Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 470: I Don’t Want to Get Engaged (2)
After speaking, she looked at Serena Sterling again, speaking with the authority of someone who had been through it: "But nervousness is one thing; the engagement must go on. Your engagement with Malcom Moore is taken very seriously by Lord Morris. Given their family’s status, all the invitees are celebrities from various fields. You absolutely cannot afford to embarrass us..."
Victoria rambled on with a lot more advice, essentially telling Serena Sterling to not overthink things on the eve of her engagement.
After she finished, she looked at Serena with satisfaction and said, "Tomorrow you’ll be engaged to Malcom Moore, which will fulfill your father’s last wish, and he can rest in peace."
Hearing Victoria mention her father, Serena’s heart became even more troubled.
She knew that no matter what she said, her mommy would not agree to postpone the engagement.
After all, Malcom Moore hadn’t wronged her; everything was just her speculation and the unresolved feelings and concerns she couldn’t put aside.
She continuously told herself to be serene, but she couldn’t manage it.
Perhaps it’s precisely because she fell for Malcom Moore so quickly that she loved him more than she ever expected.
Does she really understand him? Perhaps that’s why she minds his past so much, worries whether he’s with her out of gratitude?
Not wanting her mood to affect her mommy, Serena looked at Victoria, "Mommy, I understand. Maybe I’m just a bit nervous... Anyway, please leave for now; let me be alone for a bit."
"Alright, mommy will leave now. I’ve left food for you in the kitchen, eat when you feel hungry," Victoria remarked before turning to leave.
Serena was left in the room alone with a cluttered mind, didn’t go out to eat, and sat there deep into the midnight.
During that time, Malcom Moore called her.
Serena answered, hoping Malcom Moore would tell her something about his first love, Grace Quarters.
However, apart from the usual small talk, reminding her to rest early and be his most beautiful fiancée tomorrow, Malcom Moore didn’t mention anything else before ending the call.
Not a word was said about Grace Quarters.
...
The engagement ceremony the next day was in full swing.
Malcom Moore walked into the makeup room, gazed softly at the idle sitting Serena Sterling, "Honey, are you ready?"
Serena Sterling hadn’t managed to sort through the thoughts she pondered late into the night, nor could she untangle her chaotic relationship with Malcom Moore.
She even wished if only her father hadn’t saved Lord Morris long ago.
That way, her relationship with Malcom Moore could be purer without the complications of a rescue and promises of gratitude.
But then she thought, if it weren’t for her father saving Lord Morris, would she have never met Malcom Moore, never have loved him?
Her emotions were tangled; she felt it essential to clear things up before the engagement.
She was not a confused person, nor did she want to lead a muddled life.
Serena Sterling looked up at Malcom Moore, "Malcom Moore, do you love me?"
Malcom Moore teased her with a smile as he reached out to stroke Serena Sterling’s hair, "Silly, if I didn’t love you, would I be getting engaged to you?"
Serena Sterling looked at Malcom Moore, her gaze complex and unidentifiable as she pursued, "Before the engagement, is there anything you need to tell me?"
Malcom Moore hesitated briefly, then laughed, "Luna, what’s going on with you? Are you feeling nervous?"
Finishing the question, before Serena Sterling could respond, he placed his hands on her shoulders, speaking affectionately, "No need to be nervous, I’m here for everything."
He leaned forward, intending to kiss Serena Sterling’s alluring lips.
But Serena Sterling dodged him.
She looked at Malcom Moore, stubbornly asking, "Malcom Moore, are you sure there’s nothing you need to tell me?"
If he could tell her everything about his first love, she would be at peace.
But Malcom Moore shook his head, speaking openly, "No."
He truly felt there was nothing he needed to tell Luna.
Once famous in River City as a playboy, all those were things Luna was aware of.
The only thing Luna didn’t know was his past regarding Grace Quarters.
Though he felt he had sorted out the matters concerning Grace Quarters, and with her leaving River City soon, he saw no need to mention those old, insignificant matters to burden Luna.
However, what Malcom Moore thought unnecessary, Serena Sterling found crucial, especially since she knew of Grace Quarters’ existence and saw them embracing in the booth, it made her feel Malcom Moore shouldn’t have kept it from her, he should be honest.
If there wasn’t anything to hide, then it should be stated, but hiding it indicates there’s something!
But despite her questioning, he still wouldn’t tell her anything.
Did she not ask clearly enough?
Or did he think it was unimportant and felt there was no need for her to know?
Unwilling to give up, Serena Sterling pursued, "Malcom Moore, we’re getting engaged today and will need mutual trust and support in the future, without hiding anything. Do you really have nothing to be honest about today?"
Malcom Moore thought for a while, still shook his head, "Really, there is nothing."
After speaking, he looked at Serena, inquisitively asking, "Luna, what’s wrong with you today? You can ask me directly if there’s anything you want to know."
"Nothing," Serena responded blankly, her heart slowly sinking...
She had reached this point, waiting for him to voluntarily tell her, but he persistently hid everything.
How else should she ask?
Ask him what he and his first love did in the booth last night?
But even if she asked, would he even dare say?
If he intended to hide it, even if she asked, he probably wouldn’t disclose anything, right?...
Haha, Serena Sterling sneered coldly within, fine, if he wishes to conceal it, let him conceal it well. Anyway, she’s not going to engage with him blindly!
Serena Sterling looked at Malcom Moore, her heart in turmoil as she spoke, "Malcom Moore, I don’t want to get engaged now!"
Upon hearing Serena Sterling say she didn’t want to be engaged, Malcom Moore chuckled indulgently.
He reached out to stroke Serena’s hair, his mischievous, peach-blossom eyes slightly upturned, "Honey, such jokes are not funny at all."
After speaking, he seriously remarked, "Today’s date is very important, let’s not make such jokes."
A joke? 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
So he thought she was joking with him.
But she didn’t intend to joke with him at all, she was being completely serious.
His unspoken first love, their three-year affair, his six years of despair over that first love, and the life-saving grace entangled in their relationship by their parents... All these things felt like a stone heavily weighing on Serena Sterling’s chest.
