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I stared at my hand blankly.
“What is this…?”
“It’s an engagement ring.”
As soon as his answer came, I shut my mouth.
“Since when…?”
I was so shocked that I couldn’t get the words out. Because I never expected it.
“The preparations started from the day the contract was signed. It was yesterday afternoon when I got the goods.”
“I guess when you went to the jewelry store yesterday…?”
“Yes. You’re right.”
You don’t know about it and you feel jealous alone. It’s embarrassing to even think about it.
I lowered my head to hide my feverish face.
Then the diamond embedded in the ring gleamed in my eyes.
Perhaps due to consideration for the inconvenience of wearing accessories, the diamond’s egg embedded in the ring wasn’t that big.
It was a simple ring for a Duchess, but I liked it.
Because a clean and comfortable ring was completely my taste.
I can feel how much Dillian cared about it immediately.
As I stared at the ring, I questioned the ring that fit perfectly without any error.
“But how did you know the size?”
“By the power of love?”
“Awesome.”
I laughed out loud at the answer that didn’t go beyond my expectations.
He touched my fingers from time to time, and it was clear that he had figured it out.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes, it’s so pretty.”
I said I didn’t need it, but when I got it, I really liked it.
To the extent that I want to upset the past self that I tried to omit.
‘We got engaged, I don’t care about anything else, but a ring is needed.’
Carefully touching the ring, I looked at Dillian’s empty hands and asked.
“By the way, you didn’t just bring mine, did you?”
There was no way that the thorough Dillian would have done that .
At my gaze asking him to hurry up, Dillian opened the ring case and held it out.
“Give me your hand. I will put it in.”
A ring with the same design as the ring on my ring finger boasted its existence.
Picking up the ring, I frowned and said playfully.
“I’m just fiancée by name, but at least I have to do this, right?”
It took a moment to hold Dillian’s large hand without hesitation, and the fingertips pushing the ring trembled.
‘Oh, I’m more nervous than I thought.’
It was my first time putting a ring on someone else’s hand, so my heart raced.
Dillian teased me with a voice full of laughter.
“Miss Ria, it tickles me.”
“… Hold it. It’s because I’m nervous.”
“How can you tremble more than I who received it?”
“It’s my first time, so what should I do?”
I pushed the ring all the way down to his ring finger, and I lifted my head and glanced at Dillian.
“In my life, is there any time I can put the ring on?”
“Am I the first?”
“Yes, the first, in all my 22 years!”
In coy eyes, Dillian couldn’t stop laughing, as if he was going to die because he liked it a lot.
Laughed for a while, Dillian then let out a long, languid breath.
“I didn’t know I would like something like this.”
At the face that looked really happy, so I couldn’t say anything.
The tickling that started from my fingertips climbed up my hand and pounded my heart.
I stared blankly at Dillian. And suddenly I realized.
Because it’s a nice day, the moon is pretty, and the flowers that bloom at night are beautiful.
I like Dillian surrounded by them.
I just feel like now is the time.
I jumped up from my seat.
Bewildered by my sudden reaction, Dillian got up after me.
“Miss Ria, what’s going….”
“No. It’s not like that, sir Dillian, wait a minute!”
I forced Dillian to sit on the greenhouse table and ran as hard as I could.
I ran straight to the room and slammed the door roughly.
Bang! Startled by the sound, Nathan jumped up and looked around.
“Wow, it’s an attack! Ria, right behind me…!”
“Calm down. It’s me.”
I replied lightly, and quickly opened the drawer and pushed it back. Then I was greeted by a red velvet box that made my eyes dizzy.
“Ria? What’s going on in the middle of the night, running around like crazy?”
“Sorry! I have urgent business. sleep again I will be back soon.”
I took out the box and did not stop at his call to call me urgently.
Why am I running so fast? Dillian won’t run away just because I’m late.
Numerous questions popped up in my mind. I answered them.
Because before I change my mind, I want to give him the gift.
***
Squeak, squeak-
The greenhouse door creaked as Ria ran out and pushed hard.
For a moment, he was surprised by Ria’s reckless behavior to separate from him. Dillian looked at the door and burst out laughing.
“You do really have good strength.”
Dillian, who was sitting quietly as Ria wished, looked at his hand.
The sleek ring showed off its presence.
Dillian smiled satisfactorily at the proof linking him with Ria.
‘Never imagined there will come a day when I will become obsessed with these iconic objects.’
The ring had only one meaning for Dillian.
Just something to keep Ria by his side. That was the only proof that Ria was his woman.
But it was a mistake.
Dillian could not have predicted that he would be so happy holding hands and wearing the same ring.
“As expected, I do a good job.”
A smile never left Dillian’s face. Until Ria kicks the door and runs in.
“I’m back!”
No one was chasing her, but Ria, who ran with all her might, gasped for breath.
Ria, barely holding her breath, hid the gift behind her back and stood in front of Dillian.
“What have you left behind?”
Dillian, suspicious of Ria’s hand hidden behind her waist, pushed his upper body forward.
Ria, startled by the gesture, twisted her body.
Her heart isn’t ready yet, so she can’t get caught.
“… Yes. It is a very important thing.”
Ria took a deep breath and cleared her breath, and held out the box she was hiding behind her back to Dillian.
“What is this?”
A mysterious light flashed in his eyes as he suddenly received the gift.
“It’s a gift.”
“….”
“Happy birthday.”
Dillian’s face showed a shocked expression as if he had never expected it.
Ria licked her lips at the emotion that was being conveyed to her as well.
‘I want to say something more.’
It would have been nice if she had a talent for speaking, but unfortunately, Ria didn’t have such great talent.
So, she just said what she wanted to say to him.
“Thank you for being born.”
Ria smiled broadly at Dillian.
“Am I the fastest?”
“… Yes.”
As if waking up from a dream, Dillian barely answered and placed his hand on the lid of the box.
In front of his eyes, Ria suddenly became anxious and grabbed his hand.
‘I don’t know why I’m more nervous.’
Ria, worried that Dillian might be disappointed, hastily started lowering her expectations.
“It’s not that great, it’s just the best I can do….”
“Any gift from miss Ria is the most precious to me.”
Yes, whatever she gave was a perfect gift for Dillian.
No, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have any gift. The friendly celebration alone made Dillian as happy as having the world.
‘Did anyone ever congratulate me on my birth?’
He said that because on the day he was born, screams were heard instead of happy laughter in the living room.
‘Have I ever celebrated my birthday?’
As the number of candles on the cake increased, so did the sighs of his parents.
‘Is there anyone who was happy with my birthday?’
After the death of his parents, no one spoke of his birthday.
Only the closest people quietly bowed their heads.
Ria was the first person to say thank you for being born to him, which even his parents ignored. She was the only one.
Dillian stared tenaciously, as if to imprint a lovely face in his eyes.
Ria slowly lowered her eyes at that hot gaze.
“… You’re saying embarrassing things as nothing.”
Her little lips twitched and grumbled.
Dillian suppressed the urge to kiss her with all his might, and spoke calmly.
“Because it’s true.”
Even if Ria had brought stones that were rolling along the road as a gift, Dillian would have kept them as heirlooms.
“Can’t you believe it?”
“Open it….”
With those eyes, no way I can’t believe it. With those serious eyes, Lia slowly pulls out her hand.
And finally, the gift was revealed.
“I chose ruby because it resembles sir Dillian’s eyes, do you like it?”
“… It resembles my eyes?”
She chose ruby because it resembles his eye color. His heart felt heavy as he thought of Ria, who had been thinking about him all day, or maybe for a few days.
“I think it will suit you well.”
With that friendly face that was smiling shyly, Dillian closed his eyes and exhaled.
If he didn’t do this, he felt a dizzying urge to eat Ria.
“Why, why? Don’t you like it?”
Ria, who misinterpreted the reaction, was restless and rolled her feet.
Dillian muttered, covering his face with his hand.
“It’s miss Ria’s fault.”
“Hm? What did I do wrong….”
Ria’s voice, which was bewildered, gradually decreased.
“You don’t like it that much? I see. I will exchange it again….”
Sullen, she shrugged her shoulders. Then she felt a warm, tingling sensation on her lips.
Ria froze at the heat she had felt before.
“If you make people excited like this, you have to take responsibility.”
“Wha, what the.”
Dillian looked at her bewildered face and kissed her once more.