Shirley raised her head to reply, “It’s okay. I can wait for you.”


    Zacharias brought her to the couch and took out a set of jewelry from the bag. “These are for you.”


    “Why did you buy these? Stop spending so much money on me.” Though Shirley said that, she still


    smiled and happily opened the box, revealing a three-piece set of beautifully designed jewelry that


    shimmered under the light.


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    “Do you like it?” Zacharias asked. He had personally gone out to choose these. Nodding, Shirley


    replied, “I do, but stop giving me presents like these.”


    However, Zacharias wouldn’t listen. Instead, he would give her these gifts every year.


    “It’s gettingte. Let’s head upstairs.” Shirley held his hand. It was nearing dawn, and the man had


    plenty of things to do the next day, so she had to get him to rest earlier.


    Meanwhile, Zacharias noticed how eager she was and misunderstood her intentions. He let her lead


    him upstairs, and once they got to their bedroom, he immediately pushed her against the door. “It


    seems like you miss me a lot.”


    When Shirley raised her head and noticed the glint in his eyes, she couldn’t help but chuckle. “What


    are you thinking about? I just want you to rest earlier, not-”


    The man cut off the rest of her words. Even though she denied it, her body was honest. Damn it! I


    admit that I want it, too.


    Even though they had a tight schedule to prepare for a royal wedding, that didn’t stop everything from


    progressing in an organized manner.


    During the next half a month, Shirley had only one task-preparing herself to be a beautiful bride.


    She had high-end personalized wedding gowns and evening dresses, jewelry she could pick from, and


    best wishes from all parties.


    Besides that, Ang even hired professionals to educate her daughter so that she would be a


    very elegantdy at the wedding. That was because Shirley grew up in a graceless environment, and


    Ang didn’t expect her daughter to marry the vice president. Therefore, Shirley must start attending


    etiquette lessons.


    During the two-hour course, Shirley spaced out for nearly an hour because the etiquette teacher’s tone


    was like a luby, almost lulling her to sleep several times.


    In addition, Zacharias didn’t let her sleep wellst night. That man seemed to have abnormally high


    stamina, which even she admired. Not only could he focus on dealing with work matters and wedding


    preparations in the morning, but he could also work out untilte at night. Therefore, Shirley just


    happened to have the urge to doze off during her afternoon etiquette ss.


    In the end, after she managed to force herself to finish her etiquette ss, she had to attend an art


    appreciation course that her mother arranged for her as well. It felt like her mother saw her as a student


    about to take a college entrance exam and arranged whatever she saw fit into every second of her


    daughter’s free time.


    While inside the car, Shirley couldn’t stop herself fromining to her man, but the man was also


    helpless in this situation. After all, that was his mother-inw’s arrangement, and it was inappropriate


    for him to interfere. Therefore, he could onlyfort Shirley, telling her to escape every chance she got


    and leave his mother-inw to him.


    Hearing that, Shirley cracked up. It seemed like the man had yed truant quite often back in the day.


    Halfway through her art ss, Shirley heard her phone ring. When she nced at it, she almost


    screamed because her savior had arrived.


    It was a call from Willow.


    “Miss, excuse me, but I would like to take a leave of absence. I have something very urgent to attend


    to,” Shirley requested politely.


    The teacher deduced from Shirley’s expression that this matter might be very urgent, so she nodded.


    “Go ahead, Miss Lloyd.”


    Once Shirley was outside, she quickly answered the call, “Hey, Willow. Have you arrived? On my way.”


    “I’ll wait for you.” Willow’s gentle voice came from the phone.


    The two had agreed to have afternoon tea together. After all, Willow had returned to the country ahead


    of schedule just to meet up with Shirley before thetter’s wedding and have a girl’s talk.


    At the cafe, Willow wore sweet, elegant attire. Her naturally elegant temperament was certainly not


    something that could be brought by clothing and makeup but something she was born with.


    When Shirley sat down and saw the aromatic coffee on the table, she picked it up and took a sip. “I’ve


    been so exhausted for thest few days. My mom is afraid I’ll embarrass her at my wedding, so she


    has arranged various courses for me. I can’t help but wonder, am I that graceless?”