Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 442: What's the difference between tonight and tomorrow?

[PRESENT TIME]

"So, that's what you promised!" Penny exclaimed, frowning at him with

disappointment. "How dare you forget our promise of love?"

II

Zoren was utterly speechless at the story he'd just heard from her lips - the same lips that kept wondering how they ended up married. Even though her face was slightly blurry, he could feel the certainty in her story.

"Let me clarify," he muttered. "I agreed to those conditions while high on drugs?"

She nodded. "Don't forget the cut I gave you while doing so," she reminded him as if that was supposed to be his proudest moment. "I saved your life, and look at you now! Better~! Aren't you lucky?"

'I'm legally blind,' was what he wanted to tell her, but it seemed she had forgotten about that. "And how did the marriage happen?"

"I called a friend who knows a friend and that friend knows someone who also knows someone...."

In a brief moment, Zoren was able to grasp the situation based on his observation of his beloved wife.

'It seems when she's drunk, she doesn't remember the memories she had when sober. And when sober, she doesn't remember anything from her drunken state,' he concluded, rocking his head. 'That explains why she doesn't know she's married.'

Thinking about it, a chuckle escaped him. "Haha."

"Husband, why are you laughing so suddenly?" she asked, blinking innocently. "Did you retain permanent brain damage, and your brain feels slightly ticklish?"

chuckled, snapping his eyes at her. Zoren slowly raised a hand and tucked a portion of her hair behind her ear. "It's

"Then, what is it?"

smiling and sighing in relief. "It's just that I feel relieved we married off our own volition."

something to do with a bigger problem lurking in their shadows. Who

I understand now why I held onto her despite not being fully conscious,' he thought, as he couldn't recall the events from five years ago. But after hearing her story, he understood why his body reacted the way it

go because, in that state, he had recognized her lovely presence. It was the same presence he felt the first time they met again after five years — and the

like their fates were

"I'll give you

twinkled like a pervert.

He nodded.

off. But before she could do so, Zoren clasped her hands and stopped

Zoren smiled lovingly. "Tomorrow."

"Huh?"

"Not tonight."

the difference between tonight

the daylight," he quipped, peeling her hands from the hem of her shirt and guiding them back to his shoulders. He then

the last thing she wanted to do right

you time. It seems like

'Want to bet on that?' was what his pride urged him to say, but he bit his tongue. Although he

him a reserve of strength to go on. But if he succumbed to her provocation, he might actually take her

such a troublemaker." His voice was low and cool as he brushed her cheek with the back of his fingers. "As much as I'd love to make this night unforgettable, I'd

their first night to be

forgot it all because she was drunk. After all, to Penny, it still seemed like