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

Chapter 1863: Extra: III

[Extra 5: Hugo and Kiara II]

Relationships often started with a date or courtship, with the man expressing his interest in the woman. But Kiara and Hugo’s relationship was something she would call strange.

He didn’t confess; he didn’t even tell her he liked her.

All he did was show up every single day, helping her, learning her world, and just being there for her. When she realized she had fallen in love with him, it was too late. She was too deep—too deep in trouble.

So, the day Hugo finally confessed, it was something she should’ve expected.

Standing in front of the civil marriage bureau, Kiara slowly turned her head to her side. There, standing next to him, was Hugo, donning a formal polo shirt and slacks.

"This... this is the party we’re going to attend?" she asked in disbelief, scoffing.

He blinked innocently. "No."

"Huh?"

"The party is somewhere else, but before we go there, we need to register our marriage first," he said in a knowing tone. "Then, we go to the venue. Everyone’s already in there."

"..." Kiara opened and closed her mouth, rendered speechless.

All she knew was that they would be attending a dinner party. Thinking that the venue was far, they left earlier to avoid being late.

"Let’s go," Hugo tipped his head, holding her hand to take her inside. "I already talked to someone inside, and they’ll let us register our marriage last minute."

"Wa—wait!" Before getting dragged inside, Kiara instinctively snatched her arm away from him.

Hugo paused and looked back at her. "What’s wrong?"

"What’s wrong?" Kiara scoffed. "Hugo, you can’t just keep doing this!"

"???"

faced him. "We’re just getting married because you said so. I mean,

head to the side. "I’m

"What?"

going to marry," he reminded her of their casual conversations,

she remembered that time they watched a movie together. "No, I said

the person for

"I didn’t mean

lips and took a step closer, reaching to hold both her hands. Looking

not the right person?" he asked sincerely. "For me, you are. And I know if it’s not you, then I’d not get married

in his life: Kiara. The rest? They were just... people. His sisters were

married, then that’s fine," he continued, understanding. "But for me, why do we need to date for another

barely registered the words he spoke after he said, "...

whether we walk in here or walk away. Either way, I’m fine with both, but I’d like

he already wanted marriage. Naturally, Kiara would decline because of such absurdity. But then

kind of marriage did

pressed her lips into a

No.

was supposed to be her answer, but what came out of her lips was the opposite. And before she knew it, she was once again walking out of the civil bureau with

her marriage with Hugo were strange. It was one might consider

they were both wrinkly with white hair, still in love, slow dancing to soft music, while laughing at

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6: Hugo and Kiara

each other. It may not be as sweet as Zoren’s and Penny’s, as mature as Finn’s and Nina’s,

divorcing? And why did everyone seem to be fine with

was only one

home he bought for the two of them. "I still haven’t

Kiara chewed slowly. "Oh."

reaction was a mix of everything. She knew he would be deployed, but she didn’t expect that once it happened, it would strike

already told my commander that I’m only getting deployed once, then

"Huh?"

that, one closer to our place," he continued casually. "But that’s after my deployment. We can think about that once I