Chapter 1715 The Proposal (Part Three)


    "I''m not tired. It''s a pleasure to take care of my kid. But I may need a good bath." Just like Edward,


    Rain too was a germophobe. He paid excessive attention to personal hygiene.


    "Okay, go then." Annie avoided meeting his passionate gaze. She was overwhelmed by his enthusiasm


    tonight.


    Rain lowered his head and nted a gentle kiss on Joyce''s forehead, before turning around and


    leaving the room.


    After he left, Annie nced around the room with curiosity. The room had pink sheets, pink curtains


    and pink furniture. Everything was pink. It was the kind of room that appeared in the fantasies of every


    little girl who wished she was a princess.


    Annie was struck by tangled feelings when she thought about starting their new life. Whether or not


    their life would be happy - Annie didn''t know yet. But she should at least give it a try, not just for her


    sake but for the kids.


    Rain finished with his shower and walked in Joyce''s room, seeing that Annie had already fallen asleep


    by Joyce''s side. Annie had been exhausted. She had been running around with the kids all day, and at


    night, Joyce had fallen ill. Annie''s energy was consumed up. Fatigue got the better of her and she


    dozed off.


    Rain picked her up in his arms silently and tucked her in beside Joyce. He sat on the chair beside the


    bed. Tom had said that Joyce would need extra attention during the night. Rain didn''t dare go to sleep,


    fearing that Joyce might get feverish once again.


    Next morning, Annie blinked open her eyes, feeling that something was amiss. Yes, it was the room


    that Joyce had stayed inst night. But where was Joyce? She was not beside her. Besides, why was


    she lying in bed? She didn''t remember having gone to bedst night.


    "Joyce! Joyce!" Annie got up and walked out of the room without even wearing her shoes.


    As she walked toward the stairs, she heard joyfulughtering from the dining room. The sound


    was familiar to her. It was indeed Joyce.


    Doubtful, Annie walked down the stairs. Joyce was sitting on Rain''sp and eating porridge. He was


    feeding her with a spoon. She looked better after a good night''s sleep.


    "Mommy!" Joyce blurted out in excitement. Her eyes had moved toward Annie as she came down.


    Rain raised his head. He frowned at the sight of Annie''s bare feet and put Joyce in her chair, walking


    toward his fiancée.


    "Why didn''t you wear your shoes? Don''t you feel cold walking barefoot?" He lifted Annie up without


    hesitation. She was startled by his sudden action and yelped, wrapping her arms around his neck


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    "Haha! Mommy, you are an adult. You don''t need Daddy to hold you." Joyce pped her hands merrily,


    making fun of her mother.


    "Rain, put me down. Joyce is looking at us!" Annie''s face was flushed. Joyce was rather mischievous,


    and that made her all the more embarrassed.


    "Now you''re embarrassed. Remember to put on your shoes next time. It''s winter now, not summer."


    Rain put her down on a chair. He bent down and touched her feet with his hands. Her feet were


    freezing.


    "I''m okay," Annie said meekly. The more Rain cared for her, the more she blushed. She couldn''t help


    but hold her feet back.


    "Don''t move. I''ll warm your feet right up." Rain wrapped his hands around her feet. He was much like


    Edward when it came to love. When he didn''t love a person, he could ignore herpletely. But once


    he truly fell for someone, hevished all his love on the object of his affection. He was ready to make


    Annie feel like she was the luckiest woman in the world.


    "No, no. They are dirty." She had walked barefoot on the floor and was sure that her feet had dust on


    them. They would only make his hands dirty.


    "Don''t worry about that. The floor is very clean. If you think your feet are dirty, it means that the


    cleaners were cking around." Rain raised his eyebrows at her, smiling cunningly. He was curious as


    to how she would escape him now.


    "Oh!" Annie stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. Of course. She had not considered that the maids


    had cleaned up.


    "Mommy, where is Huey?" Feeling ignored, Joyce immediately butted in, attracting their attention.


    "Huey is at home. You had a high fever yesterday, so he stayed at home." Annie moved her feet back


    toward herself. She was not ustomed to being intimate with Rain in front of the kids.


    "Don''t worry, Joyce. I have called up Huey. I told him that I would pick him upter." Noticing that Annie


    had shuffled her feet back, Rain stopped pestering her. They were not as cold as before now. He had


    warmed them up enough.


    "Really? Yay! That''s wonderful. Mommy, does that mean that we would always be here from now on?"


    Inparison to the ce they lived before, Joyce preferred to stay here. Not only was the mansion


    huge, but there were so many toys here that she could y with. Her room was beautiful too, right out


    of a fairy tale.


    "Yes." Annie had been keeping her head down all this time, like she was a newly-wed. She felt bashful


    and dodged Rain''s ardent eyes that were pinned on her. He was smirking at her wickedly.


    Rain didn''t want to force her to face him. He wanted to see when she would stop being so shy.


    "Well, I have to brush my teeth. I''m going to wash up," Annie blurted out nervously, standing up. Before


    she could step on the floor, however, Rain gripped her arm. "Put on the shoes first," Rain said as he


    stood up with her and picked up a pair of cotton-padded shoes from somewhere.


    "Thanks." Annie put on the shoes and pushed past his shoulder without turning around to look at him.


    She felt it would be dangerous if she stayed here for a second longer.


    "Daddy, what''s wrong with Mommy?" Joyce asked, her expression curious.


    "Nothing. Your Mommy is just being shy." Rain grinned, no longer looking like a yboy. Instead, he


    had transformed into a loving family man.


    "Oh! I see. Huh. Mommy is shy!" Joyce giggled, her shoulders hunched. Her mouth was covered by her


    hand in an attempt to be silent.


    "Don''t say it to her face. She would blush and get embarrassed." Rain was just learning how to get


    along with his daughter. He hoped that Joyce would ept him as her father in a short time. He


    recalled how Joyce had said once that she liked Fred more than him. Rain was determined to double


    up his efforts to win Joyce''s heart.


    After breakfast, Rain went to Annie''s house. Joyce had notpletely recovered and Annie had to stay


    back to look after her. Rain needed to pick up some essentials for them from Annie''s house. As for the


    rest of the stuff, Rain nned to move it all to his house some dayster.