<completed>Promise (Juliantina)

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T-3 months and 3 weeks

The tutor for Valentina has finally came after a week, she has been teaching English and Literature in college for the past 20 years in Australia before she migrated to Mexico with her husband to enjoy their retirement. León put on a search for the best English tutor for his youngest daughter because he wants her to pass the test with flying colours and he offered Marie quite an attractive figure to teach Valentina for the next few months. Obviously Marie has nothing to lose, so she accepted the offer from León and Marie will come by their villa every twice a week for 4 hours each time.

Valentina is excited to brush up her English, even though she studies in an international university but her English is not that perfect yet. She can speak words but not really can string a proper sentence because coming from where she is, her main language is Español so she communicates with friends and family with Español instead of English unless it's with the lecturers in school. She really wants to outdo herself and graduate with a good testimonial. She wants to open her own store and create her own line, she wants to aspire the ladies to dress like her and most of all, she wants her mama to be proud of her. The thought of her mama made her tear up, she wishes that her mama was here for her right now, she wishes that her mama would congratulate her for getting into the prestige program and she wishes her mama would be able to witness the opening of her future first store at Buenos Aires.

Her mama died in a car accident 6 years ago, she always blamed herself for her mama's death because if she would have stopped her mama from going out, she won't have died in the car accident however their chauffeur made it but he was in serious injuries, the Carvajals suspected that León's business competitors might have hired hitman to take him out but in the end, they killed his wife by accident.

León dotes on Valentina the most, maybe he felt guilty of neglecting her when her mama left the world. He was always out of town for business trips and Valentina seldom sees him, he wanted to make up for the loss time, he tries his best to give her everything that she wants, so she will be more forgiving to herself and stop blaming herself for her mama's death. He told Valentina that she has nothing to do with her mama's death yet he couldn't bear to tell her that her mama was actually killed by a hitman so she was being told that her mama was killed in a car accident.

Valentina's favourite memory of her mama was their last trip together when they were in Milan. They were having the best time of their life, and Milan is also the global capital for fashion and design. In special occasion, Valentina's mama will get invited to such events and Valentina will tag along as her plus-one. It's definitely an eye-opening and jaw-dropping moments for Valentina and she is even more determined to work harder for her dream, she told her mama at one of the shows; that one day, those models are going to walk down in her clothing line, she will come out from backstage and bows to say thanks to everyone who comes to her show. Her mama told her that her hard work will pay off in no time once she graduate from university and it will be another step closer to her goal. She has faith in Valentina as the passion for fashion design runs in their family blood.

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