"If you don''t want me to say things like that, you should stop doing the same." La grabbed his hand and stared into his eyes. "Live in the moment and don''t overthink. So long as we are happy when we are alive, we shouldn''t worry about what happens after our death."


    Eric asionally thought that he was not as liberated in his thinking as La was. He would regrly worry about everything and lead a life filled with struggles.


    "I''ve thought things through, or I wouldn''t have made the announcement on social media," he said calmly. "Marriage doesn''t have tost forever, anyway. We can always get a divorce if you grow tired of me." La did not feel consoled at all, and if Eric was still not recovering, she would have pped him across the face for saying such a thing on their first day of marriage.


    "If you don''t know the right thing to say, you should keep your mouth shut." She red at him andy down to use her phone. "After your public announcement, I''ve been receiving tons of messages." He covered her with a nket and said, "What kind of messages?"


    "They are mainly from former ssmates and friends, asking me if we are really married and whether I can invite them to the wedding... Maybe they are your fans." La scanned all the messages but did not reply to any of them.


    Since they had yet to confirm the date of their wedding, she could not make any promises.


    "Don''t reply to them if you don''t want to," Eric said thoughtfully. "Your family prefers to keep a low profile, so we won''t be inviting the press to our wedding."


    "I don''t see the point in inviting the press. I will get my parents toe up with a guest list and your parents can do the same. After that, we will just add the names of our friends to it. That should sum things up." La did not like to oveplicate things, and it was mostly because of the environment she grew up in.


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    "You make it sound so simple."


    "My parents are more than happy to help with the wedding. They can help with stuff like menus and souvenirs for the guests... If you don''t want to deal with the minor details, I will get my parents to handle it, and you just need to set the theme for the wedding."


    "It''s our wedding, so I should n it on my own." Eric did not enjoy the idea of troubling others.


    "Whatever. Just don''t run yourself too thin. I''m too young to be a widow."


    Eric stared at her in silence.


    Days went by and soon, Hayden returned to Aryadelle along with Chad and Mike.


    Since it was the first New Year''s Ivy spent with her family, everyone saw the importance of it.


    "Ivy, you can stay in your own house the next time you go to Bridgedale," Chad said. "Your house is ready."


    "Thank you, Uncle Chad. I will go there the next holiday I have," Ivy said gratefully.


    "You need to study and intern at the


    same time now, so I don''t see you being


    Mikee to travel anytime soon,"


    Mike said. "You shouldn''t start


    interning so soon."


    "Ivy likes it," Avery said. "She works the night shift, and if she doesn''t like it, she would have given up a long time ago."


    Mike nodded, before pulling a


    wooden box out of his belongings "Ivy, this is a gift that I made for you." knew that Ivy would definitely


    e it. e


    Ivy stared at the box and gasped.


    "What''s in there? It''s sealed so tightly. How did you get through


    customs?" Avery wanted to


    open the


    swnovel


    box but noticed that it was nailed shut.


    "They checked and nailed it shut again," Mike said and turned to a servant next to him. "Bring me a tool, and I will pry it open."


    Sometimeter, a bodyguard came over with a tool, and Mike moved aside immediately.


    Before opening the box, the bodyguard asked, "Is what''s inside expensive?"