Let's Get Married

Shocked by his question, Lily goes blank. This topic is too sensitive and as per what she did before, she is afraid that…

Fortunately, she doesn’t look well during this whole time; otherwise it is only a matter of time before Rex detects her nervousness. She does some calculation in her mind and answers, “At the end of this month. Still couples of days away.”

“How many days?”

“I can’t say for sure. Sometimes it is earlier and sometimes later.” Lily doesn’t want him asking further questions and changes the topic, “Why? Are you afraid that I may hurt?”

“No.” Rex doesn’t know much about such stuff but something is telling him that Lily’s reaction is aberrant. He holds her cold hands and says, “Just go to the hospital with me.”

“I already told you I was fine.” Lily tries to break loose but fails, “It is true. I am not lying to you.”

Among all the other lies she ever came up with in her life, this one is the best and most natural one. Maybe it is the baby who gives her the courage.

“Let’s do a full examination so that I can be reassured.” Rex says and begins dragging her.

Lily frowns and tries to drag her hand back, saying “Rex, I will need an official approval for visiting hospital. Besides, the prison transporter is right outside waiting for me. How do you expect that I can get away without being noticed?”

“I can make some call…”

“You can make some call?” Lily stops him right there and though she is almost on the verge of a confession, still, she says in a tough tone, “I am already convicted of a murder, which makes it hard enough for me to be bailed. Therefore, I need to behave well instead of keeping pulling strings now and then.”

Rex doesn’t let her go but says nothing, as if he were pondering over something.

Feeling so intense that she almost dares not to breathe, Lily looks down and shakes their hands together, saying, “If you still can’t relax over it, then I will submit my application today and go to the hospital tomorrow.”

leave you like

too.” Lily knows well that Rex always yields to soft approach but rejects force, asking softly, “Is that

Finally, he relents and agrees, “Then you must promise to file your application as soon as you get back and go to the hospital

will do that.” Lily nods her head immediately but dares not to look at

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can

courthouse together. At the gate, Lily is taken by armed police, with Rex

transporter is closed and she is now in a different world, where

but he looks younger than the one in

starts, and Lily’s heart is shaking with the car, too. Without saying a word and checking out the driver this time, she just sits quietly in the

of them never exchange a word until the car goes

when the car is going through the tunnel. Hearing her heart beating, Lily slightly moves her butt forward and knocks at the steel door between them,

the review mirror. Lily knows he is looking at

gets so quiet as if the air were frozen. The only thing left is the friction sound made by the car and outside

seconds, but Lily

the man suddenly steps on the gas and replies in a husky voice,

Wait for a while.

words fall right into Lily’s ears. This is the first time she does something like this and goosebumps

door and says in a low voice, “You work for

not talkative and

Lily asks further, “What are you

quickly, “Mr. Ryan has a question for

is surprised and