There was a tender look that flashed across Dylan’s face, but that swiftly changed as he turned expressionless soon enough. He said calmly, "I'm still coming up with a list of betrothal gifts, and once I’ve completed that list and prepared everything accordingly, I'll send it over to the Parkers. By then, I will announce my relationship with Kendall to the public."
She replied, "Are you planning to organize a wedding for her?"
Dylan responded with a question without answering her question, "Why not? I'll only be getting married once in my lifetime, so why should I keep a low profile? Everyone puts on a wedding dress when they get married and they also have a huge wedding celebration, so how can my wife lack what others have? Naturally, I will give her a lavish wedding ceremony so that she gets to marry into our family with style and be known as the Young Mistress of the Coleman Family."
He was determined not only to provide her with everything that most people owned, but whatever that others lacked, he would make sure that she had it regardless. From the moment that he had decided to spend the rest of his life with her, he had changed his mind. He no longer planned to torment her, but he was determined to regard her as his priority and shower her with affection. My wife deserves to be showered with affection after marriage!
"Oh, I have to contact the best wedding dress designer in town to custom-make a wedding dress for Kendall."
At that moment, Tilly nearly suffocated from her fury, and she tried to release her anger, but she couldn't seem to muster the will within her to do so. As such, she seethed inwardly.
Objectively speaking, she did not find Kendall a good match for her eldest grandson.
However, judging by the actual situation, Dylan was quite right. He was in such a deplorable state, that even if he married Kendall—this country bumpkin—it would be taking huge advantage of her.
"Grandma, could you please inform my parents? If they react too badly, get them to come back to me to take it out on me. I'll be waiting to face their wrath. If they’ve got other scores to settle with me, it's fine too. I'm not afraid of anything, and they can settle everything with me all at once."
Meanwhile, Tilly was speechless at his words.
Subsequently, he wheeled himself out of the room while holding on to the marriage certificate in his hand under Tilly's watchful eyes. He made his way toward the entrance and slowly made his way out.
Kendall, who was waiting outside, didn't intentionally eavesdrop on the conversation between the grandmother and grandson duo, but she couldn't help catching bits and pieces of the conversation. She was aware that Tilly was quite displeased with her and that Tilly was definitely unable to accept her as Tilly's granddaughter-in-law.
As soon as Kendall heard the sound of a wheelchair approaching, she realized that Dylan was about to come out of the room, so she quickly entered the room. Indeed, she found him about to wheel himself out of the room.
"Dylan." She stepped forward to wheel him out.
At the same time, she took a furtive look at Tilly.
Kendall noticed that Tilly was standing still in her original position with an ashen expression, and evidently, Tilly simmered with anger.
Kendall hurriedly retracted her gaze and focused on wheeling Dylan out of the luxurious living room.
"Clang!" Behind them, there was a sudden commotion of things crashing to the ground.
At that moment, Kendall paused in her tracks.
"Ignore her," Dylan’s low voice rang out.
As such, Kendall continued to wheel him out of the room without bothering to turn back.
Finally, Kendall heaved a deep sigh of relief upon leaving the main house. Though the living room looked bright and welcoming, somehow, she felt a sense of oppression while she was inside. For some reason, Tilly was the only one inside the room, but Kendall couldn’t help getting a breathless sensation, and it felt as if she was in a crowded area.
"Dylan, did Old Madam Coleman want you to divorce me?"
He didn't answer her question but directed a question at her, "Do you wish to get a divorce? You seem to have suggested getting a divorce more than once in front of me."
She quickly explained, "No, I'm not looking forward to getting a divorce, but we've got such a huge gap in our backgrounds and your family members dislike me. They will not accept me, so it's normal for them to wish for us to get divorced."
"I am the one who decides for myself regarding my personal matters. As long as you don't bring up the topic of divorce, I would never file for divorce. Even if you do bring up the topic of divorce, I would never agree to it either. You were the one who shamelessly asked for me to marry you, and I gave you a chance to change your mind, but you didn’t take it. So don't blame me for being ruthless and domineering."
At that point, she couldn't contain her smile. "I would never ask to divorce you, Dylan. After all, I've latched onto such a powerful man like you. I'm quite comfortable riding on your coattails."
"You must have thought that I'm rich and powerful, so that's why you shamelessly requested for me to marry you, right?"
"No, that's not true."
"What was your reason behind that decision then?"
"I'm grateful for what you've done for me, so I wanted to repay your favor. However, I didn't have a penny on me, so I only had myself to offer up as repayment for your kindness."
He scoffed, "You're quite good at concocting a story. You should become a writer! I could contact some publishers on your behalf. I'm positive that the publishers will publish your work, and it will surely be a top-selling book!"
He had plenty of money, so once her book was published, with a flick of his hand, he could easily buy out everything.
Meanwhile, she chuckled gleefully, "Thanks for pointing out a way for me to make more money, Dylan. I'll write something in my spare time and send it off to be published. Once it becomes a top seller, I'll sell off the movie rights to the book and design a game based on the book as well. I'll definitely be raking in the money by then!"
After a brief pause, she continued, "Dylan, don't ask when you helped me out. Anyway, it did happen, and you gave me a helping hand during my most despondent moment. I had a taste of sincere kindness and this is something that I would not forget for the rest of my life."
"Of course, undeniably, you are a very rich and powerful man."
He scoffed coldly, "At times, you seem quite cowardly, but then you do have your daring moments. However, you're not exactly a daredevil because you can get quite timid at times." She was the only one in Orapolis who dared to claim that she enjoyed riding on his coattails after latching onto him. However, he wasn’t the slightest bit offended or disgusted by her words, which came as a huge surprise to him. He somehow felt immensely proud to be latched onto by her. This is so strange!
"Kendall."
"Yes?"
"Once our relationship is announced to the public, you will have to face a lot of issues. Are you afraid of that? Let's not mention public opinion just yet, but even just at home, my grandma and my mom would be a source of headaches. Grandma may appear to be affable and kind of a grandmotherly figure, but she can turn into the most ruthless person ever."
Kendall smiled. "I am aware that Old Madam Coleman has great skills in running the household and handling different relationships. She used to be a formidable presence in the corporate world as she stood by your grandpa's side. She was ruthless in her ways of stabilizing Coleman Empire Holdings and brought up an impressive grandson like you, so I don't think she would be a kind and affable lady. She does have a weak spot, though. You’re her weak spot. She sincerely dotes on you, so she will definitely take your feelings into consideration. Regardless of how much she dislikes me, the worst thing she could do is to make life miserable for me, but she won’t resort to anything more drastic than that because she would be afraid of triggering your anger. Anyway, I just have to cling on tightly to your coattails and I should be undefeatable. I would not have to be afraid of anything at all because you would be there to defend me."
Meanwhile, Dylan responded, "You're the only one who can make such shameless claims sound so great."
"Thanks for praising me, Dylan."
Dylan turned his head to look at her and noticed that she had a smug expression on her face. At that moment, he didn't quite know how to react. However, he knew that this was the outcome of his doting on her. She wouldn't dare do this without his affection for her.
They headed along while they remained in conversation with each other, and soon enough, they arrived back at Dylan's house.
She wheeled him directly into her room, and as soon as she shut the door, she turned around to lean against the door and sneer coldly at him.
Meanwhile, he remained quite composed as he lifted his hand to unbutton his shirt.
She was perplexed by his move and couldn't help asking, "Dylan, do you want to take off your shirt? Why are you taking it off?" Is it too hot in here? Or does he wish to take a shower?
Dylan continued to unbutton his shirt slowly, and with each move he made, his firm and sexy chest muscles were gradually revealed.
Kendall's eyes shone upon seeing that.
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