THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
99. Happy,,, And,,,,

A few moments before....

Rory had just spoken to Martin about their new song video, which resulted from a mix of Nayla and Rory.

"You can rest, you and Nayla have worked hard today. I'll be monitoring other work" Martin said.

"Where are the others?" ask Rory.

"It looks like they're looking for something for dinner. Because this song is more focused on you and Nayla, there's not much they can do, so they want to find something for Nayla" Martin said.

Rory nodded in understanding and paid her respects to meet Nayla who had been a few minutes ago inside the makeup tent.

"Have you seen Nayla?" rory asked one of the crew members who helped make the video.

"I saw the lady walking towards there after coming out of the makeup tent," she replied politely as she pointed in one direction.

"Thank you" said Rory.

"By pleasure, sir," he greeted her politely.

Rory goes to the direction the crew pointed at and circulates his gaze, looking for where Nayla is. Until finally found the figure of Nayla who was leaning under a palm tree.

Initially Rory intended to surprise him, but he canceled his intention when he saw Nayla closed her eyes with a breath that looked so calm. One hand still holds the phone.

"Looks like he's exhausted," Rory murmured softly.

Rory approached Nayla with a faint smile on her face. The beach's afternoon breeze blew gently as if it did not want to wake Nayla who was asleep. Her hair was blown off to cover part of her face.

With a careful movement and as slow as possible, Rory sat down beside Nayla, looking at her face with a smile on her lips.

'You even still look beautiful when you sleep, ' Rory's inner self.

His eyes turned on the phone in Nayla's hand, revealing a message conversation with Adrian. Rory reads Adrian's message saying,

[[[If you come and it's likely to be late, I'll buy some time. But if you can't come, give me some news so I can take care of the rest ]]

[[ @Nayla; I'll work on it. ]]

For a moment, Rory felt guilty as she recalled the Nayla awards ceremony that was to be held tomorrow. While Nayla was supposed to celebrate her achievement, she was faced with the problems that arose from her.

Slowly, Rory reached out her hand to get rid of the hair covering Nayla's face.

"You're done?" nayla asked as Rory flicked her hair with her eyes still closed.

"Ehh,,? You awake? Did I wake you?" ask Rory.

"No, I only felt as you sat down," replied Nayla chuckling softly, then opened her eyes.

"Oh, and you pretend to sleep when I'm sitting down?" welcome Rory narrowing her eyes.

"I'm not sleeping" said Nayla. "Just close your eyes" he added.

"That's the same thing, you know, you know," Rory squeezed in a puff while pulling Nayla's nose.

"Aakh, let go" cried Nayla to pull Rory's hand over and cover her nose with one hand.

Rory chuckled for a while, and looked back at Nayla.

"You haven't answered my question yet" Nayla said.

"Questions?" said Rory frowning. "Do you want something?" rory asked.

"I asked if your business with Martin was done" Nayla repeated.

"Ah, that turns out," said Rory to poke the back of her neck. "Say it's over, all just waiting for the final process, and we can rest after this. And they (Kevin and the others), disappeared somewhere" Rory said.

"That's it, nice to hear it," Nayla greeted with a happy smile.

There was a pause between them as Rory continued to lament Nayla with a hesitant face.

"What?" Nayla raised her eyebrows asking as she watched Rory continue to look at her.

"I'm sorry, because of me, you're stuck with a problem that's coming from me. In fact, you just got good news with the award you got, indirectly I have messed it up," said Rory lirih.

Nayla looked at Rory in silence, then turned her face to the beach in front of them. With a sure motion, Nayla shifted her seat closer to Rory, and placed her head on Rory's shoulder.

"Can you stop blaming yourself when circumstances you can't predict come before you?" pinta Nayla is still staring at the beach.

"I don't like it and it sounds annoying" he added.

"I_,,,"

"And today was also too tiring to discuss it," Nayla cut quickly, then squirmed for a moment.

"You want to die, with that much activity for just one video that is not up to ten minutes long, how can you continue to do this? If it was me, maybe my legs would have slipped out of place" gerundel Nayla said.

Rory's laughter broke out instantly. Nayla continued to grumble softly by putting on a sullen face letting out all her complaints.

"Are you sorry?" tanya Rory gently stroked Nayla's head-top.

"Do you know?" ask Nayla.

"What?"

"You-no," Nayla nodded slowly. "To be precise you're all great, really. You do activities like this, of course, not once or twice, and you continue to do it as if it was nothing" Nayla said sincerely.

"If it was me, maybe I wouldn't be able to get out of my bed afterwards" he added laughing softly.

"That goes for you, too," said Rory to gently nudge Nayla's nose.

"If I had to sit in front of a computer with my brain working extra like you, I'd give up in one day. Hating the computer after that. But, you didn't even sleep for a few days to finish your script," Rory said in awe.

They looked at each other for a while until Nayla again set her sights on the beach, still with her head resting on Rory's boat and hands in her grasp. The sea breeze and the gentle pounding of the waves filled the silence between them.

Watching the sun go down in a golden orange light that looks beautiful and spoils the eyes of anyone who sees it.

"You want to go to the beach?" bargain Rory.

"I don't think you're gonna ask. You made me wait a long time" Nayla said, raising her head.

"Then, come on!" rory said as she got up from her seat and helped Nayla stand up.

They walked to the beach with bare feet. Letting the sea water hit their feet.

They stood facing the orange horizon in front of them with their fingers interlocked.

Rory gently squeezed Nayla's hand, making her turn towards him. Just as Nayla looked at him, Rory knelt on one leg in front of Nayla.

His one hand did not let go of Nayla's hand, while his one free hand reached into her pants pocket, taking out the velvet box he had prepared from the start.

"Roy,,??" Nayla frowned. "What are you doing?" tanyanya while circulating her gaze, hoping that no one would see her.

Rory releases Nayla's hand for a moment just to open the dark blue velvet box in her hand, revealing a ring that glows in the afternoon sun.

"You're the best thing that's happened in my life. My days have become more colorful since your presence in my life. The mistake I made with you, made me realize that the most frightening thing for me was losing you that meant so much to me" took a slow breath

"I thought I loved you enough and couldn't love you more. However, the more days I spent with you, I was proven wrong. I've become more in love with you as we've spent more time together,"

"Nayrela Louise, will you marry me?" hope Rory gets Nayla's hand back.

Every sentence that Rory threw was full of seriousness. He looked straight into Nayla's eyes, pouring out everything he couldn't convey with words.

Nayla put one hand on her mouth with tears that had escaped her eyes, smiling haru.

"I-I,,,"

Nayla was trying to control the overflowing feeling in her heart. It was as if what he was experiencing right now was a dream. And with a slow movement, he nodded and replied with a trembling voice.

"I'm willing," answered Nayla with happy tears.

Their happy smile was filled by Rory who immediately put the ring on Nayla's ring finger, and stood up. Pulling Nayla into his arms, lifting her body and twisting it with an overflow of happiness.

"You made me the happiest man in the world, thank you, Ma Cheri," whispered Rory in Nayla's ear.

Nayla returned Rory's embrace with no less happy feelings, holding on tightly to her as Rory twisted her body in her arms.

"WWOOOHHHOOO,,,,!!!!!"

The sound of lively cheers rang out from the people who suddenly appeared around Nayla and Rory. Wherever they hid, those who were none other than the ones who played a role in the making of the video cheered happily while clapping.

Nayla immediately broke away from Rory with a dead red face, unable to hide her reserved look when she saw Kevin who was smiling happily.

Martin also seems unable to hide the happiness on his face, Thomas who was happy with what he saw, and Ethan and Nathan were no less happy to continue cheering with joy.

"Do you guys have the moment?" ask Ethan excitedly.

"Of course, and it's perfect" replied one of the crew holding the camera smiling complacently.

"W-What are you doing?" welcome Nayla stammered, surprised by those who suddenly appeared.

"And what does your question mean, Ethan?" nayla asked still with a surprised face.

"Make the moment you two, of course, what else?" answer's relaxed.

Rory grabs Nayla's hand before Nayla can make her protest.

"I've been planning this for a long time, but if they are, I don't know what they're up to. One thing is for sure, they will not do anything beyond their limits" Rory said.

"I know, but kan_," complained Nayla.

Nayla didn't finish her sentence when she saw they looked so happy with what they were doing. Despite everything they did, he still trusted them completely.

In the end Nayla just smiled while shaking her head. Rory gently squeezed his hand, and again pulled Nayla in his arms, enjoying the rest of the afternoon together.

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