Juan and Kyle could not help but marvel at the latest iPad and Lego.
“This is just so cool!” the boys exclaimed.
A fond smile broke out on Nicole’s face as she gazed at the four kids getting so excited about their new toys.
Beside her, Evan looked at her from the corner of his eyes as he held out a box, waving it in front of her.
Nicole’s eyes glimmered in curiosity as her eyes tailed the exquisite box. She flashed him a coy smile and asked eagerly, “Is this for me? What’s this?”
“Take a guess,” Evan replied playfully.
“Hmm, jewelry?” Nicole asked.
“Nope,” Evan said, shaking his head.
“It must be a watch then,” Nicole guessed confidently.
But still, Evan shook his head.
She scrutinized the box carefully, trying to come up with a good guess. It must be something small enough to fit in this box. Aha! I think I got it! ”It’s an accessory!” Nicole clicked her fingers and gave a smart guess.
But she still got it wrong.
Nicole’s brows furrowed seeing Evan’s reaction. She really could not think of anything else no matter how hard she tried and she gave up in the end.
on, just tell me what’s inside!
caved and handed her the box.
a suppressed smile on
her head and looked at
he
found out about
for years to give
she was the little
he find
trying to figure out how did
did not say a word either. Instead,
at the red paper ring, and
know you need a ring to marry someone, right? You’ll need one if
course I have a ring,”
ring look like?” she
color paper in his hand. He ran to the stone table beneath the rose banner and started folding the paper
the ring carefully and went
you like it?”
before she could reach out and take the ring from his hand, a voice called for her and she frantically
never met each other again after Nicole left that
them together and their paths
once expected that she would see this ring
over the years, the ring felt dense in Nicole’s hands. It carried the
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