Jessica hesitated for a while and didn't give James a definite answer. To her surprise, James was a romantic man. She has recalled what he did to her in the past.

Asking her in this way denied her every opportunity to say no. It was the same as pressuring her to marry him.

Jessica leaned on the edge of the wood bucket. She held her chin with both hands. Her cheek was smoky. She asked while biting her lips, "If I don't love you, I don't have to marry you, right?" Her voice was lovely.

"Of course not," James said commandingly, "You're mine, no matter if you love me or not.

It didn't matter whether James asked Jessica or not. The answer he was hoping for was the same.

Jessica quietly applied force and distanced herself from James.

James didn't plan to leave. He kept staring at her. He asked slowly and calmly, "You can start thinking about weddings. What kind of style do you want? I heard Evan's wedding would be soon. I don't want to set the date on the same day as them. We could get married before them. What do you think?"

Jessica slightly froze. She looked up at him, saying, "Why should we avoid their wedding date? What's wrong with getting married on the same day as they do?"

James smiled. He set up a trap for Jessica, and she walked right into it without realizing it.

Jessica suddenly realized her answer was yes to James's proposal. She looked at her with anger. But James suddenly bent over and kissed her. All of her opposition was not working.

The kiss was gentle, and long like it would keep going until the end of time and space.

***

Avery was having a fight with Evan before Jessica called.

Avery said, "Evan, I have to lose weight. I'm not talking about this to you. I'm telling you about my decision."

Evan pinched Avery's cheek, saying, "I don't allow it."

"Is there a man who once said I would be in charge of everything except breakups?" Avery pushed his hands down, "You take back your own words before we're getting married. Who really is in charge here?"

Evan lost the fight.

He once said, as long as Avery wanted, she would be in charge of matters no matter how small or trivial they were.

Evan put his coarse hands underneath Avery's shirt and rubbed her stomach, saying, "You're pregnant. Don't get mad."

Avery got more mad, saying, "How can I not be since I'm so fat?" She was furious that she pinched Evan's arms. If Lane didn't ask her to eat all kinds of supplements every day, she wouldn't get fat. Now she has changed the waist of the wedding dress.

Avery said, "I'll start with a diet. All the supplement drinks, I won't drink them anymore. I'll get fat."

Evan got mad, "But pregnant women needed nutrition."

Avery said, "I'll eat. I will not starve myself. But I'll drink more soup instead of eating more meat. After all, nutrition is in the soup."

Avery really thought all the supplement soup was unnecessary. And she would not starve herself because she was pregnant. She just wanted to eat like a normal person.

Avery delivered her promise that day. She threw away all the supplements. On the day, she just drank soup for lunch. She didn't have meat in case she gained weight. All she had was soup and some salads.

Whenever she was hungry, she ate soup and slept. She didn't go anywhere close to anything greasy.

As for cakes, she wiped off the cream and fed it to Evan.

Evan said, "You want to get rid of fat. So you let me take it?"

Avery said, "You look slim. Have more."

Evan said, "Avery if you lose too much weight, I'll do anything to you."

Avery smiled. She knew it was an empty threat. Evan held her in his arms and got a little cream and wiped it on his face, saying, "If you dare. That's my right to lose weight. You have to behave, and I'll return your favor with generousness."

Evan really didn't know what to say. Avery got too bold.

The more Lane thought about it, the more regret Evan felt. All the terms of marriage served Avery's benefits. What if he became a hen-pecked husband.

Seeing how down Evan was, Avery licked off the cream on his face, saying, "I only want to marry you when I look the best."

Or why was Avery in such a hurry to lose weight?

She wanted to become Evan's bride one more time when she looked at the prettiest in her life.

Evan got out of breath. Avery's breath was so hot that it burnt his lips.

Avery licked the cream off his face like a kitten. It aroused him. But he had to hold it back since Avery was being pregnant.

Evan said, "You're flawless and perfect in my eyes no matter how you look or what you turn into. But I didn't just ask you not to lose weight for the baby."

"Hmm," Avery kissed Evan's cheek, "you're worried the baby will take nutrition away from me, right?"

Evan even got antsy at the thought Avery might be pregnant with a baby boy. He would be jealous. But there was nothing he could do.

It was Evan's exclusive right to suck Avery's boosts. The thought that Avery would breast-feed another baby with the same gender got to Evan. He became more worried, thinking he would lose the domain.

But Avery wanted the wedding to be perfect.

This was the closure both Avery and Evan wanted.

It would put a lovely stop to what they have suffered.

But, the end was a new beginning of a happy life.

Since it only happened once, Avery didn't want to simplify it. She wanted to be as serious as he could.

This wedding was also important to Evan. It was as significant to him as Avery was to him.

He took care of everything about the wedding, including the trivial details.

Avery said, "Evan, I know what you have done is for me."

Evan said, smiling, "I know you know."

Thanks.

Evan, thank you for doing so much for you.

But Avery couldn't say that. She knew it was the last thing he wanted to hear.

Evan looked at Avery and then outside the window, "Do you want to know where our wedding venue would be?"

Avery shook her head. She was curious. Evan left early in the morning and returned home late recently. It was all for the wedding venue. But he never told her anything about it.

But Evan seemed to be in a lovely mood because of what they had now as precious. He pointed at the east, "Over there."

"Where?" Avery pointed back to confirm, "That is the ocean."

Evan said, "Yeah. Do you know it?"

Avery said, "We'll have a wedding by the sea."

Evan said, "That's way too tacky."

"Then where is it?" Avery tiptoed, but the trees blocked her view of the sea. She slowly withdrew her sight and asked tentatively, "Is it a wedding under the sea?"

Evan looked tender and kissed her forehead as a reward, "You know me more and more."

He didn't have to say more because Avery understood him so well.

"We'll never have any misunderstanding about each other from now on, "Avery smiled, "I'll know you more and more. We'll become a lovely couple."

Evan smiled and held her waist with both arms, "Honey, I love you."

Avery leaned on his back and looked up, "What are the odds? Me too."