"Spark, can you tell us more about how you and your wife fell in love with each other that led to your marriage?"
"Spark, are you telling the truth? Or are you just protecting your wife's history?"
"... "..."
"..."
"Spark, although we are adults here and we all know what happens in one-night stands, don't you think it's still wrong lie to a woman to get into bed with you? Don't you think that's wrong and very shameful?"
"..."
The reporters just kept bombarding them with these insensitive questions. Molly had seemingly lost all her energy. But none of these insensitive questions ever got to Spark, after all he was used to this. Spark's face never betrayed a trace of emotion. As just a person from the sidelines, Daniel was starting to get worried. He sat in the car as he watched the journalists bombard Spark.
"Miss Xia, did you marry Spark because you got pregnant?"
Suddenly, the reporters turned their attention towards Molly. Spark frowned. He opened his mouth but closed it after second thought. His lips attempted to move but no sound came out. He turned to Molly, expecting her answer. But Spark couldn't help but feel nervous for the probable answer to the question that was being thrown to her.
Molly looked into the crowd, her eyes widened. She was on the verge of going crazy after having gone through so many terrible things recently. Her brain was about to shut down and she wished this whole thing would just go away already. So she decided to give answer, hoping that it would somehow help make her wish come true. She uttered each word clearly, "I married Spark because I love him! The happiest day of my life was when I gave birth to my son." Spark had already sacrificed too much for her and Mark. She couldn't always depend on him for her sake. It was her turn to help and protect him now. "We've always been special to one another. We didn't get together right away because well, things were complicated. But please stop meddling with our lives. This is causing us some problems"
"But I thought you and Spark had only been together a couple of times, how could you be special to one another then?" a reporter asked, hoping to discredit Molly. But he was ambushed by some of the hotel security staff, so he wasn't able to continue asking his questions.
More security staff arrived to ward off the crowd. Manny turned to Spark and Molly, "Quick. Go back to the hotel."
Manny pushed the car door open as soon as he finished speaking. Meanwhile, Daniel stepped out of the car with Mark in his arms. Spark reached out to take Mark from him. As they walked back to the hotel, Spark's hands were full, with one holding Mark and the other holding Molly's hand. Now that they'd laid down everything, they could be free now. They could stop pretending now. They looked like a perfect family as they walked. For some reason, Manny was suspicious of Spark as he watched their little family from the back. He had a feeling that it was Spark who tipped the press off. It would make even more sense if the reporters weren't so rude to Molly. Well, in any case, nothing else mattered to Spark but the fact that Molly loved him. He had sacrificed so much waiting for this day to happen, the day he could find Molly by his side and call her his. He waited patiently for this happy ending.
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