I swear

Garden.

Looking around, Ashton frowned when he did not see Yushen before walking further, wondering where he was. It was still hard to believe that Yushen had been mugged by three large women but he still chose to believe what everyone said.

"Yushen? Are you there?" He shouted before walking towards the fountain.

"Yu? It's alright man, you don't have to feel shy or awkward, I won't judge you or anything."

Waiting for quite some time when he figured out that Yushen was nowhere to be seen, he was about to walk out when someone stopped him.

"Yushen isn't there but I am, is that enough for you to stay?"

Ashton's body froze when he realized who it was. How could he not recognize her voice? He could easily say who it was even amongst a thousand people.

A part of him was saying that he was missing her so much that he had started hearing things but the other part of him was also hoping it to be true. But how was that possible? Didn't she leave with her friend? How could she be there, talking to him?

"Are you mad at me? You won't even look at me?" She anxiously asked.

Gulping in nervousness, he turned around only to find Elsa standing right in front of him. His breathing hitched and his eyes watered. All the overwhelming feelings that he had been suppressing in his heart, wanted to gush out of his eyes.

Looking at her for quite some time, he asked, "I thought you left."

With tears gushing down her cheeks, Elsa answered, "I almost left."

"Oh, why didn't you leave then?"

Walking towards him, she said, "How could I leave when you didn't even give me a last goodbye hug?" Wiping her tears with the back of her hand, she added, "Will you let me hug you now?"

Without waiting for his reply, she wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her head on his chest and started sobbing harder.

Without wasting any more time, Ashton wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her tightly. He had no idea whether she was back just for the time being or for real but he just wanted to hold her tightly and didn't wanna let her go anywhere.

Pulling away, he wiped her tears away. "Don't cry."

"But you are crying too," she snapped.

"My eyes are just burning a lot today," he lied.

Slapping his chest, she said, "But I am crying for real because I missed you so much." Pausing for a while, she added, "I never realized that you meant so much to me until I saw you leave today at the airport. The thought of not seeing you again broke my heart and I felt so weak and vulnerable. I couldn't go away leaving my world behind."

Looking at him, she continued, "You are my world Ashton and right now, I can't even imagine my life without your presence. I want to stay with you, see the world with you. Is that too much to ask from you?"

"Then why did you let me go? Why didn't you stop me? What if I had really left?" She snapped.

"I have no idea, I just didn't wanna come in between something that you really wanted to do.?I wanted you to live your life the way you wanted."

"And I wanna live it with you, I want you to be part of each and every second of my life. Promise me that you'll never let me go no matter what."

Kissing her forehead, Ashton nodded his head, "I swear, I won't let you go anywhere in the future." Caressing her cheeks, he added, "I love you Elsa."

Hooking her around his neck, she tiptoed and said, "I love you too." Before pressing her lips on his.

Standing by the entrance, Huiling, Qiang and Becca wiped their tears away.

"This is so sweet and romantic."

"I am so happy for them, finally our Ash has settled down," Qiang added.

Taking out his handkerchief, Guang gave it to Qiang and gestured her not to cry.

Taking the handkerchief from his hand, she purposely brushed her pinky against his and smiled.

"I think they are done now, we should go inside," Huiling said before rushing towards the new couple excitedly.

"You guys, I am so happy for you both," she excitedly squealed before giving Elsa and Ashton hugs simultaneously.

"Congratulations," everyone shouted unanimously before giving them some warm hugs.

"You people tricked me into this," Ashton chuckled.

Qiang, Becca and Huiling grinned and gave Elsa a high five. When Elsa arrived at the mansion looking for Ashton with her belongings, they planned everything and asked Guang to bring Ashton over.

"You got a kiss from this little trick of ours, be happy," Guang chuckled before patting Ashton's back.

"This calls for a celebration, let's go out and have some fun," Yushen excitedly said.

Wrapping his arms around Elsa's shoulder, Ashton smiled, "The treat is on us."

"Pfft do you even have to say? Obviously it's on you. I mean do you expect any of us to pay when it's clearly your big day?" Yushen asked.

"Alright, I'll go and get my coat," Qiang said before rushing out of the garden while the others followed behind.

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Elsa's room.

"Ash, we can do this later."

Ashton vigorously shook his head and said, "No, we need to do it now."

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's not like I am going anywhere." She chuckled.

"No, I don't like all your clothes packed like this. I feel her you will go away again and leave me alone," he whined before taking out her clothes from the suitcase.

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