Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love

Chapter 296: Chapter 295: She Actually Had a Lightning Wedding with Him! Chapter 296: Chapter 295: She Actually Had a Lightning Wedding with Him! Xia Yiwan had never thought about getting married, let alone to a man she had only met twice!

The next day, she planned to sneak off to the hospital to have the child aborted.

But as soon as she left her apartment, a Maybach stopped right in front of her.

Xia Yiwan was startled.

The window rolled down, and the man’s stunningly beautiful and bewitching face appeared, “Get in.”

The man was wearing sunglasses, so Xia Yiwan couldn’t see his expression clearly, but his contours were tight, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

Xia Yiwan gave him an annoyed look.

He was in a bad mood? Well, she was very much in a bad mood too!

Thinking he had come to take her to the hospital for the surgery, she didn’t give it much thought, opened the passenger door, and got in.

As soon as she buckled her seatbelt, the car sped off.

Xia Yiwan glanced at the man driving out of the corner of her eye as the golden sunlight outside the window shone in, falling on his smooth and handsome face.

A lofty nose bridge, thin sexy lips, like a piece of art meticulously carved by a master craftsman, so much more appealing than Zheng Yunche’s cream-faced type by countless times!

Regarding that night, she had no regrets.

After all, sleeping with such a top-notch man, she didn’t think she lost out!

Seemingly noticing her gaze, the man pushed his sunglasses to the top of his head, his peach blossom eyes looking at her with a teasing smile, “What, fallen for me?”

This guy, he was tolerable until he opened his mouth; then he ruined it all!

“Don’t flatter yourself, I would never fall for a fickle carrot like you!”

Yanxi raised an eyebrow, “Better be that way!”

Xia Yiwan’s face puffed up in anger.

“You really think you’re God’s gift to women? I’ve seen narcissists, but never someone as narcissistic as you!”

When they stopped for a red light, Yanxi stopped the car, turned towards her, and suddenly leaned in close.

The stunningly bewitching face was suddenly so close to her own, and upon a closer look, his skin was flawless.

Their breaths intertwined, Xia Yiwan met those seductive peach blossom eyes, and her heartbeat involuntarily skipped a beat.

It wasn’t that she was moved by him, but that she couldn’t resist the flirtatious aura he exuded.

Some men just have it, one look from them, and they could tempt anyone.

Xia Yiwan leaned towards the car window, staring at the enchanting man in front of her in embarrassed anger, “What are you doing?”

Yanxi looked at her pretty blushing face, his expression momentarily frozen, his gaze deepening as he watched her.

It might have been Xia Yiwan’s imagination, but she thought she saw something resembling deep affection in his eyes.

She blinked and when she looked at him again, he had returned to his carefree demeanor.

“Haven’t you been in a relationship before? Why do you blush like this when I get close? Haven’t you had intimate contact with a previous boyfriend? Did you give your first kiss to me?”

Xia Yiwan looked at the man casually discussing such private matters as if he was talking about the weather and pushed hard against his chest with both hands, “Who says I gave my first kiss to you? Don’t flatter yourself!”

Yanxi shrugged his shoulders and didn’t say anything more. Seeing the red light turn green, he sped off again.

Xia Yiwan thought he was driving to the hospital, but unexpectedly, he stopped at a place she didn’t anticipate.

Seeing the big characters in front of the building, Xia Yiwan’s eyes widened, “Aren’t you mistaken?”

Otherwise, why had he driven to the front of the civil registry office?

Yanxi took out a cigarette and a lighter from the storage box, lit it, and took a drag. In the swirling smoke, his handsome face seemed more inscrutable, “I heard if you don’t marry me, your dad will break your legs?”

Xia Yiwan, “…”

Her dad said that, but if she really didn’t want to get married, he wouldn’t truly break her legs, would he?

“Even if my dad breaks my legs, it’s my business!”

Yanxi leaned back in his seat, his enchantingly expressive eyes holding a depth and complexity that she could not understand, “My grandmother has fallen gravely ill and only has one year to live. She found out you are carrying my child and, through tears and tantrums, has forced me to marry you.”

“Since both our parents are pressuring us, why don’t we—” Yanxi didn’t finish his sentence before he was interrupted by Xia Yiwan, “I disagree!”

Her pretty and spirited little face was full of absurdity and disbelief!

Marriage isn’t child’s play. How could one simply marry on a whim?

“Young Master Yan, even though we had a one-night stand, there’s no need to tie each other down with marriage!”

Yanxi flicked the ash from his cigarette, his peach blossom eyes narrowing slightly, “Woman, the key is that you’re carrying my seed!”

Xia Yiwan, “But marriage isn’t child’s play…”

Yanxi blew a puff of smoke toward Xia Yiwan’s face, his smile beguiling, “Give birth to the child, fulfill my grandmother’s dying wish, and after that, if you want a divorce, I’ll set you free.”

Xia Yiwan glared at the man, “What do you take me for, your childbearing tool?” Taking a deep breath, she gritted her teeth and said, “Unless, you give me custody of the child!”

She had assumed he wouldn’t agree, as people from prominent families like theirs would never allow their children to stay with the mother.

Unexpectedly, without any hesitation, the man whispered, “Okay.”

Xia Yiwan, “…”

She hadn’t expected him to agree so readily.

“My household registration is still with my dad.”

Yanxi pulled out a household registration book from his briefcase, “Your dad has already given it to me. You just need to bring your ID card.”

Xia Yiwan, “…” What was her dad thinking, was he so afraid she wouldn’t be able to marry off? He even gave him her household registration book and didn’t even tell her!

“Give me a few days to think about it.”

“Think about it now.”

This man was treating the act of marrying a woman as if it were just another business negotiation.

Strategically commanding behind the scenes, decisive and swift.

Xia Yiwan bit her lip, her heart wavering.

Ever since she’d been dumped by Zheng Yunche, she hadn’t thought about dating another guy.

She’d experienced what men were like, but now—
Her fingertips unconsciously caressed her abdomen.

There was a little life inside her, and if she could live alone with this little one in the future, she wouldn’t have to worry about being alone in her old age!

“After we get married, I will not fulfill my duties as a wife!”

Upon hearing Xia Yiwan’s words, Yanxi chuckled, “You’re thinking too much. I don’t have much interest in your body.”

Damn!

Every word this man said made Xia Yiwan feel like she was shaving years off her life!

Half an hour later.

Xia Yiwan and Yanxi exited the Civil Affairs Bureau one after the other.

Looking at the red marriage certificate in her hand, Xia Yiwan still felt it was unreal.

She’d actually had a flash marriage with a man she’d only met three times?

Not just flash-married, but also pregnant with his child!

She really was at the forefront of fashionable trends!

The photos on the marriage certificate showed them without their shoulders touching, and the staff member who had taken their picture even thought they were attending a funeral, as neither of their faces bore a happy or joyful smile.

At that moment, Xia Yiwan could never have imagined that she would fall helplessly in love with this beguiling man in the course of this marriage, only to later be hurt so badly that she was left completely devastated!

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End of chapter~