Adina lay on the bed. She kept tossing and turning, but she could not fall asleep.While she had insomnia, the phone under her pillow vibrated. She took a peek and found that it was a video call from Duke.She immediately answered the call.“Dear, are you still awake?”A sweet feeling filled Adina’s heart. “I can’t sleep. What about you?”“I can’t sleep either.” Duke leaned to the side in bed, and his gaze was affectionate. “I don’t know who came up with such a rule to separate us.”Adina chuckled and said, “We’re just not together for one day. Can you be more mature?”“Why should I be mature in front of my wife?” Duke stared at the phone screen and said, “Rest well tonight. I’ll pick you up early in the morning.”“Don’t even think about it. My grandma mentioned that the time to pick the bride up has been fixed. It’s apparently at 10.08 am.”Duke appeared gloomy. “I can only see you in another eleven hours.”Adina smiled faintly again.The two of them kept chatting until Adi
The CEO of Winters Corporation was marrying the daughter of the Daugherty family. A wedding between such rich families was unprecedented.The wedding was sensational before it even started due to the netizens’ discussion. All the headlines of the major news outlets were related to Winters Corporation.At 9.30 am, a row of black luxury cars drove across the main road in Sea City. The road from the Winters family’s to the Xavier family’s mansion was full of onlookers.“Wow! Eighty-eight wedding cars. The Winters family is so rich!”“These aren’t normal wedding cars. I took a look at them. There isn’t a single car that costs less than $5,000,000.”“What the heck?! The expenses and ostentation are beyond extraordinary! If we didn’t know, we might have thought that Duke was marrying a royal princess.”“Adina’s the woman he loves, so she’s a princess in his world. Since he can afford it, why can’t he give her the best things?”“I’m jealous. I’m crying because of my poverty.”At 10.00
The guests were slightly dissatisfied. Usually, the groom would experience some trouble on his wedding day.The questions were too easy.Then again, the groom was Duke. He was the owner of Winters Corporation. Many people wanted to try challenging him, but they were too afraid to step forth and trouble him.“Last question. When did you kiss Addy for the first time?”As soon as Ethan posed that question, the people there became interested.Nearly fifty pairs of eyes were fixed on Duke at the same time. It seemed that they wanted to witness his answer.The man frowned. Numerous situations popped up in his mind. He had kissed Addy too many times.“Hey, you do remember this, don’t you?” Trent nudged him on the shoulder. “It’d be normal for me to not remember. After all, I have a lot of women. But you only have her, and you dare to forget such an important thing?”Duke rolled his eyes at Trent and coldly said, “Who said I forgot?”He was just recalling if he and Addy had kissed tha
George immediately made way for Duke.Duke successfully arrived before the bedroom door at long last. Just as he was about to knock on the door, someone pulled it open.He took a quick glance in the bedroom and spotted four women wearing the same wedding gown. They were sitting on the small bed with their backs facing him.He raised his eyebrows slightly. This round should be asking him to find out the real bride.This should not be too difficult.“Dad, please put this on.”Alden handed him a black VR headset.Duke narrowed his eyes. “What is this for?”“I designed a VR system. You can only experience it when you put this VR headset on,” Alden said. “Dad, please rescue the real bride in the game.”The moment Duke put on the eye patch, the scene in front of him changed.He was in a cave with blazing fire, and there were four brides in white gowns being held captive in four prisons.All the brides looked exactly the same as Addy. Their figures, facial features, and even their
Duke squatted down and softly said, “Mel, proceed with whatever trick you have up your sleeves.”Melody blinked and said, “Find the bridal shoe. If you can find it, I’ll let you marry Mommy.”“Finding the bridal shoe is the last gate!” After the exercise, Trent was drenched in sweat as he said, “Eilam, hurry up and get over here. Stop dawdling. Start looking for the bridal shoe!”They began searching every corner of the room for the bridal shoe.They looked in the toilet tank, the ventilation fan, outside the window, under the bed, in the wardrobe… Eventually, Trent took out a piece of candy and coaxed the little girl. “Mel, you’re a good girl. Can you tell me where you hid the bridal shoe?”Melody shook her head firmly. “George, Hal, and Al said I can’t tell you!”“Fine!” Trent wiped the sweat off his forehead. “Duke, didn’t you keep bragging about how thoughtful your sweetheart is? I think you’re going to lose to her today.”Duke was quite gloomy too. He thought Alden would
[Oh, gosh! Doesn’t anyone suspect how Adina and Duke have four kids? Besides, they seem to be the same age. They should be quadruplets!][I can only sigh for the strong genes. Kids of a beautiful couple look more beautiful and exquisite than the kids of a normal couple. Sob! I feel like having a kid too. What should I do?][Wake up! The kids you have will be spoiled brats whom you’ll want to kill every day!][The wedding is starting!]The Wedding March began to play in the auditorium, and Adina down the aisle with Ethan by her side.She had cut off ties with the Daugherty family, and Mdm. Daugherty had only sent Adina a gift and her wishes without being present. In other words, no one from the Daugherty family attended the wedding.So, Ethan took the place of her father.He slowly led Adina to Duke before he placed Adina’s hand on Duke’s palm.“Duke, I hope you can love and protect Addy forever. If she does anything wrong, please let me know. I’ll do my best to help my cousin.”
Adina had been up since 4.00 am. She was so exhausted that her whole body was aching.Duke kissed her on the forehead with affection. “I’ll bring you home so that you can have a good rest after the toast.”“It doesn’t matter how tiring it is. It’s just one day.” Adina leaned in his arms and softly said, “You’ve just been discharged from the hospital. You should drink less when you make your toast later.”“I’ll do as you say, Dear.” Duke kissed her cheek again before he turned around and went to the resting lounge next door to get changed.Adina’s gown was complex, and two stylists had to help her before she could successfully wear it. They then immediately put on new makeup on her face.This gown was red. It looked festive with its beautiful lace and gold embroidery.Adina looked in the mirror and fixed her makeup before she walked out of her dressing room and knocked on the next room’s door.The makeup artist there respectfully said, “Mr. Winters finished changing half an hour
“Sorry, Addy. It all happened so suddenly that I didn’t have time to tell you.”Duke’s voice came from the other end of the line. There seemed to be shrieks of panic from a crowd and roaring fire from a collapsing beam.Adina felt even more worried, and she spoke in a serious, as well as stern manner, “You have to be careful. The cemetery can be rebuilt if it burns down, but if you…” She pursed her lips. “In short, be safe. The kids and I will be waiting for you.”“Okay, I’ll go home as soon as I can. Don’t worry.”After Adina hung up, her heart remained dejected. She felt burdened as if a disaster was coming.“Addy, are you done calling Duke? We have to go and make a toast now.” Mrs. Winters walked over and handed her a glass of champagne.Adina placed the phone in her pocket before she flashed Mrs. Winters a smile. “Okay, let’s go.”There were a few hundred tables of guests at the wedding banquet. Experts from different industries were seated at each table, and they were all