Evander gazed intently at Hazel. He was hoping for a positive answer from her. Five years had passed. His assignment was over, and it was time for him to return to Indonesia.
The five years he had spent with Hazel were not a trivial matter, and he had asked her to come with him and get married.
"I hope you say yes, because I'm not taking no for an answer," Evander said with a smile.
But to his surprise, Hazel shook her head slowly. "I'm sorry, I can't," she answered. The smile vanished from Evander's face, replaced by a look of sorrow.
"But why?" he asked in disbelief. After all their time together, Evander had thought it would be easy to ask Hazel to marry him and come with him.
"Let it be enough that I was your lover here. But I'm sorry, I can't go back to Indonesia with you," Hazel
