Chapter 59


    Getting married I stared in awe at the shining gem lying in my hand for a few long minutes. Its color was


    intensely blue, and no matter from what angle I looked at it, the stone was perfectly clear. I had never


    seen anything as beautiful. Did Aren truly want me to have it? It felt surreal. Wasn’t it some kind of family


    heritage, passed from generation to generation? It was more than obvious that the “diamond” in the


    name of Aren’spany wasn’t a coincidence either. How could I be the new owner of something


    like that? I put the diamond back into the pocket of the jewelry box and grabbed my phone since I had


    little knowledge about expensive gems. As soon as I googled the basic information, I froze, realizing that


    the pretty blue stone inside the box could be worth more than twenty million dors! Certainly, that wasn’t


    a sum of money that could overwhelm Aren, but I was close to a heart attack! Two secondster, I was


    calling Aren, with my heart thundering with anxiety. “Hello, Sunshine,” he said with so much smile in his


    voice that it made my lips curve as well. “I’m sorry to bother you at work… I just needed to tell you that


    I… that I opened the lid and found the diamond inside,” I imed nervously. “I knew you would.” His


    confident but warm response made my heart melt. “B-but what do I do with this diamond now?” I asked,


    still unable to ept possessing something that had such worth. He chuckled. “My mother wanted my


    bride to have it, so it is now yours.” “It doesn’t make sense, Aren!” I protested. “It is your heritage. Even


    yourpany’s name says that it means a lot to you!” “The stone means a lot to the Lan family, mainly


    because they would like to get their hands on it, and they couldn’t. The gem was given to my Mother by


    my Grandmother since it was originally hers. My Grandmother loved her only daughter and always


    supported her. That was why she gave her the most priceless item in her dowry-a beautiful blue


    diamond, Tian Kong, which means the sky. Of course, each one of my Mother’s brothers thought that he


    deserved to get that diamond more than her, but no one could change my Grandmother’s decision.


    Nheless, I was attacked quite a few times by someone sent to get that diamond, but those poor


    thieves couldn’t find it. As I grew stronger and richer, I chose the name of mypany to tease those


    bastards and state that I owned the diamond, but, frankly, you are the first person to see that gem from


    the moment my mother died. Now, I want you to have it. We can have it ced in some beautiful


    ne or an enormous ring, and I want you to wear it with pride because that is what my Mother would


    want.” Aren soundedposed, but the meaning of his words only made me more restless.


    “So… you’ve never opened the lid yourself?” I asked hesitantly.


    “No. I didn’t even want to know how to open it. It was my Mother’s wish that I’d give it to my future wife.


    Besides, it was dangerous to open it then. If I’d done it and used the diamond, for example, to get the


    funds to start apany, I would have set a target on my back,” he exined.


    “But what about me?! Doesn’t it put a target on my back now?!” I burst out in panic.


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    Heughed. “No, because I am strong enough to protect you. Besides, tomorrow, once we sign the


    papers at the registry office, it will all be over. I will be an official heir of the Lan family and thus gain


    my Grandfather’s full protection.”


    “So your Grandfather, Lan Jing, will grant you a mark that you are untouchable or something, right?” My


    mind was desperate to put all of those things in order. “More or less, yes,” he replied. “But he has no


    authority over the Winton family. I am guessing that they know about everything your mother left you. If


    Augustus was willing to lower himself and almost beg you to invest in his business, then wouldn’t he try


    to get his hands on the diamond as well?” I questioned.


    “If my father knew about the diamond, he wouldn’t let me have anything that belonged to my Mom.


    Fortunately, she was wise enough to create that box. When I left the Wintons’ mansion,


    me, they merely assumed that I wanted to have a memento of her. Idiots.


    ar the diamond in public, it will be obvious who owns it, and even if Augustus tries to steal it, he could


    only sell it on the ck marker, and that would be impossible since all significant ces are already


    controlled by Lan Jing,” he exined smugly. Despite everything he said, epting the diamond still


    didn’t feel right. “But… how can I ept something worth over twenty million dors?”


    “It is worth over fifty million dors, to be precise, and as I said, it is something that my Mother wanted.


    Just ept it,” he said lightly. A heaved a hysteric chuckle. “But you have to agree that it isn’t something


    that a normal mother-inw would have given to her son’s wife, right?” “Exin normal. Would you rather


    receive a thousand-year-old jade bangle?” he teased. “No! God, no!” I eximed, just in case he had a


    few of those to give as well. “I was thinking about an old photo album with family pictures you’ve never


    wished to see again or a brooch with nothing but a sentimental value that I would be forced to wear even


    if it doesn’t match any of my clothes.”


    Arenughed hard for a while, hearing my words, but then cleared his throat and said with his velvet


    voice. “Sunshine, be a good girl, stop arguing, and ept the damn diamond. I bet that it will look


    stunning on you… especially if you wear nothing but the ne with it.” I bit my lip. I still felt restless,


    but his seductive tone made every argument against epting that gem dissolve in the air.


    “I want you badly, sunshine. You’d better brace yourself for the wedding night,” he whispered to the


    phone.


    “God, Aren…” A breathy moan escaped my mouth as I felt my sex ache for him.


    “Wait with your moans until I’m inside you.” The heat in his voice flooded my cheeks with a bashful blush


    and made me insanely thirsty.


    I wanted him this instant. If we were in the same room, I would be ripping off his clothes and


    caressing every inch of his magnificent body. It felt surreal that tomorrow, this man was about to be


    my husband…


    My wedding day started at five in the morning. I took a long shower, trying to convince my mind that it


    wasn’t as early as the clock said. After wrapping myself in a towel, I applied three kinds of face masks to


    wipe away the zombie-like traces of grey and pale. As soon as I crawled to the kitchen to make myself a


    cup of coffee, Miranda and Monique barged in to help me with my makeup and clothes. To save the best


    for thest, Michael prepared me one more dress-a white, fitted, knee-length cocktail dress. It was


    elegant and modest, but, at the same time, it sexily embraced my hips, waistline, and breasts.


    “Girl, you are going to give Aren blue balls for sure, not to mention that he is going to flip when he sees


    you in that silk gown. I would want you to rip that dress off of you myself,” Miranda teased.


    I chuckled, silently hoping for that kind of reaction from him. At the same time, I couldn’t wait until I saw


    him in a tux. I bet that he would look even more mouthwatering than he did wearing a suit.


    At exactly 7 AM, I walked into the office with Neil by my side. There was no one but us and the office


    clerks inside as if it was meant for us to handle all formalities in secrecy. Frankly, I was quite certain that


    it was arranged that way on purpose. Aren joined us five minutester since the morning traffic enabled


    him to show up on time. As soon as he passed the threshold, all eyes were on him. My fiancé strode


    toward me, wearing a morous ck suit. His lips curved into a wicked grin as his eyes took me in.


    “Good morning, beautiful,” he said alluringly. He was the only man on Earth able to arouse me with three


    words. “Good morning, handsome, “I breathed out.


    “Ready to get married?” he said, offering his bent elbow. I nodded and hurriedly looped my hand around


    it. I barely registered when the clerk announced that we had just gotten married. My eyes were on Aren


    the entire time, and his sole focus was on me as well. I wished that it could be over soon and that we


    could be alone… Unfortunately, we still had a wedding ceremony to go through.


    As soon as we left the office, we got separated again. Aren had to settle some minor issues at the


    company while I was taken to the Wintons’ mansion to prepare. Once I arrived at the ce, I was


    instantly snatched by Veronica to approve of every detail of the venue. After three hours of running


    around the garden, checking every flower decoration and table setting, I begged her to let me eat


    breakfast and rest. Fortunately, my maids of honor showed up to take over and feed me with sandwiches


    and coffee.


    The time ran fast, and the whole ceremony was less than an hour away. My renewed makeup was


    already done, and it was time to put on Michael’s marvelous silk creation.


    “You look even more beautiful today than when you looked at the atelier,” Monique sobbed with emotion.


    “Of course she does!” Miranda chuckled. “She saw her hot husband today and she has never


    stopped blushing from that moment. I couldn’t deny her words. My heart throbbed even harder as she


    mentioned my “husband” – the word was almost too surreal to my ears. I felt that I was mentally


    prepared for the whole show to go on before Veronica showed up, terror painting her expression.


    “Houston, we have a problem!” she eximed as she barged into my preparation room. “I = cannot find


    Neil! The cateringpany mixed our order, and there’s a problem with the wedding cake!” My face


    became pale. I didn’t think I had more strength to handle the food crisis. Fortunately, Monique and


    Miranda stepped in. “Don’t worry. We will go with Veronica and take care of everything. You just sit here


    and breathe,” Monique said, leading me to sit on a bed. As they left me, closing the door behind them, I


    started to wonder why I didn’t bring myself a bottle of proso. Bubbles and alcohol could surely ease


    my mind at that moment. I felt that I needed to calm down. I opened the window and tried to pull fresh air


    into my lungs when suddenly I heard the sound of the opening door. It looked like my maids could handle


    the toughest job in no time. I turned around, believing that it was Miranda or Monique who ! walked in. “Is


    the food problem solved alre—”


    A hard object hit my head. My vision became blurry. Thest thing I saw was a man in dark clothes with


    his face covered, leaning over my body as I copsed onto the floor. Heughed. “There’ll be no wedding


    today, bitch.”