novelxo Chapter 1466
After leaving Yvette's store, Vanessa received a phone call from Julien's lawyer, Pedro Murphy. He wanted to meet up with her to talk about the ownership transfer of the house. Without any further questions, Vanessa asked for the address and rushed over.
When Vanessa arrived at the appointed place, Pedro went straight to the point. He took out a document and asked Vanessa to sign it.
Vanessa asked, "Mr. Murphy, do we have to be in such a hurry?"
Pedro said, "Miss Love, you should know very well that Mr. Kyle doesn't like to drag things out. Anything that needs to be settled today will not be done the next day."
"That's true. He's the one giving away the house. If he's not worried, why should I be, right?" Vanessa picked up the pen and signed on the documents.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Love!" Julien had asked him to get the ownership transfer done that very day, so Pedro had gotten everything ready. All he needed now was Vanessa's signature. However, Vanessa was a little worried. "Mr. Murphy, I still have some questions in regard to the property."
Pedro said as he kept the documents into an envelope, "Miss Love, if you have any questions, please do ask. I will answer them all for you."
Vanessa then voiced out her biggest concern, "So, the current situation is that Julien had given this house to me, and based on my understanding, the taxes imposed on properties acquired through sale and purchase and by way of gift were different. Although the taxes imposed at this point in time were lower, if I were to sell the house in the future, I will have to pay a hefty amount of taxes, right?"
Pedro said, "Well, Miss Love, you can rest assured on this matter. Mr. Kyle has taken this issue into consideration and he will transfer the ownership of the house by way of sale and purchase, and he will pay the taxes instead. He won't let you spend an extra penny. After the house is transferred over to you, it will be yours, and you can do whatever you want with it."
"I see. Thanks, Mr. Murphy!" After receiving a positive reply from Pedro, Vanessa was relieved. But before she could completely feel at ease, she heard Pedro say again, "Miss Love, I've just received the news that Mr. Kyle is now on his way to the General Register Office. We should go over now."
"The General Register Office? What for?" Vanessa knew the answer, but she was not willing to believe it.
Pedro said mercilessly, "Miss Love, I've told you clearly on Mr. Kyle's behalf about the purpose of transferring the house to you. Now that you've accepted the house, why do you think you're going to the General Register Office for?"
Vanessa knew why she had to go to the General Register Office, but she did not expect Julien to be this impatient. He had just announced the engagement the day before, but he was asking her to marry him already. He might as well just announce that they were getting married instead.
Pedro added, "Miss Love, the driver is waiting for you now. Can we go over now?"
"Yeah." Pedro was right. Julien offered her a house in return for her to marry him. Since she had accepted the house, how could she not marry Julien?
When Vanessa and Pedro arrived at the General Register Office, Julien had just arrived too.
Vanessa and Julien met each other at the entrance, but Julien had only given Vanessa a glance before walking into the building. It was as if she was just another stranger.
Pedro hurriedly caught up with Julien, leaving Vanessa far behind.
Vanessa was not bothered by Julien's attitude at all. Her marriage with Julien was a transactional anyway. It had nothing to do with love. She did not expect that they would be as intimate as the other couples who came to register their marriage.
"Honey, thank you for marrying me. I swear, I'll only love you for the rest of my life."
"Hubby, are you not going to love me for the rest of your life if I don't marry you?"
"No, you have too many choices before marrying me, but from now on, you're my wife. I am your only choice. How can I not treat you well and love you for the rest of my life?"
"Then you should carry me!"
"Yes, my beloved wife."
When Vanessa was walking into the register office, she bumped into a couple, who had just gotten their marriage certificate. When she walked past them, Vanessa overheard their conversation.
A few years ago, Vanessa had imagined that she and Julien would be like them too. He would hold her hand and they would get married happily.
However, things did not turn out that way at all. At this very moment, they were walking into the register office one after another. They were ignoring each other, as if they were strangers.
"Miss Love, please come with me." A young employee greeted Vanessa. Vanessa followed him to a VIP room, and the moment she stepped into the room, she saw that Julien had already sat down. Seeing tha she had come in, Julien still remained silent.
The employee who was attending to Vanessa asked her to sit beside Julien. Vanessa took a glance at him and like always, Julien's face was emotionless. No one could figure out what he was thinking about at that moment.
"Mr. Kyle, Miss Love, we'll now take a picture of both of you then we will proceed with the marriage registration." The employee had been working at the register office for quite some time now. The couples who came to register their marriage usually could not get their hands off each other. However, this couple was so distant that it felt like they were here to get divorced.
While they were getting their picture taken, Vanessa sat still while Julien cooperatively straightened his back.
The photographer reminded, "Miss Love, could you please lift your head up a little?"
When Vanessa slowly raised her head, she could hear the photographer saying, "Please smile. Getting married is a huge lifetime event, after all. Don't look all depressed like this. Both of you want the photos to turn out nice, right?"
Listening to what the photographer had said, Julien did not respond while Vanessa tried to force a smile. However, her smile looked even more awful than a crying face.
Since the first photo didn't look good, the photographer took another picture. Seeing that the second picture was even worse, the staff had no choice but to pick the former.
Although Julien and Vanessa were forcing their smiles, they were both good looking. Hence, the picture did not turn out too bad.
The registrar asked, "Mr. Julien Glover Kyle, do you take Miss Vanessa Love as your lawfully wedded wife?"
Julien said, "Yes."
The staff then asked Vanessa, "Miss Vanessa Love, do you take Mr. Julien Glover Kyle as your lawfully wedded husband?" Vanessa did not answer.
Vanessa wanted to marry Julien since she was seventeen years old. However, she wanted to marry him in the name of love. She did not want to deceive him like that nor did she want to marry him because of money.
In fact, she had already thought it through the night before. If he wanted to marry her, she would just marry him and do whatever he wanted. But now that they were actually going to become a lawfully wedded couple, Vanessa once again backed off. She did not want to lie to him so she said, "I'm sorry. I haven't thought it through yet."