Lisa's POV

It's been 3 days since the welcome party for Niki.

Everything seems to be perfect, the woman who I always denied but see myself to be with in the future is right here sleeping next to me. She always looks radiant in everything that she does.

Today, I am going to propose to her. We've been 'dating' each other for 5 years now but we never really had a label for our so-called relationship. The moment that she wakes up I will slip a ring in her food and pop the question to her. I know Niki and I didn't have a label to our relationship, it's just because I wasn't sure about what I feel for her. She always asks me what she is to me but I would always tell her that she is somewhat a special kind of friend for me. But now I am certain about what I feel for her, I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

A few moments later and she started squirming, indication that she is already waking up.

"Good morning beautiful." I kissed the tip of Niki's nose as she opened her eyes.

"Hmm..." She let out a soft moan and smiled adoringly back at me as she stretched her arms and legs on the bed.

"Look, I brought you breakfast in bed." I showed her the tray of food containing a plate of scrambled eggs with bacon and toast and a glass of fresh orange juice. Just the way she likes it.

Niki changed into a sitting position as soon as she saw the breakfast tray that I had prepared for her.

"You're so cute!" She pinched me on both cheeks and kissed me on the tip of my nose. Then she proceeded on eating the meal in front of her.

I was so anxious while looking at her eating the scrambled eggs. Why can't she find the ring yet?! Cold sweat is trickling from my forehead. The longer she takes on finding the ring the more anxious I get.
Finally, she bit into something hard. She then took a tissue and took something out of .

As soon as she got the glimpse of the ring, the smile from her face disappeared. Her glance went back and forth from the ring then to me. So, I snatched the ring from her hand and kneeled on one knee.

"Niki, I know I've been denying you the title of our relationship. You kept on asking me when will you ever have your rightful spot in my life. I kept on telling you that you're just my special friend because I wasn't sure about how I feel about you... But now... I am sure, all I want to do is spend the rest of my life with you." My sweat even turned colder as I said every word.

"Niki Zefanya, will you marry me?" There, I popped the question. But what I was expecting was the total opposite of what just happened.

She cried— not because of happiness. Her tears weren't the tears of joy, she looked at me and told me... "You're a little too late..." her tears were flowing endlessly from her eyes.

Surprised by her unexpected reaction, I just stared at her with a confused expression trying to process the information in my brain.

"You're a little too late Lisa." She took the ring from my hand and placed it in the middle of my palm, then she closed my hand turning it into a fist.

"What? I don't understand." Taken aback from what she just said, I sat on the floor helplessly, with both of my arms on top of my knees. Niki then got up from the bed, and knelt in front of me— cupping my face, with her forehead against mine.

"Lisa, I'm engaged." She closed her eyes as she enunciated each word.

Those three words shattered my heart into pieces.

"How did it— when?!" I queried in frustration.

"My dad arranged my marriage with the son of the Prime Minister. I thought this day wouldn't come so I said yes when he asked me to marry him." More tears streamed down from her eyes.

I don't know what to do, I don't know how to react upon hearing the information. All I know is it hurts... It hurts so bad that I just wish I didn't hear anything at all.

"Then why did you come here and acted so affectionate towards me if you're already engaged?!" I snapped. I felt like she just fooled me this past few days.

Upon hearing my response, Niki hugged me so tight that I could feel her body shivering.

"I just came here to say goodbye to you one last time—" She tried to stop herself from sobbing but she just can't.

"I thought this is the best way to forget about us... I thought I can easily say thi