5 Chapter 5: Kens Decision (1/2)

Ken bite his lips after remembering her face, his hand reached to the frame on his desk and stared at Novie's picture. It's been two years but the pain in his heart remained.

”When will you call? I am waiting here” he murmured silently.

He was in the middle of reminiscing their time together when his secretary knocked on the door.

”Come in” he spoke and the door opened, he was expecting his secretary but instead, it was his mother. A nurse was pushing her wheelchair inside.

”You can leave us,” his mother said to the nurse. Ken immediately stood and seated on the single sofa opposite to his mother.

A warm and soft smile was on her lips, ”Ken” she spoke slowly.

”yes mother?” he asked with his brow creased, the last time his mother spoke in this way was when they arrived in Paris, where she asked him to cut his communication with his siblings.

”I am getting old” she stated and reached for his hand, Ken immediately held her hands and stared at her.

He's been a good son to her, providing all the time and resource she needed.

”Don't worry, I will create a pill that can make you younger” he jokingly said but his mother's face remained serious.

”How long are you going to wait for Novie?” she asked, her voice sounds concern.

Ken gulped, again by just hearing her name, his heart aches.

”Mother, I--” he stops after seeing her face hardening.

”Ken, you've been waiting for two years. It's time to move on.” Ken shook his head, he wanted to explain to her that he doesn't have a plan to get married if it's not Novie.

”Mo--”

”I have arranged a dinner to Anna's parents, they're coming here next week, and we have discussed your engagement with Anna” Ken's eyes widened with shock, he immediately pulled his hand from holding her and stood.

His heart pounded by her words, he was not expecting that his mother has been planning this, especially to Anna.

His hands squeezed into fists while a line appeared between his brows.

”I am not marrying anyone.” he bursts, thinking his mother must be crazy for doing this, while his mother frowned after getting yelled by him.