Is he the one?

In the end Cecile had to accept the marriage proposal because of her father had approved it without asking her opinion at all.

Returning to the room, Cecile pulled the bun of her hair and let the golden brown wave of her long hair fell to her waist.

Dropping her body on the bed. There was already Anne lying curled up with her back to her.

At first Cecile thought Anne was sleeping. But seeing her body trembling a little. She remembered that the girl had cried before.

'Is she still crying right now?'

"Anne"

Her hand was outstretched to pat Anne's arm and pull it slowly

Anne quickly avoided it. With a little fidget she got up. Her face immediately turned away. And both of her hands wiped her eyes fast. Only then did she turn around with a smile.

"What is wrong?" She asked as if nothing had happened.

'Does she think that I'm so stupid to see how bad she is right now?'

Her round face looked wistful and sticky with tears. You could imagine how many tears had been shed there. Her round black eyes were usually bright and admirable, but now they were looking swollen and rather dreary.

Cecile sighed heavily.

Why did Anne have to be so closed to her. She was not an outsider, so she shouldn't hesitate to share any problems with her.

"Tell me, why are you crying?"

Anne's straight eyelashes fluttering slightly when she heard that questions. She bowed her head and looked like she was avoiding her gaze.

"There is no!"

Anne was silent for a moment then suddenly continued.

"Ah, will you accept that marriage proposal? I know you will definitely accept it right? He is a handsome and kind-hearted man. In the eyes of the girls he is like their idol knight, Cecile you are really lucky"

Anne talked in a bit enthusiastic. Her hands moved actively to express her emotion. Especially when she said 'Cecile you are very lucky'. Her hands were clenched tightly on her chest.

As if Anne showed that Cecile was indeed a very lucky girl and how much she wanted that position.

Tone of her voice heard was uplifting and sincere. But there was something else in her eyes. As a window to the heart, the eyes will always reveal their true feelings.

Especially for someone like Anne who was so expressive. Cecile could see the sadness and disappointment there.

Long silent in the sea of her ​​thought. Finally Cecile began to conclude something that she never thought before.

Raised her gaze up, Cecile shot Anne a very serious look.

Receiving such intense gaze, Anne felt a little awkward. Raising her hand, she pulled a pinch of hair behind her ear and asked.

"Cecile why are you looking at me like that?"

Cecile did not answer immediately. This made Anne uneasy even more until she bit her lower lip.

"Is he the one?" Finally Cecile asked her a question.

Anne gasped in surprise. Knitting her eyebrows, she slowly smiled as if pretended not to understand where the question was leading.

"Cecile what do you mean?"

"Your first love, is that man?" Cecile talked soon to the point.

Seeing the reaction of Anne's body which looked so shocked. Cecile was increasingly convinced of her guess. Anne couldn't suddenly just crying tonight without a reason, right?

"Ha..ha .." Suddenly Anne laughed. She seemed trying to cover her awkwardness in that way.

Then Anne could easily fool her by saying, 'what joke are you talking about?'

But before Anne could do it, Cecile had expected it.

With that Cecile immediately said further.

"I'm serious! Anne, is he the one?"

Anne's laughter died.

Anne realised that it was not easy to fool someone who had grown up together since childhood.

Of course Cecile quickly found out about her lying and definitely she knew that there was something that she was hiding from her.

They were so close to understanding each other like the root is so close to the ground. where it embed tightly and deeply.

"Just tell me the truth, you don't need to hide anything from me" Cecile said, she was very sure about her assumption. All she needed now was only an actual statement from Anne.

"How small the world is, what do you think?" Finally Anne gave up. It was pointless lying with her female cousin.

"Yes, he's the one"

Her confession dumbfounded Cecile.

She never thought that the person who proposed to her would be her cousin's first love.

Cecile really knows how happy Anne is with that very new feeling for her. Anne have never felt love before.

But once fell, Anne was so crazy.

Who knows how many times that girl have spent her energy just telling how handsome the man is. Praise him that like a girl's dream knight. Said how much she wants to see him again.

Until she made a hope, 'there will come a day when the man will love her back'.

Like in a year-end festival night. At that time Anne expressed her hopes and desires through a paper of hope that she wrote then put it on a small coconut fiber boat.

Cecile may never have been in love, but she knew how much that meant to Anne.

"You don't need to worry about me, just accept the proposal. I'll make sure he is a kind man and he will definitely make you happy" said Anne sincerely.

But Anne couldn't hide how hurt she was. Her dim eyes had spoken.

Cecile squeezed her hand. She felt so confused and guilty at the same time.

"Then how about you?"

Anne's eyelashes fluttered uneasily, there was tear that began to pool in her lids. Quickly she bowed her head and took a deep breath. It was like she was sucking all the tightness in her chest.

"This love is only one-sided. He proposed to you that means he has chosen you. I told you not to worry about me, it's just a matter of time and I'll forget it soon"

Cecile disagreed with Anne. She and Edwin had never met before.

Cecile truly believed that all of this happened because of family's pressure. She and Edwin are just kids who obey what their parents decide.

The meaning is very clear, it is not because Edwin loves her. But that's because of his family's insistence. Cecile is very sure of that.

"You promised before that will support whatever my decision. Isn't that right?"

"Of course!" Exclaimed Anne excitedly.

Cecile was touched by how sincere Anne was to her.

"I don't want this relationship"

Maybe her father had already made up his mind. But that was only one-sided. Her father did not ask her if she would or not. Cecile felt very disappointed with her father.

Act like that, didn't her father ignore her feeling?

"What do you mean? You don't want to be engaged to him?" Anne did not understand Cecile.

It's out there how many girls craved her position, but this girl refused it. Was it because of her?

"I told you Cecile right? You don't need to worry about my feelings"

"But I care about how I feel!" Said Cecile seriously.

Cecile never thought Anne would be so quick to give up on her feelings after all. But she knew Anne did it for her. And she also knew that Anne was a girl who was wise in her every decision. She would never be so selfish about something.

"Anne this time I give up!"

Yes, this time Cecile rejected her father's decision. She was truly tired lived in her father's arrangement.

Cecile was just like any ordinary girl out there. she also wanted to feel what it's like to make a choice or even a decision for her life. But unfortunately she never had that opportunity.

"This time I will not obey my father's arrangements anymore. I have become an adult girl. I deserve to make any big choices in my life"

"So you want to oppose your father?" Anne never thought.

There will come a day when Cecile, an obedient girl, will go against her father's will. Maybe in the end everything was beyond her limits.

In the end, Cecile is just an ordinary girl who is reasonable making any big things or decisions in her life.

"So what if your father doesn't approve of it?"

Anne knew how her uncle was someone who was very difficult to change his decision.

"I've decided" said Cecile seriously.

"What is that?"

"I'm going to act crazy this time"

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