This time, Sylvie was startled, not understanding what he meant.
He remained silent!
After a moment, she opened her mouth and said, “I’m meeting someone later, you go back on your own!”
But when she finished her words, Marley caught her body and gave her a big hug. She was enveloped in the arms that felt both strong and warm, but at the same time carried a tinge of pain.
She could smell the tobacco on his body which she liked, and she heard him saying in her ears, “Sylvie, let’s spend our lives together properly!”
“Hmm?” She frowned, a little puzzled.
“It doesn’t matter what was the reason we got married, we still have to go through our days together, let’s spend our lives together properly!” He said in a deep voice.
She was stunned for a second, nodded her head, and replied softly, “Alright!”
She was hesitant, in her heart was an unspeakable sense of doubt. For Marley, she could spend her life with him. But for him, would he really be willing to spend his life with her? Sylvie wasn’t sure about this! She was really worried that he would send her to the clouds, then let her fall back to the ground on her own. She was afraid that she would be shattered then!
“Where is your meeting? I’ll send you over!” He had gotten her answer in the affirmative, and he lowered his voice. “Then tell me quickly, after telling me, then let’s go home! Life has been tough, I had already let the servants home to rest. You have to cook for me! Simple dishes just like last time! I want to eat that!”
He had never spoken so much to her before, for a moment she almost couldn’t accept it, but she couldn’t help but smile and nod. “Oh! Alright!”
What type of man was he exactly? What was he really thinking?
When he brought her out this afternoon to buy the bangle, he had paid on credit terms! He obviously didn’t have much money, but he still bought the expensive bangle, what’s more he even kissed her on the car, and the kiss had felt sincere.
After that, at the CEO’s rest room, his bossy but gentle hug, the lingering passion in the afternoon, had made her feel so confused. She was afraid that when she started liking him more and more, and when he reciprocated to her feelings, she would become more and more greedy. Maybe from then on her heart wouldn’t belong to her anymore!
Moreover, it was as if she could never figure out whether he really liked her, or whether it was only because she was Cassius’s granddaughter?
She didn’t dare to think about it, but still couldn’t help thinking about it.
If she couldn’t have the whole of his heart, she would rather not have any of it!
As for her, she had to be rational, rational! Yes, she couldn’t afford to lose herself!
Those kisses and the lingering passion would lead people to misunderstand. She was telling herself, that’s the responsibility between husband and wife. Yes, even if they were a fake couple, they still had this responsibility! She would not shirk from her responsibilities.
Only because, she had no other choice.
“What are you thinking about?” Marley’s voice rang next to her ear.
“Thinking of you.” Sylvie whispered.
Marley’s dark eyes turned even darker like ink, it was almost like the passion they had felt this afternoon.
She lowered her head, and thought that this was too straightforward. Afraid that he would misunderstand, she quickly explained, “I’m thinking of why you’re acting so strangely, you didn’t use to be like this!”
“How was I like in the past?” He let go of her, his gaze still on her.
She flushed slightly, “In the past you were always so serious!”
“Then do you mean that I’m not serious now?”
“Yea!” She suddenly realized that she was finding trouble for herself!
He hugged her tightly again.
“There’s a camera in the lift!” She reminded him softly, her eyes anxious.
His aura enclosed her, she felt even more anxious, she wanted to escape from him, but he held her even tighter.
“What happens in the lift stays here, no one will expose it, don’t worry!” He said in her ears, his voice lowered, it felt particularly intimate. His warm breath was in her ears, and she could feel her neck burning.
“Oh!” She replied quietly.
The lift reached the first floor very quickly, Marley couldn’t not take care of his own image. He let go of Sylvie, and both of them walked out from the lift.
In the lobby at the first floor, when the staff saw the CEO and his wife, all of them immediately stood up straight, as if army officers on duty, and uniformly called out: “Sir!”
“Thanks for your hard work everyone!” Marley gave a light smile, giving an unusual reply.
At that moment, everyone’s jaws dropped.
“CEO is so cool!” Some exclaimed.
“He actually replied! He used to only nod his head, but he actually said something this time!”
“My god! He became even more handsome, he looks so good when he smiles!”
Sylvie followed behind him in small footsteps, his back was tall and strong, and his profile looked like a perfect sculpture, it was so dazzling that people’s hearts couldn’t help but throb.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...