Next One Is a Babe

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Ian was sitting on the couch and going through the gifts that his fans had given him. His lips were curled upward as if he were pleased by all the gifts. When he heard someone opening the door, he turned around to find Cindy. “How was it? Did your mom allow me to go over?”

She nodded as she walked over to sit down beside him and cling to his arm. “My mom’s free when she’s home, so it’ll mostly depend on when you’ll be free to go over.”

Upon hearing her words, Ian felt less worried about the situation. He lifted his arm and wrapped it around Cindy’s shoulder before pulling her close to him. “The production team is starting the next filming soon, so we should go before it starts.” The company had allowed Ian a few days off before he started filming, so Ian decided that he would take this opportunity to pay a visit to Cindy’s family.

Cindy was rather shocked to hear this. “I don’t think there’s a need to rush. We can go home after you’re done with your filming.”

“No, no. We should go as soon as possible. I don’t want to drag this on any longer. The sooner we get this over with, the less I’ll have to worry. We can discuss whatever has to be discussed, and we’ll have a better idea of what to do next. I’ll feel a little more secure that way,” Ian replied.

Right then, Cindy recalled what Ian had told her about getting engaged. Whatever he wants to discuss is probably related to the engagement. I guess that would be good—our relationship would be a little more official once we get that done. After hesitating for a while, she nodded in agreement with him. “Okay. We’ll go along with your plan.”

Once they were done discussing this matter, they both felt a little less uneasy. Although they had yet to travel over to Cindy’s house physically, and although they had yet to sit down with Hazel to discuss their future, at least they could prepare themselves for what was coming next.

Ian had a brief shooting the next day that only lasted for 30 minutes. After that, he was done with all of his work, so he was free until the commencement of his next filming. When Ian got home, he made some calculations and decided that he would have three days to spare. I’ll use these three days to visit Cindy’s family. I think it should be enough.

This time, Ian booked his own plane tickets instead of getting Cindy to do it for him. He had already seen Cindy’s ID, so he knew where her house was. Once all the necessary preparations were made, and once all the tickets were booked, Ian told Cindy about it.

Cindy pulled his phone over to take a look at the tickets he had booked. Soon, she burst into laughter. “Are you that anxious to see my mom?”

Ian had booked flight tickets for that afternoon itself, and they would reach Cindy’s house by nightfall. Everything happened so quickly, Cindy didn’t have the time to prepare at all. “Ah… I am pretty anxious. Can’t you tell? I’ve been anxious about this all along. I’ve made it pretty clear—how could you not notice it?”