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Louis hasn't been himself since morning, especially how Manon has been avoiding him like a parasite.
Seeing at the garden he decided to go and apologize.
He looked at her seriously and spoke sincerely, "Manny, I was wrong yesterday. I apologize to you. I don't know what I was thinking at the time, but I promise that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future."
Manon heard Louis voice and looked up at him and raised her eyebrows in surprise, but she didn't say anything. She lowered her eyes and waited for him to continue.
"After waiting for a long time without Manon's response, a sense of unease flashed through Louis heart. He had never coaxed anyone before, and he had hardly ever apologized. He called out to her again, "Manny?"
Coming back to her senses, Manon looked at him and nodded. "Okay, I understand."
Hearing the distant and cold tone in her voice which could probably be a facade , Louis mood sank again.
Seeing the guilt look on Louis face, Manon's heart softened a little, and it seemed like a small part of her heart had sunk a little
"Let's be clear Louis , if you behave like yesterday again, I think our cooperation will come to an end." Seeing that she forgave him, the dark color in Louis eyes disappeared. He looked up at her and nodded, "Don't worry, that won't happen again."
" Grandpa asked us to join him for dinner"Louis said...
" yeah he called me to let me know I figured he might have called you too , that's why I didn't tell you "Manon said but Louis knew it was because of his actions last night that she didn't want to be close to him
"Then you should get some sleep I will let the mid wake you up , when you need to prepare" Louis said and Manon realized that she was actually sleepy after hearing it from him.
"Continue to investigate the background of that Steven. I want to know who this person is and why his information is so secretive," Louis said to his assistant the moment that Manon was out to go and sleep...
Hearing Louis voice , his assistant could help but to remind him that he has been working on this since last night and he wasn't able to find anything.
" I believe in your ability. " Louis said to his assistant he needed to know what identity that man holds for him to be able to hid hus information and how did he end up with his little wife ...
Her calling him big brother was just a title,he knew Manon was the only child her mother has .
"By the way," Don't make too much noise about this matter, and don't let your madam know about it."
*Evening at the Malcolm family mansion*
Manon and Louis walked into the residence together. As soon as they entered, a voice with a hint of mockery came over, "Why is Manon here so late? We've been waiting for so long."
Manon didn't bother looking for who has the voice
as Louis pulled out the chair for her to sit and gave her a peck on her cheek
As soon as Mia approached, she saw this scene and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes. This should have been hers. Only she was worthy of standing by Louis side!
"Late? Grandpa, do you think I'm late?" Manon couldn't be bothered to say more to her and went straight to Grandpa's side, asking with a coquettish look.
Old Malcolm was originally following Mia and SW how Louis affectionately pulled the chair out for Manon and kisses her , he couldn't ask for more .
Laughing heartily, he waved his hand. "Of course not, it's never too late for you to come."
As if provoking Mia, Manon shot her daggers in from eyes daring her to say anything more.
"Man..." Mia was about to retaliate but Louis words interrupted her
"Mia , Manon is already my wife, be mindful of how you speak to her " Louis said
Mia has never seen this extremely serious face on Louis before, so she was naturally frightened a bit she tried to talk but could not form a word out from her mouth .
"Is there a problem?" Louis tone became even colder.
"I'm sorry sister-in-law." Mia answered after seeing, that she could not afford to go against Louis .
Even though , Louis resolved the issue Mia was about to create, that didn't stop her mother who joined them for the dinner to continue but Manon wasn't a girl to be triffled with .
Louis enjoyed how she was able to retort back to them without any fear , before they will know it they were already done with dinner ..
They stayed and chatted with grandpa for a while before they got set to go home , but the road was terrible due to the heavy down pour to avoid taking risk .
Old Malcolm pursued them to spend the night at the mansion.
"Alright grandpa, I and Manon will head upstairs to our room" Louis said before pulling Manon along with him...
The two walked into the room, and upon seeing the large bed in the center, Manon immediately thought of what happened last night. Her heart tightened, and she quickly walked into the bathroom to freshen up.
Looking at her stiff figure, Louis lowered his head and looked at the bed. For the first time, he regretted his impulsiveness last night. Now, he had left a shadow on the young girl.
As Manon walked out of the bathroom, she yawned and covered her mouth with her hand. She crawled into bed with a sleepy expression. Louis watched her and chuckled softly. He got up and went into the bathroom.
As soon as she heard the door close, Manon opened her eyes and looked around. She slowly moved her body to one side of the bed, leaving a large space for Louis. She thought to herself that he wouldn't touch her now.
Finally at ease, Manon closed her eyes and fell asleep, her breathing becoming long and steady.
When Louis came out of the bathroom, he saw Manon sleeping on the edge of the bed, almost falling off. He smiled helplessly and walked over to lift the covers and lie down, leaving about ten centimeters of spacebetween them.
One, two, three...
He put his arm around her waist, and her breath sprayed onto his neck. Louis smiled and turned to look at the sleeping girl next to him. It was she who had snuggled up to him.
Holding her, Louis slowly closed his eyes.
The next day, Louis heard knocking on the door in his sleep. He tried to get up to answer it, but found that he couldn't move.
Looking down, his wife's little head was resting quietly on his body, her small hands tightly holding onto his waist. However, the knocking on the door outside continued, and Louis gently took Mu Ying's hands and slowly lifted her head to place it on the pillow.
Opening the door, the butler was standing at the entrance.
"Young Master, breakfast is ready."
"Hmm, my wife and I will be down soon." Louis closed the door and returned to the room, only to see her awake and sitting on the bed already.
She lowered her head, one hand slowly rubbing her eyes, clearly looking like she hadn't woken up yet.
"Quickly freshen up and go downstairs to have breakfast with Grandpa."Louis finished speaking and went into the bathroom.
Thirty minutes minutes later, the two of them walked downstairs together .
"Little princess " old Malcolm called out to Manon.
She wasn't surprised by the name since her wedding day that's the name that old Malcolm has started calling her .
"Yes Grandpa, do you need anything? Manon asked as she lifted her head to see he needed something.
" I thought all these young wedded couples go for a vacation? Old Malcolm asked.
"I'm just worried that my incompetent grandson will not take very good care of you"
"Grandpa, my work leave ends today , and from tomorrow I won't be free anymore , I really don't think it will work out " Manon said politely .
"I really thought my grandson is the only workaholic one here , has he infected you too that you will deprive yourself from relaxing yourself " Old Malcolm said with a little bit of anger making Manon and Louis to sign at the same time.
"There's nothing you both can do I have already booked a ticket for the both of you to travel to Singapore and have your honeymoon " Old Malcolm said as he pulled out the tickets from his bag .
"As for your clothes , you don't have to worry the maid has picked all of them and is waiting for you guys , the flight in the next hour , you guys should start going before you miss the flight" Old Malcolm said without batting an eyelid.
Seeing this Manon and Louis were left with no word to refute , how long has grandpa be planning this? This was the question in their minds but they weren't able to voice it out
Entering the car to leave for the airport , Manon could not help but voice her thought to Louis.
"Did you conspire with grandpa to make me go on a honeymoon with you? Manon asked and Louis sighed in helplessness , how more of a bad guy does this girl think he is.
" you know I would never do something like that "Louis said and Manon looked him in the eyes to see if he was lying but couldn't detect any lie , so she left it and just scoffed at his words...