Chapter 23 Romeo and Juliet Will you elope with me? ...
After the gauze was removed and Rosalia was no longer restrained, she wanted to jump three feet high. Kaka took Eleven and her around the house under Matthew's angry glare.
Seeing Kaka move into their home, his wife and daughter no longer had eyes for him, and there was no seat for him even at the afternoon tea.
Matthew couldn't stand it any longer. One sunny day, he complained to his wife, "I'm completely gone from this family. Even Eleven only plays with him!"
"Why aren't you standing here?" Christine didn't even look at the pretentious man, and waved her hand to ask Leah and Kaka to come over and eat.
Rosalia added, "You spend all day fishing without spending time with Eleven. You don't even let Eleven eat the fish you catch, you have to put them on display. Now that Richie finally has time to play with Eleven, you're not happy about it."
"That's what I did, that's what I did..." Seeing that his wife and daughter didn't support him, Matthew grunted for a long time without being able to explain the reason. He could only point the finger at Kaka who was laughing beside him, "You've been taking Eleven around all day, and he's lost weight, but you don't care about Eleven at all."
"Is there?"
"I didn't see that."
With the support of Ms. Kristen and Leah, Kaka was not afraid of Matthew getting angry. He gestured at Eleven's body shape and said seriously: "Eleven usually eats too much. He needs to exercise and lose some weight, otherwise he will become a big truck!"
Matthew, whose abdominal muscles have disappeared recently and a small belly has appeared: ...Is he talking about Eleven or me?
The main reason was that Kaka usually acted too kind, and Matthew couldn't be sure whether he did it on purpose.
Seeing her husband eating and drinking excessively, Ms. Christine, who no longer likes to exercise, tried hard to suppress her smile and picked up the teacup to cover her face to prevent herself from laughing out loud.
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Ever since Kaka announced he was moving out and envisioned a bright future, Rosalia had high hopes for the future. She'd barely lived with anyone else before, and with so few dormitories in college, and the need to apply, she didn't want to settle in with strangers, so she simply rented a house nearby and commuted to school.
Even though she didn't have to worry about hygiene or cooking, she was still a little nervous about living with Kaka, fearing that the two of them wouldn't get along well.
What if, what if Kaka insisted on cooking, would she eat or not? Not eating seemed a bit unfair to him, and eating seemed a bit unfair to herself.
Rosalia was rarely in a dilemma.
A few days later, Kaka finally gave in under her questioning, saying that the house had been cleaned and new furniture had been bought, and that they needed a few days for the smell to dissipate before moving in.
Ever since Matthew found out they were moving out and tried to take Eleven with him, he'd stopped fishing. He'd rejected the anglers' invitations and started playing Frisbee and taking walks with Eleven. Rosalia even spotted him and Kaka walking Eleven in the garden together. They were secretly competing, chasing each other, and in the end, Eleven was so tired that she was drooping, and it was Kaka who had to carry her back.
"He's been appearing and disappearing lately," Rosalia called Rita from her bed. "He's like an NPC in a game, randomly appearing in every corner of the villa."
"Hey, what you said is so scary." Rita got goosebumps from what she said.
"Really? One time I found him taking a camera and taking pictures everywhere, even the teddy bear in my room was not spared." Matthew had bought that teddy bear for Rosalia when she was a child. It was huge, and when he brought it back, he buried it without a trace.
"Maybe he wants to leave a souvenir on a CD so you can reminisce about your youth when you're old."
Rosalia: "...It's a beautiful thing. Why do you say it so disgustingly?"
Rita huffed in anger: "I wish you happiness, goodbye!"
Rosalia was left bewildered, blinking at the blank phone screen.
"I'm so bored," Rosalia tossed and turned on the bed, rolling from one end to the other. Suddenly, she got up with messy hair and rushed out in her slippers, "Rich? Honey? Where are you?"
She searched from upstairs to downstairs, even Eleven's room was not spared.
"Woof woof woof woof woof!" Eleven, who was woken up, let out a series of helpless rages. He was already exhausted from being walked during the day, and now he couldn't let the dog sleep!
"Okay, okay, I was wrong," Rosalia raised her hand awkwardly to appease it, "Shhhhh, I'll leave now."
The door was closed, and Eleven was about to go back to sleep when the door suddenly opened again and half of a head popped out.
"By the way, have you seen Kaka?"
“Woof!!” Go!!
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Rosalia's physique is nothing like that of an Italian. She is very sensitive to coffee, tea, and even carbonated drinks. If she drinks them after noon, she won't be able to fall asleep early that night.
Unfortunately, she drank a cup of tea handed to her by Kaka while playing with Eleven in the afternoon, and now she was no longer sleepy.
Her unusually excited mental state and disrupted biological clock made her exhausted after just one run up and down the stairs. Her heart beat rapidly and she could only sit on the open-air balcony on the second floor to rest for a while.
Where did he go?
She took out her cell phone to call Kaka, and saw a familiar incoming call notification flashing on the screen. Coincidentally, Kaka also called her.
Rosalia picked up the phone and asked, "Where have you been? I looked everywhere for you and couldn't find you."
Because of the signal, there was a gust of wind on the other end of the phone, accompanied by Kaka's gentle voice: "Dear, come to the window."
Rosalia was a little confused. There was a distance between the bedroom window and the terrace, but they were facing the same direction, and from this angle she could see what was happening outside. She leaned against the railing to try to figure out the situation, saying, "Window? But..." I'm not in the bedroom.
She was interrupted by Kaka before she could finish her words.
"You're here?" He suddenly felt a little nervous. He took a deep breath and said, "Will you elope with me?"
Rosalia: ???
With a big question mark on her head, she also saw where the Kaka people were.
Kaka was wearing a neat suit with a white shirt underneath. The collar of the shirt was slightly open. Under the light from the wall lamp, Rosalia could even clearly see his collarbone.
He even put hairspray on his hair and combed it back meticulously. He wore a pair of black-framed glasses on his nose, and he looked very mature and sexy.
Kaka stood under the windowsill, holding flowers in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. He was very nervous, his heart was pounding, and his palms were even sweaty.
Not only because he had said something very awkward and embarrassing, but also because he was waiting for Leah's answer, he repeated it again: "Will you?"
"I would, dear, but..."
Kaka quickly asked: "What?"
"But I'm not in the bedroom. I'm on the terrace," Rosalia thought for a moment, "that's on your left."
In the awkward silence, Kaka turned his neck little by little, looked at Leah who was waving at him, and then slowly turned his body back.
He thought in frustration, this is so embarrassing, whether it's what I just said or whether I got the wrong direction, it's so embarrassing! Help, someone can save me. He closed his eyes, unwilling to face it again.
It wasn't God who saved him, it was Leah.
She put down her phone, put her hand over her mouth and shouted, "Romeo, I'm here!"
Kaka thought that if angels had voices, they would probably sound like this. He opened his eyes and, not caring whether he would disturb Matthew and Christine, ran to the terrace with his leather shoes clattering, and ran out with Leah in his hand.
Leah was held by his hand, holding the flowers in one hand, but her eyes never left his suit and glasses. He was so handsome, with a charm that only a grown man could have.
The two quickly ran to the car that had been prepared long ago. Before Kaka could sit down, she pulled Kaka over by his tie and kissed him firmly, "You look so handsome."
Kaka accepted the compliment with a smile. He fastened Leah's seat belt, adjusted his glasses, and stepped on the accelerator. "Are you ready?"
"Set off!"
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As the humming sound of the engine gradually faded away, Ms. Christine turned over in the bedroom on the third floor and closed her eyes. "Finally they left. I can finally sleep."
Not far away, at the window, Matthew watched helplessly as the Brazilian boy kidnapped his daughter with a bouquet of flowers and a silly smile. He was furious and clutched the corner of the curtain tightly, refusing to let go. "He just took Leah away like that?"
"What else do you want? Let him come up and elope with you?" Kristen patted the seat beside her impatiently, "Come and sleep quickly!"
"Oh..." He had already lost a daughter, and he couldn't anger his wife anymore. Matthew went to bed with his wife, mumbling, "I think it's too easy to let him go like this..."
"Shut up! Go to sleep!"
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Perhaps the tea was still working, Leah wasn't sleepy at all. On the way, she enthusiastically asked Kaka, "Where are we going?"
"England? France?"
"We're not going to Brazil! I don't have my wallet with me."
Kaka just comforted her and prevented her from feeling bored, but he did not answer her questions directly. When asked, he would just say, "You'll know in a while."
It wasn't until the car stopped downstairs of the apartment building that Rosalia realized where their destination was today.
Before she could take a good look at her surroundings, Kaka blinded her.
"Slow down, there are stairs here." Kaka supported her, put one hand in front of her eyes, and took her into the apartment.
Although Leah couldn't see, she could feel them passing through the living room, around the corner, and then up to the second floor, stopping at the door of a bedroom. Kaka put down her hand, stepped forward, and pushed open the door. She was surprised by the layout inside.
It was an exact replica of her layout at home. Because she was night blind and worried about getting up at night, she kept a nightlight by her bed. The nightlight here was the same model as hers, even the switch angle was the same. Not to mention her usual bedding, water cup, and the stool where she liked to put her clothes. Even the corner was the same size as the teddy bear Matthew had bought her!
"No wonder you've been so elusive these past two days," she threw herself into Kaka's arms in surprise, "How can you be so thoughtful? It must not be easy to find these." Some of the ornaments were bought by Christine when she was a child, and they are rarely seen on the market now.
"Luckily, Mom and Dad helped me a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have bought everything so quickly." Seeing that the gifts he gave were well received, Kaka felt very satisfied. He didn't take credit for it and honestly told Matthew and Kristen about their help. He hugged Leah and went to the next room, "Open it and take a look."
Another surprise? When Leah pressed the handle and pushed the door open a crack, a furry little head popped out, "Meow~"
"It's a cat!" She squatted down and held the kitten in her palm. The little cat lay down and licked her. "It looks a little familiar."
Kaka also squatted beside her and rubbed the kitten's head with his slightly calloused fingertips, causing it to tremble and sneeze.
"It's the one at the door the last time you came to my house."
"Later, when I went out, I found it lying in the grass and looked sick, so I took it to the vet and just picked it up today."
He didn't mention that he didn't find an adopter for it but chose to take it home because he saw her looking at it that day and thought she would like it.
"Have you given it a name?"
"Not yet. I want you to name it."
Leah thought for a moment and said, "Luna, her fur is actually yellow. The last time I saw her, I remember it was blue and white."
"I asked the doctor, and he said that it was sick and its hair became lighter, so it was painted that color. Yellow is its original color." Kaka's tone was full of heartache.
"Oh, dear baby, my little Moon," Leah held Luna in her arms and kissed its mustache, "You don't have to be afraid when you follow your mother from now on."
"Yes, Papa will take you to eat canned food." Kaka picked up the kitten that had been rubbing against Leah's face and put it on his head. His hair was originally combed back and sprayed with hairspray to make it even stiffer. Luna pressed it with her paw pads and found it was a good place to rest, so she lay down.
Leah followed him downstairs. She hadn't even looked at the layout of the first floor yet.
It's clear Kaka has painstakingly restored the home's original appearance, placing some furniture in familiar, comfortable locations and adding plenty of greenery. A glass door on the side of the first floor leads directly to the small garden, and inside the door are the two lounge chairs her family had previously purchased.
Kaka deliberately chose not to buy a large house like before, but instead bought an apartment, thinking that this would make life more comfortable and relaxing for the two of them. He used the remaining rooms on the second floor as a shared cloakroom and Leah's study, while the first floor housed Luna's room and a simple gym.
There was no guest room, and he didn't want anyone else to live in his and Leah's house.
"Hey, did you take this photo?"
Leah found that there were picture frames everywhere in the living room, all of which were pictures of her or pictures of them together. Some were from Leah's childhood, and some were more like they were taken from candid angles.
No wonder she saw Kaka taking pictures everywhere with a camera several times. It seems that he was not just decorating the house.
"I asked my mother for a photo album and developed a few photos of you when you were a child."
Kaka pointed to the group photos next to him and said, "These were taken by paparazzi during our date. I bought them and only kept these better-looking ones."
Leah observed it and found that it should have been taken when they were eating out last time. Her appearance was clear, but Kaka only showed his side face. The composition was good and there was quite a sense of atmosphere.
"They shouldn't be paparazzi. They should be shooting for magazines. They should earn more."
"That's not necessarily true. I spent a lot of money." Kaka pointed at a number, "It will definitely make more money than being a photographer."
"What? These photos are so expensive?" Leah wasn't familiar with the transactions that often took place between players and paparazzi. In her opinion, they were just photos, not worth the price. "I'd rather he send them out."
"Promise me dear, don't buy it next time."
Kaka's eyes lit up, "Liya, are you willing to tell me openly?"
"If it's public, then publicize it. Next time, let them take the photo and release it directly," Rosalia gritted her teeth. "Don't even think about getting another lira from me!"
I didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise, the money was well spent. Kaka couldn't help but thank the paparazzi in his heart, and wished God would bless him to take such a beautiful photo next time and publish it directly in the newspaper.
It’s better to be the front page headline!
The author has something to say:
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The replacement was completed and [sunglasses] was finally sent out successfully before twelve o'clock.
I found that the pace was too slow before, so I discussed the plot with my friend and reorganized the story later [erect ears rabbit head] thanks her
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