CHAPTER 33

Zion stopped his car at the end of the bay.

"Zion, why do you need to bring me here?"

"Sorry, Arien, I need to bring you here to avoid Jessica."

"Are you worried about her being hurt by seeing the two of us?"

"Arien, I don't care about Jessica, I only care about you."

"Whatever! Just tell me what you are going to say to me, and sent me back to university right away. Dave might be worried about me right now."

"You cared for Dave a lot. Do you have feelings for him, Arien?"

"Did you drag me here to ask me that kind of question? What are my feelings towards Dave? You don't need to know about it because it doesn't concern you."

"Arien, please hear me out first. I'm begging you."

"Zion, no matter what you say to me, my decision is final. We are not meant to be. And your family won't accept someone like me. You belong to high society, and I was just like a servant. You deserve someone better than me. Don't waste your time, attention, effort and love on me. Letting go and forgetting each other is the best way for us to avoid hurting each other."

"No Arien, don't do this. We have started nothing yet and you want to give up already? Please try to fight for our love first, because I am now ready to fight for our love. And I am sorry if I become a coward every time because you are my weakness and I need to protect you from Jessica. I never thought before that I could protect you at the same time while I fight for our love. But I hope you give me another chance to show you that I can protect you and fight for you against anyone else. I hope while I prove myself to you, facing our challenges and overcoming all the obstacles to our love, I just wish that I was with you and you were always by my side. Arien, I want you to be my girlfriend." Zion expressed his feelings towards me. His eyes were looking at me with sincerity. And now I am thinking about what he said to me.

"I wanted to reject him, but he was right. I didn't try anything yet, and I decided to give up on him already. Although I don't know what our future is ahead, without trying it, I can't find the answer to it. And I can see Zion's love for me. I think together we can face every hindrance to our love. I want to fight for our love as well, with him." I spoke in my mind.

"Zion, I..."

"It's OK, Arien. I can wait for your answers if you are not ready yet to accept me. And I am sorry for dragging you suddenly here. I will send you back now to the university." Zion was about to start the engine of his car, when I smacked his head so hard and furiously stared at him. Zion was shocked by what I did to him.

"Arien?" Zion only called my name softly and wondered why I got mad at him suddenly.

"Zion, there are also people who run out of patience. You dragged me here and wasted my time, then told me to send me back to university without knowing what my answer was. We were in a dramatic situation earlier, then became action now and what next? Comedy? I was struggling and thinking seriously about what you said to me and decided to give you an answer, but you interrupted me." I inhaled and exhaled to calm myself.

"Sorry Arien. I assumed you would say sorry to me. And you are not ready yet."

"Actually, I was going to say yes, but since you interrupted me, I changed my answer to sorry." I teased Zion to teach him a lesson.

"I am sorry, Arien. Please give me a chance."

"Zion, not because you are superior, you can interrupt someone from speaking. Being a wealthy person in society does not measure humanity. Even if the person in front of you is poor, you still need to respect him." I preached to Zion.

"I'm sorry Arien. I promise to watch my behavior from now on." Zion begged for forgiveness. I controlled myself not to laugh at him, because he looked like a puppy, but I couldn't hold it anymore.

"Hahaha! Because you made me laugh, I forgive you, Zion. And I realized what you told me about giving up without trying yet. You were right and I will be your girlfriend." Zion hugged me after giving him my answer. He stroked my hair, touched my face, and moved his face close to me. Our eyes met, and he whispered. "You never know how happy I am now, Arien." My heart was pounding, and I felt like I had a fever because my face became hot again, my brain went blank, and I was about to explode. And Zion's face was moving closer to me. Our noses touched each other and I could smell his breath. I was trembling, and he told me, "Relax, Arien. Just close your eyes and follow my lead." I closed my eyes to what Zion instructed me. Zion kissed me gently and touched the back of my neck. It tickled me when he touched my neck and I hugged Zion so tight because I felt something weird about myself. A few minutes later, I suddenly pushed Zion,

"I'm sorry Zion. I'm out of breath. It was my first kiss, so I didn't know what to do." I lowered my head because of embarrassment. Zion hugged me and said, "It's OK, Arien.You were my first kiss as well. You don't have to be shy about it." Zion stated.

Zion brought out the bracelet and put it on my wrist. He kissed my forehead and whispered in my ear, "I love you, Arien."

My face turned red again and my heart beat so fast. I tried to catch my breath because I felt like I could lose my breath at anytime.

"Arien, Are you OK?"

"Yes, but stop making my heart beat so fast, Zion. I thought I was going to die catching my breath."

"Hahaha! I really admire your straightforward personality, Arien. You're very cute." Zion kissed me again on my forehead and my heart beat so fast again.