President’s Twins: Buy One, Get One Free

The congregation got bigger and bigger. People started to dance, the square was filled with merriment.

Hayden was kind of lost. After a while, a man in a white suit finally showed up from behind the tree.

“You prepared all this?” she trotted towards him, hammered his chest with her fist, laughing joyfully. “What’s the point to make such a splash for a New Year’s Eve?”

“It’s not just a New Year’s Eve but the first New Year’s Eve I spend with you. And I hope it will be you who spend every New Year’s Eve with me in the future.”

“Of course.”Hayden raised her brow, complacent. “Who wants to spend their New Year’s Eve with you except for me?”

“You agreed. And don’t you regret it.”Joseph smiled, gripped Hayden’s hand. Then under the eyes of the crowd, he got on one knee.

For an instant, Hayden froze.

The blue box in Joseph’s hands was exquisite. With a clicking sound, he flipped it open.

Inside it was a dozen of rings different in shape, glimmering under the light. Hayden gaped, and the move she had when she divined what Joseph was trying to do was replaced by amusement.

“Are you proposing?” she asked.

Joseph raised his brow, acting like this was the common way of proposing. “Lest you would say that you don’t like the ring I picked, I have ten rings custom-made. So you will like at least one of them.”

Hayden smiled, happily. Then tears of joy shed.

“Pick one.”Joseph looked at her, affection and tenderness in his eyes.

Snuffling, Hayden averted her eyes from Joseph purposely and reached her hand out.

“Only kids make choice, adults want them all.”

“Is that so?”

Joseph smiled, and then one by one, he put the rings on Hayden’s fingers. Soon there was a ring on each finger of her right hand.

would

think

his

“Your left hand.”

it somehow was

look like an arriviste,

my ring, now

yours.” She murmured.

Maybe fate just tethered them together. Though she had struggled before, but now she had thought it through. If she was

was not an option, he

floor of the mall, from where they could enjoy

Hayden said, “is that how people propose? Friends and families gather together

in a tender

you want to

nor that your uncle and aunt accept me now, nor any other reason, but because

moved. She murmured as her face flushed. “Did

had been so sweet since the propose, that’s

to serve their dessert. He looked at Hayden

interrupt you, sir and madam….

“Thanks.”

queer look at them when he left and murmured something

confused, she

acting so

the reason.” Implicitly, he looked at her hands covering

those rings. The glitters of the rings almost blinded her when she peered at them. Hurriedly, she hid her hands

don’t you tell

? you

him. “Who would buy ten rings to

Joseph smiled teasingly.