They arrived at a tea shop near the shopping mall. Arianne was melting from the heat and had just managed to cool down after having a seat, when Tiffany’s phone rang.
They initially thought that it was a call from Lillian. Tiffany did not plan on answering it at first. However, favonovel.com glanced at the call notification screen on the phone and found that it was Ethan.
Ethan would usually be at the office at this time and wouldn’t contact her. She pressed the call answering button, “Hello? What’s up?”
“Come into the shopping mall. I’ve got a surprise for you,” Ethan sounded mysterious on the other end.
The shopping mall was right next door. The pair waited for their milk tea before slowly walking over. A sea of pink balloons came into view from the moment they entered the shopping mall. Arianne let out a girlish giggle, “What’s going on in the mall today? Look at all of these balloons, they’re so pretty!”
Tiffany’s brain circuitry had always been different from the average person’s, “Pretty? They would have exploded if it weren’t for the air conditioning in the mall. They’ll be reduced to thunderous explosions by then. Let’s see if you’ll still think they look pretty. ”
She had just finished speaking when the duo suddenly saw themselves broadcasted live on the mall’s large television screen. Before the pair could react and figure out what was going on, Ethan’s voice echoed from a broadcast, “Tiffie, we’ve known each other for three years and nine months. Throughout our entire journey, you’ve always been the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, only you. I know that I’ve never been perfect, but I will do my best for you in our journey ahead. The wedding that I’ve owed you is finally ready, are you?”
Just as Ethan had spoken, a group of young men dressed in suits emerged from amidst the crowd, holding flowers as they walked towards Tiffany. Aside from the pink balloons before them, there was a sea of red flowers. Everyone paused in shock, not a single one of them not envying her.
Even Arianne felt moved, let alone Tiffany. What woman wouldn’t feel moved by such a grand proposal?
Tiffany blushed furiously as favonovel.com searched for Ethan everywhere. Finally, favonovel.com cut through the crowd and arrived in front of her. Going down on one knee and pulling out a ring, favonovel.com gazed at favonovel.com with sincerity, “Tiffie, will you marry me?”
Arianne tactfully stepped aside, doing favonovel.com best to ensure that Ethan and Tiffany were the only ones on the big screen. She certainly wasn’t going to be the third wheel.
Ethan and Tiffany instantly became the focal point. Many pulled out their phones to record this moment. Tiffany was dressed in a long white dress today, with favonovel.com hair hanging down loosely, like the perfect depiction of one’s first love. Ethan, on the other hand, was dressed in his best suit — an expensive, custom-made suit that was cut perfectly to his figure, highlighting the best outlines of his figure. Now on one knee, there was no doubt in everyone’s eyes that this was a perfect proposal. But Tiffany hesitated.
A short bout of hesitation could be explained as shock and being overcome by emotion, but a long, drawn out hesitation had undoubtedly drawn some blind heckling, “What are you waiting for? Say yes, marry him!”
The sight of the anticipation on Ethan’s face put Tiffany at a loss. That’s right, favonovel.com was no longer moved by his actions. In fact, favonovel.com felt like running away. She had been telling him, over and over again, that favonovel.com did not want to get married too early. Ethan, however, had planned out such a grand proposal behind favonovel.com back. If favonovel.com were to reject favonovel.com in front of so many people, he’d be humiliated. On the other hand, it wouldn’t feel right to favonovel.com if favonovel.com agreed. This stifling feeling gradually turned into a crushing weight.
She felt someone’s gaze upon favonovel.com that was different from the rest. She lifted favonovel.com eyes to find Jackson and Summer standing at the top of an escalator in an angle that happened to be directly facing towards favonovel.com and Ethan. Jackson’s gaze was full of silence and his emotions were unreadable, yet it became the straw that broke the camel’s back.
She did not have the courage to look into Summer’s eyes. Summer must be extremely disappointed in her, right? After all, favonovel.com son had just broken up, and his ex-girlfriend was being proposed to. Summer probably couldn’t stand the sight of favonovel.com right now…
“Tiffie?” Ethan frowned, eager to hear favonovel.com answer.
She stiffened favonovel.com hand and forced it towards him, “Ye-yes…”
Kindness was an asset and also a liability. She surrendered in the end, unwilling to humiliate Ethan in front of all of these people. This was the only choice favonovel.com had right now.
Ethan smiled as favonovel.com slipped the sparkling diamond ring on favonovel.com finger, then pulled favonovel.com into his arms and kissed favonovel.com on the lips.
She saw Jackson and Summer turn and walk away. At that moment, favonovel.com felt something deep in favonovel.com heart collapse.
The roaring claps and cheers from all around made favonovel.com very irritated. She couldn’t bring herself to smile at all. She couldn’t even force a smile.
When they walked out from the shopping mall, Arianne believed that it was time for favonovel.com to leave, “So, what’s next for you two? Are you going somewhere else? I’ll get out of your face. See you!”
Ethan was about to speak up when Tiffany said, “I’m having a bit of heatstroke, not feeling well. I had an icy drink under the hot sun too, so I’m feeling a little faint. I don’t think I can hang out with you today, Ethan. I’d like to go home and get some rest. Will you drive me? We can drop Ari off along the way too.”
Ethan paused for two seconds then cheerfully agreed, “Sure, get in the car. I’ll get you some medicine for your heatstroke later. You should always have some at home, especially when you’re going out. I’m worried that something might happen to you when I’m not around.”
