Chapter 108: Proposal

“Please signal right here.”

“However, Inspector…”

“Simply write your identify and it’s achieved.”

“I do know that a lot…..”

Staring on the marriage registration kind that had been pushed in entrance of him, Adler began sweating profusely. Quickly, he checked out Gia Lestrade with a pressured smile on his face.

“This can be a marriage registration kind…”

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“If I signal right here, you and I’ll formally be married.”

Lestrade merely tilted her head as if to say, “Isn’t that apparent?”

“I’m conscious. Simply signal the shape, please.”

“Um, you do know what marriage is, proper?”

“After all, I do know. That’s why I proposed, didn’t I?”

A decided look could possibly be seen on her face as she spoke these phrases.

“As I mentioned earlier than, to be trustworthy, I don’t have any confidence that I can beat you.”

“Why do you suppose that?”

“There’s nobody within the London Metropolitan Police Division extra competent and gifted than Charlotte Holmes. However even she appears to be a mere plaything to you, isn’t that so?”

“I believe you’ve been uncovered to some exaggerated info…”

“It doesn’t seem to be the one who used Charlotte Holmes as a mere device on this incident has the best to talk these phrases.”

At these phrases, Adler was unable to retort for a second. Seeing Adler in such a state, Lestrade checked out him with an I knew it expression plastered on her face.

“I had my doubts, however Charlotte Holmes’ hypothesis was right in spite of everything. You’re certainly a really scary individual.”

“Silence doesn’t indicate consent. You, of all individuals, ought to find out about that clearly, Inspector.”

“You’re proper. As a police officer, I can simply distinguish what somebody’s silence can indicate, Isaac Adler.”

“… Hmm.”

“Frankly, I used to be anticipating that you’d be dying quickly, however Dr. Rachel Watson talked about that you’ve the means to revive your lifespan. To have the ability to receive even the extinct Dragon’s Tears, you really are outstanding.”

“………”

Not backing down, she continued the dialog, urgent Adler additional. Nonetheless, upon listening to her point out the dialog he had with Dr. Watson concerning his lifespan, Adler’s gaze lowered unconsciously… which elicited Lestrade to don a puzzled look on her face.

“… Isn’t it? I’m positive that’s what the physician mentioned within the room.”

“… Sure.”

“Hmm.”

However when Adler nodded nonchalantly in response to her probing, her demeanor returned to its authentic frigid state.

“Anyway, I’ve been considering lengthy and exhausting about this matter… and there appears to be just one method to legally bind somebody such as you earlier than it’s too late.”

“… And that will be marriage?”

“Exactly. It’s the one manner I can legally bind you— somebody who manipulates the British authorized system as you want.”

With a pale look plastered on his face, Adler began to talk in an pressing tone upon seeing the resolve on Lestrade’s face.

“However, when you marry me, your final identify will change and also you’ll develop into Gia Adler. You possibly can now not be referred to as Lestrade; any longer, you may be referred to as by my surname.”

“I wasn’t precisely the highest of my class, however I’m conscious nonetheless of that a lot frequent sense.”

“Uh… And that’s not all. After altering your identify, you’ll must stay with me in the identical home.”

“I might think about so.”

“And also you’ll must placed on an apron and prepare dinner for me each morning. However can somebody such as you actually settle for that?”

“Why don’t I simply work and earn cash, and also you put on the apron and do the cooking?”

“Uh, that’s…..”

Nonetheless, at Lestrade’s sharp response, Adler was left momentarily speechless; even his face went clean and donned an expression of utter perplexion at her reply.

“Nicely, when you don’t need to, I’ll simply tackle the cooking as effectively.”

“………”

“If you want, I’ll do the laundry and the dishes too.”

Lastly, Gia Lestrade, who had made a suggestion to him that just about each man in London desired, pointed to the nook of the registration paper as soon as extra.

“So, signal it.”

As Adler stuttered in response to her query, Lestrade tilted her head and muttered in a mocking voice.

“Isn’t it too late so that you can really feel that?”

“No, it’s not that…”

“You’re such a sorry excuse for an individual.”

“Are you actually keen to sacrifice your complete life simply to cease me?”

Having heard these phrases, Lestrade stared intently into Adler’s eyes.

“I’ve no alternative.”

Half in clear disgust and ethical obligation, however the different half tinged with a sense even she couldn’t fairly perceive, she checked out Adler for a very long time earlier than lastly answering in a low and calm voice.

“… As a result of I really like you.”

With these phrases, she handed over the wedding registration kind to Adler and turned to depart.

“It appears troublesome to get a solution straight away, so I’ll provide you with a while.”

“……..”

“Please make up your thoughts by our common date subsequent weekend.”

She muttered these phrases after which calmly began strolling away down the hall, her steps measured.

“Inspector…”

“……….”

“You do understand that we haven’t even kissed as soon as, proper?”

Nonetheless, she quickly halted in her tracks, startled by Adler’s exasperated voice from behind.

“For now, shouldn’t we get used to bodily contact first…”

“Don’t say issues that make me really feel sick.”

With these phrases, she lower off any likelihood for Adler to talk and quietly disappeared past the hall.

“What does making a baby even must do with kissing…”

And thus, silence ensued within the hall as soon as extra.

“Phew…”

“Dad, I don’t need a imply stepmom.”

In that silence, Celestia Moran, who had been quietly observing the state of affairs all of the whereas, whispered in a small voice to Adler. Listening to her phrases, he couldn’t assist however sigh as soon as extra.

“… Simply stay with me.”

Gently stroking her head, Adler replied to her in a faint voice.

“I want I may.”

“………”

Caught up with ideas of Lestrade, he inadvertently missed the temporary flash of eerie darkness in Moran’s eyes as he quietly started to maneuver.

“Miss Moran, please wait right here for a second.”

“The place are you going?”

“Simply to the restroom.”

He replied, and his gaze briefly drifted in direction of the workplace of Rachel Watson within the neighboring constructing.

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In the meantime, at that second…

“… Hehe.”

Rachel Watson, having completed her session with Professor Moriarty, had returned to her workplace. For some purpose, as a substitute of her typical drained expression, her cheeks had been flushed as she hummed a sublime tune and fondled the pocket inside her coat.

“I’ve obtained the engagement ring…”

– Swoosh…

“… So now, it’s my flip to offer the marriage ring.”

In a couple of minutes, her fiancé, whom she felt as if she hadn’t met for months already, would enter her workplace. The shock engagement ring she was about to current to the love of her life sparkled enchantingly in her hand.

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