Hidden: Strings of Fate

CHAPTER 61

"I love you too..." I looked at him and caressed his cheek.

"Honey, you're crying." He stated as it he'd just realised now.

"Yes. Yes I am." I said as I wiped my tears. "You're very observant, Jun Gi." I said, sarcastically.

He turned away from me and faced forward towards the lift doors. "Oh sorry, I didn't I'd make you cry. That was the last thing I wanted to do. If anything I thought you'd be jumping for joy hearing my confession." I narrowed my eyes at him and then raised my hand and smacked the back of his head.

"OW! Well, I'm guessing you're feeling ok now considering you're back to your abusive self."

"I'm only abusive when the situation calls for it..." I went forward and pressed the restart button. The lift started to hum and began to move downwards.

"And this situation called for it?!"

"Yes." I heard him scoff.

The lift came to a halt on the ground floor. Jun Gi took my hand and started to lead me.

"Sorry, but you're going to have to be blindfolded for this bit.." He went behind me and pulled a piece of material out from his pants. He had that there the entire time? I should have tied his hands and dragged him back to the apartment. That would have worked too.

I looked at him. "Seriously? I thought we were back to my apartment?"

"Nope. Not yet. I've got a surprise first."

"Fine." I stamped my foot.

"Such a stroppy little adult." Jun Gi muttered. I elbowed him in the gut. He bent over and groaned in pain.

"You'll shut up if you know what's good for you..."

He covered my eyes with the makeshift material. We walked for goodness knows how long before we came to halt. It was a fair bit away from the hotel. Where was he taking me?

"Are we there yet?"

"Almost..." he said, calmly. We came to a stop soon.

"We're here." He took the blindfold off. We were stood in a garden. I could make out that much from the faint glow of the moonlight.

"So... you kidnapped me... on a cold night... from the comfort of my apartment to bring me to a garden?" I asked, bemusedly. Don't get me wrong. I was such a nature lover. But really in the middle of December, to be outside in the freezing cold. Not a fan.

"No." I heard his voice coming from somewhere to the left of me. "I kidnapped you for a reason..." The lights came on. What I saw in front of my eyes left me gobsmacked. A dozen roses of every colour surrounded us. Fairy lights twinkling against the glittering moonlight. In the middle of the garden, there was a pavilion. Jun Gi took my hand in his and escorted me to the centre of the pavilion. I looked around there were pictures of us from the past when we were happy. Some of the memories I forgotten existed. Some where I didn't realise I was being captured on a camera. I looked around in wonder. 'How long did it take him to prepare this? It's... It's...'

"Perfect..." I whisper in amazement.

"You like it...?" Jun Gi asked, enthusiastically.

"Like it...? I love it!" I breathed. I looked around at every single moment. Then I turned my attention to him. "Where did you get all these?" I inquired, curiously.

"Some were from as when we spent the holidays together. Some were from Min, some from your family and some..." he pointed towards a picture where I was looking out of a frosted window with my legs wrapped by my arms. I had a woolly jumper on that covered my neck and my hair was left loose. It draped over the left side of my body. It looked like I was waiting for someone."Are from my personal collection."

"So you're a stalker now?" I teased.

"For you... I could be you know." We chuckled.

"Did you just bring me here for this?" I quizzed.

"No, there's another purpose for this. Just don't kill me." He put his hands up, surrendering. He pressed his lips into a fine line. His hands started to fidget. He was nervous. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm him down. He looked at me. Amber to hazel. Hazel to amber. He smiled at me. I smiled back gently.

"Honey, I want to spend the rest of my life trying to make up for the mistake I did 2 years ago. I'll beg for you forgiveness. I'll devote my whole life to you. You'll be my first thought in the morning and my last thought at night. I'll get rid of every bit of myself and be just yours. I'll let myself be consumed by your every being, if you say yes." He put a hand in his trouser pocket and brought out a small black box. 'He's not going to do what I think he's going to do... is he?'

He opened the box. In it was a ring. It was a simple silver ring with a diamond encrusted in it with writing on it. 'Forever Yours'... that's what was written on it. How do I know this? I had seen it before... hidden... in his bedside drawer. How long had he had this?

"I need you in my life. I want you to be mine and only mine. So with that said... will you marry me?"