deal with my Dad to switch Miraya, then no one will know about the switching at all."
"How come?"
"Because I will make my Dad put you as another son!" Ariel stared at Artemis, dumbfounded. He never thought that Artemis was making everything worse.
"I will not do that. I will never engage with Miraya!"
"Why not? Don't you wanna girlfriend?" Ariel kept on denying it by shaking his head.
"Okay, let make this such a perfect fake engagement!" Artemis put himself a bit far from Ariel while smirking in victory.
"How are you gonna make your Dad do that?"
"I have my trump card, and I'm gonna use that at the right time, and this is the moment to pay him back!"