MY NAME IS DAISY - NOT A BAD DUCK
29. I'll Be Back

Daisy had just arrived at her mansion when the car driving Maxi came.

"It's only nine o'clock, Max. You said it was coming at ten" Daisy made sure that she didn't look at the clock wrong by checking the watch again.

"I intentionally came sooner. Am I bothering you?" Maxi looked at Daisy.

"Ooh of course not. It's just that I haven't had a shower. Just finished riding" said Daisy, directing her hand towards the brown horse that was being led by her guard towards the stable building for the horses.

Maxi flabbergasted. He grabbed Daisy's arm while looking at her.

"You..can you ride?" tanyakanya. Between astonishment and disbelief that the girl in front of him could ride.

Daisy nodded in confusion.

"Isn't it natural to ride, Max? Especially for Amber city residents. It seems like being able to ride is a must. That's why I've been practicing riding since childhood"Daisy looked back at Maxi.

"Aren't you also good at riding?" ask Daisy.

"of course. We boys in the Edoardo family should be able to ride" Maxi replied.

"But the girls, no one is practicing riding" Maxi continued.

"I regularly train at the Edoardo race every Monday and Wednesday after school. And I've never been in a competition" Daisy said.

"My training is done on days when the race is quiet. Monday and Wednesday" Daisy said.

"Well, I never met you at the race. I train every Saturday" Maxi said.

"If you knew you were riding, I would have come with you" muttered Maxi disappointed.

"Maybe next time we ride. There's still a lot of time we're together going forward" Daisy comforts Maxi.

"Hopefully next month when we come back here the bluebells are still blooming" Daisy said in her heart.

"What else do you do but play the piano and ride that I don't know, Daisy?" ask Maxi chuckling. Daisy is the same.

"I'm not an expert, Max. Just a little bit" Daisy argued.

"It's like playing the piano you're very good at. Until master Jack Connor is immediately enamored with your game" Maxi said as he poked Daisy's cheek.

"Maybe I'm lucky to be chosen by Mr. Jack Connor" Daisy said.

"You're always down" Maxi murmured.

Daisy lets Maxi sit in the living room. He went to the bathroom to take a shower and change his clothes.

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"Where are we going today, Max?" daisy asked as she walked beside Maxi to the garden gazebo.

They sat down to enjoy tea dishes and some fruit cakes typical of the city of Amber that Nina had provided.

"We're flirting around the city of Amber, I want to know more about this beautiful city. Do you want to?" Maxi. He grabbed a cup of tea that Daisy had poured from a porcelain teapot.

"It's with pleasure, Max" Daisy replied.

"Do you want added sugar for your tea?"ask Daisy.

Maxi.

"Fresh tea without sugar is very delicious. The taste of the tea is more pronounced" said Daisy.

Maxi inhaled the aroma of tea in his cup.

"It's kind of white tea, is it?" ask Maxi. Sip the tea slowly.

"Yes, right. You seem to know tea very well" Daisy took a slow sip of the tea.

"I learned for a month about tea and the art of drinking tea to a famous Japanese tea expert in the city of Brown" Maxi said.

"Well that's great, Max. You have to teach me one day" whispered Daisy making Maxi laugh softly.

"I suspect that you don't know the art of tea, Miss Daisy" Maxi still laughed softly.

"I even suspected you could secretly karate like Cedro" Maxi was unable to hold back his laughter. She recalled a time in the library a month ago when she was once elbowed by Daisy in her stomach.

"Would you stop liking me if I could karate?" daisy asked with a serious face.

"Of course not, my Daisy. I will forever love you" Maxi smiled sweetly.

"Only, maybe I should learn karate to Cedro" said Maxi slowly.

Daisy chuckles.

"I can only make a little movement, Max". Daisy bit off a piece of pastry from the apple-flavored wheat.

"Can there be a little movement?" ask Maxi.

Daisy nodded.

"Just like a sentence: can you play a little piano?"ask Maxi again.

Daisy nodded.

Maxi cleared.

"That means you're good at martial arts" Maxi poked Daisy's cheek.

Maxi laughed again with the speech of the seventeen-year-old girl in front of him.

"Yeah, I believe you can only be a little for a lot of things" He grabbed Daisy's hand and patted her gently.

"Oh yes. When are you going to England? and what's the matter, Max?" ask Daisy.

"The plan is fourteen next month I leave for England. Managing the confirmation of the transition of the relics from my late parents to me" Maxi replied.

"Luca's father and Grandpa have arranged all my travel plans. Also prepared some bodyguards to accompany me there" Maxi continued.

"Does your business there trigger bad guys? Until grandfather prepares a bodyguard for you" Daisy was worried.

"Yes, right. There were some people who wanted to master those treasures. And trying to get rid of me since I was a baby"Jawab Maxi.

"I'm so worried, Max" muttered Daisy.

"But this business must be resolved immediately. After a long wait. Finally the legacy of my parents will not be disturbed anymore by those who are not entitled" Maxi sighed after speaking.

"May your description be no obstacle, Max. And quickly return again to the Lotus state" Daisy said expectantly.

"I'll be back, Daisy. To you"Well Maxi convinced Daisy.

"I'll miss you when you leave" Daisy muttered softly.

He was afraid something might happen. He does not want to lose the people he loves anymore.

"You take it easy. okay?" Maxi calms Daisy down. He knew right now Daisy must be feeling some worry.

"Now, let's go around the city of Amber" Maxi put the teacup from his hand on the table.

He takes Daisy's hand to a convertible-type car with the roof deliberately opened. Because they want to enjoy the cool air and the warm sun. They sat next to each other in the front seat. Maxi drives the car himself.

Today there is no Gabriella who accompanies because today is indeed a holiday schedule.

As their car exited the gate, a silver-colored car passed slowly and the passengers in the back seat opened the windowpanes. David. He looked towards Maxi and Daisy then nodded his head politely.

Maxi nodded his head.

"The dream is Mr. David Ferguson" Maxi said.

"Oh yes Max. I met him in the woods while riding" Daisy said. Maxi was silent for a moment. Then look towards Daisy.

"You met David Ferguson in the woods?"His chest felt rumbling. Very strange, Maxi thought.

Daisy nodded."Yes, when I was riding to see the bluebells, he was riding there too"

"He's a nice and friendly man, Max. He asked me to call him Dave" said Daisy.

Maxi tried to calm the rumble in his chest.

"You know, he called me Daiz. Just like my dad called me when I was a kid" Daisy continued.

Maxi re-arranged his breathing.

"What else did he tell you, baby?" ask Maxi.

Daisy. "Darling??" ask Daisy.

"Yes, honey. Can't I call you that?" ask Maxi slowly.

"But it's very strange if you call me that right now. We're not married, Max"

"I really like it when you call me my Daisy. That's so sweet, Max" Daisy smiled happily.

He realizes that Maxi is jealous of David.

"Alright, Daisy. Did David Ferguson say anything else to you?" Maxi asked with a sweet smile.

The girl in front of him was indeed very innocent. Always good to anyone. He knows her very much.

"Nothing important, Max. There's no way he's talking about business in the woods, right?"

Maxi chuckles. I mean not that, he thought.

"She's just talking a little bit about the bluebells" Daisy said.

"You take it easy, Max. All I like is you" whispered Daisy, smiling sweetly.

Maxi suddenly became nervous.

"You're jealous, Max." Daisy chuckles.

"Yes, I'm jealous. Because I love you, my Daisy" Maxi said.

"Thank you, Max" Daisy patted Maxi's hand slowly.

"Are we going around Amber? or would you like to stay here to discuss Mr David Ferguson?" Daisy seduces Maxi.

"Of course we're going for a walk. Let's go now"Maxi turned on his car engine.

Yuuhhh...Maxi breathed out. This seems like jealousy. Very unpleasant and exhausting.

He glanced at Daisy who was looking at him with a smile. Instantly the bad taste disappeared somewhere.

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