I'll Teach You, Marianne.

Rose raised her hand and touched Aaron's forehead.

"You're not sick are you?"

Feeling ignored by Rose, Aaron suddenly stood up using his hands to place both her right and left cheeks, then he shouted, "Lily-Rose Johansson, I'm serious about you. Do you want to be my wife?!!"

After Aaron's first shout, the people, who were also on the balcony like himself and Rose, immediately turned to them, not to mention the people who were around the hotel, their eyes were all fixed on Aaron, who was still about to shout again. Finally, Rose pulled Aaron into the room as he shouted for the second time.

"Aaron, don't be crazy!!"

"What's wrong? I am serious with what I said, but you think I was joking, so I had to do it so the universe could by the witness of how serious I am with you," said Aaron quickly.

Rose's face reddened at Aaron's words. "Why bring the universe? You're too much."

"To make you believe that I'm serious, don't you believe me? Want me to prove it again by..."

"Stop it, Aaron, don't...don't look for trouble! I'd be so embarrassed I won't even know where to hide my face later on," Rose immediately restrained Aaron, who wanted to go back to the balcony.

Aaron smiled. He then grabbed Rose's chin and lifted her up so he could meet her eyes.

"I'm serious, Rose, I want to start a new life with you. Right now I haven't formally proposed to you because I didn't bring a ring but..."

Aaron stopped his words and walked quickly to the dining table to take the fake rose that was in the vase. He then returned to where Rose was standing and knelt in front of her and lifted the rose towards Rose. "With the fake roses I found on the table, because I was unprepared, I, Aaron Sean Connery would like to express my serious intention to marry you, Lily-Rose Johansson. Do you accept my proposal, Lily-Rose Johansson?"

***

After receiving the food delivered by the waiter, Alan then returned to the tent and immediately locked the door again tightly. He really didn't want anyone to disturb him and Anne. What Nicholas had done earlier had made Alan much more alert. Because Alan was an exclusive guest, the lunch sent to him was also high-quality dishes which were guaranteed to be of high quality and delicious, and even though the dishes were not immediately enjoyed, Alan could still warm them because the place where he was currently staying was equipped with a very useful microwave. So Alan decided that they would not have lunch right now. He couldn't bear to wake Anne, who was still asleep under the thick blanket that wrapped her small body which now had many red marks, the traces of violence that Alan created while they were making love.

Slowly, Alan approached the bed. His eyes were staring sadly at the red marks on Anne's shoulder. Regret came back to him when he hurt Anne again. He really couldn't understand how there could be humans who had skin as sensitive as Anne's skin. Alan was sure that he didn't use any force when he made love with Anne for the first time, but now Anne's body had red marks that made him feel sad and guilty.

"I know I wronged you, Anne, it's just that you should know that I love you very much, maybe you don't believe me, but it's true and I'm serious, Anne. I fell in love with you from the first sight and from that moment on, I'm determined to make you my only one," Alan said softly as he smoothed Anne's hair that covered her face.

Annoyed by Alan's touch, Anne finally woke up and was very surprised to see Alan in front of her. She quickly grabbed the edge of the blanket covering her body. "I-I'm tired, I can't do that anymore, Alan."

Alan smiled. He then sat up straight looking at Anne, who was cornered with both hands gripping the blanket. "I'm not going to be like that, Baby, I was just straightening your hair earlier. Sorry if I woke you up."

"Fixing my hair?"

"Yes, your beautiful face was covered with your hair. That's why I tidied it up, but it turned out that I actually woke you up, I'm sorry," replied Alan with a smile.

Anne touched her hair reflexively without taking her eyes off of Alan. She still hadn't fully accepted Alan until this moment. Even though she had made love to him before until her whole body was limp and boneless at this point.

"Learn to accept me, Anne," said Alan suddenly breaking the silence.

"Learn to accept you?"

Alan pursed his lips. "Yeah, I know maybe right now you're still mad at me for everything I did to you. But trust me, Anne, I really do love you. I love you so much and I'm crazy about you."

"No way, you can't like me," said Anne quickly. "You just want my body."

"No, Anne, I'm really sincere to you. All my feelings for you are honest from day one and not..."

"Then what is the contract letter? Didn't you make it clear to me from the start that you only wanted me as your contract lover?" said Anne quickly.

Alan took a deep breath. "That's my stupidity. At that time, I don't know what I was thinking to ask you to be my contract lover. But after that night, after that incident, I realized that I didn't want to lose you, Anne. I know the way I got you was wrong, but believe me, Anne. I want to start this relationship seriously with you. I want to build a family with you, have many children from you. Grow old with you, enjoying my last breaths in this world with you."

Anne bit her lower lip subconsciously when she heard Alan's words. Seeing that, Alan came closer to Anne, touching her lips. "Please don't, stop your habit of biting your lip. I'd be crazy to see that, Anne."

Anne's eyes were filled with tears. She immediately remembered the exact same sentence she heard from the past. Only it was said by Jack, the man she loved, not Alan. Remembering Jack made Anne spontaneously pushed Alan away from her with both hands, and it made Alan fall backwards.

"Anne..."

"D-don't come near me, I'm uncomfortable," said Anne quickly as she pulled the blanket back up to cover her chest, after falling down when she pushed Alan earlier.

"Do you hate me that much Anne?" Alan asked quietly.

Anne lowered her face to hear Alan's question, she couldn't firmly answer the question that Alan gave her, just like before, where she would always loudly refuse the man.

"I just..." Anne's eyes stared at the table that had a lot of delicious food on it, so she stopped her sentence.

"Just what, Anne?" Alan asked again impatiently.

Anne looked back at Alan with focus. "I'm hungry..."

To be continued