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?"

and

"Then, what is it?"

just that I feel relieved we married off our own volition." - albeit, neither of them was

this time, Penny and Zoren had assumed their marriage had something to do with a bigger problem lurking in their shadows. Who would have thought that this marriage was a decision they

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

felt the first time they met again after five years — and the same presence he'd felt twelve years ago when he first

truly seemed like their fates were

nodding at her reassuringly. "I'll give you a honeymoon that will blow

eyes twinkled like

He nodded.

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

Zoren smiled lovingly. "Tomorrow."

"Huh?"

"Not tonight."

difference between tonight

peeling her hands from the hem of her shirt and guiding them back to his shoulders. He then circled his arm around her waist, smiling. "It's a little late now.

was the last thing she wanted to do right now. However, seeing that handsome look on his face, her heart

conceded with a heavy heart. "I'll give you time. It seems like you need to

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

thought it would affect his performance - kissing her often gave him a reserve of strength to go on. But if he succumbed to her provocation, he might actually take her tonight and regret it

her cheek with the back of his fingers. "As much

other words, he wanted their first

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