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The Proposal Part 2

The guy didn't speak like the cat got his tongue. But maybe he didn't speak in English.

"I guess no English." She murmurs and studies him well. She speaks in Italian but the same thing she said in English. She speaks in Spanish, Danish, and French but nothing.

"I understand your languages but I don't know what to say to you." He speaks. She sighed in relief.

"Finalmente!" She exclaimed. "I thought you were an alien from another galaxy. Actually, you don't have to say anything. You just have to tell me where you are going to take me." She demanded.

He did not try to speak again and just drive. She stared at him waiting for him to tell her the answer. It's distracting him so he held the steering wheel tightly

"That's a shame." She mumbles looking away. He opens his mouth to speak but nothing comes out so he just shut it. So stupid. He cursed through his thoughts.

She wasn't wrong that he will bring her to their house. He might be her bodyguard that his father told her.

The big gate of the mansion opens and there are pine trees on the sides of the driveway. She saw her dog at the side of the driveway waiting for her. The dog barked and ran after the car. When the car stopped Gia immediately removed the seatbelt and hopped out of the car. He was about to tell her something but she's already gone. He punched the steering wheel in annoyance.

"Prince!" She called and she knelt in front of the dog and hugged it while the dog was kissing her cheek. She giggles and scratches the dog's chin.

He hopped out of the car and watched the young lady and her dog. Athena tapped him on the shoulder and he faced her bowing at her.

"In the office now." She demanded him. He nodded and glanced at Gia one last time.

"Sweetheart," Athena called Gia. Gia smiled and ran to her mother hugging and kissing her cheek.

"Mommy, is he my bodyguard?" Gia asked her mother. Athena opened her mouth to speak but she closed it when she didn't know what to say. She raised her eyebrow thinking that her mother never stalled.

"Why won't you have a nap first and your father and I are going to talk about it."

In Ares’s Office, lots of monitors are around and control. It’s tidy and all of the furniture are

"My daughter thought that you were her bodyguard," Athena said as she gave a glass of cocktail drink to Edmond.

"We can't tell her that you are her fiancé because she will get mad," Ares said. "You are the one who should tell it to her."

"Not a fiancé but a suitor," Athena said. "She is just 17 and going 18 next month."

"I can be her bodyguard so I can have a chance to tell her about myself." He said and sipped on the drink.

"Not a bad idea," Ares said. "But you should know that she likes something thrilling and adventurous. Also, she got heart disease and sleeping syndrome, and narcolepsy that we are still looking for a cure for. No one can wake her except for Prince who patiently wakes her up when she is very tired to wake herself up. But sometimes she woke up all by herself until she finished the ten-hour sleep." Ares explained.

"She had asthma that just attacked anytime. When she cries hard to stop it and it will take almost two hours for her to get over it." Athena added.

"When did these all happen?" He asked worriedly.

"This happened when the beagle that Logan gave her was killed. She was just six at that time when robbers had hijacked our security system when we were in the Bahamas. And that is her second dog named Cheez." Ares explained.

"She cried for one and a half hours and we got very worried," Athena said feel hurt when she remembered those moments.

"What about her sleeping syndrome?"

"It was inborn," Athena said. "When she gets tired she will just lay wherever she is and sleep there. She's very hyper-active, that's why when she said she's tired and when she yawned and closed her eyes, that's the sign that she will sleep and no one can wake her except her dog. But it takes one and a half hours for you to wake her up." Athena explained.

"Very clear to me, don't worry Mr. and Mrs. James. I'll take care of her."

"Well, you must. She's hard-headed sometimes and she likes to fight if someone messes up with her." Ares said. "She's a war freak when she gets mad just like~~" Ares stopped and nods his head.

"Just like her mother?" Athena asked, narrowing her eyes at her husband. Ares faced Edmond to avoid his wife's piercing eyes.

"Since we have work to do and we can't guard her moves anytime, her security is up to you, and please keep our daughter safe, she's unpredictable sometimes."

"I'll do my best Mr. James."

Someone knocked on the door and they all stopped. Gia opens the door wearing a dobok or simply a uniform of Tae Kwon Do that is originated in Korea

"Dad," she said. Edmond stared at her. She's beautiful as ever. I want to hear her sing. He thought.

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