Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 350 - 333: Alpenberg (2)

The reason Simon Forrester comes to Alpenberg to buy watches is that since Old Master Forrester’s generation, the Forrester Family has always been a super VIP client of several major luxury watch brands in Switzerland.

Before Simon Forrester dated Sienna Thornton, he would make time every year to come to Switzerland to pick out new watches from several major brands, and for the ones he liked, he’d pay and take them directly.

After starting his relationship with Sienna Thornton, because he was busy, and also because he didn’t want to leave Sienna alone in Brimfield while he went shopping in Alpenberg, he resisted coming to choose watches for more than a year. So this time, he seemed like a baby starved for a few meals and picked several watches at once.

The men of the Forrester Family have a hereditary interest in watches. It’s not just Simon; Zane Forrester also really enjoys buying watches.

When Sylvia Langley was filing for divorce, she once gave Sienna a list of all the various brands and models of luxury watches Zane owned.

Sienna was stunned to see the long list that filled several A4 pages.

In total, Zane’s watches were worth several hundred million yuan.

That’s when she realized that Simon’s watch cabinet, which was worth tens of millions, was nothing compared to Zane’s.

Sienna originally didn’t approve of such extravagance. Her spending habits have always been practical, believing that a watch as a functional accessory is already great under a hundred thousand, and there’s no need to buy one that costs millions.

She was about to persuade Simon, but then she remembered what Sylvia said when suggesting she change cars—that she’s now a career woman, and if she doesn’t use good things where people can see, they might question the business of her law firm, ultimately questioning her ability.

In the end, it was all about appearances. Thinking of this, she gave up trying to persuade Simon, letting him choose whatever he wanted.

Simon finally picked out four of this year’s latest mechanical watches, and once he was done, he pushed the velvet box holding the four watches in front of her and asked, "How about these four?"

He was ready for her to ask the price and then haggle with him, but instead, she just smiled gently and said, "They look great! They suit you perfectly! Buy them!"

He was a bit surprised and pointed at the four watches, saying, "That’s the price of four three-bedroom apartments. Are you sure you want me to buy them?"

In Brimfield, even in the worst locations, a three-bedroom apartment would cost at least seven to eight million, let alone in good locations and developments.

Judging from the attentive attitude of the shop staff, Sienna knew these four watches weren’t from the worst locations and were expensive.

Though she found it hard to accept such spending at first, she thought about how Simon had no other costly hobbies, spending mostly on her. Considering how hard he works and even got injured at work before, it seemed unfair to be harsh and limit him from buying things he loves.

Thinking of this, she snuggled up gently beside Simon and laughed, "You’ve bought me so much jewelry, how could I not let you buy your watches?"

She lowered her gaze, picked up one of the platinum watches with navy blue alligator leather and a silver-white dial, and said, "This one looks the best. It’s my wedding gift to you!"

It was the most expensive watch from the Vacheron Constantin Heritage Series, nearly seven million yuan. Plus, once they return home, there’d be customs duties, bringing the total to almost nine million.

Simon knew Sienna didn’t have that kind of money on hand, and he didn’t want her to spend so much on a gift. So he came up with a reason entirely unfitting for his rebellious old boy persona: "People say giving a watch is bad luck! Give me something else."

Sienna looked puzzled.

Simon thought quickly on his feet and made up: "A watch is a clock, and giving a watch is like giving a ’funeral clock’!"

Sienna didn’t understand: "What’s wrong with giving a ’clock’?"

The next second, she realized, smacked Simon’s arm playfully, and laughed, "You believe that?"

"Of course, I do! To travel the world with you after retirement, I’m being careful, so don’t give me a watch."

Sienna was thinking, wait, didn’t he buy her a watch in Lumeria? So by his logic...

She was about to ask, but Simon had already efficiently handed the watch box to the clerk, speaking in French, and handed over his VISA card for payment.

The high-end watch boutique staff usually communicate in English, but Simon chose French, so Sienna realized he didn’t want her to know the price of those watches. Clearly, those four watches were worth a fortune, and his claim about "giving a watch" being like "giving a funeral clock" was just a way to dissuade her from spending money frivolously.

Understanding, she chose not to question it. Instead, she felt grateful for Simon’s thoughtfulness.

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After finishing their trip in Switzerland, they headed to Italora. Originally planning to stay for five days, they had to shave off a day because they had spent an extra three days in their first stop, Franland. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The first two days were still full of shopping—wedding suits for Simon, his everyday tailored suits and shoes, various casual outfits, and clothes Sienna would wear after the wedding—all needed to be purchased in Italora. So the originally planned three shopping days weren’t enough. They extended by another two days, and after spending an additional two days in Adria, the trip got longer instead of shorter, affecting their plans for the last two stops, Britione and Norway.

Since they planned to shoot their wedding photos in Norway, the week-long trip there couldn’t be shortened. Thus, the originally planned seven days in Britione had to be cut down to four.

Sienna was full of regret over this schedule change, blaming herself for staying too long in Franland, impacting her stay in the country she wanted to visit most—Britione.

Simon didn’t mind the shortened stay in Britione. He spent six or seven years in the UK, so he’s already very familiar with the country. This time he had only two tasks there: meet former classmates and professors, and stock up on some men’s skincare products.

Sienna lamented, and he comforted her: "Actually, there’s not much to do in Britione. Two days each in London and Cambridge is enough. Leaving early isn’t a problem."

Sienna wrinkled her nose and teasingly said, "I’m not going to Britione to play; I want to breathe the air you’ve breathed and walk the roads you’ve walked, okay? That’s your past and my sentiment!"

Simon was deeply moved by her affection, his mouth moved as if to say something, but the words stuck on his tongue. Instead, he just felt a strong urge to hold her close, lowered his head to kiss her forehead, and softly said, "Silly girl, after we get married, we’ll have our honeymoon, and we can come to Britione again."

"It won’t feel the same next time."

"Then we’ll go somewhere else. Where would you like to go?"

"Yorai, I suppose. I’ve never been there, and earlier I read a novel..." Sienna trailed off, blushing and buried herself in Simon’s embrace.

"Yorai?" Simon caught on, the smile on his lips growing wider, spreading across his face. He held her tighter and quietly whispered in her ear, "At the place with a view of Mount Fuji?"