Elizabeth was stunned for a long while. Then she raised her head and looked at James with puzzlement. Blinking her eyes, she asked, "What did you say?"
"Let's get married."
Elizabeth laughed and gently patted James on the chest, "Hey, are you stupid? I said that you were stupid at the airport today. Are you really out of your mind?"
James just smiled and didn't speak, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.
Elizabeth didn't think too much and said, "Why are you looking at me like this? You're really too strange. We have got married, haven't we? Why should we get married again?" Had he been so worried that he became silly?
James sighed softly, "I know that we've got married."
"So why did you say that?"
"Honey, what I mean is that we are going to hold a wedding."
"Huh?" Elizabeth was stunned for a moment. To be exact, she was shocked.
"Well..." Elizabeth licked her lip. At this time, she was a little flustered, confused, and somewhat happy, "Why do you suddenly mention this?"
Back then, they got married for their own needs. He wanted to give his parents an explanation and save his face, while she needed a shelter and someone who could help her.
At that time, marrying James was really her reckless choice. She was in despair and had no other choices.
She didn't want to marry someone that she didn't know at all, but she had nothing. Even her fiance, who had been with her for so many years, betrayed her... In short, she had to get married. At that time, she no longer believed in love. Since she would get married sooner or later, she might as well marry James.
Later, for her study, she proposed not to hold a wedding ceremony. And he got angry. But fortunately, his parents agreed with her.
After that, they had been living together. She had accepted and got used to the fact that she was his wife, and she really did not think about holding a wedding. In her opinion, the wedding was a formality. The wedding could add sweetness to their marriage, but she didn't have to hold a wedding. Whether they could be in deep love and live together for the rest of their lives was not decided by the wedding.
Therefore, after such a long time, although they loved each other more and more, she had never thought about holding a wedding. Just living like this was good, wasn't it?
James wanted to tease her. He glanced at her and said with disappointment, "Honey, are you very surprised?"
"Of course. You suddenly said that."
"No, from your surprised tone, I feel that you don't want to have a wedding with me." After that, he even sighed very bitterly.
"No." Elizabeth frowned, "I just mean..."
Before she finished her words, James smiled, "You said no, so you are willing to hold a wedding?"
"That's not true." Elizabeth was somewhat incoherent, "That's not what I mean. I..."
"You don't want to? Then who do you want to hold a wedding with?"
Elizabeth sighed helplessly, "Can't you let me make it clear? I... just feel that..." Saying this, she was anxious, "It's all your fault! I can't even speak fluently!"
Hearing this, James said gloomily, "You haven't told me whether you are willing or not."
"Tell me first, and then I'll give you an answer."
James closed his eyes, but he had no choice but to say, "I had this idea long ago, but I didn't mention it all the time because you once said that you didn't want a wedding. But today, I think we'd better hold a wedding as soon as possible."
This was not his sudden impulse, and he had been thinking about it for a long time. That day, so many things happened, and he remembered what Richard said to him. After coming back and taking a bath, he sat by the bed and looked at her sleeping face. And he had a stronger and stronger desire to hold a wedding.
He wanted to give her what others had when they got married. If he couldn't hold a wedding with her, even if she didn't want to, he would feel that he owed her. Although Richard talked about his father, he could understand him, and he had the same feelings towards Elizabeth.
He didn't want to realize that he owed her a lot when it was too late.
"Just because you misunderstood that I had run away?" Elizabeth did not know what James was thinking, so she just said as she thought, "I said that I wouldn't leave. Didn't you hear me? You are here, and my home is here, so I won't run away."
It seemed that she wanted to make him more convinced, so she said again, "It's true! I am not lying!"
"I know." James nodded. He frowned slightly and felt a little irritated, but he had to say patiently, "I just asked you... Do you still have the same idea as before?"
Before Elizabeth spoke, James added, "I understand that you used to think like that. But last time I went to your school and admitted our relationship in front of so many people. Even if you want to hide it, it's useless, isn't it? So, I think... it's better to hold a wedding to let more people know that you are my wife."
"Honey, let's hold a wedding ceremony. What do you think?"
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