Boyce was quite helpless. “Do you think I can quit it as long as I want? Even if I would retire, I must resolve the current case first.”
Armand said in a cold tone, “Why didn’t you tell us earlier? Now you’ve come here. Aren’t you afraid to bring dangers to your daughter and son-in-law?”
“Alas...” Boyce heaved a sigh. He was afraid that Bonnie would misunderstand him if he refused to come over. After all, her wedding was a big thing, once in her life. If he missed it, he wouldn’t be able to make it up for her. Besides, Bonnie was his only daughter. He wanted to hand her in Joshua’s hand in person.
“You should be more careful. You even haven’t found out about the traitor yet. Probably, the traitor has already leaked the news that you’ll come over to City C.” Armand didn’t think Boyce’s official title would be any helpful.
Matthew agreed with Armand. “Yeah. You must be careful recently.”
“We should tell about this matter so he could be on guard. If he didn’t know it and in case anything happened, he wouldn’t know how to deal with the matter.” Armand gulped down a glass of wine.
Boyce felt quite sorry for Joshua. He said, “I’ll tell him about this matter, Armand.”
“Do you think I’m such a coward?” He moved the wine glass away from Armand and continued, “You are aged. Drinking is not good for your health. Joshua is my son-in-law. Why do I need you to be the messenger for me?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? He’s your son-in-law, but he has been with us longer than you have,” Armand retorted, “Are you bullying me?”
Boyce shushed immediately. He didn’t want to continue arguing with Armand ask he knew what Armand was implying. If they continued, Armand would complain that he was bullying him because he didn’t have any children.
Boyce was afraid to argue with Armand on such a topic, so he decided to keep silent.
After dinner, Boyce asked Joshua to go to his room and told Joshua about his current status alone.
“I’m so fed up with Dad. He even hiding something from me and only tells Joshua about it. He refuses to let me hear his secret. Am I or Joshua his daughter?” Bonnie bitched about her parents to Amanda after being sent out of the room.
Amanda smiled. “Joshua can’t be their daughter. He could be their son at the most.”
Bonnie laughed. She walked to the car and asked, “Amanda, do you want to drive?”
Amanda pulled the door of the passenger’s seat open and sat in. “Go ahead and drive,” she said.
They were heading to the matrimonial home. According to the tradition, the bride couldn’t meet her bridegroom on the day before the wedding. Hence, Bonnie was supposed to be in her maiden family’s house right now. However, her maiden family wasn’t in City C, even farther than City B. It would be way too far away. Hence, Bonnie would stay in the matrimonial home and Joshua still stayed in the villa.
The matrimonial home was a bit far away from the villa, and Bonnie said she would feel scared when being there alone, so Amanda would go with her. She would stay there with Bonnie for the night. After the wedding, Joshua and Bonnie would be staying here.
Joshua and Bonnie were still young, so others believed that they needed their own space, especially they just got married. Hence, they didn’t make Joshua and Bonnie continue staying in the villa.
“You’re getting married soon. Will you feel too excited to sleep?” Amanda teased Bonnie.
Bonnie smiled brightly and shyly. “I’ve known him for a long time. Why should I be excited?”
“Oh, really?” Amanda approached her and asked, “Tell me. Have you and Jos made love yet?”
Bonnie immediately blushed more. Pretending to be calm, she said, “Amanda, you are so evil.”
Amanda laughed.
Arriving at the house, they got off. All supplies were ready in the house, and it was fully decorated.
“Let’s sleep in the guestroom,” said Amanda. “You need to go to sleep earlier. Tomorrow, you need to get up early for the makeup.”
Bonnie asked, “Shall we share the same bed or sleep in two rooms?”
Amanda asked with a smile, “Do you want to sleep with me?”
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