Chapter 623


    rence was silent for a long while when he heard her words. He looked down at the ground, seeming


    to be pondering something.


    Ste said, “Didn’t you say you’re tired? Hurry up to sleep. Don’t think too much and then talk


    nonsense.”


    rence low voice sounded after a short while, “You said it.”


    Ste was stunned for several seconds when she heard the words, doubting that she had said


    something she was not supposed to say.


    But she concludedter that what she had said was appropriate.


    Was he angered by her criticism?


    rence looked up at her and repeated, “You said it. So don’t try to find any excuse to leave me in the


    future.”


    Ste finally figured it out and retorted, “I think they’re two different things.”


    “I don’t think so.”


    “Well, as you like it. Go to bed now.”


    rence stood up and took the tray from Ste, “I will wash it. Go to have a bath.”


    “Nope…”


    Before Ste could say something to refuse it, rence had walked out of the bedroom and walked to


    the kitchen.


    Looking at his back, Ste heaved a sigh emotionally and thought to herself: Well, it’s fine as long as


    he’s happy with it.


    As expected, two minutester, there came some sounds of dishes breaking from the kitchen.


    Oh, just take it as a way for him to vent his depression.


    …


    When Ste walked out of the bathroom, she found rence was holding a tabletputer and


    focusing on his work on the bed. His brows were slightly knitted.


    She asked, “Aren’t you tired?”


    “When I heard that you can’t leave me, I thought I could hold on for longer.”


    Ste was speechless.


    She wanted to retort him.


    He was so good at creating a dream.


    Ste sat on the edge of the bed, turned on her phone and took a nce at the time, “Will you work


    late?”


    rence replied, “It’s not rted to work.”


    Ste suddenly felt curious, “Why are you so serious if it’s not about work?”


    When she saw his expression just now, she thought he must have a tough nut to crack.


    rence didn’t reply and simply titled his tabletputer towards Ste.


    Ste put down her phone and looked over.


    On the screen were photos of various kinds of wedding dresses.


    Ste froze.


    rence scrolled down and said ndly, “These are all famous wedding dress designers in the world


    and there are many styles. I’ve selected several dresses that I think are beautiful. Have a look at them


    later and pick the one you like best. I will let Nathan find the designer and you can tell him the details of


    the wedding dress you want.”


    Ste finally pulled herself together after a long while, “Tell me, how you can shift from the mood of


    talking nonsense and not wanting me to bother you so quickly to this topic?”


    rence corrected her, “I didn’t ask you not to bother me. I just said that I won’t bother you since I’m


    sick.”


    “Is there any difference?”


    “To prevent you from cursing at me behind my back, I think it’s necessary to differentiate them.”


    Ste suddenly felt a bit dizzy and thought shepletely couldn’t understand what he was thinking.


    rence continued, “Now that you’ve made it clear that you can’t leave me, it will be inappropriate if I


    don’t show you my sincerity.”


    Ste reached out to touch his forehead. It did feel hot. It seemed like rence was unconscious


    because of the fever.


    When Ste prepared to say something, rence gripped her hand and said word by word, “Let’s get


    married.”


    “Nope, I…”


    rence said slowly, “I know what you’re worried about. But Ste, can’t you find that the problems


    you worried about before have been solved?”


    Ste moved her lips trying to say something. She was then lost in her thoughts.


    It was true. She agreed to establish a new rtionship with rence before, but she didn’t agree to


    remarry him. It was because she knew deep down that marriage was a matter between two families


    and she and Joanna bore grudges against each other. Including the baby, she would not forget his


    sufferings.


    But now, Joanna had died and the Conrad family had broken. And the baby was still alive.


    rence continued, “I told you that I would make up for you and give you the gifts that I didn’t present


    you during the three-year marriage. And that…”


    rence realized something and changed the address, “Our child is thest gift for you.”


    Ste frowned, “But…”


    She hadn’t prepared herself for it.


    Moreover, the baby was suffering from the illness now. How would she hold a happy wedding in that


    case?


    rence pulled her into his arms andforted her in a low voice, “Rest assure. I won’t require you to


    marry me right away. We’re just talking about holding a wedding ceremony and it needs many


    preparations, including the wedding dress. It will take at least several months from designing a wedding


    dress to finish it. You can consider it slowly, okay?”


    Ste nodded her head after a long while, “Okay.”


    rence let go of her, “Then let’s have a look at these wedding dresses first.”


    Ste had a weird feeling when looking at the screen of the tabletputer in front of her, but she


    couldn’t describe how it felt like.


    At midnight, when she was lying on the bed sleepily, she finally figured it out.


    rence had trapped her again. He was even selecting a wedding dress, would he give her room to


    consider it?


    What a wretched man!


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    How could he y such a trick on her?


    The more Ste thought of it, the angrier she became. Ste couldn’t help but kick him.


    rence moved slightly. He thought that Ste had a nightmare and subconsciously pulled her into his


    arms and patted her back, which was a silent constion.


    Ste curled her lips into a light smile. Never mind. She didn’t want to stick to this problem now.


    …


    On the other side…


    When ine came home, she found her father was sitting on the sofa with a gloomy expression.


    She recalled the p on her face and subconsciously shrank back, “Dad…”


    Franklin looked towards her, “You’re supposed to kneel in the ancestral hall? Who allowed you to go


    back?”


    ine lowered her head and stammered for a long while, but she didn’t disclose Darnell in the end.


    Franklin heaved a long sigh, “ine, I’ve told you several times, but why don’t you listen to my words?


    How dare you contradict those doyens in the public? Have you shown any respect to your grand-


    grandfather?”


    ine frowned, “But I think marriage it’s my own business and it has nothing to do with them. Why do I


    have to listen to their suggestions?”


    “Darnell is the patriarch of the James family. Is there any disadvantage for you to marry him? Moreover,


    I will back you up and he won’t dare to bully you.”


    “But I still want to find a person that I like. More… Moreover, he’s my uncle and I think it’s very strange.”


    Franklin chuckled angrily, “A person you like? rence? You only met him several times and you think


    you like him?”


    ine retorted stubbornly, “I fall in love with him at the first sight.”


    “Okay. Then answer my question. Do you know who thedy kneeling in the ancestral hall is?”


    ine was stunned, “I heard from Darnell that she was his aunt. It seems like she was willing to be


    erased from the family tree just to leave Riverside. So I guess she was once a member of the James


    family.”


    “It was true that she was once a member of the James family, but at the same time, she’s rence’s


    mother and she’s of the same seniority of your grandfather in our family. You should also call rence


    uncle.”


    ine was lost for words.