All Chapters of Second Life: I Choose My Childhood Sweetheart: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

On the morning of the proposal, I happily got ready and waited at home for Hugo to show up.Honestly, I was a little nervous. Two lifetimes in, and this was my first time experiencing something like this. Mom laughed as she patted my head and said I'd finally grown up.Half an hour before the proposal, she took me up to the rooftop of Sutherland Group's office building. I was all dressed up in the kind of gown I'd always imagined as my wedding dress.Mom said I didn't need to go all out for an engagement, but I argued my case and insisted because I knew I didn't have much time left.If this was going to be the last time I saw Hugo, then I wanted this to be like our wedding. I wanted him to remember me at my most beautiful.As one of the stars of the show, Hugo had actually bothered to put on a suit for once. It gave him this refined, almost aristocratic air.The soft spotlight hit the center of the rooftop, washing his features in a warm glow as he stood quietly at the far end of