Proposal

In the end, humans can only plan.

Because sometimes as mature as any plan you make, if the universe is not on your side, the plan will only remain a plan.

Nothing materializes except a new story beyond your expectations.

...

"Marry me, Rosie..."

The smile on Rose's face slowly faded.

Rosie... The call sounded familiar.

"My dear Rosie..."

"I know you have wonderful plans with your lover."

"Forgive me."

"Because I will ruin your beautiful plan."

"In the end, we will still be married."

"I will be your husband."

Not Rayhan, the voice that was ringing in her head right now wasn't Rayhan's voice.

No way, control yourself, Rose!

The man currently kneeling before you is not William. Don't worry, you're just still being influenced by his bullshit.

Rose regulates her rumbling breaths as her heart beats irregularly.

All the audience cheered loudly shouting "Accept." Compactly while Rose was still silent.

Her body trembled with fear, what if it wasn't Rayhan who proposed to her?

Rose was still frozen with her anxiety when the man touched the back of her hand without permission, making Rose pull her hand away with a jerk.

"I already have a boyfriend and we're getting married soon. I'm sorry." Rose's words made the audience immediately purse their lips tightly.

Rose rejected the proposal flatly, only William called her Rosie, so the man in front of her wasn't Rayhan, even the schedule for the proposal was different, all of this must be William's game.

Rose won't be trapped, she won't

into William's trap again.

The man then dropped the ring when Rose refused.

"I'm sorry..." Rose said again guiltily, her body slowly moving backward but someone held her and held her shoulder tightly.

Rose turned her head and how surprised she is when she saw William standing next to her and holding her tightly.

"H... How come?" Rose could barely make a sound, her tongue moaning and unable to move.

If the man beside her was William then who was the man kneeling before her at this time?

All the concertgoers are gossiping now, talking about what happened and who the masked man who proposed to Rose was, and who was the man currently embracing Rose's body, which was starting to wobble because she felt swayed by this confusing situation.

"I think this is a good time to announce our wedding plans, don't you think, my dear Rosie?"

Like hypnotized, Rose was silent when William pinned the ring on her ring finger without permission.

"Initially we were going to announce our wedding plans tomorrow, but because Rosie is so precious and so many people love her then I can't stop myself from announcing this happy news if we are getting married on Valentine's Day the day after tomorrow," William said, like the presenter, William was very direct when speaking in front of thousands of audiences using Rose's microphone and had to speak a little closer to her.

Seeing Rose who didn't dodge, the man could only wake up with the last remaining pride in his pride.

That's right, the masked man who proposed to Rose was Rayhan.

"Wish you happiness," Rayhan said softly, he gave the rose he brought to Rose before walking away.

How could she have mistaken the lover she had been with for five years? Rose seemed to have just toppled her world.

Their plan failed because of her stupidity not being able to recognize Rayhan and instead suspecting that he was William.

Rose was just about to be ready to chase Rayhan when William held her and kissed her right in front of thousands of spectators who were getting more and more shocked but slowly returned to shouting congratulations to Rose because they were also happy for Rose's happiness.

Rose's confession indirectly hinted that if William was the lover that Rose had previously said when she rejected Rayhan's proposal, no one would have guessed that the situation was the opposite of what they had previously planned.

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Rayhan pulled the mask he was wearing violently so that the corner of his cheek was scratched and bleeding.

His heart was broken, his pride was hurt, and the world had abandoned him so cruelly.

It felt numb, Rayhan didn't know whether he should cry out loud or get angry and destroy everything.

Empty, Rayhan felt nothing but emptiness.

Rose rejected him and the most painful thing was that Rose betrayed him.

Rose was even still hugging him earlier, saying she couldn't wait to end the concert so he could propose to her without Rayhan ever imagining that Rose was planning to cruelly dump him.

And that man, William Alexander...

Rayhan had met him in the bathroom earlier when he was calming himself from his nervousness and William smiled confidently at him.

William even started a conversation with him first when Rayhan intended to ignore him.

"You look happy," William said with a smiling face facing the mirror, Rayhan who was just about to leave finally gave up.

Rayhan smiled at the mirror while washing his hands.

"Why? Are you jealous?" Ryan asked calmly.

"Not really, I just wanted to say if you don't be too happy too much, especially because of a plan. Plans can fail at any time." William said as he dried his hands and adjusted his coat.

"Right, plans may fail so prepare yourself." Said Rayhan who didn't flinch at all and instead casually patted William on the shoulder.

"Just a little advice from me," William said again making Rayhan's steps stop for a moment.

"I know everything, The concert will be over in thirty minutes or so. What if I stop it ten minutes from now?" William continued, who overheard the conversation between Rose and Rayhan in the make-up room.

William didn't think that they would be that smart but at the same time felt annoyance was starting to cover the recesses of his heart.

Hearing William's words, Rayhan immediately ignited his emotions and without hesitation pushed William's body until William body hit the wall.

"I'm not afraid of your bluff! Rose and I are both sure to get married." Rayhan said with sharp eyes that were ready to tear anything.

But William didn't feel intimidated at all, instead, he laughed at Rayhan's bad treatment and glare.

"Then I will come first and destroy all your beautiful plans and one more thing, Rose is very happy to be called Rosie, she will immediately accept my proposal when I call her Rosie," William said before removing Rayhan's hand from his shoulder and walking away leaving Rayhan.

Rayhan felt very threatened, he became nervous at that time, and without thinking he immediately asked the concert organizer to speed up his plans so Rayhan proposed to Rose when he was just in the middle of the ending song Rose was singing.

By wearing a mask and carrying a bunch of white roses, Rayhan was sure that Rose would be very impressed and accept it immediately.

"Marry me." Finally, the proposal was spoken perfectly, Rayhan could see a wide smile and sparkling eyes on Rose's face making his heart like a beautiful flower field.

"Rosie.." He continued, even though William planned to call Rose Rosie but Rayhan didn't care, the most important thing was that Rose accepted his proposal.

But unexpectedly, Rose rejected him and now Rayhan realized that all of this was William's rotten plan to take over his place and mess up his plans.

How stupid he was, Rayhan felt himself to be a stupid human being at this time.

There was nothing wrong except that he was too confident that Rose only loved him and he was finally hurt now.

The wound was very deep and painful, the pain devoured his heart making his whole body weak until finally Rayhan could only cry lamenting the pain of his heart because he had been dumped by the only woman who owned his heart.

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