100 Million Girls

PLEDGES

Lura walked towards the door as someone rang the bell of her apartment, and was surprised by who came to visit her. "Naura?"

"Luraa! I miss you" he said, then ran to hug his cousin.

Lura smiled, invited the woman to enter, before the accident she had never been this familiar with Naura, the woman also herself had friends each, they had never been caught walking together, they had never been, but ever since Naura lost her memory, all she knew was Lura, who was the brother of her father, she had forgotten who her friends were, for it was only on Lura that she dared to tell a story.

"So what about your matchmaking, is that guy handsome?" lura asked as they sat on the sofa, the woman opened the snack setoples for her brother.

Naura was smiling, her face was blushing, "very handsome" she said earnestly, and Lura was happy about it. "But he already has a future wife" he added, which made Lura a little surprised.

"Why could that be, weren't you guys betrothed?"

Naura nodded, then stood up, down the Lura apartment she had just visited, usually they always met at Lura's mother's house, and it turned out that the woman's apartment was comfortable as well. "He said he wanted to tell his family that he had his own candidate, had a bad relationship with our family so he put it off" Naura said, taking a frame lying on the table, photo Lura I don't know with whom.

"Wise as that man is" said Lura, praising his future wife" she added.

Naura agrees to her brother's opinion, then asks the woman in the photo who is clearly not her.

"That's my best friend, we've been friends since college" Lura explained.

"Wouldn't there be a picture of me with you in college, or when we were high school?" ask Naura.

Lura laughed a little, "we're not that close until we get a photo together" he said, which made Naura distrustful.

"How can I remember my mass if there's no album about us" Naura said.

Lura seemed to remember then moved from her seat, "i had one album since childhood, maybe there was tucked you there," he said opening a drawer and then giving a thick album to his brother.

Naura smiled as she opened up her brother's memory album, she also had an album like this and there was no Lura in it, as well as Lura's album which had no photos of her there, they were not close, why could they be.

The woman frowned as she seemed to recognize a photo of someone, "who is this man?" tanyakanya.

Lura quickly snatched the photo album then hid it, the look on her face was embarrassed, it was a photo of Leon that she secretly took while the man was still blind, and Lura immortalized it.

Naura was a little surprised by her brother's behavior, "You like it, right?" guess it.

Lura closed her eyes, then shook her head, "i don't dare to like her" the woman said.

"Why?" tanyanya, and found Lura again shook her head she sighed, resigned when her brother did not want to share the story. "Ah yes I know this man, we have met and he claimed to be my friend," Naura told a news conference.

Lura was stunned, as soon as they would meet, she hesitated to tell Leon or not about his brother.

"Lura?"

The call made Lura slightly jump, and her cousin asked what she was daydreaming about. "You must know the man" said Lura.

Naura looked stunned, "do you think?" tanyakanya.

Lura nodded, "she has many albums of memories of you, your college photos are many, and maybe if you want to go back to your past, the only way is Leon," said Lura trying to be heartened, let her be disappointed this time, she believes, the pain in her heart will only be temporary, sometimes she hopes that memory loss as well, he said, and instead felt confused at Naura who wanted to remember everything.

Naura looked sparkling, the woman seemed to have hope for her recovery, she really looked happy, "How can I see her again Ra," he said.

Naura frowned, "ah yes, the man I was betrothed to was also familiar with Leon, he said Leon was the brother of his future wife," said Naura a little hesitant, afraid of remembering wrongly.

Lura was of course surprised, "You were betrothed to William?" tanyakanya.

"Yes, his name is William, and his girlfriend is named," —

"Lily" said the two women at the same time.

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These days William is really busy with work, pursuing marriage leave and honeymoon certainly requires the man to finish all his affairs early, meetings with important clients he carried out immediately, he said, and this afternoon the time was a little leisure, he called Lily and was a little confused when he did not get an answer from her lover.

William chose to go straight to Lily's house, and was welcome to enter when the woman opened the door.

"Do you want to eat something? Let's eat outside" William asked, but the woman sitting on the sofa next to him looked different. "You sick?" he asked with the intention to touch Lily's forehead, but the woman actually avoided it, and William was confused by it.

"These few days you seem to disappear" Lily said calmly, without turning to the man next to her.

"Dear, I'm busy, sorry" said William sincerely.

Lily turned her head, her gaze looking different, "busy preparing for the wedding?" tanyanya cynic.

William was stunned by the attitude of his lover, but then smiled. "Dad, our marriage" he said solemnly.

"You lied to Will." Lily who began to shed tears made William look scared, he was confused by what had happened to his lover.

"Lilly?"

The woman shook William's hand when she wanted to touch his face, she shook her head and stood up. "You were betrothed to another woman, wasn't that Will?" without looking at the man, he turned his back, unable to show the disappointed look that melted the tears soaking his cheeks.

William stood up, hugged Lily from behind and held her arms as she thrashed, she tightened her arms. "Listen to me, please listen first" he said softly.

Lily cried in silence, only the wheezing of the woman's throat could occasionally be heard, and William knew this news was painful for Lily.

"I was indeed betrothed, but I refused, and I will also immediately discuss our marriage with my papa's family," she said slowly, hoping Lily would understand her circumstances. "Trust Li, please believe me" he asked.

Lily turned her body, making the man's embrace detach, from the look in William's eyes that did not seem a lie in it, Lily could understand the man's feelings.

"I promise to marry you soon, for our son's sake, I promise to take care of everything." William clasped Lily's fingers, "please give me a minute, please" he added.

Lily nodded, true or not the man before her said, she chose to believe. "Please don't let me down, Will," he said.

William shook his head, pulled Lily's hand that was still in his hand toward his lips, then kissed her a little longer, "Your hire is a wound in my heart, and letting you down makes me hurt myself," she said softly, pulling Lily's frail body into her arms. "Trust me that hurting you can make myself die Lily, believe me."

William Lily nodded, when she heard the news a few days ago from Lura, her life felt empty, she seemed to have no world, because William was her world, the woman had already given up her entire heart for the man who was currently clutching tightly onto her body. "I love you" he said softly, and got a kiss from William at the top of his head.

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