Being Proposed to By a Blind CEO

“Gif, are you Raya’s ex-boyfriend?” Gifer immediately widened his eyes in surprise and faced to the right, where Belvina was sitting next to him. Belvina who saw Gifer’s surprised expression made her even more certain that what she had just asked was true.

“How did you find out, Vin? Did you find out about me?” Gifer asked back, making Belvina even more troubled. She shook her head in disagreement with what Gifer had just said. ‘What did he say? Finding out about him? It’s like there’s nothing else to do.’ She said to herself. Then she thought of a way to explain so that the sweet man in front of her wouldn’t misunderstand what she meant. If only, the mango tree behind them could know Belvina’s intentions like in a fairy tale, surely the girl would not bother to explain her intentions alone. She would have asked the tree for help and the tree would have happily helped her. It was unfair that the mango tree did not help her at all. ‘How annoying! She said to herself again.

“No, don’t get me wrong, Gif. So, one week ago when I wanted to see you without telling you over the phone, I overheard your conversation with Mr. Kevin-” Before Belvina could continue her story, Gifer frowned slightly. As if he felt something was stuck in his mind. ‘Mr. Kevin? Belvina also knows about him? Wow, this is very odd.’ He thought. He also tried to ask Belvina about it, so that he could find out in detail the root of all his problems so far.

“Wait, Mr. Kevin? Do you also know about the old man?” Gifer asked, getting confused with Belvina’s explanation.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Yes, I definitely know, Gif. This is what I still don’t understand, I want to explain but from where,” said Belvina. Gifer scratched the back of his neck which was suddenly itchy. He was also confused if he wanted to explain to Belvina about the chronology of the accident he had experienced.

“Just explain it from the beginning,” suggested Gifer who finally raised his voice again.

“So, when Anggi and I first set foot in Jakarta, we intended to go on vacation. Well, at that time Anna and I were taking pictures under the beautiful flowers in the urban park in Central Jakarta. Eh suddenly there was a girl who seemed to be calling someone and then bumped into Anggi accidentally until the girl’s cellphone fell, but instead Anggi was blamed. I obviously didn’t accept it if my best friend was blamed like that. So I tried to be nice to her, but she couldn’t be helped, so she left us with an angry expression on her face. And do you know who that girl is? That is Raya, your ex-girlfriend,” Gifer’s brain was still trying to digest every word that Belvina said through her thin lips.

“Ah, when did that happen?”

“When yes, I’ve lived here for quite a long time too, there’s a lot of drama in this city of Jakarta. But I think what I remember is one month after I saw you wanting to kill yourself on the bridge,”

“What? One month?” Gifer began to rack his brain on that day, the day which became his misfortune because he had to get into an accident because of Raya who called impatiently wanting Gifer to arrive immediately but ended in a disaster whose pain the sweet man still felt until now. Gifer began to understand now what Belvina meant. He tried to tell the truth too.

“You know, Vin. I got into an accident and became blind like this because of Raya. Because I obeyed all her wishes. But after knowing that I couldn’t see anymore, she then asked for a breakup,”

“That’s the story. That means, indirectly, God gave us a clue when Anggi and I met Raya. We were bound to that girl,” Belvina was still trying to explain with Gifer as her listener.

“Bound? What do you mean by bound?”

“I’ll continue my story first. But because as long as Anggi and I didn’t have a job in this city, and it seemed strange to go to Jakarta just for a vacation, then we decided to look for a job. Now, here’s the important point, it turns out that we work at Mr. Kevin’s company, the ‘Shinning Doll’ company,”

“Then, Mr. Kevin is your boss?”

“Yep, you guessed it,”

“Then what does that have to do with Raya?”

“Do you remember when I said I lost my memory and was still in the process of remembering everything on the bridge and on the same day when you almost committed suicide?”

“Really? I don’t remember it,” Gifer scratched the back of his suddenly itchy neck while trying to remember the events of that day.

“Yes, do you know who caused me to fall down the stairs and lose my memory?”

“Who?”

“Raya,”

Gifer covered his mouth with both palms in disbelief. ‘All this time Raya has never done anything criminal like that, but why did she dare to almost take someone’s life?’ He thought.

“Maybe you made a mistake with Raya, so Raya got upset and…”

“No matter how upset someone is, they won’t dare to take someone’s life, Gifer! Do you still want to defend her?” Belvina raised her voice slightly.

“It’s not like that. I’ve known Raya for a long time, even since we were in high school. And during that time, Raya never did anything bad. That’s why I don’t believe your words,” Gifer deliberately tested Belvina whether the girl would get carried away or not, Gifer wanted to know how Belvina would react.

“Oh, so you still like her?” Belvina asked in a tone that was slightly sarcastic to Gifer and eyes squinted. Somehow he didn’t like it when Gifer defended the sly girl like Raya. Gifer shook his head noisily, he also didn’t want to make Belvina misunderstand what he had said.

“No, I mean…”

“It’s fine, if you still like her too, it’s nothing to do with me. I just wanted to say that Raya is a bad girl, she’s not a good girl like you know,” Belvina moved from her sitting position, but her left hand was held by the sweet man still sitting on the park bench. The coldness of the air made their skin shiver slightly. Gifer’s hand was getting colder as he held Belvina’s wrist. Belvina turned her head towards Gifer.

“Then, show me what a good girl looks like, Vin.”

“Huh?” Gifer also stood up, facing Belvina.

“I know, Raya is indeed a bad girl, I don’t like her anymore after knowing that she asked to break up with me after when I wasn’t perfect anymore. That already shows that she doesn’t love me for who I am, I know that. And you know, I had an accident, that was also because of Raya. Because Raya asked me to get to Jakarta as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the distance between Kendal and Jakarta is very far and it would take a long time, especially by car. Raya kept calling me at that time and when I was picking up the phone from her, a car hit my car but I couldn’t avoid it because I was responding to Raya’s call. I remember that very well. But Raya didn’t want to take the blame. As usual, those who are powerful with money will win, and ordinary people like me will lose,” Belvina looked sadly at Gifer who recounted in detail the car accident he had experienced at that time. It made her feel a little compassionate.

“And I also realized that…” Gifer deliberately paused his sentence.

“What?”

“That I…”

“What, Gif?”

“I like you, Belvina.” Belvina who heard that directly from her interlocutor’s mouth was surprised. Her heart began to rustle. She did not usually feel this way if she was shot by a man. Usually she would flatly refuse if a man confessed his love for her on the grounds that it was not her criteria. But now? A blind man dared to declare his love for her. Will Belvina flatly refuse like the men she often meets, or even the other way around?

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To Be Continued