Versailles Series Book 7: The Ballerina [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 59

=== J U A N   M I G U E L ===

Whenever I take her out on these dates, I make sure to capture her first reactions because it is forever priceless. Like now, she's lost while looking at the sakura trees. She closed her eyes like she's savoring each moment.

When she opened her eyes and looked at me, I knew that all the work was worth it. All of the work that's needed for these dates with her, I try to do it on my own. My assistant doesn't need to bother.

"It's so beautiful, Juan Miguel."

"I know. It's so beautiful." You're so beautiful.

We went inside the cottages in the area. The couple are staying at the main house while visitors stay here in the cottage. It has four rooms, a bathroom, and a small kitchen. It was an authentic Japanese house or a minka.

She stopped in front of a cherry blossom kimono hanging on the wall. Her fingers softly touched the cloth as her eyes scanned it from top to bottom.

"You'll be wearing that when we go to town tonight." Sabi ko rito.

Umikot ito at tinignan ako na tila nagniningning ang mga mata.

"Tonight?"

I smiled. "The town will be holding a festival tonight in one of the shrines and the owners of the house wants us to come and try it out." I rubbed the back of my neck because I was feeling conscious with her stare at me.

Fuck. She's making me nervous. I have been feeling nervous and I don't think I'm not doing enough to win her heart yet. She still keeps her distance from me whenever I see her. She may lean on to me sometimes but that may just be out of habit.

I can see in her eyes the reservation and I completely understand that. Truthfully, kulang pa ang ginagawa ko para rito. I plan to give her the world as long as she's letting me.

"I'd love that! I'm so excited!" She turned back on the kimono and I just went and placed our things in the rooms. We'll visit some parks and shrines then a quick dip in the hot springs before going home.

We met with the couple not long after and they told her their love story themselves. I didn't plan that. Its just coincidental that we have similarities with theirs. It doesn't guarantee that we will rekindle what we had successfully like them.

We went to the festival as promised where we ate a lot of her favorite Japanese street foods. We watched some traditional performances and fireworks after.

"Para tayong nasa anime. You know? The ones we watched when we were in college. It feels more magical as the ones in anime. So pretty..."

I can't help but tuck a few strands of her hair behind her ear. She looks ethereal in that kimono.

When we were at the hot spring, I felt my body relax. The work I've been doing for the past year is catching up on me. No wonder my father wanted to retire this soon.

With a lot of mergers in the horizon, the future months will surely keep me busy. My secretary is already glaring at me everytime I ask her to cancel appointments whenever I have decided what kind of date to have because she has to reschedule everything again.