" We might get married the first time we met so... Grace, thank you. I'll cherish you. You might not care about love but I will give my love to you because you stand in the position to receive it. You are a good person. Definitely better than me. I might not be able to give much time, but I will give you all my love."
" No need. I..."
" Let me finish. You don't care, I know. You don't have to be burdened by it because I really don't want or expect you to love me back. I just want to love the rightful person. And from today, we are both taken. So I will say this, I will protect you and love you because that's all I can do. And I promise on my identity as a soldier of this nation that I'll never betray or disappoint you. But if you wish to go, then I will always be ready to set you free."
" You don't really need to. You will be the one ending up hurt."
" If I did, then I will face it head-on. I will take everything lying down because they will be my retribution. I believe if anything bad happens to me, it will be my retributions for my past sins. So I won't complain. And I promise I won't ask for anything from you. You can ask for everything you want and I promise you I will never disturb your peace. At least from my side, I won't do anything to disappoint you."
" ...Since you said this, then remember it all. I don't think it's necessary to love me just because we are married but as I said, I don't really care so suit yourself. I just want to have an undisturbed life. I don't like ups and downs. Other than that, I don't really care."
"Okay. I just wanted you to know that everything in this marriage will accommodate you. That is my promise. That's all."
" Okay then. It's a deal. See you again. Bye."
" Yeah. Take care. Bye." Hunter hung up. She sounded as indifferent as he heard about her. Though that makes him feel that she will never probably love him back, he still felt something for her. He decided that she will be the only one in his life. Unless she chooses to leave him.
After hanging up, Hunter drove faster to the military camp as every second counts and reached there in just one hour. It was almost a two-hour drive if one drove at normal speed but since he raced, he arrived half an hour early.
As soon as he reached the base, he quickly changed his clothes and took the weapons and ammo. After having everything ready, he ascended the aircraft along with his other 11 teammates.
Meanwhile, Grace went back after hanging up. She had a lot of work coming up. Her father planned to hand over the company to her after her marriage. So she was still quite busy learning under her father.
Even though she was a great student and intelligent, she needs some practical experience to successfully handle the company. So she worked hard and learned under her father.
She got busier and busier after this. She didn't have much time to think. Later when they were having dinner, she informed her parents about Hunter contacting her and their meeting early in the morning for breakfast. She also told them that Hunter had to leave suddenly because of the call from the military. But before going away, they had both agreed on this arrangement.
After hearing her, her parents were both happy and worried about her swift actions. They were happy she was settling down with a good person but they were worried as they thought she didn't take this relationship very seriously. She doesn't seem to know what a life partner would mean.
Yet they didn't feel like interfering. They felt that everything would be better if they proceed slowly and carefully. So later on, they contacted Hunter's parents and told them about the children's decision.
Then they agreed to meet at a famous hotel. The date was fixed for a month later. Hunter would probably be back after a month but if he didn't come back, then something must've gone wrong. But this was always the case and not the first time.
Hunter's father was always prepared. As he came from a military family, he had learned from a young age to harden his heart. After all, before a son, before a husband, before a father, he was a soldier. His top priority was his duty towards his country.
He didn't tell this matter to anyone. Even before, he never told his wife anything about Hunter's mission. They were dangerous and until he gets a definite message that Hunter is no more, he planned to hide the truth.
So just like that, days passed. On one side of the world, Grace worked day and night while on the other side, Hunter fought day and night for his country. And soon, a month almost passed. They both didn't have any idea as they didn't have time to think.
Grace only remembered when her mother informed her that they will be meeting Hunter's parents tomorrow.