Hi...

Finally this is the final chapter of the story!!

As the title said, you can expect that this chapter will be pretty much about how things fall in places between Raquel and Sergio for good ( and as much warm and fluffy moments as I can manage. And oh! It's a super long chapter, be warned)

I — from the bottom of my heart — thank you so so so much for you guys who gave this story a  comment and voted. I appreciate it and it really makes my day .

I know there's a lot of lacking but I had so much fun composing the story and I hope it brings the same to you. ( and honestly I didn't expect myself writing 19 chapters! And maybe I will miss this Marquina family too 😆 )

Last but not least, hope you guys always have a good day wherever you are in the world. XOXO : )

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It's been a couple of weeks since Raquel's drama finished airing. As expected from the ace actress, it was a successful one, she didn't just say it when she said she's gonna make yet another hit drama before she decided to sign the contract.

As every hard work deserved a reward, a little celebration would do the justice just fine. Of course, Raquel and all the drama crew were already having the mandatory wrap up party, but she needed to have another one that's more intimate with her dear close friend.

Maybe she'd have another celebration that's more private with her daughter and her lover. Or maybe she'd have a more romantic celebration with only Sergio. Everything sounds great to her.

Anyway, that's the reason Raquel, Tamayo, Tatiana and Alicia were having a somewhat party in the Black Tone Headquarters that afternoon.

"Is Paula with Sergio right now?" Tamayo asked.

"Yup! Paula is into figurine right now and Sergio had a bunch of it. They're probably lining them up and displaying them on the window stool of his apartment" Raquel explained, her eyes beaming as she could imagine their behavior.

And there's Tatiana who sighed and jolting her lips out, saying that somehow she felt bitter that Paula now spending more time with Sergio.

Her expression soon changed, she was startled and contorted her face, popped her eyes toward Alicia as her palm reached Tatiana's head along the with a light smacking sound.

"Sergio is her father, how can you be jealous?" Alicia remarked.

"But I'm taking care of her since she was just a baby. I changed her diaper, got peed, taught her to walk..."

And that's how the bickering went on between the two. Meanwhile, Raquel and Tamayo were just amused looking at them.

When someone knocked the door, that's when Tatiana and Alicia stopped throwing their petty arguments.

"Let me open the door" Raquel suggested. "Go ahead with the quarrel, don't be bothered" she purposely making fun and teasing them. To that, Alicia and Tatiana sighed and looked away at the same time.

"Another present?" Tamayo asked as looking at the big flower bouquet that's way bigger than Raquel's head, he couldn't even see her face. Along with it, there's a quite big envelope too, definitely bigger than the normal greeting card size.

"Must be from Sergio" Tatiana was so sure, doing the nodding gesture of self-acknowledgment on how smart she guessed.

"I was thinking the same but no, it's not from Sergio. It's his mother" As she informed that, actually she was as astonished as the rest of her friends.

"Wow!" Alicia exclaimed, but was still in disbelief.

"Don't you want to open the envelope? What do you think is inside? Oh my god, could it be some kind of death note?" Tatiana raved because the devilish image of Mrs. Marquina was rooted in each of them.

"Well, thankfully it's not a death note" Raquel said as her eyes were still fixated on the letter.

Dear Paula's mother...

As Paula's grandmother, I want to say congratulations on your new drama. Also, I prepared a little gift for you.

Raquel read it loud to her curious friends as if it was some kind of important report. And then, she took another few piece of papers left inside the envelope — presumably what Mrs. Marquina called as the gift.

She found a total of three round-trip flights tickets to Colmar, a beautiful town in France.

Raquel squinting her eyes. The first thing came up in her mind was how strange it felt, like it's almost impossible that Mrs. Marquina herself suggested — or presented — her to have an after-work vacation with Paula and Sergio. It's hard for her not to think that there might be something behind it.

***

Later at night, Raquel was home to the heartwarming view of Sergio and Paula snuggling into each other at the sofa while watching the dinosaurs cartoon. Sometime she just wished Sergio to just move in already.

Of course, they were merry to welcome their favorite lady. Paula flew like a hopping rabbit to meet her halfway and Sergio would spread his arms around Raquel with Paula in the middle, without forgetting to steal a kiss on her forehead.

The sound of throat-clearing broke the hug as they realized there's someone else struggling with Raquel's numerous bouquets and gifts.

"Excuse me! How about helping me with these stuffs so I can finish it quickly so you guys can do whatever you want to do" Alicia interrupted as her hands were packed with bouquets and boxes as many as she could handle.

Sergio and Raquel were alarmed. They asked Paula to continue watching the cartoon as they hastened to take what's on Alicia's hands but she dodged it. "Well there's way more boxes in the car, take those instead" she commanded.

"Ohoo, seems like you got a lot of gifts!" Sergio teased Raquel while following Alicia to transfer the boxes..

"Stop it! Oh! I got one very very special gift you can't even imagine" Raquel teased back, helping them as well.

"Oh! Yes you will be surprised, Sergio" Alicia added, emphasized while placing the last box.

When all was done, Alicia decided to go home straightaway, knowing they might want to have a private time.

"Woah! Is it Christmas?" Paula roared as looking at so many gifts his mom received.

Sergio and Raquel both recognized Paula's sudden fascinated face and Sergio then approached her, squatting to match Paula's heights while caressing her head.

"Well my chick, they are not Christmas gifts but they symbolize the same thing"

"What's that, Papa?" His curiosity rose up.

"Thoughtfulness, thankfulness, appreciation and most importantly love" and Sergio fondly explained to her curious little girl.

There he found Paula's curiosity grew into a bigger confusion and Sergio couldn't help but fainted for her adorableness. He carried Paula and they both sit back at the sofa.

"It means people who gave those gift to mommy love her, they wanted to bring Joy to her"

"Tatiana aunty??" Paula squinting his eyes, full of question.

"No, Paula. Oh dear, what am I gonna do with your cuteness? They gave the gifts because mommy has worked so hard and they wanted to make mommy smile and happy" Sergio bite back his laugh while explaining and ended it with a soft pinch on Paula's nose.

"Woah mommy is so cool! Papa? Should we give mommy a gift too?" Paula whispered to his daddy and the suspiciousness draw Raquel's attention to squint her eyes to them.

"What? You guys are hiding a secret from me??" Raquel came in toward them but not to sit along but as a calling for Paula to get sleeping already.

"Come on Paula, no more staying up late. Your sleeping hours is messy these days" she complained, eyes gazed sharp at the only possible person who's suspected to be the reason behind it. Sergio just let out a grimace because it's impossible to argue.

"Come on, chick, follow your mom, or we're gonna be in a serious trouble" Sergio remarked a tease Raquel and then kissing Paula good night. He got an assertive look from her but then his grimace invited her to smile.

***

With nothing in his mind but feeling proud of Raquel's accomplishment, Sergio slightly checking on the gifts and bouquets she received, nodding all the while as he found big brands and names.

But then, one familiar name caught his attention the most. He picked a box of with branded bag inside, also reading the letter that came with it.

Dear beautiful actress Raquel,

Congratulations on your achievement, you definitely are the biggest star in Spain!!

Raquel Murillo jjang!!!

It's just a simple present, I hope you like it.

Please stay healthy and I'm so looking forward for your upcoming project.

Regards,

Your friend/fan,

Daniel Ramos

Not long after, Raquel came out from Paula's room after successfully brought her to sleep. She found Sergio wavered a piece of paper to her, giving her a suspicious look.

"What's wrong?" Raquel cluelessly asked, giving him unbothered face expression in return to whatever her man's glare was referring to.

"So, is this what you meant? The very very special gift I can't even imagine? From Daniel? That's just an ordinary bag, I can get you a hundred of those" Sergio began to mumbling until his lips jutted out.

"Wait wait, are you jealous?" Raquel quipped as she approached him, definitely amused by his silly behavior. She slipped her arms around his torso and looked upright to his annoyed face.

"I'm not jealous, I'm territorial. Jealous is when someone isn't yours, territorial is when you protecting what's already yours" he declared, throwing those words right in front of her nose.

Raquel bite back her laugh and asked him to wait while she's searching for the very very special gift that Sergio can't even imagine. When she found it, she gave it straight to him, both the flower bouquet and the envelope.

Sergio had no clue but Raquel conceitedly suggested him to open it. And when he did, she witnessed him widening his eyes with a high pitch surprised hum.

"My mom sent you this?"

Raquel nodded but still had no idea what to do with it.

***

Two hours later, after tidying up the boxes and whatnots, after munching chicken and beer as their late night snack because why not, after some good time showering together, they found themselves cuddling on her bed.

"So what do you think?" Sergio unclearly voiced between his yawning but Raquel got the words.

"About what?" She replied, scooted over to settle her head on his chest as her arm draped over his torso.

"Colmar" he reminded, hand moved on top of hers, welcoming her to lodge her body weight on him.

"It sounds great but don't be offended that I still think your mother has a secret agenda behind it" she admitted while squirmed to feel the warmth of his body more.

"It's okay, you have the rights to be like that. We don't have to go if you don't feel like to. Just don't feel burdened, okay" He drawled, coddling her while stroking her arm.

Sergio felt she nodded against his chest and then he pressed some kisses on her head before he came with another topic.

"Raquel... About the press conference —"

"Oh babe... Can we talk about it tomorrow? I just want to spend this night with you without thinking about anything else" she whined, looking upright, looking like a sad puppy.

That topic, however, made her confronted with a dilemma. She was obviously wanted clean all the mess with Agata and everything but also didn't think she's ready to see Sergio being blamed instead of his mother.

"Alright... alright..." Sergio assured, gently brushed his lips over her forehead while stroking her cheek. And that melted her whining instantly.

"Thank you, Sergio" Raquel whispered, arms looping around his neck, moving even closer against him until their breath mingled.

"Why thank me?"

"It's just..."

"Just what?"

"Nothing, let's just sleep"

"Tell me..."

"Why? Bet you wanna hear me saying good things about you, don't you?"

A chuckle rasped out of him. "Excuse me, you started it, might as well continue what you wanted to say"

"Alright..." she sighed. "Thank you constantly coming back to me whenever I pushed you away, for giving me and Paula the happiness, for showing that you really want to do anything for us. I feel safe, I feel content, I feel happy"

"Oh Raquel... You and Paula deserve it. In fact, I should've done it years ago. But, thank you for coming back, really, I mean it" he said softly as his voice turned husky while running his fingers through her hair with the look of admiration.

They're exchanging smile for a while before he cupped her face and brushed his lips on hers, she responded almost immediately with equal force.

"You're waiting for me to kiss you, don't you?" Another chuckled from him.

"Just kiss me!" She whimpered but soon gasped when he pulled in for another kiss.

His lips were like some kind of addiction and his kiss felt incredible tender but demanding. She closed her eyes devouring at how soft his lips against hers.

Sergio heard her moaning as his fingers traveled, sneaked inside her sleeping robe and sank in the soft skin of her back. He clutched her slender waist and pulled her closer to him until their chest pressing against each others while still sharing kiss.

In one strong movement that she didn't even aware, Sergio was already atop her, consuming her face with his gaze while fingers stroking her face. He knew she liked that kind of thrilling force and it showed from her satisfied smile.

"Your hair smells good" his husky voice brushed her ear, lips tracing down to her neck.

"Didn't know that my hair can turn you on"

"Everything. Everything in you"

Raquel parted his lips when Sergio claiming her lips again. One delicate kiss that instantly intensified as soon as she felt his tongue slipped inside her mouth and started to licking over, gentle but hungry at the same time. The kiss that weakening her knees and left a tingling sensation to her core.

She liked it, to feel the slight weight of his body on her, being possessed by and possessing him at the same time until their body became one when he went inside of her.

"God, I love you so much, Raquel"

***

The next morning, it was another exciting day to spent with Sergio and Paula. Raquel was peacefully making breakfast toast and soup. When her phone's was ringing, with her multitasking power, she picked it up with nothing in her mind, it's just Alicia after all.

"Oh, Alicia, what? As far as I remember, I have no schedule until 4 p.m" she mentioned, proud that she indeed remembered.

"No, Raquel, you don't have to go to your schedule today" But once Alicia started to mention the reason why, she was aghast by the news coming from her, now she was too distracted to continue the cooking.

Like immediately, she scurried to Sergio who's helping Paula prepared for school. But apparently that's not what she saw.

"Paula is not going to school today, better not" Sergio stated, knowing she must be questioning why Paula was still on his pajama.

"Why do I feel like you know something that I don't?"

"Do you now? I bet you know by now"

"Wait—"

"Let's talk outside"

***

Around a week ago...

After some time of thinking, Mrs. Marquina visited Sergio at his office, surprisingly said she would do the press conference instead. There's tug of war between the mother and son but finally Sergio agreed.

She asked him to focus fixing whatever problem that might happen in the company, presumably caused by Agata and her father who definitely couldn't accept the humiliation as she wanted to break the marriage plan.

"Just don't let Agata and her family to take over the company and kick you out. Remember, son, the company was all started from our family"

***

"Babe... Are you okay?" Sergio snapped Raquel from her muse. He grabbed her hands because he knew she was nervous.

"I'm fine. Are you?" She replied like a robot, seemed she was still in puzzled upon the sudden situation.

"I'm glad things started to fall in places and I couldn't be happier that you and Paula got at least the apology from my mother and justice that you deserved" he calmly explained.

"You worry about your mom, right?" She asked reluctantly.

"Not gonna lie, yes. I just hope my mom is okay. But you and Paula are my priority now, so whatever it takes babe" he admitted but his smile assured her in any way.

"Well, it's complicated, isn't it?" An awkward and stretched smile appeared on her face.

"No no no... Don't feel bad. I was expecting your happy face though"

"I've already watched the broadcast for a few times but I still can't believe your mom did that"

"It took her everything to do it, I hope you can open your heart a little to forgive her. Slowly"

***

Earlier this morning...

It was the day Mrs. Marquina decided to confess, to come clean with her past mistake.

"Mrs. Marquina , are you ready? It's all set up already" Said the voice from her assistant who helped her along the preparation.

She wasn't ready, she never would, but it's not about whether she's ready, it's about being responsible to fix what she had been messing.

"It's for Sergio and Paula...." She kept repeating those words under her breath, invested it in her mind.

There, she was standing in front of the media, scanning around one last time as she knew that after anything came from her mouth that day, she wouldn't be the same person anymore, she would lose her reputation and respect from people.

Unexpectedly, the situation she was in right now reminded her to back in the day when Raquel risked her big name to confess about Paula. A smirk left her lips at how the table had turned.

One big exhale and she started to speak.

"Through this occasion, I want to publicly deliver my apology especially to the actress Raquel Murillo, the Jiménez family and my own son, Sergio Marquina and all the parties that might be effected.

Three years ago, for my selfish reason and without my son's consent, I forced the actress to put her relationship with my son to an end and for her to disappear form him with one way or another.

What I didn't aware, their relationship was so special that an amazing little human being was bestowed upon them, whom now I call as my granddaughter.

I can't thank Raquel enough for raising my granddaughter despite all the pressure she got from me. And it became understandable to all of us, that all her effort to hide her daughter's identity, even from her own father, is solely to protect her daughter.

When I found out about who the kid really is, I was confronted with what's the right thing to do. In concerning about that, with all my respect to Mr. Jiménez's family, especially to Agata, who have been great partners, I'd like to call of the marriage arrangement between Sergio and Agata.

In hope, my son can be responsible upon his daughter and Raquel, the woman he loves. Also for Raquel and her daughter to get their rights, acknowledgment, and of course the happiness that they deserve.

Once again, I'm really sorry. I have no more words to excuse myself and regret what I have done in the past and I'm really ashamed of myself..."

All she could hear was people boo-ing right in front of her face, some called her 'a witch', some thew disgusted look upon her.

All she could do, walked out and carry on with the new way of people perceiving her image.

***

Somewhere else, there's one person whose eyes so furious as if there's fire on them while watching Mr. Marquina's unexpected publication.

She squeezed the remote control with all her might until her hand paled. She was too trembling to even clench her teeth. As if the boiling blood inside of her bursted out, she screamed her life out and then threw the remote control to break the tv.

Not only did the tv break, but so did her heart, into millions pieces scattered on the floor. She cried and cried again for her lost although she knew he was never been hers to begin with.

But Agata was true to her words, with the power of her family upon Marquina Corporate, she intended to throw Sergio out.

***

After the press conference, as expected, it was chaos both in Black Tone Headquarter and Marquina Corporate building.

Alicia called Raquel again, just to inform that the agency had already made a rightful respond on behalf of her and would take care of everything so Raquel didn't have to worry that much.

And speaking of the chaos, it's time for Sergio to do his part. By now, all boards of management and shareholders were demanding for an urgent meeting led by Mr. Jiménez— Agata's father. He pretty much could predict what was the meeting for.

When Sergio kissed her before rushing out, Raquel held his wrist. "It's a bad situation in your office, right?" She looked worried until her brows frowned hard.

"Why? Are you gonna change your mind if I'm no longer the leader of the company?" Sergio joked while stroking her arms, knowing this company-related issue agitated her mind.

"Are you even kidding in this situation? For real Sergio—" She was dumbfounded by his response but still nagging on him.

"I mean don't worry, love. I got this, okay? I'll be back as soon as possible"

Then he kissed her again, throwing a sweet smile as if there's nothing to worry about.

***

At the Lee Corporate Headquarter...

Sergio walked through the lobby, looking dignified and confident as usual. In front of the meeting room, there's already Monica who's waiting for him, who's anxious since early morning. She welcoming Sergio with her panicky babbling as usual.

He logged inside the room, where all the people were already seated. There's Mr. Jiménez who looked so pissed and he absolutely understood why.

As expected, Mr. Jiménez used his authority to lead opinion for Sergio to step down from his position and leave the company. Sergio smirked about how those people thought they could easily do that to him.

One big exhale and he started to speak.

"As the biggest shareholder, technically, Mr. Jiménez has the authority to expel me out and take over the company, of course by all of your approval"

He literally looked each of the people in their eyes.

"But let me ask all of you who some maybe have already been working with my late father, what's Maruina Corporate without the Marquina's?

Let me make it clear, if I'm walking out, it means this company will lose all the trademarks, the blueprints and future schemes for upcoming projects that's under my name. Can you guarantee that it won't affect on the business itself?

I need all of you to vote for me to stay in this place. And I didn't ask empty handed"

He paused and gestured Monica to bring his honorable guest came in.

"Let me introduce you to Mr. Daniel Ramos. I'm sure you all know who he is. Mr. Ramos will be glad to invest and cooperate with Marquina Corporate as long as I stay. With the plan I have, I'm sure we're gonna be expanding our business bigger than ever. All you know my credibility.

Also, please don't let my personal life and my mother's past mistake withholding us to keep moving forward..."

Once Daniel entered the room, people were busy talking to one another, nodding and acknowledging what Sergio just said. On his peripheral view, Sergio could see Mr. Jiménez gazed him sharp at him while clenching his jaws, but both knew who's the winner.

***

After the nerve-wrecking meeting, Sergio and Daniel were having a friendly talk. Sergio couldn't thank him enough for trusting him as business partner.

"I'm a businessman, I take opportunity and most importantly I have a good feeling for investing my money in your company"

"As expected, Daniel you know!"

"Sergio! You're such a brat! You should've told me earlier that you and Raquel are something. I feel so dumb"

"Now you know. Anyway, nice bag"

"That's the limited edition! Now that I think about it, maybe I should've given her a ring instead of the bag"

"Ya!!! Daniel!! She's mine"

"I'm just kidding bro, I'm not such person"

"I know..."

***

Raquel couldn't be more relieved after Sergio called her and and told her that everything was perfectly fine. Finally things started to get easier for both of them.

Right after, she called Alicia, asked her weather she could clear her schedule for the next week.

["Actually, you're going to be free for a full month. You forgot, don't you?"]

"Ahh, right!" Raquel exclaimed, just remembered her own rule that she'd take a whole month day-off after finishing a drama.

["Why?"]

"I think I know the reason why Sergio's mother gave me the flight tickets"

A sudden voice from Paula calling her name made Raquel ended up her conversation with Alicia and turned her attention to her.

"What, my hija?"

"What time will Papa come home?"

"Mmm, I don't know. Right now he has something really really important to take care of. But don't worry, he said he'll come home as soon as possible, didn't he?"

"I miss him"

"Already? Well, me too. Mommy misses him too"

"But I miss him more—"

"No, mommy missed him more"

"No way. I miss him so so so so much"

"Mommy too—"

"Nooo—"

As they're bickering and teasing over who missed Sergio more, Raquel and Paula ended up playing chasing game where Raquel would act as a tiger mother who wanted to catch the baby tiger.

The room was overfilled with Paula's shrieking laugh and giggling, until Raquel caught her right on the sofa.

"Let's wait for tiger daddy to come home..." Raquel said as cuddling Paula fondly.

***

When Sergio finally came home, there's nobody in the living room. So he tiptoeing to Paula's room and there he found their beaming face welcoming him. And lots of hug of course.

But sometimes caught his attention, they're kind of packing things up.

"Let's go together... To Colmar" Raquel decided.

"Let's make this vacation count" Sergio gladly agreed.

"Hooray!!!" Paula thrilled and it brought them into laughter.

***

When in Colmar...

They're staying at the beautiful vintage hotel before going out to enjoy the tranquil atmosphere and the magical scenes of the town that looked like it came out from a children's story book.

Everything fascinated Raquel and Paula was beyond happy especially when he met the property's beloved pet — the corgi dog — and he played with it for a while.

Biking along the river was so much fun, visiting the local farmers market and tasted the authentic local pastries was also interesting, just strolling around to the magnificent buildings in town was romantic too.

The day that's well spent.

The next day, Sergio took them to a local restaurant for breakfast. He said he knew the owner who happened to be same person who owned the hotel they're staying in and also the winery they're about to visit.

"Do you want to meet her? I heard she's here at the moment" 'Sergio offered while feeding Paula the sweet french toast.

"That's great, no problem" she replied while munching the fresh warm croissants that she couldn't get enough of.

"There she is" Sergio gestured, eyes shifting to the woman who was walking toward them.

It made Raquel swallowed hard the food inside her mouth because it was Mrs. Marquina that she saw.

"Grandmaaaa!!!" The ear-piercing sound from Paula broke the quietness of the room.

Mrs. Marquina smile wide as hugging Paula but for now she needed to talk to her mother.

"Raquel, can I talk with you after you finish your meal?"

Such a surprising way of greeting but at least she sounded more friendly. Maybe the way she dresses that's more casual and motherly. Maybe the atmosphere of the town seeping through her blood that's made her calmer.

"Yeah, sure" she replied whilst in puzzle, looking at Sergio with a 'What's it all about?' kind of look. He just threw a cheeky smile to her as a response.

The latter, Mrs. Marquina took Raquel to her so called office. She pleased her to sit while she's reaching to the shelves, and within her hands now was a vintage sapphire blue metal box, its surface was beautifully engraved with flower pattern in color of gold.

She's back on her seat, opened the box in front of Raquel and showing a dazzling set of jewelry with diamonds and pearls on them.

Mrs. Marquina looked at them as if she's looking at her own child, they're special for her for sure.

"These are my favorite collection. And no, they are not from my late husband. I remember exactly when and why I bought these. They're gift for myself because I deserved it, because I don't need a man who had been cheating on me to treat me like a queen, because I can do it myself"

"Wow... They're truly beautiful. And the story behind it makes it incomparable to any jewelry"

Mrs. Marquina smiled as she put them back inside the box and then slowly dragged the box to the edge of the table closed to Raquel.

It drew a confusion for Raquel. She just raised brows in question.

"I should've passed the heirloom rings or anything meaningful between me and Sergio's father to you but unfortunately I threw them all away. So these by my concern are the most meaningful heirloom I can give to you"

"T-to me? You're going to give these to me?"

"You can say that, so don't think that I do nothing for my daughter in law"

"W-what?"

Raquel popped her eyes to her words, she believed she heard her right. She was at lost for words but then Mrs. Marquina speak again before Raquel could form a word.

"For the record, I do it for Paula" Mrs. Marquina emphasized.

But whatever the reason, Raquel saw her as a different person now, the intimidating nature inside of her was subsided. And she knew, that the long way for Raquel to steal Mrs. Marquina's heart was slowly through.

***

That evening, Sergio had already reserved a dinner for the three of them. But turned out, Paula preferred to spend time with her grandmother and her newly made friend — the corgi dog.

It's another special place so they dressed up a little bit. Raquel looked absolutely stunning wrapped in that sleeveless long black dress and Sergio in black suit was effortlessly gorgeous.

As Raquel looked at the mirror to put the earrings on, she flashed a shy smile when she caught Sergio's reflection on the same mirror. He was standing in fascination against the door frame, bitting her inner cheeks as his eyes stuck on her elegant figure.

"Stop looking me like that" she yelped although the prominent smile adored her face.

"That's impossible Raquel. How can I not look at you when you're serving me that look. Damn! You're a hot mama"

"How about stop flirting and help me with this instead?" Raquel asked while showing the diamond necklace.

"It's pretty and it looks expensive, suits your sexy neck perfectly" He observed the necklace before clasping it around her neck. And of course it just felt right to press his lips on her bare shoulder.

"It's from your mother" she muttered, her fingers touching the cold surface of the necklace that sit beautifully against her warm skin.

"For real? Woah —" Sergio exclaimed but soon seemed like he couldn't even continue to talk, his eyes got watery.

"Hey... What's wrong?" Raquel turned around to face him and caressed his cheeks.

"Even when I say I'm happy, it doesn't do the justice of how I feel right now" he whispered, his eyes were still moist but they sparked with happiness.

***

There's only the two of them, it's just easy to book the entire place for their romantic dinner. The food was incredibly great, the ambiance was absolutely nice and it's even better that now they had nothing to worry about.

Sergio couldn't get his eyes off of her, couldn't let go of his clasp on her hand either as they were talking after the dessert.

"So, apparently everyone's giving you gifts, even my mom did too. Actually, I have something for you. Paula and I prepared it together"

"Really? And what's that?" Her eyes sparked with anticipation.

"Just wait"

Raquel definitely smell something fishy from his cheeky smile, she's sure he's on something that she didn't know.

And she's right, a few seconds after, a little girl came in, looking so adorable wearing dress.

"Paula, sweetie!" Raquel surprised and the corner of her lips lifted up high.

Sergio came toward his daughter and held her hand as they're walking back to their table. Not to go back on his seat, but made a way to kneel in front of Raquel as Paula handed him a purple velvet box to Sergio.

^^ The Ring I Think For Her^^ (It's Quite simple just like my taste)

"Raquel, I've been waiting for this day to happen. I love love love you and it's just so natural that you're constantly settling in my heart and mind"

Then he opened it up and a sparkling diamond ring standing beautifully inside the box. Raquel gasped as the over excitement filling up her entire body and he could feel it the the air.

"I want to be your husband, I want the three of us to be together to share love, Joy and happiness for the rest of the days. So Raquel, is this ring makes you want to get married with me?"

"Please say yes, mom!" Paula cheered, her smile was sunshiny.

"Paula Murillo..." Raquel at lost for words, the blissfulness was so overwhelming until she couldn't hold her tears of Joy.

"Correction, it's Paula Marquina. She is Paula Marquina from the beginning and she'll always be Paula Marquina". Sergio declared.

Raquel frantically nodded, looking at them that's became her world.

"Yes, let's get married, Sergio..."

———— End ————

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