Love Worth Fighting For

143 Ancestral ring

Elena woke up from her sleep when the sun was already in a third of the sky, Elena hurriedly left Christian’s room after she realized the place where she had just slept. Elena who was so surprised to wake up in Christian’s room immediately went downstairs to the first floor where Jorge and the other servants were waiting for her.

“Good morning, Miss Elena.”

“Christian?”

Jorge smiled. “Please eat first, Miss.”

Elena shook her head. “No, I want to eat at home.”

“But it would be better if you eat first before going home, Miss.”

“No Jorge, I’m still full, thank you. I have to go home, I don’t want to worry my parents. I didn’t tell them anything about staying at this house before,” Elena politely refused.

“Okay, but you will be driven home by our driver, Miss.”

“Okay,” Elena answered quickly.

.....

Jorge raised his right hand, pointing towards the exit letting Elena go first. Arriving in the front yard Elena immediately got into a car that was waiting for her.

“Thank you, Jorge,” Elena said sincerely as she was about to close the car door.

“It’s my job, Miss. You don’t have to thank me.”

Elena nodded slowly, not long after Elena closed the door, the white sedan started walking away from the Clarke family’s house. Just passing through the gate, Elena suddenly thought of Christian. She cursed her stupidity for forgetting to ask Jorge where the man was, because she had no other choice in the end Elena chose to send a message to Christian.

“Off,” Elena mumbles softly when she notices Christian’s cell phone is off. Since Christian was used to this, Elena wasn’t surprised either.

Elena is used to dealing with situations like this where Christian suddenly can’t be contacted or disappears without any information like this morning, because she doesn’t want to look for trouble, Elena prefers to keep her cellphone back in her shirt pocket. From the front seat the driver just smiled a little seeing what Elena was doing, the driver didn’t dare to say anything and chose to remain silent like Jorge’s previous orders.

Since it was still early, the journey to Elena’s house was faster. Elena’s smile widens when she sees her family’s cake shop starting to operate again, it seems her father’s condition is getting better. After thanking Donald, the driver who took her home, Elena then jogged to her house.

“Need help?” asked Elena cheerfully instead of greeting.

Bianca who was setting the cake that had just been removed from the oven smiled broadly when she heard Elena’s voice. “Bride and groom shouldn’t be too tired, let alone work in the kitchen. You have to get a lot of rest Elena, on your special day you have to look perfect,” he said softly, teasing Elena.

“Ish, what are you talking about,” said Elena quickly with flushed cheeks.

Bianca placed the empty tray on the display case. “Your mother told me everything, you and the young master are taking care of everything, right? I already know, Elena. Don’t lie.”

“You gossipy bastard!” Elena answered quickly, as fast as she had moved straight into the house, leaving Bianca laughing amused at having managed to tease her.

Arriving at Elena’s room, she immediately threw herself on the bed that Christian had previously made over, Elena raised her hand in the air, staring at the heart-shaped diamond ring that was now wrapped around her ring finger. The ring that had made her and Christian fight a lot because Christian had misunderstood when she didn’t wear the ring.

“It’s beautiful, the price must be expensive,” said Elena quietly admiring the beauty of the ring that was wrapped around her ring finger.

“Of course expensive, the ring was a gift from a great person, Elena.”

Elena flinched when she heard her mother’s voice, immediately Elena got up from her bed.

“Don’t get up, sit on the bed,” said Mrs. Camila softly, holding Elena who was about to get up from the bed.

The obedient Elena then followed her mother’s orders to stay seated on the bed, her smile widening when she saw her mother finally sitting in front of her.

“I’m happy to see you happy, dear,” said Mrs. Camila with a warm smile that grew wide.

Elena immediately hugged her mother tightly. “Thank you mom.”

Mrs. Camila pursed her lips, slowly patting Elena’s back gently. “Well, is it all over?”

“No, yesterday Christian only took me to the wedding ring designer, Mom. There are still many things that haven’t been taken care of,” Elena answered quietly without letting go of her arms from her mother’s body.

“I have a present for you, darling,” said Mrs. Camila again.

Elena immediately released herself from her mother’s arms. “A gift? I don’t need any gifts from mom, seeing mom and dad are healthy and fine I’m already very happy.”

“No, this is a hereditary gift from our family’s ancestors. Indeed, the price is not much, it’s just that there is a long historical value in this ring.” Mrs. Camila handed Elena a gold ring with a small diamond in the middle.

Elena immediately covered her mouth with both hands.

“This ring was a wedding gift from your grandmother. At that time, my mother was as surprised as you are now, dear. I did not expect that your grandmother had a ring that was very expensive like this. to every daughter in our family who is getting married. And since you are getting married, now it’s your turn to have this ring,” said Mrs. Camila quietly, telling the history of the ring in her hand. “Remember Elena, this ring is our family treasure. I hope you won’t sell it or lose it, so you can give it back to your daughter when she gets married.”

Elena’s eyes filled with tears. “I can’t take it, ma’am. This ring is so precious, I’m afraid.”

Mrs. Camila smiled a little, slowly the old woman took Elena’s hand and immediately put the ring on Elena’s other ring finger. “Look, it’s just the right size, isn’t it?”

“Mom...”

“Don’t refuse, dear. This is a tradition that must be done, so don’t refuse it because you are only carrying out the mandate given by your parents.” Mrs Camila interrupted Elena’s words quickly.

Elena’s tears flowed profusely, she was touched to see the ring that was her family inheritance that was now wrapped around her ring finger. Elena didn’t expect her family to have such a tradition, a tradition that must have not been carried out in this era. Even though the ring looks old, Elena is sure it must be very expensive considering the history of the ring is hundreds of years old.

Mrs Camila immediately wiped Elena’s tears quickly. “No, you can’t cry. This is your happy day, Elena. You should smile a lot, I’ll be a wife soon. Remember Elena, even though you’re already part of the Clarke family you have to be careful. As many people have noticed, the Clarkes are not just any kind of family. You have to protect your husband’s family name wherever you are, because that’s the same way you protect your mother and father’s good name, my dear.”

“Yes ma’am, I understand,” replied Elena hoarsely.

Mrs. Camila smiled with emotion, suddenly the woman hugged Elena tightly. “I’m really happy to see you married, Elena. One of my prayers every night before going to bed is that you will be given a long life so that you can watch my only daughter get married and God will grant your wish. In a matter of days you will belong to someone else, your husband’s. Be devoted to him Elena.”

Elena nodded quickly with tears flowing again, running down her cheeks.

Unbeknownst to Elena and Mrs. Camila, behind the door Jody Wilson overheard their conversation. The man who was five years older than his wife slowly wiped the tears that were falling without him being able to control.

“Elena Wilson, my daughter,” Jody Wilson said hoarsely, his hand already touching the pendant hanging from her neck. “Wish you happy.”

****

Geneva, Switzerland.

After arriving in Switzerland last night, Christian immediately ordered Kainer to take him back to his parents’ house. Christian, who was so curious about the meaning of his father’s words, chose to directly meet Suri, he wanted to confirm directly to his sister. Christian wants to hear firsthand the truth of the information that has kept him from sleeping since last night.

“Is Suri used to getting up late now?” Christian asks softly to Julia, the butler at the Clarke mansion who’s been standing nearby.

“It’s seven o’clock in the morning, sir. Usually, Miss Suri will come down at nine, and so will Madam and Master,” answered Julia politely.

Christian takes a deep breath. “Two hours to go.”

“How about you rest first, young master? You look tired.”

Christian shakes his head slowly. “I’m not sleepy, I’m still full of energy.”

Julia pursed her lips. “Even though you still have a lot of energy, your body still needs time to rest, young master. Moreover, last night you suddenly didn’t sleep at all.”

“There is important information that I want to ask Suri directly, therefore I still can’t sleep if I haven’t gotten an answer to the question that was bothering my head last night,” Christian replies back.

“If you don’t want to rest in your room, you can just rest on the sofa, sir. So later when everyone comes down you can directly meet them, especially Miss Suri.” Julia, who doesn’t run out of ideas to seduce Christian, then offers Christian to rest on the sofa, Julia knows that Christian needs to sleep. His pale face looked so terrible.

Christian glances at the sofa not far from the dining table where he sits with his mouth tightly shut.

“Kainer also needs time to rest, Master,” said Julia again, glancing at Kainer who was yawning for the umpteenth time despite having finished three cups of coffee.

Christian takes a deep breath, he forgets that Kainer hasn’t slept since last night either. Without thanking Julia, Christian then invites Kainer to rest first in the room. Even though Kainer wasn’t a member of the Clarke family, he still had a special room that no one but himself had ever used.

When he reached the stairs Christian stopped his steps. “If I overslept, please tell Suri to come straight to my room.”

Julia smiled. “Very well, young master.”

“Good...and thanks Julia, your coffee is always perfect.”

“Thank you for the compliment, young master.”

Christian also continued his steps towards the room which was not far from Suri’s room, without changing his clothes Christian immediately slammed his body on the big bed that was so neat. Since Christian hadn’t previously turned on the light, it was now pitch black in his room. The only source of light was a ray of sunlight streaming in through the tightly closed curtains of his bedroom.

Because he was too tired, in a matter of minutes Christian fell asleep. In his sleep Christian hopes that what he heard last night was just a misunderstanding, Christian still hopes that his Elena is not involved in Suri’s kidnapping.