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"Good morning everyone!" Gina greeted as she walked into her boutique, causing all her employees to stop what they were doing... one of the employees Gina had seen outside walked in with her and carried a few boxes with her. "Good morning, ma'am" They all greeted in unison, and Gina nodded... "Gina, please share it with everyone. They are such delicious pastries, and I hope you all enjoy them,", Gina said and smiled warmly at her employees, who looked completely surprised at her sudden nice gesture. It made them feel weird and a bit uncomfortable because they were used to her being in a foul mood and always had to avoid anything that would get on her nerves.. but staring at her right then, she seemed like a completely different person and not the Gina they had been working for... Did something really good happen to her... they were all curious to know the good thing that had happened to Gina and hoped this new mood wasn't temporary but permanent... "Thank you, ma'am,", Clara said to Gina, her eyes filled with confusion at Gina's sudden niceness. She took the boxes that Gina had brought and distributed them among everyone, who looked immediately surprised when she told them that they were from Gina... "Is something up with her? She has been acting strange lately," Magdalene, the manager at Gina's boutique,e, ask, ed, and Clara shook her head... " I have no idea. She seemed to always be In a good mood lately, and I hope she remains that way for a long time..... Gina hummed a song as she walked into her office and dropped her back on her desk. She had a lingering smile on her face as she took her seat, and her phone started to ring... A smile appeared on her face when she saw who was calling and she didn't waste a single second answering the call... she spoke to Charles for a while, and he finally asked her the question that he had been contemplating for a few days... "would you like to have dinner with me?" Charles asked "dinner?" Gina said to Charles on the other end of the line and he hummed in response... "We haven't had dinner together in a while, and I miss you also; we could have dinner together tonight at my place,", Charles said, and Gina swallowed when she heard him mention his place. If they had dinner at his place, then it would just be the two of them alone, and... her thoughts trailed off, and she became flushed because of the naughty thought that had popped into her mind... "okay" Gina agreed her heart racing in her chest as she ended the call... a few minutes later Charles texted her the time they would meet and Gina didn't waste a single second before she left her office and went into her boutique to search for what she was going to wear to their dinner date at his place... she wanted to look simply yet stunning _______________________ _______________________ Gina walked into his dimly lit apartment, her eyes scanning the place as Charles led her to his balcony the moment Gina stepped in she froze completely in her tracks, there was a beautiful display of red roses that had been arranged with a candle lit around making it look romantic... her eyes travelled from the beautiful display to Charles and when she saw the warm and nervous look in his eyes Gina swallowed... "Charles," Gina said when he knelt on one knee and brought out a beautiful velvet ring box from his pocket. Herr's heart melted,d and her eyes watered up as he opened the ring box to reveal a mesmerising diamond ring... Gina immediately fell in love with the ring and gasped... her heart racing like crazy, everything felt surreal and it was hard for her to believe that he was proposing when they had only been together for barely three months... "I can't wrap my head around any reality without you in it Gina... I want to spend every reality with only you in it for the rest of my life... I know this is so sudden and we have only been together for a short time..." Charles paused because of how nervous he was.s "I want to be your husband,d and I want you to be my wife... I love you so much; please, will you spend the rest of your life with me,e Gina... I want to love you until my last breath,h" Charles said,d and Gina had to remind herself to breathe as she stared at him... "I love you too,o," Gina said and stretched out her hand for him to put the ring on her finger... a smile of happiness and relief appeared on Charles's face as he placed the ring on her finger and it was perfect... he knew they would have to get engaged soon because her father and his mother wanted it, but Charles wanted to make it special for her... he wanted their engagement to be about the both of them too and not just their family... he loved her and wanted her to feel special for the rest of their lives together... he had never been so sure about anything in his life... Gina didn't wait for Charles to get up; she leaned closer to him and captured his lips, her heart filled with joy for making her feel so special... she loved him so much, and she was going to keep loving him for the rest of her life... She wanted a happy life with him, the happy life that she had dreamed of and had been a far-fetched dream for her... she could feel it slowly coming into reality... and it made her heart warm... she wanted to have a life with him and wanted to grow old with him... Gina poured out all her emotions as she kissed him and a tear rolled down her cheeks... Charles's eyes fluttered open when he felt her