993 Perplexed and Smitten 53 (1/2)
She put on her home slippers and walked inside slowly.
She initially wanted to find out what he was doing, but she got a great fright when he popped up out of nowhere.
”Oh goodness!” she gasped, clutching her chest in terror. Soon, a warm fuzzy feeling filled her heart the moment she saw him getting down on one knee with a bouquet of roses in one hand and a red ring box in the other. She was completely caught by surprise.
”Yun Chen…”
”You may have agreed to marry me but I haven't proposed to you yet. I'm proposing to you now to make up for it. Darling, this is a wedding band that I've meticulously picked out. We're supposed to wait until our wedding day to put it on, but since you're fated to be my wife, it doesn't matter if we put it on now.”
She extended her hand toward him and said, ”Put it on for me.”
He gently slid the ring onto her ring figure before handing her the roses.
Mo Li was overwhelmed with joy as she admired the beautiful red roses.
She took it from him and gave the petals a sniff before saying with a smile, ”I'm really elated.”
”You look beautiful when you smile. You must smile more often. I have another gift for you,” he said, holding onto her hand.
”What?”
”Come with me.”
He pulled her into the bedroom. Mo Li was kept in suspense, though she was already surprised enough.
He got her to sit down on the bed and took out an exquisite, rectangular box that was pink in color. Handing it to her, he said, ”Will you open it and see if you like what's inside?”
Mo Li placed the roses onto the bedside table and took the box from him. She held his gaze and untied the ribbon.
She opened the box and peeked at the item inside.
It was the red embroidered dress that she wanted the most.
She hurriedly took the dress out to see that it was indeed the one she had been eyeing but could not bear to buy because of the exorbitant price.
She was initially planning to buy it after it goes on sale. To her surprise, he'd actually bought it.
”How did you know that I fancied this dress?”
”I would know because I pay attention to you. Try it on and see if it fits.”
”Let me take a shower first. I'm all sticky and sweaty. I don't want to dirty the dress.” She was extremely meticulous when handling the dress.
No. 8 burst into laughter and said, ”You're supposed to wear the dress anyway, how could you be afraid of dirtying it?”
”This dress is so expensive, of course I have to be careful when wearing it.” She then grabbed a towel and entered the bathroom, beaming with joy.
She came out ten minutes later and tried on her new dress, which fit her perfectly. ”How did you know my size?”
”It was a rough estimate based on the sizes of the clothes you usually wear.”
How meticulous. She handed him her mobile phone and said, ”Hurry, take a few photos of me.”
No. 8 took a few full-body shots of Mo Li, after which she took it off and stared at it in utmost awe and admiration. ”Yun Chen, where did you get so much money? This dress alone costs more than 2000 dollars.”
”I've been saving up the allowance that I get. Well, there's nothing else for me to spend money on anyway.”
He stepped forward and planted a kiss on her lips, after which they soon fell onto the bed and engaged in a sensual smooch.