She smiled up at him, before turning her face downward, demurely closing her lashes against his touch and proximity. As he departed Natsuko turned from the door, and clasped her hands before her face giggling in delight. She wanted to scream, to dance, to sing, but she comforted herself with a small cooing squel to herself, looking down at the ring now adorning her finger. She was engaged, and not to some kindly stranger, a foreigner looking for a bride, or a fortune hunter seeking to revive his coffers - but instead to a man she loved, who she believed to be kind and gentle and who professed to loving her.
A few seconds after he left, the door opened with her next gentleman, but the expression on her face, and the way she clutched at her hand, the ring now sparkling there, must have spoken volumes about what had passed between the petite Japanese woman and the handsome Englishman. His affected, flattering smile fell, and he offered a polite bow to her and left Suki to her excited musings.
A few seconds after he left, the door opened with her next gentleman, but the expression on her face, and the way she clutched at her hand, the ring now sparkling there, must have spoken volumes about what had passed between the petite Japanese woman and the handsome Englishman. His affected, flattering smile fell, and he offered a polite bow to her and left Suki to her excited musings.
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Gin made something stunning