My Husband, Warm The Bed

At such a critical moment, Vanessa went back on her word.

Julien reached out instinctively and grabbed Vanessa's hand, trying to stop her from leaving. He asked with a somber face, "Vanessa, do you know what you are talking about?"

Vanessa did not know how to answer him.

Both of them were at the register office to get married, but this was their first ever physical contact that day. Vanessa looked at Julien's hand which was grabbing her wrist tightly. He was holding onto her so tightly that it felt like he was afraid that she would run away.

Vanessa understood the look in Julien's eyes, but she chose to ignore it. She took a deep breath and smiled at him. "I'm sorry, Julien! I really can't marry you now."

Julien continued to hold onto her hand tightly and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Why not?"

Vanessa smiled and tried to pretend like she didn't care about it. However, she couldn't do it. As she laughed, she began to burst into tears. "Don't ask me, I don't want to talk about it."

That was the part of her life that she never wanted to recall. It was the darkest day of her life. How could she tell the man she loved that she was defiled by another man and even given birth to that man's child? No man would be able to accept it. Even if he could accept it now, it would definitely become a ticking time bomb, and would easily detonate in the future!

Vanessa was afraid that Julien would look at her disdainful look after finding out the truth. She was afraid that Julien would break up with her. She had too many fears, so she chose to hide this secret deep down in her heart, so that Julien would never find out about it.

Julien clenched his fists and tried to control his emotions. However, he, who had always been calm, would always lose control whenever he was with her. He said, "Vanessa, do you know that if we don't get married today, you will lose everything you have gotten immediately?"

She knew!

Of course she knew!

However, she didn't want to lie to him like this. She didn't want him to find out that she was already a mother after they had gotten married.

Vanessa was crying but started to laugh, "Julien, I want to marry you, but I don't want to marry you like this."

She said that she wanted to marry him, but not like this.

Julien thought that he had heard it wrongly, so he asked, "What did you just say? Say it again."

Vanessa added, "I said I want to marry you, but I don't want to marry you like this. I don't want to marry you because of a deal. Please give me some more time. Once I have the courage to tell you everything and you can accept the truth too, then we'll think about getting married."

So was Julien. He did not want a transactional marriage too. He was just afraid that she would leave him again, so he thought of keeping her by his side through such means. He did not care if Vanessa loved him now, as long as he could make her stay by his side, he believed that she would eventually fall for him.

Vanessa wiped her tears away and said, "Julien, can you do that for me? Can you please give me a little more time?"

Julien asked, "How long do you need?"

In fact, he had already given her a year's time. A year ago, he had already thought of kidnapping her to the register office to get married! However, he wanted her to accept his marriage proposal willingly... He wanted to hear her say 'I do1.

However, even though he had been waiting for a year, things did not turn out the way he wanted. Instead, their relationship became even worse. In front of her, he could no longer stay calm. He had become a man who would easily go into rage because of every word that she had said to him.

Vanessa didn't know how long it would take for her to get out of the shadow of the past, so she answered, "I don't know."

Vanessa's reply made Julien, who had just seen a glimmer of hope, sink into despair once again. "You don't know?"

Vanessa wiped her tears and tried to put on a smile. "It could be a month or two, maybe years, a few decades, or even a lifetime..."

Julien could tell that Vanessa was not lying to him. As he listened to her, he could also notice the helplessness in her eyes. "Well, even if you want me to wait for you for a lifetime, I'm willing to do that." Vanessa was speechless.

Why did he have to do that to himself?

There were plenty of women in the world.

Why must he marry her?

Well, she was the same. There were so many men in the world, why did she believe that he was the one?

In fact, they were the same kind of person. They were equally stubborn. They would never change their minds on the things that they had decided on.

Julien finally loosened his grip, freeing Vanessa's hurting wrist.

They were both looking into each other's eyes, as if they were the only ones left in this world. After a long while, Vanessa broke the silence. "I need time to calm down and think about it. Can we not meet for a few days?"

Although Julien was not willing, he still nodded and said, "Okay."

"I've taken two days leave from work too," Vanessa added.

Julien said, "Okay."

Vanessa said, "I'll get going first then."

Julien said, "Okay." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

It was only after he had answered Vanessa that Julien realized he had responded too quickly. He changed his mind, wanting to ask her to, but then thought it wasn't a wise idea. Silently, he watched her go... Even after a long time had passed since Vanessa left, Julien remained at where he was when Vanessa first left. He felt that everything that had happened a while ago felt like a dream. It was too surreal. "Mr. Kyle, Miss Love has gone back on her words. Should we halt the transferring procedures?" Pedro was a professional lawyer. Perhaps, he was a little too professional. He had always done things in an orderly manner and would never give leeway to others, which made him seem a little too impersonal.

Julien said, "I want you to transfer the seaside villa to her right away."

Pedro hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Kyle, you should really reconsider it. The seaside villa is the most expensive residential property in the country. You should really think through it first." Had Julien gone mad?

Vanessa had breached the agreement but not only did Julien not take back the existing house, he was going to transfer a seaside villa to her. Wasn't he afraid that he would end up losing both the residence and his bride?!

Julien questioned coldly, "Is it your house or mine?"

Pedro answered, "Of course it's yours." Julien was in a good mood as he strode out of the building. He said, "Since it's mine, it's none of your business who I want to give it to, right?"

Pedro said, "No, Mr. Kyle, you should reconsider it."

Julien said, "I'll give you a week to settle this matter."

Pedro was speechless.

Julien must have gone crazy. He must have!

It was a holiday villa by the Chatterton beach!

It was worth a king's ransom!