Her Sweet Smile

Without further ado, the woman began to leave, leaving Aiden, who was still stunned by all his strange fantasies, even though he wasn't really sure whether this woman was Karen or Mr Andersen daughter.

"Wa...wait...!" Aiden didn't want to waste the opportunity he had been waiting for a long time. The woman stopped walking and looked back.

"What is it ?"

"Are you Karen?"

"Yes, why ?" Aiden found it difficult to breathe. This woman was Karen, the same girl who looked like the boy he met at that time.

"Karenina, Mr James Andersen's daughter?" Aiden asked again to confirm.

"Yes, that's right, what's wrong? Who are you?"

"You don't remember me, Karen?"

"Hmm?" Karen was stunned, she didn't understand what this man meant.

Finally, Karen took a closer look at the young man in front of her. For some reason, she felt that this man was a little similar to Jacob.

"I don't know, but I think I've met-"

"I'm Aiden, Mr Andrich's son. Don't you remember?" Aiden looked at her gently. He cannot describe how happy he is now after almost 10 years of feeling longing for him.

"Oh...Aiden, right? Yes, I remember, it's been a long time since I've seen you? How are you? You getting more and more handsome!" Aiden was impressed to see Karen's reaction, which didn't seem to change, she was still a friendly girl.

"I'm fine, how are you?"

"What do you think? Do I look unhealthy?" Karen smiled, she looked even more beautiful.

"You look healthy and so beautiful," he answered spontaneously. His compliment made Karen's smile even wider.

"Oh yeah? You're good at complimenting, aren't you? Why haven't you come for a long time?"

"I just came back from London to finish my PhD. Are you still practicing taekwondo?"

"I haven't practiced for almost three years, I just want to focus on modeling. Oh yeah, earlier Sis Ricky said he wanted to meet Papa, right? Do you want to go in together?"

"Yes," he answered, for him this was an offer he couldn't pass up.

After almost 10 years, Ricky was finally able to walk side by side like this again with the woman he loved. Maintaining the same love for 10 years, isn't that something not everyone can do?

***

"Here you are, Ricky! Uncle Hermawan wants to talk to you!" Mr. Martin exclaimed as he waved his hand at Ricky, who was in love because he had reunited with his sweetheart.

The two uncles looked at their children who were walking closely with the same thought. Yes, it seems that in their eyes, Ricky and Bella look very harmonious.

"How are you, Uncle?" Ricky immediately shook the hand of the father of the woman he loved politely. Hermawan was impressed, Ricky looked so charismatic.

"Well, Ricky, how are you? How many years have we not seen each other?"

"It's been almost 10 years, Uncle"

"Haven't you ever returned to Jakarta?"

"I've never done it, Uncle."

"But why did you never come to Uncle's house? At that time Bella kept asking you, why didn't you ever come again..." Hearing the statement made by her father, Bella immediately looked confused. He did ask about Ricky, but that was a long time ago and only once. Next, he even forgot about Ricky and remembered him again about 15 minutes ago.

"Ah, that..." Ricky had difficulty answering. His pleasure increased when he found out that apparently, Bella also felt a little lost herself.

"In the future, Uncle wants you to come more often. Moreover, our business has started running, as your father asked. You will be in charge of the new company. Later, Uncle will ask Uncle's son-in-law to help you."

"Son-in-law? Since when did Papa have a son-in-law?" Bella thought. He really hated every time Papa treated his stepchildren like his own children.

"Ready, Uncle!" Ricky answered firmly.

Meanwhile, Diana and her mother, who had just returned home, entered the house carrying a bouquet of white orchids to give to Grandma.

"There are guests, right?" Mira saw Mr. Martin and Ricky standing in the middle of the room with her husband and Bella. Seeing her enemy coming, Bella intended to immediately leave and leave this boring meeting.

Diana still remembers very clearly the face of the man who came to her flower shop the other day. Yes, a tall half-breed man with a very beautiful face, a man whose eyes almost don't blink. The man he somehow hoped to meet again, now he was standing right in front of him, looking at him with his charming hazel eyes.

"You're the flower shop keeper, right?" Ricky immediately recognized this beautiful woman. Of course, Diana's face is not a face that is easily forgotten. She has the typical charming beauty of a Balinese woman.

"Ah... yes, we'll see you again..." Diana was nervous, she smiled while trying to control her heart from beating harder than usual.

"Wow... you know each other, right?" The two middle-aged uncles immediately joined in as if they didn't want to miss an important moment. Meanwhile Mira glanced at her nervous and embarrassed daughter with a smile.

"We met when Ricky bought Mama flowers for her birthday."

"Oh, I see, you haven't met yet, have you? This is Uncle's daughter too, her name is Diana. Diana, this is Uncle Erick's eldest child who just finished his PhD in America."

"Ricky, nice to meet again"

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