Chapter 448: Chapter 448

Her face flushed, "There are people watching."

The designer on the side wisely packed up his things immediately and then exited the room.

"Alright, now there’s no one," Kyle Kinston said.

Mabel Quinn was speechless, then with a reddened face, she murmured, "I’m not wearing makeup right now, how can I be that beautiful?"

"In my eyes, very beautiful," he said softly.

He never knew he could be so enamored with someone, as if everything about her captivated him; her every smile and frown, her every displeasure and coyness tugged at his heart.

"There’s still some time before dinner, let me show you something," he said.

"Something?" she asked, slightly surprised. When she saw it, she couldn’t help but gasp. It was a very beautiful Ruby, the color of pigeon blood, seemingly around several dozen carats, and around it were two half-circle bands inlaid with Diamonds, very luxurious and beautiful.

Such a Ruby ring must be worth a fortune, and Mabel could tell from the look of the ring box that Kyle took out that it seemed quite aged.

She looked at him, puzzled, "And this ring is...?"

"It was meant to be given to my mother by my father, only he never did," Kyle Kinston said. "Back then, my father was planning to propose to my mother with this ring, but she secretly left him. It took him nine years, and the last he saw was my mother’s body. So this ring has never been given away."

Mabel Quinn was a bit stunned, suddenly feeling that the ring in her hand was much heavier than when she first got it. This was the first time Kyle talked to her about his parents.

"Then this ring could be buried with your mother, maybe that would give it more meaning," Mabel suggested.

But Kyle replied, "Father said since mother never wanted to wear this ring, he wouldn’t force her." He paused here, looking at Mabel, somewhat cautiously, "If I say we use this ring as our wedding band, would you like it?"

Mabel was taken aback for a moment, this ring as their wedding band? "But it was meant for your mother, wasn’t it?"

"Yes. It’s just..." He lowered his gaze, "If you don’t like it, we can go and pick a style you like. It’s not a big deal."

As he spoke, he moved to take the ring back from her hand.

But Mabel still held the ring, feeling its special significance to him. The ring held his father’s love for his mother, or perhaps... his mixed feelings for her, were also embedded in this ring.

She looked up at him, a smile lifting the corners of her mouth, "I... really ring, and it can be our wedding band. Later, it could also be passed down in the Kinston Family, generation after generation."

He gazed at her with a slight disbelief at her gentle smile, not obvious, but very warm. She was willing to wear this ring, she truly was!

"Kyle, if one day you meet your destined one, and she wants to be with you, then you can give her this ring. Do you know why there are two half-circle bands on the sides of this gemstone? Because only when they come together are they complete. If there’s only half, it will always feel incomplete." His father’s voice faintly echoed in his ears.

As a child, when his father brought him back to Falling City from K City, he often saw his father staring blankly at this Ruby ring, a ring never given, and a wound in his father’s heart.

"Even if I give it to your mother, she wouldn’t take it," his father would say in self-mockery.

After his father’s death, the ring passed to his hands, and he, too, often gazed at it absentmindedly. His destined one... would he ever meet her? There were so many people in the Kinston Family who never met their destined one, choosing suicide in despair.

But now, his destined one had accepted this ring and was willing to use it as their wedding band.

His eyes unexpectedly felt a bit warm, and Kyle Kinston suddenly pulled Mabel Quinn into his embrace. Follow current novᴇls on novel•fire.net

"Kyle?" her voice lifted slightly.

"Let me hold you for a while," he murmured, as if there were too many emotions and only by holding her could he soothe and calm them.

She quietly stayed in his arms, slowly wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Kyle..." she said softly, "I want to go and pay respects to your parents, is that okay? I want to see them, and also tell them in person that we are getting married."

His body suddenly stiffened, and after a long while, he softly, almost chokingly, said, "Okay."

At that moment, in the nook of her neck, she seemed to feel a dampness that pained her heart.