Days rolled past.
Yesseca and Kyi ins wedding was only three days away.
It was going to be held in Agaphen City.
This was specifically chosen by Yesseca.
Although many girls in Agaphen City would opt for more exotic and romantic locations, say, Maldives, Yesseca insisted on having it locally.
Because it was the place where she was born and raised.
Because her brother's and mother's souls were situated in this city.
This was Yesseca's last day of work.
She took a full month's leave which would officially start on the next day.
Before getting off work, Yesseca took inventory of the goods and handed them over to her colleague who was going to take over for her.
She received a call when she was about to leave.
It was from Montez.
"Hi, Montez," Yesseca answered the phone.
Montez's tone was sorrowful. "Yesseca, are you really getting married?" "Yes," Yesseca said gently. "Montez, I'm already an adult, and getting married is a stage I should go through. I hope you can give me your blessings, okay?"
There was silence at the other end of the line.
After a long silence, Montez said, "Yesseca, can I meet the man you're marrying?"
Yesseca's breath caught in her throat.
He continued stubbornly, "I have to see him so I can rest assured before handing you over to him."
Yesseca couldn't produce a response.
Montez's words were wise beyond his years.
Yesseca knew that she could refuse him, but she could not bear to do it.
She said, "Well, let me make a call, then. Wait for my reply."
Later on, Yesseca called Kylin.
She said that there was a child who wanted to meet him.
"I told you about him before, he's that man's son. I'm really close to him, but it's not because of his father. I just really like him..." Yesseca stuttered out.
In the end, she did not even know what she was saying.
She could only bite the bullet and say, "Kylin, it's up to you to decide whether to meet him. If you don't want to, I'll turn him down."
Although she could not bear to see Montez disappointed, she had to respect Kyi in's wishes.
However, to her surprise, Kylin agreed
immediately.
"Yesseca, I can see how much you care about him," said Kylin. "I'll meet him."
Montez received Yesseca's reply.
He was going to meet Kylin.
Montez couldn't help feeling down.
At the same time, it felt as though it would be the most painful experience to ever go down in his personal history.
He felt that he should say something to Tremaine.
Tremaine was his father.
Now that he had to man up and experience one of the most brutal moments of his life, it was natural that he should give his father a heads-up.
Montez called Tremaine.
However, it was not Tremaine, but Sheldon who picked up the phone.
At this moment, Tremaine was in a secret meeting with the leader of a huge country while Sheldon waited outside.
"Mr. Montez," greeted Sheldon.
"Uncle Sheldon, where is Daddy?" asked Montez.
"He's in a meeting."
"When will he be available to pick up my call?"
"I'm afraid it may take some time, Mr. Montez."
"Fine." Montez felt even more depressed.
He said to Sheldon, "Uncle Sheldon, once Daddy's done, tell him that I've gone to meet my rival in love."
Sheldon fell silent.
He suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Wasn't Montez still in kindergarten?
How could he have a rival in love?
Sheldon couldn't help saying, "Mr. Montez, could you please repeat that?"
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