Shattering Hearts

(S3): Birthday party

Nicola didn't think Vladimir's love for the girl was so deep, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to love another woman. He wanted to match Vladimir to another woman.

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‘’Morning, Reiko!’’lizzie said

‘’Good morning! Did you sleep well last night?’’

‘’Iya. I slept really well last night. Looks like it's sunny today I'll take a walk outside for a while."

‘’You should have breakfast first."

‘’Oh yes where are Nicholas and Eddy?’’

‘’Nicholas already went to the office and Eddy went to school."

‘’One-morning has already gone to the office."

‘’On your birthday, have you decided who you will invite? Don't you want to invite your friends who are in Moscow to celebrate your birthday" said Aleandra, her mother.

‘’Whataa? my friends were in Moscow, but they thought I was dead. If I suddenly invited them here, what would they say."

‘’What you still want to hide directly from them especially from Vladimir. I wonder how he reacted when he saw you who he thought you were dead, he would be very surprised. Do you still love that guy?’’

‘’I still love him. I'd love to meet him and talk to him again, but I can't do it."

‘’Why can not be done? You just call him and tell him you're alive. Lizzie, it's time for you to pursue your own happiness. Live with the man you love. We will support you" Dimitri said.

‘’But maybe now he already has a lover again and thank you guys for supporting me."

‘’We haven't told you about Vladimir. Nicholas only heard last night about him, so we haven't had time to tell you about it, because you're asleep" Reiko said.

‘’What's the news?’’

‘’Vladimir until now has no lover anymore. There is a possibility that he still loves you, so until now he still has no other woman. Lizzie, we want to see you live a happy life" Reiko replied.

‘’What's up? Don't you want to marry Vladimir?’’ask Aleandra.

‘’Bu-not so. I wanted to, but Vladimir didn't know I was alive."

“Then you should tell him immediately, if you are still alive. Lizzie, how long will you keep hiding from him. Don't be too late for you" Dimitri said.

‘’I'm afraid Vladimir is still mad at me."

‘’That incident was 2 months ago maybe he also forgot about your hug with Dave," Reiko said.

‘’That's possible, but I still don't dare to appear in front of him."

‘’What are you still angry with?’’ask Aleandra.

‘’No I'm no longer mad at him."

‘’It was good. Oh yeah, I heard Veronica's dead."

‘’Eh, Vetonica died? When's? I don't know at all."

‘’Veronica died a few days ago. Dad and Mom only found out about it a week ago" Dimitri said.

‘’Where did you guys know about it?’’

‘’From Nicola."

‘’Oh so. I don't know at all. I can't believe he's dead."

Lizzie quickly finished her meal.

‘’I'm done eating. I'm going to the room to talk to someone. I'd like to get an opinion from him on this."

‘’Was that someone, the person you were telling me about at the time, if it's not wrongly named Edena, right?’’ask Dimitri.

‘’Iya correct. His person. I like to exchange ideas with him."

‘’Don't trust him too much. Who knows if he's a bad guy. You have to be careful."

‘’I know. Dad, don't worry. I'll be careful."

Lizzie goes to her room, then turns on her computer. He was looking around to see if Edena was online or not. Lizzie smile. The person he was looking for was online, and then Lizzie wrote him a message.

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Vladimir who was daydreaming in his office got a message from his chat friend Rose. He smiled and answered the message immediately. To her, Rose was the friend she was always waiting to talk to, and they wrote messages to each other.

Tok.dok...

‘’Include!’’

‘’This is some more files you have to deal with."

‘’Please keep it on the table!"

Zoya who saw Vladimir smiling alone in front of the computer made her wonder. Usually Vladimir always looks serious when in front of the computer.

‘’What is there fun on your computer?’’

‘’Eh, what do you mean?’’

‘’ I've since seen you self-smile, so I think something fun has happened. You always seem serious."

‘’It turns out you always pay attention to me. I can't hide anything from you. You are a great secretary. I'm lucky to have you here. Now I'm chatting with someone. He's an easy person to talk to. We were always brainstorming about everything, even though I didn't know who he really was, and his presence was always me waiting every time I went online."

‘’She's male or female?’’

‘’Female. Why are you asking that?’’

‘’It's okay just want to know. You might fall in love with him."

‘’What? Falling in love with her? Better not talk senseless. Where I might fall in love with her. I know what I feel now. I understand very well how I feel. I just consider him an ordinary friend no more than that, because I still...’’.

‘’Still loving Lizzie, right? Apparently your love for her is still very strong. I've been moved to see the sincerity of your love for Lizzie until now. Your love for him is so deep."

‘’How about you? Did you get the love of your life?’’

‘’Then I haven't got it. Why did you also ask me that?’’

Then Zoya remembered the young man who helped her carry her groceries. His face became red.

‘’There's a right, Zoya? Look at your face turn red."

‘’It...it..sorry I cannot say it. Excuse me first."

Zoya leaves the office in a hurry to avoid Vladimir's further questioning. Vladimir who saw that just laughed.

‘’It looks like my great secretary is liking someone. But who is it?’’

Vladimir then continued chatting .Rose also told Vladimir that next week was his birthday and Vladimir congratulated him. He was silent for a moment, because he remembered something. Rose's birthday is the same as Lizzie's birthday. A few minutes later, Vladimir ended his conversation with Rose.

“Either why I got along so quickly with this girl, I felt like I had known her for so long. It's so weird."

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Lizzie shuts down her computer and then takes her coat hanging in her closet, wears a light blue scarf, and wears thick boots, as the snow outside is overwhelming even though she has already entered spring. Today Lizzie wants to take a walk in the city.

It was very cold outside and sometimes the wind was blowing. Just a few minutes outside, Lizzie was already shivering in the cold. He noticed the children making snow dolls and throwing snow on the playground. Lizzie approached them and joined them.

They made many snow dolls of all sizes. He enjoys playing with them until he forgets time. When Lizzie saw her watch it was 4pm, Lizzie said goodbye to them, and quickly left the playground running around.

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The next day, Zoya, who had finished her lunch, suddenly nudged a man in front of the building entrance.

‘’I'm sorry!"

‘’You? Zoya Faguzina?’’

Zoya is shocked to see the man, not expecting to meet him here at all.

‘’Are you Anton David Zelessky?’’

‘’True. I'm glad you can still remember my name. It's good to see you again."

‘’I'm also glad to see you again here. What are you doing here?’’

‘’I just met my friend here. Do you have time tonight? I'd like to take you to dinner. I haven't seen you in a long time, so I'd like to talk to you."

Zoya is again shocked to suddenly get a dinner invitation from a man and her face is blushing.

‘’Ba-well I accept your invitation."

‘’Good. Later tonight I wait for you in Gold Rush at 8 p.m."

‘’I'm definitely coming. I'm sorry I have to go back to the office, surely my boss is waiting for me. I'll see you there."

Zoya walked towards her office with a happy face.

In accordance with the promised time, Zoya arrives on time and Anton is already there waiting for her. They enjoyed their dinner with fun and became more intimate, and they exchanged phone numbers. From then on, the two became more and more familiar.

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‘’Morning, Mr Kalashnikov!"

‘’Pagi! You look happy today. Surely a fun thing has happened to you huh.:

Zoya smiled in response to Vladimir's words.

‘’That's it if you don't want a story. I'll be home early today. I'm going to visit Lizzie's grave."

‘’For these 2 months you are diligent once visiting his grave."

‘’Because I miss him and want to get closer to him. If I could I wanted to hug her now and not coldly take her off again, but that was no longer possible. People who have died cannot live again. But lately I've been feeling like Lizzie's still alive somewhere. I know, I can't hope for the impossible."

‘’I understand. It is hard to forget the people we love. Then excuse me first."

Vladimir checked the files that Zoya had given him, and at noon he came to court to prosecute the perpetrator of a robbery against an elderly widow.

It was late afternoon, Vladimir was getting ready to go home early. Before going to Lizzie's grave, he stopped by the flower shop and bought a bouquet of red roses, then continued on his way again. Arriving at Lizziw's tomb, there was already a bouquet of new white roses, then Vladimir looked left right, front behind to find out who had come, and then Vladimir looked left right, because every time Vladimir came to Lizzie's tomb there were always white roses.

‘’Who exactly is the person who has come to Lizzie's grave? What are Lizzie's acquaintances or Lizzie's friends?’’

Vladimir could not guess who it was, although he had tried hard and thought about who had come to Lizzie's tomb, but could not find the answer. He came home with curiosity and question marks about the man who had visited Lizzie's tomb.

"I need to find out who that person is."

‘’Halo Zoya, it's me. Please immediately send people to watch over Lizzie's grave, it seems like there are people who secretly always visit her tomb."

‘’Good. I'll soon send people to watch over his grave."

Vladimir then went home and headed straight for his room.

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A few days later

Today is Lizzie's birthday. Some of the rooms in the castle are beautifully decorated. Inside the castle, there is a rush to prepare for his birthday party. The waiters go back and forth there are those who bring cutlery, tablecloths, pastries, tarts, pies, and other foods. His birthday cake was very large and placed in the middle of the room where the party took place. Lizzie was in her room being groomed by the best perias in town.

A few minutes later, the invitations began to arrive. Important guests of Nicholas have also arrived. Not long after that Lizzie came out of the room and met the guests. The girl looked so beautiful and today Lizziw turned into a princess. She wears a silvery white short-sleeved canal dress and also shimmers to the ankles. Her shoes are the same color as her dress. Her hair was scratched and slightly curled under her hair, and her hair was adorned by a diamond-encrusted crown.

The invited guests were fascinated by Lizzie who was so beautiful especially the men who did not blink when they saw her. Lizzie greeted the invited guests. His birthday began very well. Nicholas and Reiko, who already regard Lizzie as their own daughter, congratulate her and Eddy, Nicholas and Reiko's sons.

‘’Thanks."

‘’Today you are very beautiful, if Vladimir saw you as beautiful as this he would also be fascinated to see you," said Reiko.

Lizzie's face turned red.

‘’True? Unfortunately he doesn't see me now."

‘’Lizzie, are you happy with this Father and Mother party" Aleandra said.

‘’Of course I'm happy. I'm so grateful to all of you who have made my birthday festive every year."

‘’Mother is happy if you are happy. Left first yes Mother wants to accompany the guests first."

A few hours later the party ended and the invited guests had already left. On her birthday, Lizzie got a lot of gifts.

Lizzie immediately opened her gift wrapped in gold-colored gift paper decorated with silver ribbons from Reiko. He got a watch, a beautiful dress from Nicholas, then opened a gift from his Father and Mother neatly wrapped by green gift paper with a yellow gold ribbon. Lizzie was astonished to see the check and the number written on it.[ ]