Chapter 14

"Then… I have one more thing to say…." Said Dan as he inserts a hand in his pocket and thought *I can do this*

"Dan, what is it?" asked Lia feeling nervous.

"But before that, I want you to look at the sky…." Said Dan and Lia did what she was told. When she looked up at the sky, there are so many stars and she looked awed.

"It's beautiful…" said Lia.

Suddenly, she felt something on her neck and she noticed that Dan has put on a silver necklace with a star pendant on her neck.

"Dan…" said Lia as she touches the star pendant, admiring it.

"I remember you told me that you hope you can pick a star one day. Meaning to say that, you can achieve your goals. So, when I was taking a stroll, I saw this and thought of giving it to you." Said Dan and he noticed that Lia can't stop smiling while looking at the necklace.

"Therefore, if one day you have achieved one of your goals, you can touch the pendant and thought of it like you just picked a star." Added Dan

"Lia," called Dan and Lia looked up into his face and noticed that he was about to say something.

"Will you go out with me?" asked Dan.

Finally, he said it. It took him a lot of courage to say it to Lia and no matter what answer Lia will give him later, he will accept it. When Lia heard he said those sentences, Lia was startled. For the first time ever, a guy just asked her out; and it was Dan. A guy she had a crush on. Lia doesn't know what to say, and she turned her face away from Dan to look at the view in front of her knowing that her cheeks have turned red.

Her hair was dancing beautifully with the autumn breeze just like how Dan met her at the Han River that day. Dan was waiting nervously for her answer. His heart was beating like crazy.

"You know, all this while, finding love was the last thing that I wanted to achieve. Because I told myself, I need to succeed, I need to find my own career. I'm the eldest among my other siblings and I need to help them. I need to show them if I can do it, they can do it too." Said Lia as she paused for a while.

"But then," said Lia as she turned to look at Dan again, and went near him with a smile on her face.

"Never would I have thought that love would be the first one that I could find…" added Lia.

"Yes, I will go out with you." Said Lia and smiled revealing her teeth.

Dan who heard it, got excited feeling very happy with her answer as he pulled up Lia in the air making her squealed. Then, as Lia's feet reached to the ground, she felt Dan brought her closer to him and stares at her beautiful face. She can feel his hands were caressing her hair gently while giving her his sweet smiles. Oh, how Lia loves that smile of him. As Dan's face got closer to her, she felt both of their lips touched, and they kissed under the stars.

Soon after they broke the kiss, Dan pulled her into his embrace and whisper,

"Thank you, Lia." Said Dan

"No, thank you, Dan." Said Lia as she hugged him tightly.

*thank you Dan for letting me find the love I've been looking for* thought Lia.

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Lia was sitting in front of her laptop on her bed while typing a new chapter for her ongoing novel.

"Dear Dahlia"

"Chapter 10"

Dahlia was on her way home from her first day of internship. She was exhausted. While she was waiting alone for her bus at the bus stop, a familiar black sedan car stopped suddenly at the bus stop and it was Daniel.

"Daniel?" called Dahlia. Then, Daniel came out from the car and opened the car door for her.

"Come on, I need to show you something." Said Daniel as he waits for Dahlia to get in the car.

As soon as Dahlia's entered the car, Daniel drives away and Dahlia was so curious to their destination. The ride took a while, and finally they've arrived. As soon as Dahlia's get off of his car, she noticed that they were at the beach. The sunset was beautiful.

"The beach?" asked Dahlia feeling shocked. A few minutes ago, both of them were in the city, and now, they're at the beach.

"Come on, let's see the sunset." said Daniel as he took her hands and they walked on the sand together. Both of them were walking without saying any words. The only thing that can be hear is the sound of waves.

"Dahlia,"

"Daniel,"

Both of them called each other name in unison. They giggled together as the found it funny.

"You first." Said Dahlia as she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Then, she felt Daniel took her hand and hold her both of her hands gently. She felt Daniel got closer to her and her heart was beating so fast seeing how close Daniel was standing. "Dahlia, will you be my girlfriend?" asked Daniel while holding her hands. He was looking at her attentively. Suddenly, without giving an answer, Dahlia straight way jumped and hugged him.

"Of course." Finally, she answered him. Actually, she was about to say it first, but when she heard Daniel is the one who asked her first, she felt so happy. Couldn't believe that both of them like each other and thought of the same thing at the same moment. Daniel was hugging her tightly, not wanting to let her go.

That night, was the first day of them in a relationship.

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On the next day, as soon as Lia woke up, she turned on her laptop to look at the comments from her reader on her latest chapter that she uploaded last night. She got a lot of positive comments from her readers congratulating the characters are finally together.

"OMG THEY'RE FINALLY TOGETHER!"

"AWWW SO SWEET!"

"Okay, I need to find someone like Daniel, PLEASE"

The last comment made her laugh. She was so glad that her readers are enjoying her story. While she was reading the comments, she noticed she had a lot of notifications and it was a text from Liyli and In Ha.

"Lia, tell me. Did something happened last night? THE CHAPTER?! OMG TELL ME" asked Liyli

"Lia, DID YOU CONFESSED? I JUST READ THE CHAPTER!" Said In Ha.

Both of them are one of her loyal readers. She shook her head while chuckling reading their text. Right after she replied them, she hurriedly went to take a shower to get ready to work. A few minutes later, once she's done, she went out of her house and saw Dan was already downstairs waiting for her. He was leaning against his black sedan car, looking so handsome.

"Dan?" called Lia. She was too surprised seeing him in front of her house. As far as she remembered, both of them didn't have a plan to meet in the morning. Then, she saw Dan extended both of his arms asking her to give him a morning hug. Lia, who noticed it, went near him and give him a hug.

"Good morning." Said Dan as he kissed her hair.

"What are you doing here?" asked Lia as she broke the hug.

"Well, can't we go to work together?" asked Dan as he opened the door for her.

"But, our way is totally in the opposite~" said Lia as she gets in the car.

"That's okay, we have a lot of time~" smiled Dan and closed the door.

Both of them decided to have a breakfast together at a cafe to start their day. Lia ordered an egg sandwich with a cup of hot cappuccino. While Dan, ordered a tuna sandwich with a cup of hot latte. While Dan was still at the counter paying for their breakfast, Lia took the tray and places it on the table. She took out her phone and open her social media that she has not been logged on for so long. She took a photo of their breakfast meal.

"Breakfast with love <3"

She posted it in her social media. Right after she posted it, her phone won't stop beeping and she noticed that it was a text from both Liyli and In Ha.

"LIA, THE PHOTO!" said Liyli.

"Seriously, showing off now, huh?" said In Ha.

Lia was laughing lightly seeing the text from both them. Dan, who just arrived, took a seat in front of her noticed she was laughing while looking at her phone.

"What's so funny?" asked Dan and Lia shook her head.

"Nothing~" answered Lia. Then, both of them have their breakfast together.

Lia just couldn't believe that finally, she has found the love that she's been looking for.