One Night Stand With That Beggar

She couldn’t control her breathing, and her throat became dry.

She felt the caress of Eddison’s breath on her neck, and her palms were sweating. Then, everything became still.

It was not until they paused for a few minutes that he whispered to her.

“I’m sorry!”

Rachel was flummoxed whereas he got up and kept a distance from her.

Her excitement dissipated in an instant. She looked curiously at him.

“I’m sorry!” repeated Eddison.

“I think you’re aware of how your father pressured me into marrying you. Since I’ve agreed to it, I’ll fulfill my duties to the end. However, I don’t think I can’t accept you for the time being. If you feel aggrieved at that, we don’t have to register our marriage tomorrow. After a while, I will make an announcement to the media saying that it is all my fault, and then we will divorce.”

His words really put a damper on her wedding night.

Unfortunately, the blissful marriage that she had envisaged turned out to be a delusion.

It seemed that her marriage wouldn’t last long.

She gazed at him intently. He was as chivalrous as ever in spite of being threatened by her father, and he still told her the whole story.

She was reluctant to leave him. If he had treated her badly, she might not be so conflicted.

She wondered what would happen if she didn’t agree to his suggestion. Would they live in such a way for the rest of their lives?

“Let me think about it!”

“Alright!” said Eddison as he turned around.

“I’ll sleep on the couch tonight. Good night.”

…

The night darkened.

Rachel had a dream. When she was a child, a stray puppy appeared from the bushes while she was in the school one day.

Its body was dirty, but as children, they weren’t bothered by it at all.

Everyone gathered around it and played together with the puppy.

The little puppy was adorable, and it was friendly too.

They kept playing until the bell rang, and then they had to return to their classrooms.

On the same day, the chauffeur of the Gellert family encountered a traffic congestion on his way to pick Rachel up from school.

As she was waiting outside the school, a big dog suddenly came out of nowhere. It was incredibly fierce, and it barked wildly at her.

There were no teachers around her at that time. She was so frightened that she nearly burst into tears.

At that critical moment, the puppy darted out of the bushes and barked at the big dog in front of her.

After that, the two dogs fought with each other. Needless to say, the puppy was no match for the big dog, and it got itself injured badly.

Rachel could not bear to leave it alone, therefore she begged the chauffeur to bring it home.

She wanted to keep it at home, but her goodwill was greeted with her parents’ disagreement.

Jarred said that such a mutt didn’t deserve to stay in their house.

Meanwhile, Bianca said that it was unsanitary. Since she was a daughter of a rich family, raising a mongrel did not suit her identity.

She pleaded with her parents for a long time. In the end, Bianca told her that she would find a caring family to raise it on their behalf, so that it would live a happy life.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Rachel acquiesced in Bianca’s plan.

She did hesitate before that, unsure of whether to insist or to compromise with Bianca. However, her parents had instilled obedience into her through her upbringing. She was already used to listening to her parents and not fighting for her own desires. She had become a puppet who did what her parents told her to.

She thought the puppy would really be happy. After a long time, to her dismay, she found that it was dead.

Being a respectable and well-known family among the upper classes, her parents couldn’t care less about a puppy. They had simply handed it to a plumber, who had come to their house to perform maintenance on the pipes.

The plumber had failed to take good care of the puppy, thus it wasn’t long before the puppy died of an illness.

Rachel woke up from her dream and remembered the last look of the puppy before she parted with it. She was filled with remorse.

Ever since she was young, she had always been an obedient puppet. She wondered, “Should I fight for myself this time?”

…

Eddison was awakened by the dazzling sunlight the next day.

When he opened his eyes, he found that there was no one else in the room. The quilt on the bed had been folded. There was only the existence of a slight fragrance in the air that didn’t belong to him. It was like no one else had been there in the room with him.

He reckoned that Rachel had gone out, so he washed up and changed his clothes.

As soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw the butler, Aldred, talking with Rachel in the living room.

“Young Madam, we have prepared breakfast according to your instructions. It contains all of Young Master Eddison’s favorite food. Is there anything else I can do for you?”

Rachel smiled and said, “No, there isn’t. Thank you, Aldred!”

She was well-mannered and refined.

To Aldred, she was indeed a standard noble lady. He could not help but look at her with admiration. He thought Eddison had made the right choice to marry her.

He reckoned that if Old Master Granger was still alive, he would be satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Rachel turned around and saw Eddison coming down the stairs.

She stood up and beamed at him, “You’re up! Have a bite and see if you like the food.”

Her attitude was different from the previous day. Eddison could not figure out what she was planning at the moment. He sat down and took a few bites out of pride.

After that, he got up and took his blazer.

“I’m going to work now!”

Rachel stretched her hand out and grabbed his arm, saying, “Don’t you remember that we’re going to register our marriage today?”

He was dumbfounded. “Are you sure you want to do that? I thought we made things clear last night,” he replied.

Seeing that the situation was getting awkward, Aldred quickly called the others to go out, leaving the two of them in the living room.

Rachel let go of his arm and replied, “Yes, your words sound reasonable. I thought about it all night, but I still decided to continue with it.”

“Why?”

Eddison couldn’t not understand her. So, he asked, “I don’t love you at all. If we don’t register our marriage, it won’t be a big deal even if we get separated in the future, then you-”

“What? Everyone already knows that we’ve gotten married, so they will still regard us as a couple no matter what.”

If they failed to register their marriage, then it would mean that she was just the daughter-in-law of the Granger family in name.

Eddison frowned and replied, “If you have such concerns, I’ll announce to the public that the separation is all my fault.”

She shook her head, saying, “No! Now that I’m married into the Granger family, I’m one of the members here. I deserve to get that marriage certificate.”

He pursed his lips. Originally, he had thought that they were both the victims of the diplomatic marriage between the two families. That was why he felt a little sorry for her, but at the moment, it seemed that he was thinking too much.

He had seen a lot of fights in upper-class families since a young age. He should have known long ago that there would not be any real kindness among them.

Every one of them harbored ulterior motives. Perhaps she wanted everything to happen until this point.

He no longer felt sorry for her. Therefore, he said apathetically, “Fine, have it your way! See you at the entrance of the register office at 9. 30 a. m.!”

After that, he left home.

Rachel looked at his back blankly and gave a rueful smile. It was the first time that she had acted bravely, but she had no idea about what awaited her.

Maybe she would gain happiness from her efforts! However, it was more likely she would get hurt in the end.

There was another choice for her, which was to give up, and to do as Eddison suggested.

She was unwilling to do that. She believed that she would eventually tear down the barriers of his heart as long as he was with her.