Female Novel
Chapter 896
Richard's post garnered over 300 likes within a minute.
Pearl was stunned by the swift response. She knew Richard had a lot of friends, but this wasbeyond her expectations. As she scrolled through the comments, most of them expressed shock ordisbelief.
[What?! You're married?]novelbin
[No way! Who's the lucky woman? Don't tell me it's Winona?]
[That's impossible. They broke up already.]
[Then who could it be?]
[I don't know, but it's definitely not you.]
[This is insane. I gotta send this to the news agency before anyone else does.]
[You're quite the strategist. First come, first served.]
Pearl was dumbfounded by their excitement. "Haven't they ever seen someone get marriedbefore?"
Richard raised an eyebrow teasingly. "I've seen marriages, but ours isn't so ordinary."
"What a narcissist!" Pearl scoffed. She then realized something and blurted out, "Wait, why didn'tyou tell everyone it was me?" Was this man planning to keep their marriage a secret?
Richard's expression changed as Pearl realized what was going on. Even if it was supposed to be asecret, wouldn't it make Pearl look suspicious when Richard boasted about it on social media?
"Are you forcing me into a secret marriage?" she asked. Even though keeping their marriage underwraps might make things easier temporarily, she wasn't keen on being called 'Mrs.' just yet.
"I did it to protect you." Richard couldn't help but poke Pearl's nose. Considering he had just calledoff his engagement with Winona, if she found out about his marriage to Pearl so soon, there wouldbe trouble.
Knowing the Jesseltons, they might cause trouble for Pearl. For safety's sake, keeping theirmarriage a secret for now was the best option.
"How considerate of you." Pearl smiled, narrowing her eyes at Richard, who looked at heraffectionately.
"I worry about something happening to you, like before. So, I want to keep you safe," Richard pulledher into his arms, comforting her. "Even though I really want to make our relationship public, I knowI have to hold back."
Pearl patted his back. "I'm fine if you want to make it public. I can protect myself."
"It's okay, honey. We can make it public later, after I give you a grand wedding." Richard remainedsurprisingly calm about this.
But Pearl suddenly realized something was missing. "Richard, where's the proposal?"
She had agreed to the marriage in a daze yesterday, but how could they get married without aproposal? That didn't sit well with her; it made her feel undervalued.
Seeing Pearl's expression darken, Richard hurriedly reassured her. "There will be a proposal, Ipromise. I was in a rush to get you here for the marriage registration, so I had to trick you."
Richard didn't like the idea of the attention a proposal would bring to Pearl. So, he came up with areason to get her to marry him first.
Tie her down, then figure everything else out later.
"...You tricked me?" Pearl suddenly remembered something. She grabbed his finger and found thatthe bruising had disappeared. "You said you were hurt. Where's the injury?"