MY UNKNOWN HUSBAND, VOLUME 2 - Season 5 Episode 31

Vivian didn’t know what to say. She felt absolutely aggrieved.

“Is the wedding dress I picked not good?” John asked. He just turned a deaf ear to her grievance.

“It’s very beautiful. I will wear the wedding dress you like on our wedding day.”

Vivian agreed reluctantly mainly because he liked the wedding dress.

“Since the wedding dress has been decided. Let’s talk about something else.” John raised his chin towards the opposite seat, signaling to her to sit down there.

It was rare for John to sit with her face to face in a peaceful manner. Even before Nina appeared, he only occasionally responded with one or two words.

Sitting and chatting peacefully like this was the kind of happiness she had never dared to hope for but had imagined countless of times.

Even though John looked a little strange at the moment, she couldn’t help feeling really flattered.

Would he treat her better after they got married?

Excitement bubbled up in Vivian’s chest. She couldn’t wait to get married, and she hoped that January 23 would arrive as fast as possible.

“Okay.” Vivian sat opposite him gracefully, staring at the person she had been tenderly thinking about day and night. “Brother John, are we going to discuss the details of our wedding?”

After staring at her for a while, John said, “I’ve already arranged the details of the wedding. I’m going to talk to you about something else.”

“Something else?” Vivian couldn’t think of anything else they could possibly talk about except for the wedding.

‘Could it be…? No! That can’t be.’

She pushed back the idea that came to her mind and said with a smile, “Okay, whatever you want to talk about. But we don’t have to talk about it right now. We still have a lot of time.”

Vivian raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear, her eyebrows and eyes revealing her shyness.

The person in front of her was the one she loved.

She was going to marry him.

When she thought about how perfect it all was, a smile full of sweetness would bloom like flower at the corners of her mouth.

When flowers bloomed, they would always attract people’s attention. Likewise, when a person’s emotions were exposed, they would somehow affect the people around them.

Perhaps this was the unique characteristic of human beings—the ability to perceive emotions.

The happiness overflowing from Vivian’s eyes made John look sideways. If the girl who was choosing a wedding dress and planning a wedding with him were Nina, he would probably feel the same as Vivian.

His little girl once told him that it was not a sin to love someone.

“Do you know those two men?” John glanced at the men standing and finally looked at Vivian.

The sudden question caught Vivian off guard. Before she could even get down from the happy cloud, the cloud was blown away.

Vivian’s heart sank. As she sat in the sofa, she felt weightless, as if she had missed a step. She looked up at the man who was examining her.

His deep eyes were on her, making her unable to move.

If she looked away, he might think that she was afraid of being found out, but if she didn’t look away, he would see the panic in her eyes.

Sweat broke out on Vivian’s palms. She tried her best to make eye contact with him without seeming too nervous.

“Yes.” Vivian pursed her lips and put on a smile. “We just talked for a while.”

In the past, all she knew was information about those two men. Today was the first time she had met and talked with them.

What she told John wasn’t exactly a lie, so he couldn’t have noticed anything. Thinking of this, she became more confident.

However, she was deceiving herself. If John hadn’t found out what had happened in the past, he wouldn’t have asked those two men to come here.

The look in John’s eyes became deeper. Unable to see decipher the complicated expression on his face, Vivian just smiled tenderly.

“I know those two men too,” John said casually. “Do you still want to get married?”

“What?” Vivian muttered out of reflex, feeling her throat tighten. Suddenly, she seemed to understand the complex look in John’s eyes.

‘He must have already known the truth. Is he giving her a chance to admit it?’

Vivian sat up straight, feeling as if her feet had been cemented to the floor. Her lashes trembled a few times, and she didn’t dare to look straight into the man’s all-knowing eyes. She had to try her best to make her eyes look blank.

Thoughts raced in her mind. ‘He is behaving very strange. He is not a soft-hearted person, so how could he be thinking of giving me a chance?

It doesn’t seem like him at all.

Is it just a test?

I plotted for so long and didn’t leave any clues. There is no way he has found out the truth. I’m sure he has no evidence.

I’ll just refuse to admit it. And he can do nothing about it,’

Vivian thought to herself and made up her mind.

“Brother John, don’t you want to marry me?” Vivian asked in a voice full of grievance. “I know my mom forced you to marry me, but I really like you. Can you give me a chance?”

“Do you still want to get married?” John asked her again, but Vivian gave him no answer, which meant she had acquiesced.

The look in his eyes, which had slightly softened just moments ago, became cold again. “Remember, you made this choice.”

The little girl was right. It was not a sin to love a person, but using dirty tricks to get one’s beloved was a sin.

He gave Vivian a chance, but she didn’t cherish it.

John stood up and gave Richard a look. Richard took out two wads of cash from his pocket and handed one each to the two men. “This is the reward that Mr. Shi promised you. You acted well today.” “Thank you.”

“Thank you, Mr. Shi.”

The middle-aged man put the money into his pocket and patted his now bulging pocket, grinning from ear to ear.

Meanwhile, the young man carefully measured the thickness of the money with his fingers. It should be at least one hundred thousand dollars, almost equal to his annual salary.

“Acting?” Vivian didn’t dare to move. A chill spread from the soles of her feet to her limbs, and her teeth trembled from the cold.

“I don’t work part-time to earn extra money.”

“I’m not covering my wife’s shift, and my home is not in Lexingport City. Richard invited me here. He said that I have the talent for acting.”

That man was joking, but Vivian couldn’t smile at all.

She knew that she was doomed, and there was nowhere for her to escape.

“Vivian, look forward to the wedding you’ll never forget.” John put one hand in his trouser pocket, turned around and left.

Lisa also walked the two men out. The other shop assistants were busy with their own work, leaving Vivian frozen in place.

Look forward to the wedding?

She didn’t dare to look forward to it.

Her whole body was trembling. The fear in her heart had finally escaped and rushed out, occupying her whole body.

When Vivian returned home, she was still wearing the black wedding dress, and she was as cold as ice.

She didn’t know how she got back. All she remembered was that someone pulled her into the car, and another person pulled her out and sent her home.

“Vivi? Why did you come back in your wedding dress? Where is your coat?” As soon as Julie touched her daughter’s bare arm, she felt Vivian’s freezing temperature and withdrew her hand. Then she took off her coat at once and put it on her daughter. “Why are you so cold?”

Vivian looked as dull as a walking corpse. All she could think about was the words John said before he left. “Look forward to the wedding you’ll never forget.”

It was like a curse that had been cast upon her.