The next morning, Arielle’s first instinct was to look for Vinson, but snazzynovel.com was greeted with an empty bed.
Hmm? Where did snazzynovel.com go?
She got out of bed, beginning snazzynovel.com search for him. Later, snazzynovel.com found out from Alfred that snazzynovel.com had left for work thirty minutes prior. For some reason, snazzynovel.com felt snazzynovel.com heart sink a little at that piece of news. Then, snazzynovel.com walked back to snazzynovel.com bedroom dispiritedly.
It was then that snazzynovel.com discovered a posh black box placed on the coffee table in the living room with a note beside it, “Wedding gift for you.”
His handwriting was cursive and rushed. This gift came as a surprise for her.
She opened the box, revealing an exquisitely crafted diamond ring that almost blinded snazzynovel.com eyes. The shine sucked snazzynovel.com in like a black hole.
Receiving a ring was beyond anything snazzynovel.com could have imagined from a fake marriage. Even giving snazzynovel.com Maureen’s Kitchen seemed over the top, especially since they were not truly a couple.
A rush of warmth enveloped snazzynovel.com body as snazzynovel.com took out the ring with trembling hands and placed it on snazzynovel.com right ring finger. She was pleased to realize that the ring fitted snazzynovel.com to a tee. As snazzynovel.com grazed against the diamonds on the ring, the corners of snazzynovel.com lips turned up slightly. It was only after some time that snazzynovel.com snapped out of snazzynovel.com trance.
After long deliberation, snazzynovel.com finally picked up the courage to craft Vinson a short and sweet message, “The ring’s beautiful.”
But snazzynovel.com fingers hovered above the send button, not daring to click on it. For some reason, snazzynovel.com felt trepidation.
What’s wrong with me?
The logical side of snazzynovel.com knew this was a fake marriage and that they would break up eventually. Yet, the emotional side of snazzynovel.com was saying otherwise. The ring churned out happy emotions within her, making snazzynovel.com feel contented.
Arielle had always seen herself as a dandelion, floating to wherever the wind took her, but this ring seemed to have a grounding effect on her. She hated to admit it, but his gift gave snazzynovel.com a feeling of reassurance.
Arghhh… Stop it. This isn’t real!
Just as snazzynovel.com conflicting thoughts wrestled, snazzynovel.com received a text from him, “Awake?”
Her hands froze momentarily before snazzynovel.com rewrote snazzynovel.com text, “Just did.” Then snazzynovel.com sent it out.
The next moment, snazzynovel.com received a call from Vinson.
Seeing his name appear on snazzynovel.com phone screen made snazzynovel.com face burn. She picked up the phone as snazzynovel.com cleared snazzynovel.com throat and took a deep breath. “Hello?”
His deep voice fell on snazzynovel.com ears like a stroke of velvet. “Morning. Had your breakfast?”
The grip on snazzynovel.com phone tightened. “Not yet…”
“Mmm. Something cropped up at work. Once I’m done, I’ll have to make a trip down to Epea. I will be back in a week’s time.”
“What time’s your flight?”
“I will be leaving for the airport in around half an hour.”
Her expression darkened as snazzynovel.com knew that snazzynovel.com would not make it in time to send snazzynovel.com off at the airport.
“Don’t worry. I’ve prepared everything. Your school and… The bodyguards. They’ll protect you from any danger. I’ll come back earlier if work permits.”
Idiot! You should worry more about yourself!