It was almost midnight and they were still drinking. They talked about nothing but Megan.
Havery can clearly see Ricardo's unique energy today.
Not like before. Ricardo, who was always grumpy and sad.
He supports his friend even though he knows it is wrong. He thinks more of his friend's happiness. For him, Ricardo deserves to be happy.
"I want to build a mall in Cebu."
"You probably love Megan, because you won't waste your wealth if you don't love a woman," Havery said, and Ricardo replied with a simple smile.
He heard Mang Jun honking his horn, so Ricardo said goodbye to Havery.
The road was dark and quiet. Vehicles passing by are just a finger's breadth away.
Ricardo sat in the back and leaned close to the car window while looking outside and watching the quiet road.
He suddenly thought of Megan. She hadn't replied to his texts since the morning. So he thought of calling her, but the phone was turned off, so she couldn't be contacted.
He needed to talk to Megan before he went home to the mansion. He didn't want the night to pass without hearing Megan's voice.
He called a bodyguard who was secretly guarding Megan, and he said that Megan was still not coming out of work.
They went straight to the mansion. He also needed to rest because he was tired all day.
The next morning, he woke up when his cell phone suddenly rang. Audrey was no longer beside him as he looked back at the other side of the bed.
He looked at who was calling, and it was Megan, so he hurriedly answered the phone, and he quickly got up and went to the terrace.
"Hello?" in the new awake voice.
"Looks like you just woke up. I just got out of work and I'm just going to sleep. Now I just read your text messages last night, so I decided to call you before I go to sleep," Megan said while on the other phone line.
"Ah... is that so? Go to sleep. We'll talk later when you wake up," said Ricardo, then hung up the phone.
He didn't want to disturb her. He knew that she was very tired from the long time of duty at work.
A few weeks later, he decided to go back to Cebu.
to surprise Megan.
And she was very happy to see him.
"Why don't you say you're coming so that I can cook for you."
"It doesn't matter anymore," he said. "Where are you going? Why are you dressed?"
"Because the renovation of the apartment was done, and the owner called me to go there now," Megan said.
She could barely recognize the apartment because of the size of what had changed.
The former apartment is now a modern house with two floors and a wide yard.
Erra's curious question to her landlady: "Why does this house look like that? And not an apartment?"
The landlady replied, "Mr. Ricardo will explain to you Megan," and then left after giving Ricardo the house keys.
"What does she mean?" she asked Ricardo. She was confused because she could not understand what was going on.
"Megan, please don't be angry. I bought the apartment and built a house for you."
"W-What for me?" she suddenly covered her mouth, out of shock.
"Why did you do this for me?" she asked again.
Ricardo held Megan's two hands.
And he courageously confessed his feelings for her.
"Because from the first time I saw you at the beach, I immediately fell in love with you. I tried to forget you, but no matter what I did, I can't. I'm always looking for you and only now I feel like this, so I'm sure I'm in love with you, Megan."
Megan suddenly removed her hands from Ricardo's grip.
She walked away from him and immediately returned as well.
"I-I don't know what to say. I'm shocked. "
"I'm not rushing you with your answer. You should also know a lot about me. I have a wife and a child, but I don't love her, we are only together because of our child. Our son is still young, so I can't leave her yet. "
Megan's face could not be painted due to the shock of what she had heard from Ricardo.
I will give you enough time to make a decision. I will wait for you, Megan." Ricardo continued.
Megan sat down in the small chair next to her as she held her chest. "I really don't know Ricard., I'm asking you to give me enough time to think. I'm shocked by everything you said."
"But I want you to live here. I built this house for you. Didn't you say you liked this place because it's quiet? So I thought of buying the apartment and building a house for you. I don't want you to have a hard time, Megan," Ricardo said.
For a few moments, silence remained inside the house. Ricardo approached Megan while she was still sitting on the leather sofa.
Ricardo knelt in front of Megan.
"I know you had a bad experience with your ex boyfriend, but I'm different from him, Megan. I am ready to give everything to you. Try to love me and I will prove to you that you will never regret it." Then he pulled the thick and curly hair that covered Megan's lovely and beautiful face.
She suddenly looked at him. Her hands trembled at Ricardo's touch, cold because Megan was obviously nervous.
"Don't be afraid of me; I won't hurt you, I promise."
Megan looked at him, looking full of fear because of her past, and that's the reason why it was hard for her to trust any man again.
But Ricardo is willing to wait and prove to her that he is different from all men.
Ricardo also convinced Megan to accept the house he had built for her. So before it got dark, he helped her move all her things from the hotel to her new home.
The house is fully furnished, so Megan has nothing to worry about.
Everything is complete, starting with the appliances in the living room, in the bedroom, as well as in the kitchen.
Megan cooked a delicious dinner for the two of them. He was very happy because the cooking equipment was complete, and after they had dinner, Ricardo returned to the hotel.
Erra asked Ricardo to stay there so that they could be together in the same house with a total of three rooms.
So tomorrow, Ricardo will move to a new house so that he and Megan can be together.