Moved by Mark's consideration for him, Daniel stroked his little head and said softly, "Uncle Daniel is asking Mark to keep it for me, okay? Are you willing to do that for me?"
"Hmm!" Mark nodded in a hurry, so anxious to keep the whistle. Then he happily hid it secretively in a pocket of his clothes.
Inside a spacious room that served as a temporary dressing room, Molly had changed into another dress. A sapphire blue gown with long sleeves and lace edgings, replaced the traditional white wedding dress. To add contrast to the dress she wore a pair of garnet red high heels, inlaid in magnificent crystals and the necklace of Firefly Stone that was giving off a red reflection. Different now from the pure appearance she had during the wedding ceremony, a moment ago. She looked elegant and noble, as a happy well-kept woman should.
Ximena was adding to her dress. She placed a gorgeous garnet red crystal, swan-shaped hairpin in Molly's hair bun and refined her makeup. When dressing and makeup were both done, she looked perfect. Ximena looked at her and said with a smile, "In the blink of an eye, the woman who stood up for me at the party and who was envied by every woman around there has become a bride now. I feel as though everything that is happening is a dream."
Hearing her emotional words, Molly smiled sweetly, recalling what had happened between the two of them. She looked at Ximena and asked in a meaningful tone, "When do you plan to get the bracelet back from me?"
Hearing Molly's question, Ximena's smile grew bigger. In an arrogant manner, she raised her eyebrows and bantered, "Let's talk about it later. Just keep it with you for the time being. I can't find any other place in the world safer than around you."
Hearing Ximena's answer, Molly rolled her eyes. "Then I think I should charge a custodian fee," she said.
Ximena didn't seem to concern herself about all of that. "Okay, you may regard the bracelet as a custodian fee," she replied.
"Eeeew!" Molly curled her mouth. "You're not being sincere at all. I haven't called you to account for what you did to me at that time. How dared you give the crystal grains from the Jade Seal of the Leng Family casually to whomever as a gift?"
"Alas..." Ximena sighed, as if it was difficult for her to explain all of it in just a few words. As she had expected, Molly had to giving up making a fuss about it all. Seeing that, she chuckled and asked, "When will you go to QY Island again?"
"Sooner or later I'll go there," Molly answered confidently. As soon as QY Island came to mind, a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth, because QY Island was where Brian had actually confessed his love to her for the first time.
"Wow..." Cathy had been standing in front of the window and staring out at the picturesque scenery. She whispered something, while Molly and Xinema were chatting happily. Then she stated louder in a surprised voice, "It's really snowing!" She frowned and raised her head to look at the azure blue hue coloured sky, while mumbling to herself, "But it's still sunny. How could it possibly snow? I've heard of sun and rain. People call it a monkey's wedding. But I've never heard of sun and snow." Opening the window in great anticipation, she let an icy breeze in, as she stretched her hands to receive the snowflakes. "It's real snow," she exclaimed.
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