Huh?

Poppy discovered herself seated throughout Valerian ten minutes later, however as an alternative of the romantic candlelit dinner she was anticipating, he had her much more confused over the contract he needed her to signal.

“I don’t perceive. I don’t need your cash—”

“I do know you don’t,” Valerian mentioned calmly, “however I must ensure you’re taken care of, in case one thing occurs to me.”

“I don’t suppose I just like the sound of that.”

“The rebels in Risto consider me because the enemy due to the deal I made with the royal household. There’s a slight chance that they’ll need me useless—”

Poppy might really feel herself paling as the complete import of his phrases began to sink in.

“And I must know you’ll be okay even when I’m not round.”

“However—”

“If I’ve to be fully trustworthy, this offshore account can also be meant to dissuade you from feeling lonely if I’m gone. Opposite to fashionable opinion, cash – if there’s greater than sufficient of it – makes a greater bedfellow than one other man.”

Poppy didn’t know whether or not to snigger or cry. She had by no means imagined Valerian to be a jealous man. She had been working for him for eight months, and never as soon as had he acted jealous over his ex.

But right here he was, meticulously guaranteeing that his wealth would hold her from searching for one other man’s firm in case…he wasn’t round for lengthy.

Poppy bit her lip exhausting to cease it from trembling. Simply the considered somebody wanting to harm Valerian made her wish to cry. It made her really feel so helpless, figuring out the form of enemies he had.

Please God. Please defend him. Please.

“There’s one other contract I would like you to signal.”

Poppy might solely shake her head at this level. “One other one? What for?”

“Have you ever heard of Coronary heart’s Match?”

Poppy’s confusion grew. “Everybody’s heard of it.” The corporate was the primary and most profitable of its type, with its feminine CEO having organized marriages for billionaires and their (e)mail-order brides.

“Then you recognize who Charlotte is?”

“The CEO?”

“Sure. I wanted her assist with the second contract. It’s one other failsafe, so to talk. And it’ll solely take impact if the royal household manages to take again management of their kingdom.”

“I nonetheless don’t get it.”

“Charlotte has provide you with a PR plan that may successfully introduce you as my spouse whereas using sure authorized measures to maintain Camelia from saying something in opposition to you in public.”

“However I’m not your spouse.”

“But.”

Valerian had already gone down on one knee earlier than he had even completed talking.

Is that this actual? Can this actually be occurring? I can’t imagine that is actual.

When he reached to drag out yet another factor from his pocket, it was not one other pen, however a small velvet field.

And within it, in fact, was a diamond ring.

“I can’t watch for the world to know I’m the luckiest man alive,” Valerian mentioned roughly. “It kills me that I’ve to maintain it a secret. You deserve extra. You deserve the whole lot. And someday…I swear it, Poppy. I swear I’ll offer you the whole lot. However proper now, I can solely ask you this. Will you be my spouse in secret?”

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