Chapter 103 - His Lover

"And just for your information, the Regnz member would never break promises. Otherwise, we would be struck by lightning."

"Vincent, please. Be serious with me."

"What? When have I never been serious with you?"

Cathy giggled, and she realized her heavy heart became as light as a feather, causing her to smile endlessly.

"I love your smile." came the compliment from the man. "Don't ever cry like that again." Vincent raised his hand to touch the girl's rosy cheek and stroke it so gently as if Cathy was a fragile priceless porcelain doll.

Cathy felt her heart jittery and a tingling sensation spread through all over her heart. She realized she had no reason to reject the man's feelings now. She no longer had a reason to bury her own feelings.

"Vincent, I... I like you too." Cathy slightly lowered her gaze and spoke the last word so softly that it almost did not get into Vincen't ears.

The strokes on her cheeks paused, and suddenly Vincent seemed to turn into a motionless statue. Cathy glanced at him nervously. Is it possible that Vincent changed his mind? Does he feel regret now?

"What did you say earlier?" somehow, Vincent's voice was a little hoarse in her ears.

For a moment, Cathy couldn't answer the question because there was still an effect of fear that his feelings had changed. It took a few seconds to make her realize that Vincent had not heard her words.

Even though she knew she uttered the word in a low voice, she felt sure her voice was loud enough for the man sitting next to her to hear.

Nevertheless, Cathy repeated her words once again, and this time she spoke in a little bit louder voice.

"I like you too." Unfortunately, there was still no reaction from the man, so Cathy tried to say it even louder. "Vincent, I..." Her words were interrupted when Vincent hugged her suddenly and stole her breath away.

"I heard it. Thank you," whispered Vincent over the top of her head.

Strangely Cathy felt like her head was being kissed, and she was not sure whether her guess was accurate or not.

"Did you do something?" asked Cathy as Vincent let go of his arms.

Vincent just gave him a happy smile and took her hand without answering her question.

"Come on. I guess you'll want to meet your best friend."

"How do you know?" chirped Cathy in delight and excited to see her dear friend, forgetting her previous curiosity.

"How could I not know? You always boast of a Katleen Morse at each of our meetings."

Cathy smiled shyly and remembered that she'd often heard Kitty's song in restaurants or at the mall at the start of their regular meeting. Of course, she continued to talk about Kitty with enthusiasm while expressing her longing for her friend.

Wait... Could it be...?

"So, you invited Kitty to sing here specifically? Or it was just a coincidence?"

"What do you think?"

Cathy could see that man's wicked gaze and smile made her sure Vincent had deliberately invited Kitty today.

"Then how long will she sing?"

"Of course, until I told her to stop."

Cathy imitated Vanessa by hitting Vincent's arm, only not hard.

"Ouch... why did you hit me? It seemed my sister was a bad influence for you."

Cathy snorted at his playful tone then walked over to the stage. Vincent laughed with amusement to see his beloved lover was sulking.

Lover? It feels so good to call his girl a lover, and soon enough, she would be titled as his wife.

[author: ∑(O_O;) it's too soon!]

"Mister Regnz," a middle-aged man came over to Vincent while Cathy approached Kitty, who had just finished singing.

"Kitty! Why didn't you tell me you were back in town?"

Kitty laughed and hugged Cathy no less cheerfully.

"I wanted to tell you, but someone strictly forbade me from contacting you," answered Kitty with a laugh.

"Why?"

Kitty's laughter grew louder at her friend's confusion.

"So, how is it? Did you accept his proposal?"

Cathy felt her blood rushed to her face, "What proposal? He just confessed his feelings to me."

"What?! Really?" Kitty looks incredulous. "Jeez .. he's been this romantic when he declared his feelings. I can't imagine how he will propose to you later. It would be overwhelming."

"Hush, you're thinking too far."

Kitty chuckled at her friend's trying her best to hide her embarrassment.

"You can think steps ahead when it comes to your responsibilities at work, 

but why can't you think about your future relationship?"

"Kitty!" scolded Cathy because it looked like Kitty wouldn't stop taunting her.

"All right, all right. I won't tease you again. But I can see he adores you. He even made a music box and put it up himself in the lake."

This time Cathy didn't understand what her best friend was talking about.

"What do you mean?"

"You haven't tried throwing stones earlier? There is a music box under the lake. If you hit it with a rock, there will be a different melody. Then..."

Cathy was silent, speechless to hear this information, and listened to what her best friend said about her boyfriend. Apparently, this place was not a public place but a private site that belonged to the Flex group.

Cathy just noticed that there was a large estate behind the stage. She didn't realize it earlier as the wall stage covered almost the entire building.

Vincent specially rented this place and contacted Kitty's manager to sing here. And that music machine... it's not like the music box was there in the first place. But Vincent made it himself, installed and adjusted the loudspeakers in such a way that she wouldn't know where the melody came from.

The longer she heard about the man's preparation for tonight's love confession, the more touched and fascinated she became.

Cathy glanced at Vincent, who was talking to an older man. Vincent looks like a reliable businessman when discussing something with this man. It was the first time she saw the other side of the man who was now her lover.

She wondered why she could see a halo over his head to level up his handsomeness.