The Proposal

By Seung Geel Hong

A man is too timid to ask his girlfriend to marry him, and therefore the girlfriend must encourage him to make the proposal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781387597727

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The Proposal

First Edition

By Hong, Seung Geel (홍승길)

© 2019 by Hong, Seung Geel (홍승길)

All rights reserved

ISBN:  978-1-387-59772-7

Disclaimer

The following story was inspired by true experience, but the names of persons and organizations were changed to protect the privacy of everyone involved. Therefore, any similarity between any of the names in this story to any known individual, whether living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Hong, Seung Geel (홍승길)

The Proposal

Jason’s Childhood

Jason Birchwood was not a strong person. Ever since his childhood, he would experience physical discomfort whenever he would do anything that was considered only moderately strenuous by his peers.

For instance, Jason would quickly become short-winded or even exhausted whenever he tried to keep up during physical activities. Even walking at a moderate pace after eating a light meal would sometimes cause Jason to experience sharp chest-pain with each heartbeat.

Because of his condition, Jason was often teased and ridiculed, even by some of his own family-members. And since Jason’s problem was not visible to the naked eye, many refused to