Chapter 5: Let’s Have a Flash Marriage
“You saw it yesterday,” she said softly, her voice tinged with sorrow. “I was the child lost by the Newton family, but they never really cared for me. When they brought me back, I was beaten and scolded, not allowed to eat. I had no choice but to run away and come find you, hoping to borrow some food.”
Easton furrowed his brow. “So, you have nowhere to stay?”
Hope gazed down, her fingers twining together in her lap, tears glistening in her eyes. “It’s not that I have no place to stay, it’s just a small room, filled with discarded things–dirty, smelly, and crawling with bugs.”
Easton’s brow furrowed further.
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The Newtotofa family was infamous foror doting on theheiladaughter. He had thoughtht Hope would loebeareated well once she wasas brought backclubut this… this was beyond his expectation!n!
“You saved me lasastiglight, Hope said quietly, her voice hesitanant’In return, I can help you wwith something.g.”
E Easton’s eyes narrowededlislightly, confused. d
“Help me with something?y?”
HHope’s eyes brightened wiwith a sudden, mmischievous spark. “Let’s tlsalvave a flash mmarriage!”
EEaston blinked, unsure if he hadalaleaeard Coorrectly. “Flash marriage?“?”
Hele had expected her to ask for helpip in
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dealing with the fake daughter of the faraiyily, but she was suggesting something fafanoere drastic!c!
Hope statedemaatter–of–factly, “I don’t wantnt to be registerecedrunder the Newton family’s ‘s household.df Ifrararry you, my name will bebe on your househoidiceregistration, and they y won’t be able to totalch me anymore.”
She knew that, givereththe Newton family’s’s selfishness and influerercef if she remained an orphan, they would inevevatably put her name back on their household decesister.
Once that happened, it wouldldbelike being part of their family lininamame and any abuse would be disguised as doiomestic violence, any coercion would bebetwisted into something voluntary.y.
“As payment for our flash marriagejelelope
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continued Herwoice filled with confidencece, “I’ll help youheal your legs. My medicat skskills are exceptional. Try moving your legs dodo they feel lanybetter than yesterday?“?”
Easton testechistegs, still numb and d immobile, no better than before.
But the truth was even if she couldn’t heal al him, he would do whatever she asked. After er all, this was Hope—thiecome he had cherisheded in his heart for overraadscade.
“Are you really sure you want to marry me?”
“If you don’t want to, forgettitope replied nonchalantly, her tone careffeee.
She wasn’t in a hurry. She hadsetter sights on this man, and she would havelim,mo
matter what!
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“Thamarry you,” Easton said, his voic
A smailalleremor ran through his body hand tiglightened under the covers. F he was chchoosing to be selfish!!
At worst,sif, fotope regretted it later, th just divorcete!
“Wonderful!” Hotope exclaimed, pullin hthousehold registstration book she ha Cacarrying. Originally, it had been inter al altering her registrariation with the Ne fa family, but now it seseeded a new purp plights mmarry Easton!!
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Hope glanced at it and realized it only had his name on it.
Her heart tightened for him. From what he had said earlier, it was clear that Easton had been abandoned in this old villa, left to fend for himself.
His body was covered in wounds, and the poison in his leg had been administered by someone close to him.
He was so pitiful!
She stacked both books together. “From now on, we’re family!”
Her eyes sparkled with sincerity and hope, her voice full of expectation.
Easton’s heart stirred. He felt as though he was being enveloped by a warm current,
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thawinggttleeffrozen shell of his being.g.
Suddenlyyaaggrowlcame from Hope’s ‘s stomach, breaking the tender momentit.
She remembered then that she hadn’t’t had dinner the night before, and now she e was starving. “insson hungry. Do you haveve anything to eat??
They dressed and weet downstairs, where re breakfast was alreadylaid out on the table. It seemed someone haachbcought it early that at morning.
“It seems the old witch whod ééftyyou here didn’t plan to starve you to death, Easton said with a smirk.
“It wasn’t her. It was someone froommysside who brought it,” Hope replied, herttore light.
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“You have someone helping you?” Hope asked, a little surprised. She had assumed he was a destitute, disabled young master with no one else.
“Yes, one person–his name’s James. I’ll have him meet you next time!”
“Alright,” Hope responded, not lingering on Easton’s background. After all, as long as she was there, everything was temporary.
She would take her revenge, his legs would heal, and they would live a life a thousand times better than in their past lives!
After breakfast, they agreed to meet at the marriage registration office at nine.
Hope returned to the Newton family to tidy herself up.
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“Miss Hope, you’re finally back,” Aunt Quinn, the housekeeper, said, wiping her hands as she came out of the kitchen. “If you’d been any later, there wouldn’t have been any breakfast left.”
Hope ignored her, heading straight for the stairs. She still had to wash up and then hurry to the registry office to get married!
Aunt Quinn blocked her way, her face stern. “Miss Hope, I kindly invited you to breakfast, and yet you’re being so rude! You should at least acknowledge it, even if you’re not going to eat!”
Aunt Quinn rolled her eyes, sneering. “Clearly, someone raised in the countryside has no manners!”
“Eat breakfast?” Hope sneered, glancing at the leftovers on the table. “I, the seventh
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young lady of the Newton family, am expected to eat what others have left behind?”
Aunt Quinn forced a smile. “It’s only because you arrived late, Miss Hope. If you come earlier next time, you’ll have fresh food.”
“Seems like the Newton family is on the brink of bankruptcy if they can’t even provide proper breakfast,” Hope mused aloud as she took out her phone and snapped a photo of the meager spread. “This kind of scandal is going online.”
“Wait!” Aunt Quinn’s face changed, and she rushed to stop her. “What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you right now!”
If news of the Newton family’s bankruptcy spread, Master and Madam wouldn’t let her off so easily.
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Hope let out a cold laugh. “I can’t let yougget away with this.”
She rattled off a few dish names and theren went upstairs to her room.
When she returned after showering and d changing, breakfast was ready, and Aunt Quinn was sweating profusely, her face full of forced smiles. “The breakfast is ready, Miss Hope. Could you delete those photos s now?”
“Pack it all up. I’m taking it to feed stray dogs.”
Aunt Quinn nearly fainted from rage. She was a top chef, hired by the Newton family at a high price to cook, and yet Hope was asking her to feed the food to stray dogs!
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“Ale yeoyou going to hurry up?” Hopepe avavede phomerie im the air, urging her on.n.
After Hopepelleft, Aunt Quinn finally realizlized that withith sust a few photos, no one wouddid believe thehe@Newton family was goingng
bankruptosh she had been tricked by the littiel girl!rl!
After feeding thehe strays outside the villa,la, Hope’s taxi arrivaved just in time. She climbed into the car and laeaeaded straight for the e mmarriage registry wiwith Easton.
T They were lucky that aladayiwith no queues. T They were quickly calledled to the counter.
WWhen they took their phototo, they removed ththeir masks, and the phototographer was ststunned by their beauty.ty.
“A“Are you….celebrities?“?”
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“No,” Hope laughed lightly. “We’re just ordinary people.” But that wouldn’t always be the case–one day, she would be a star!
In her future, becoming a celebrity was part of her revenge plan.
The whole process of taking their photo and getting their marriage certificate took no more than ten minutes.
Holding the two red books, Hope felt her heart swell with emotion. She had a family now!
It should have been a day for celebration, but she had a performance class in the afternoon.
She hailed a taxi for Easton, and after the driver helped him into the car, Hope felt a
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pang of guilt.
“I’m sorry” she said softly. “We should bee celebrating our wedding today, but I havge class this afternoon. I’ll come find you wheen I’m free”
Easton nodded. “I’ll wait for you.”
He had styled his hair neatly to cover his injury, and his clear, sincere eyes shone brightly. He looked like a fresh university graduate–so innocent, so pure.
Hope couldn’t help but lean into the car and kiss his cheek.
“Happy wedding, Easton.”
“Mm.”
Easton responded, still in a daze. It wasn’t
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until the taxi had driven far away that he snapped out of it.
He instructed the driver to stop, and soon, a low–key luxury car pulled up beside them. Two men in black suits got out and helped him into the car.
The taxi driver took the fare, scratching his head in confusion.
“Why would you take a taxi when you have a luxury car?”
Inside the luxury car, Easton gave a quiet order. “Keep our marriage private. Don’t let anyone find out the details.”
The men in black suits responded respectfully. “Understood.”
Easton touched his cheek, still feeling the
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warmth from her kiss. His deep, dark eyes shifted slightly.
“Forget it, he murmured. “Let the marriage information be public, but keep the identity of the bride hidden.”
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