"You are Veronica, aren't you?! I'm sure you are!" A youthful voice spoke in surprise.
Veronica turned around and saw a handso face. His pale face and shiny blonde hair with a radiant smile on his face blinded her for a mont.
"Who..." She took a trip down mory lane to recall the face but couldn't find it.
"Veronica, it's ! Eugene! How co you don't rember !" The youth seed excited and depressed at the sa ti. He was excited to et her again and depressed that she couldn't recognize him
"Eugene..." she muttered the na while searching in her mories. Finally, sothing rang a bell.
She recalled a blonde child wearing fancy clothes while visiting the temple. He was a crybaby with a zero sense of direction. Every ti he would get lost in the temple, he would cry his heart out and Veronica helped him find his guardian. That's how they beca friends.
"You are... that Eugene?!" Veronica looked at him in disbelief. She had a hard ti stomaching that crybaby turned into a handso man. "You have beco a good-looking man. I can barely recognize you."
"Talk about yourself! If it weren't for your silver hair and tomboy look, I wouldn't have recognized you either," Eugene said.
"Tomboy look?!" Veronica was fuming. "How dare you?! I'm the most feminine girl in the land. How dare you call a 'tomboy"?"
Eugene laughed heartily. "But you are! You still have that look on your face."
"What look?" Veronica demanded.
"It's the look when people are giving off a threatening look like you are going to beat them up if they ss with you. You have always been like this since you were a child, rember?" As Eugene ntioned, it was indeed the case. She was the nicest and the most obedient around the elders. Only after they were out of sight would she show her real self. The boys in the temple feared her but they couldn't utter a complaint about her. No elders would believe that the nicest girl was a devil when they weren't around.
"I wasn't a tomboy," Veronica strongly refuted. She proudly stated, "Whatever it was, it was my charm."
"Pfft!" Eugene couldn't control his laughter. He laughed heartily before saying, "Fine, fine, I believe you. I've been looking for you for the past three years. I haven't seen you in the temple. Did you move sowhere else?"
Veronica crossed her arms. "Why did you try to find after all these years? You disappeared without telling and were gone for so many years. Do you have the right to ask that question?"
While those two were chatting, Ironin, Felix, Darius and Zinnia were standing around the corner. They didn't want to look suspicious. So, they were looking around the street shops, checking out the products. Nevertheless, all of their ears focused on two people's
conversations.
Darius muttered, "I don't know why but I feel like I'm listening to two lovers' childhood romance. Correct if I'm wrong."
"I don't think you should speak about it out loud. You don't want this story going to Arthur's ears," Felix casually warned him.
It wasn't wrong for him to say it since they all knew it wouldn't be the brightest idea to make Arthur jealous.
Arthur recently learned to let her wife do whatever she pleased. A possessive man was trying to give his wife freedom as much as she wanted. His attempt to be a generous husband wasn't the easiest task but he managed to do his best.
They didn't want to ruin the couple's relationship by telling him a story like that, especially when it was mostly an assumption.
"Don't worry, boys," Zinnia assured them. "She chose Arthur in the end. She married him and led the life she wanted. Even if she liked that golden boy first, her man now is Arthur. Do you think she would choose him over Arthur? Out of the question."
While they were debating, Veronica and Eugene were in their own world. They didn't know so people were talking about them.
Eugene told her, "I apologise for leaving so suddenly. Actually, my parents sent abroad to study. They didn't think I would do well studying here. It was too sudden. I tried to sneak out in the middle of the night to et you but I got caught, resulting in being grounded until the day I left. I completed my study and ca back but you were gone. I looked for you everywhere..."
"So, that's how it was," Veronica sighed, looking forlorn. She did wait for him for months, even years. He was his first friend from outside the temple and she wanted to know more about the world from him. So, every Sunday, she would look forward to eting him. Unfortunately, he never ca back and she had to move on.
"That's okay, I understand," she stated. "It's not easy to be a nobleman. I think I'm lucky to be born as a commoner."
"Don't say that," Eugene said. He was still holding her hand. "So, you left the temple. Where are you living now? How are you doing?"
Veronica replied, "I'm living in the south. I'm doing great. I have many responsibilities now. I just ca here because I was missing this place. I'll be here for a short while. How are you doing these days?"
"I'm doing fine, thank you. Busy with responsibilities and whatnot," Eugene lowered his head, looking at their connected hands. "Veronica, I was wondering if I could talk to you later tonight. I have an urgent task to deal with. Later at night, I'll be free. Why don't we catch up?" "Tonight..." Veronica mumbled and then she said, "I'm sorry, Eugene. That's not possible. Maybe in two weeks but not tonight. I also have sothing on my plate. Afterward, let's catch up for the sake of old tis."
Eugene glanced at her. He squeezed out a smile and said, "Sure, let's do that. Where can I find you?"
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