I Fall in Love with You at the First Sight

"So, what do you want to show me?" Elena finally broke the silence between them. The atmosphere was awkward. Because of it, Elena spoke first to ease their mood.

William sighed in relief. Fortunately she didn't angry at him. "Come in." William opened his closet as he dragged Elena to get into the closet.

Elena was still awkward but she amazed the moment she saw his closet. The size of it was equal to her two bedrooms if it were joined.

The interior was white. Inside it, there were some drawers made of crystal clear glass that were full with many kind of wrist watches like Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Patek Philippe. So, Elena could see the watches as well as the brand of every watch through the glass. 'Hell, he has Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010. It was sold in an auction at Geneva for U$D 17 millions right?' Elena wanted to curse him for being so rich. One of his watch had a price that she could not easily gather. So, if the price of every watch in his collection was totalled, how much would it be? She shuddered the moment she thought about this.

Then, she saw row of suits hung on the left side and right side. They were all black and grey. There was no suit with striking color like red or even blue.

Elena touched one of the suit. It was made from wool. Then, she saw other suits that were made with different fabrics like silk and cashmere.

Elena tried to look at the brand of the suit when she found nothing on the suit. She looked at William in curiosity. She wanted to know the brand of his suit collection.

William noticed her curiosity. He smiled as he replied, "They are all custom made from Royal Paris."

Elena's little heart was frightened the moment she heard his answer. Royal Paris? Is it a taylor with more than 300 years of history that was started since they made clothes for Marie Antoinette ? The Royal who make clothes exclusively for Royal families from around the world?

Elena ever heard about Royal Paris from Lily, he colleague at UDI Lab. Lily was a fashion enthusiast. Whenever a collection of clothes, bags or accessories from famous brands that were her favorite were released, she would go frenzy and went to get every clothes to the extent she went to the place of origin of those brands and used every connection she had in order to get what she wanted. Simply to say, she was a seasonal shopping maniac in disguise of fashion enthusiast.

Elena, in this aspect was a newbie. She had no intention to learn about fashion because such hobby would drain her wallet. She thought it was not worth it to spend money on something that would be soon replaced by something new. Moreover, such hobby would take too much time. So that, even she was blessed with good look and body, she was still a bit shabby compared to other women who liked to dress themselves up.

Elena thought she would be crushed to death by money if all of the collections in the closet were exchanged to cash.

Unaware to her thought, William stood in front of a white wall. Elena frowned when she saw this. Did he just say that he wanted to show me something? But why there was nothing? As she was about to speak, she saw William pushed a white button on the right corner upward of the wall.

After he pushed the button, Elena saw the wall was shifted to the side, revealing an magnificent artwork.

William looked at Elena and said, "This is what i want to show you."

"Wow...it's so amazing." Elena gave him thumbs up as she appreciated what she saw. Her eyes sparkled like a treasure hunter who finally found a priceless treasure.

On the wall, there was a Chinese embroidery work in golden frame. In the embroidery, she saw a scenery of flowers garden. There were rose, lavender, lily as well as other kind of flowers she was not familiar with. There were also some butterflies with colourful wings flew around. In the middle of the garden, she saw two figures, a woman and a woman. The beautiful woman stood and hold the hand of a handsome man. Both of them looked at each other and smiled. Elena was astonished by the fact that she could catch the sunrise atmosphere from the embroidery. It was as if what she saw was not an embroidery work but a painting instead. 'The artist of this embroidery is too talented! He can make such atmosphere by relying with embroidery only! Impressive!' Elena thought inwardly.

Well, what she said was rather make sense. Embroidery was completely different with painting. It was very hard for embroidery artists to create such atmosphere in their works. They had to make sure that they choose the right color of the strings to use and they need to design as well as to embroider it as meticulous as possible.

Elena spoke her mind out as she was unable to contain her amazement. "The artist of this embroidery is too godly. Too talented and too awesome!"

William's back was drenched in sweat as he was too nervous. He was afraid that Elena would mock what he wanted to show her. He was torn in dilemma. He did not want to show her because he was afraid but he wanted to show her because it was one of his proof of love to her.

William drowned in his thought. The contradictory kept clashing that it muddled his mind. He didn't react immediately after he heard her praise. Only after some time, he finally could process her words of praise. "Huh?" He looked at her in disbelief. Then he asked to confirm. "Do you really like it?"

Elena nodded vigorously. "Yes. I like.., no, i love it. Uhmm... Darling, may i know who's the artist of this embroidery?" Elena hesitated to ask about the artist but she couldn't control her curiosity and excitement. So, she asked William about it. If it was possible, she wanted to meet the artist of this embroidery.

"It was me." William answer stunned Elena. She couldn't believe what she heard juat now so she asked again in disbelief. "Is...is it really you?"

William nodded as he admitted he was the one who made that embroidery. Before Elena could react, he spoke, "I started making this embroidery the day i saw you for the first time."

"Why?"

"Because i fall in love with you at the first sight. At that time, my mind was full of you and now, it is still full of you, even the future it will always be full of you. I made this embroidery when i imagined how great it would be if you were by my side." William paused as his emotions rushed and overwhelmed him. He finally could reveal his love to her without any hesitation. Then he continued, "But now, you are with me and we'll always be together in the future, whether it is for good or bad." William suddenly walked forward and hold her nape as he pressed his lips on hers.

Elena was petrified when his cold lips touched hers but she did nothing. She didn't feel discomfort or contempt, instead, she felt warmth spread to her entire body, especially after she heard his confession.