Chapter 504

However, she was fiddling with her fingers now. She lowered her head, and her lashes kept trembling.

“I was too eager.”

Duke slowly spoke and broke the silence in the ward.

“It’s okay if we don’t get married first, but can we be engaged?”

“Engaged?”

Adina looked surprised as she raised her head.

“Yes, engaged.” Duke stared at her affectionately. “You’re too outstanding. Many men in Sea City have their eyes on you. I’m afraid that you’ll choose someone else one day.”

When Adina saw the way he looked, she suddenly felt conflicted.

This man had the top status and all the women in Sea City wanted to marry him, yet he had such low self-esteem.

He would only show his vulnerable side in front of someone he was deeply in love with, right?

Adina quietly stared at him while she slowly answered, “Okay.”

“Did you just agree?”

Duke’s eyes instantly lit up.

He could not control himself, raising his arm to pull the woman into his embrace.

However, as he raised his arm, it was pulled bac