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Chapter 5 First Argument

Patrick twitched his ear slightly and then nodded, looking up at the priest. Upon receiving Patrick's gaze, the priest immediately smiled and asked again, "Bride, do you accept this man as your husband and enter into marriage with him? To love him, take care of him, respect him, and accept him in sickness and in health, remaining loyal to him until the end of your life?"

"I do!" Vera responded loudly, nodding her head this time.

Upon hearing her answer, Shawn, Warren, and Brianna breathed a sigh of relief.

The priest then asked Patrick, "Groom, do you accept this woman as your wife and enter into marriage with her? To love her, take care of her, respect her, and accept her in sickness and in health, remaining loyal to her until the end of your life?"

"I do," Patrick replied.

His voice was as steady and solid as a rock to Vera's ears. Vera couldn't help but raise her head again to scrutinize the man next to her, thinking, ‘Regardless of whether it's a transaction or not, this man will be my husband from now on!’

"Please exchange rings."

The sound of applause filled the room.

Hearing the applause, in order to ease the awkwardness, Vera proactively asked Patrick, "Should we applaud after exchanging rings?"

Patrick ignored her, rudely grabbing her hand and slipping the ring onto her ring finger.

Vera's impression of him worsened, thinking, 'He really is a rude man!'

This time, it was Vera's turn to put a ring on him. She deliberately and roughly put the ring on his left ring finger.

This action made Patrick look at the grudge-keeping Vera.

He thought, 'Not only is she young, but she also holds grudges.'

Vera was about to shout at Patrick when suddenly their eyes met. His gaze was very cryptic, making Vera feel a bit uncomfortable.

She thought Patrick, this petty man, must have held a grudge because she forcefully put the ring on him earlier.

Vera thought, 'He is also a grudge-keeping man!'

After a day's time, the wedding finally came to an end.

That evening, Vera went to the Olteran Manor with the Olteran family. As soon as she realized it was their wedding night, Vera closed her eyes and nervously bit her lip, thinking, 'What should I do tonight?'

Just then, the door was pushed open. Nervously, she opened her eyes and quickly stood up from the edge of the bed.

Seeing Patrick enter, she swallowed nervously.

The thought of possibly lying in bed with Patrick made goosebumps run down her whole body.

Patrick walked into the room and approached Vera.

Vera stepped back in fear. "Let's first get to know each other. I'm Vera, twenty years old, and I'll be a sophomore next semester. I..."

"How did you manage to convince him?" Patrick asked with a malicious look in his eyes. In a hurry to obtain the information from Shawn, he didn't have much time to think and hastily agreed to the marriage.

He thought to himself, 'There are so many people who want to marry into the Olteran family. How did this average girl in front of me manage to convince that stubborn old man to marry me?'

Vera was taken aback. "Your words are strange. I don't understand what you mean."

Patrick said directly, "Vera, don't be greedy for things that don't belong to you. Don't think that becoming a member of the Olteran family will guarantee you a good life. In fact, it's quite the opposite."

This time, Vera understood and thought, 'He suspects that I used some kind of scheme to convince his father to make him marry me.'

In order to clear up the misunderstanding between them, Vera explained, "Patrick, were you also forced? In reality, I was too."

Patrick sarcastically laughed and said, "The Linister family secured at least fifteen projects today. But you're telling me that you were forced?"

His tone made Vera very angry.

She had explained with good intentions, but she wasn't being believed. "Patrick, are you mocking my father for selling his daughter for projects? Let me tell you, if it wasn't for your father forcing me, my dad wouldn't have let me marry you even if he starved to death."

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