CHAPTER 125: CHAPTER 125: SO THAT’S HOW I TRICKED MY WIFE INTO MARRYING ME

The wine-red Hongqi Guangyao slowed down.

Driving was Hector Chaucer, who glanced through the rearview mirror at the villa where Tiana Linden and Daisy lived.

He could vaguely see a silhouette at Tiana’s window.

He whispered into the phone, "Aren’t you asleep?"

Tiana continued watching the car leave and replied, "I heard the sound of the car and saw you driving away. It’s so late, do you have an urgent matter to handle?"

Hector, holding the steering wheel, replied with a question through the car phone, "Is Mrs. Chaucer worried about me?"

Tiana said, "Come on, Hector, Aiden isn’t here, I don’t need to adapt to my new role in advance. What time will you be back?"

Hector, driving, had his lips curl up slightly, "You sleep, I need to go back to The Chaucer Estate."

Mentioning The Chaucer Estate made Tiana tense up.

Anything related to The Chaucer Estate was rarely good.

Everyone living at the estate bore the Chaucer name and shared blood with Hector, but none wanted him alive.

The Second and Fourth Chaucer are dead, the Third and Fifth went to prison, and The Sixth Chaucer is missing.

Though there weren’t many who could confront Hector now.

Still, Tiana worried.

After all, Hector still had several sisters.

His half-sisters were not to be underestimated.

By now, Hector’s Hongqi Guangyao was no longer visible on the internal driveway of The Sovereign.

The dark sky made Tiana feel heavy-hearted.

On the phone, Hector said, "I’ll stay there tonight and won’t return. Sleep well. See you in the morning."

Tiana asked again, "Are you sure nothing’s wrong?"

Otherwise, why would he go back to The Chaucer Estate so late at night?

He disliked that place most.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have bought a villa next to Leo Sutton’s.

Tiana recalled the gunshots she heard last time she was at The Chaucer Estate.

An uneasy feeling lingered in her heart.

Hector probably knew what she was worried about and said:

"Don’t worry, those women of the Chaucer family won’t stir up much trouble, even if they want my life."

"I’ll be fine."

"You can hang up now."

Tiana still wasn’t at ease, "Are you really okay?"

Hector chuckled over the phone, "Miss Linden, if you keep asking, I’ll mistake you for really wanting to be Mrs. Chaucer."

Tiana said, "Relax, my friendship with you is unwavering. Don’t stress out, goodbye."

In the middle of the night.

Tiana seemed to be asleep yet not quite.

She awakened abruptly from her grogginess.

She picked up her phone to check the time.

The screen suddenly lit up, amplifying her uneasiness.

It was 1:30 a.m.

I wondered if Hector was safe at The Chaucer Estate and if he was asleep.

After some hesitation, she decided to send Hector a WeChat message: [Hector, are you asleep?]

...

The Chaucer Estate, The East Wing.

Hector’s phone was lying on the table.

The screen lit up.

He switched off the welding torch, removed the heat-resistant mask from his face, and picked up his phone.

So late, Tiana actually sent him a message.

He didn’t answer but asked in return: [Why aren’t you asleep in the middle of the night?]

Tiana: [Hector, are you truly okay?]

Hector: [I’m fine.]

Tiana: [I think of those at The Chaucers, every one of them like wolves and leopards, with scorpion hearts, and I fear something might happen to you. Be cautious around them.]

Hector: [Yes, be good, sleep tight.]

Tiana: [As long as you’re fine, I’ll sleep then.]

She placed the phone at her bedside.

She wanted to ask why he was still up so late.

But was afraid of disturbing him.

Confirmed he was fine, she felt assured.

Hector also put down the phone, picked up the welding torch again, and replaced the mask on his face.

A brilliant diamond fell into his palm.

Finally set into the groove of the ring in his hand.

It was a diamond ring he had personally designed and crafted.

A pair of them.

One engraved with the letter T, representing Tiana’s ’T’.

The other engraved with the letter H, representing Hector’s ’H’.

The pair of rings were finally complete.

He rotated and scrutinized them.

With every turn, the diamond facets refracted countless beams of light.

As if specks of starlight danced between his fingers.

...

The next morning.

Tiana’s bedside alarm clock rang.

She had set it to wake up at 6:40 a.m. every day.

After a quick shower, she went to the children’s room next door to wake Daisy.

This morning, arriving next door, Daisy’s room door was already open.

Hector sat at the bedside, pinching Daisy’s nose, "Lazy piglet, time to get up, school awaits!"

This man, usually cold and clear-speaking in front of others.

His coaxing tone for waking Daisy was full of patience and warmth.

If one didn’t know better, they’d think Daisy was his biological daughter.

No one knew how much this man liked daughters.

Really hoped he’d soon find a girl he fancies and have one quickly.

If such a girl appeared, it’d be okay even without helping her with Aiden.

When Daisy lazily got up to brush her teeth, Tiana asked, "Weren’t you staying at The Chaucer Estate? Why so early?"

Hector looked at her, "Finished matters in the middle of the night, so I came back."

Tiana said again, "It’s tiring to come and go in the middle of the night, why not just stay overnight at the estate?"

Hector helped Daisy fold the quilt.

As he got up, he looked at her, "The air at the estate isn’t good."

Having said that, he walked out of Daisy’s room.

Earlier, Tiana had been focused on talking with him, not noticing he neatly arranged Daisy’s bedding as they spoke.

Did this man consider Daisy his own daughter to raise?

While Daisy brushed her teeth, Hector took the recently completed rings from several months of work.

He wore one on his hand.

The other he handed to Tiana.

Tiana didn’t react instantly.

Hector said, "Go the whole nine yards in this act."

She then realized and put it on her right ring finger.

It fit perfectly.

If she paid enough attention, she would have noticed the engraving of the letter H on the ring.

That was Hector’s H.

Symbolizing that the woman wearing this ring will be bound to Hector for life.

But she did not notice.

Only felt this ring seemed more dazzling than ordinary diamond rings.

And its design was one she hadn’t seen on the market.

So unique!

She asked, "Hector, where did you get this?"

Hector lied calmly, "I had Gordon Lowell casually buy it."

Then added, "Couple rings, plainly obvious."

Tiana wore it, examining it again and again, "Casually bought and yet so exquisite, Gordon has excellent taste."

At that moment, Gordon elsewhere sneezed several times.