Chapter 18

William neither replied nor blinked as he stared at her.

Under his icy scrutiny, Cecelia felt a tingling sensation under her scalp, and she lost her earlier courage.

“Um, pretty boy, have you had dinner? I haven’t. What do you want to eat? I’ll cook for you right away!”

Cecelia admitted that she was a coward. She felt that she needed to find another opportunity to discuss the issue again!

‘Sigh, I’m only being logical but why does it seem like I’m in the wrong?

‘Just because he is stronger, therefore he can be unreasonable?

‘If that’s the case, does it mean that if I’m able to beat him in a fight, I’ll be the boss?’

Cecelia was reminded of Grace.

‘I have to learn kungfu from Grace, I have to!!!!

‘Before that, I’ll just let him be the boss for a few days.’

Cecelia laid out her plan in her head as she walked toward the kitchen. However, she had only taken two steps when she was stopped by William once again.

Cecelia smiled sheepishly. “Hehehe... if you don’t like what I said, then treat it as if I didn’t say anything.”

It could be said that Cecelia’s principle was, ‘with a little forbearance, you will find peace; take a little step back, and you will find more space around you’. Cecilia was even a little regretful that she had been rash. She blamed it on all the extra zeros she saw which in turn caused her blood pressure to shoot up. She had not taken the time to think about the consequences.

William remained silent and only stared at Cecelia so intensely that it made the latter want to dig a hole to bury herself. After a while, he finally said, “You can’t be regretful of everything.”

“Yes, yes, yes. You’re right!”

Although Cecelia did not know what exactly William was referring to, at the moment, anything he said was correct to her!

William’s expression worsened when he noticed that Cecelia was brushing off his words.

William’s lifted Cecelia’s chin with his well-defined fingers and inched his handsome face closer to her. “Cecelia Shayne, there are some decisions that even if you cry, you’ll still be held responsible for them, do you understand?”

Cecelia seemed to understand what he meant but not fully. “You mean to say that since I was the one that dragged you along to get married, even though you spent 50 thousand on a set of clothes or if you do anything else, I can’t say a word even if I’m unhappy about it?”

“Exactly!”

“So...” Cecelia wanted to refute his words. However, under his icy gaze, the words that came out of her mouth were, “So pretty boy, could you please be a little more prudent in the future? Otherwise, it won’t be an issue of whether I am happy or sad, but an issue of whether I can afford to feed you!”

“I’ll consider it.”

“...”

‘I begged him so pitifully, are his titanium dog eyes blind?’

Cecelia was so angry that she nearly cursed everyone in William’s family.

She was fuming inside her head, but her facial expression remained smiley. “Pretty boy, can I leave now?”

Cecelia felt that her earlier performance was perfect, and William should not be able to find any fault with her. However, the man’s next sentence made her understand what it meant by ‘do not celebrate victory too early’.

The man’s thin lips moved as he said casually, “One more thing.”

“Th... there’s more?”

‘I don’t recall saying anything more?

‘Or is he going to ask for money again?

‘Heavens! Earth! All the deities that exist. Please show your powers and take away this spendthrift of devil!’

On the other hand, Cecelia was not expecting William to suddenly come closer to her and say, “We’ll have to try before deciding if we’re suitable or not!”