A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Before Perrin could even manage to fasten his seat belt, Xandria suddenly burst into tears. The troubles in her mind became too much to bear; she couldn't stop crying no matter how hard she tried.

“Hey, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say that you were excited to go to the celebration party? Are those tears of joy from having too much fun or something? Or maybe...are you jealous of the proposal earlier? If that's the case, do you want to get married already? If my memory serves me right, didn't you say that you'll only get married when you're already successful in your career?“ Perrin asked a string of questions.

'Hmm... Am I missing something else?' He paused for a moment to think. He tried to recall everything that had happened earlier. Suddenly, he thought of something that might be the reason behind Xandria's tears. But before he could open his mouth to ask her about it, Xandria replied,

“You don't even know what you're talking about. Why would I possibly get jealous of that proposal when I was the one who got proposed to? The only people who would get jealous about all of this are the women who want to be in my shoes, got it? Tomorrow, the whole city...no, the whole world will know that a rich, handsome, and well-known director asked me to marry him. When his countless fans find out that I refused him, I'll undoubtedly get flak for it. Do you know how stressful it is when people tell you what you should've done? To make matters worse, my acting career might come to an end because of something that's not even my fault. I have all these thoughts going through my head, but you're acting like everything's fine. How do you expect me to react to that?“

After all that she had said, Perrin only cared about the first thing he heard. Somewhat upset, he asked, “Tell me, do you regret not saying yes to that man when he proposed to you?“

“Of course not! Are you even listening to me? I just told you that I could lose my dream job even though I've done nothing wrong!“ Xandria immediately answered back with even more tears on her face. She felt so suffocated by her helpless situation that she literally had a hard time breathing. To add insult to injury, her boyfriend, who was supposed to be her number one supporter, was not much help at all. He just waited for her response with a dumbfounded look on his face.

There was no sign that she was going to stop, and she was getting worse by the second. Perrin thought that if he didn't get Xandria to calm down soon, something bad might happen to her. With that in mind, he leaned in and gently patted her on the back while saying,

“All right, all right, I'm sorry for asking such a stupid question. Please stop crying, dear. I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be the one that's sobbing here since someone just tried to take away my future wife. Anyway, I'm grateful to have such a wonderful girlfriend. You're such a kindhearted and thoughtful woman for telling me what happened. I wish I would've known what happened before I came to pick you up. I would've brought you a bucket of fried chicken and some cola.“

“Why?“ Xandria asked with a puzzled expression on her face. Her voice was a little hoarse from crying so she sounded a bit funny. But at that moment, she felt so tired that she kept quiet in her seat.

“It's pretty late and I'm sure all the jewelry shops are already closed. Since I can't buy you a ring right now, can I just use the ring on top of the cola can as a temporary ring when I propose?“

No matter how absurd that sounded, Perrin's silly question managed to get a response from Xandria. “I don't care what anyone gives me when they propose. What matters to me is that if someone really wants to propose to me, that person has to be doing it from the bottom of their heart. Unfortunately, If you were to say that you wanted to marry me right now, I'll just think that you're messing with me and only doing it to cheer me up.“

While Xandria was speaking, she stared at Perrin with eyes full of resentment.

“Do you realize how silly you sound right now? As an actress, you show your face to countless men every day. Because of that, I'm always worried that another man will come along and sweep you off your feet. With that in mind, do you really think that I'm still lying when I say that I want you to marry me? If that isn't enough for you to believe me, just tell me that you want to get married to me. If you say yes, we can immediately get a marriage license tomorrow. If we do that, I'm sure you have no reason to doubt me anymore. I'll say it again so it's clear. As long as you agree, I promise you that we'll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow no matter how bad the weather is, okay?“ Perrin replied with a serious expression on his face.

Xandria was a bit surprised to hear how serious Perrin was. However, she was still not feeling all right, so she just gave him a nod. After a while of calm silence, her boyfriend asked a reasonable question. “Hypothetically, if there's no one to read the newspapers tomorrow, would you still want to get married tomorrow?“

married in secret, okay? I don't want to lose

soon as Perrin heard the word “secret,“ his blood started boiling and he couldn't help gritting his teeth in anger. The

home in a good mood. He still hoped that the couple could somehow fix their issues without his help. Sadly, it didn't seem like it was

to his home. The moment he

watching the

on the sofa. After that, he sat down next to her and said, “Hey, why are you so into this TV series? Don't you find it a bit boring? Honey, if you want some real entertainment, just tell

to watch my favorite show for crying out loud,“ Michelle

was lying on the sofa, she shoved Ray away with

I must make that person pay!“ Ray said in a playful manner. Then he turned

trouble he was in, he started

me honestly. Are you a better kisser than that man on

luck he was having that day. First, the celebration party had become a huge mess as soon as it started. Second, when he had finally gotten home to get some rest, his wife had asked him a question that no man should have to answer in his lifetime. Was it really just a coincidence that his wife was watching this particular

kisser! Honestly, I couldn't wait to get home and give you a kiss! But right now, let me just wash these fruits so we can eat it already. Don't worry though, I'll make sure to savor our

than getting asked a

about his scenes with other women, but it was still too early in the night to prove his loyalty.

to eat and I'll

wanna tell you!“ Michelle said with an irked expression. Then, she turned around and headed

wife was definitely fuming about seeing him kiss another woman. At

something worse appeared on it. He tiptoed toward the remote and tried his best

surprise since Ray hadn't expected that she would be back so soon. She took a bite of a strawberry and asked, “What do you think you're

and acted a bit stupid to convince her. There was

to look cool. Then, he moved forward and spoke in the most charming way he could. “That strawberry looks fresh. It's even

managed to take it away with just his mouth. At that moment, Michelle's heart melted when she saw how cute the man in front of her was. That being said, she loved strawberries dearly and she wasn't just going to let her husband steal the last one in her left