When they were a few meters away from the soldiers holding the roses,

Wesley released her hand and fished something out of his pocket.

Under Blair's wide eyes, Wesley went on one knee, opened the embroidered box and revealed a diamond ring. The stone glinted under the sun's rays.

“He is going to propose...'

Blair Looked at the smiling soldiers around them and then into Wesley's affectionate eyes.

“I. Wesley, you..." She didn't know what to say.

Wesley spoke loudly so that all the soldiers in the grounds could hear him.

"Blair, a few years ago, you proposed to me right here, in front of all those soldiers, but I turned you down. And as they say, ‘Get up where you fall.‘ That's why I decided to bring you here to ask you the same question. Blair, I love you. Will you marry me?"

"Woah! Marry him! Say yes!" Before Blair could answer, the soldiers began to echo Wesley.

Their cheering made Blair's mind go blank for a second.

She hadn't expected him to propose to her in front of his soldiers, just like how she had done a few years back.

But...

She remembered what had happened two days ago, and tried to hold back her tears.

"No! I don't want to marry you!" she said, loud and clear.

Disappointment, pain, guilt... A myriad of emotions flooded through

Wesley. ‘When I turned her down, did she feel the same back then?' he thought. He regretted having treated her like that in the past.

Blair thought that Wesley would be disappointed after being turned down. However, he simply lowered his head and flashed a smile. He didn't look embarrassed at all.

She was confused. ‘When I proposed to him and was turned down, I was so angry and disappointed. But he doesn't seem affected by my refusal at all.'

The soldiers who had been cheering stopped and began to talk among themselves.

“Chief was right all along. He knew that she wouldn't say yes."

“If he already knew, then why did he still propose to her?"

“She had proposed to him a few years ago, and he too had refused her at the time. Maybe he just wanted to make her feel happy."

Wesley got to his feet and took the ring out of the box.

“It's your choice to turn me down, but I insist on marrying you. I'm putting the ring on your finger,” he said. He wasn't surprised at all.

It would have been strange if Blair hadn't turned him down.