Chapter 1461
Chapter 1460:
After what felt like an eternity, Hailee managed to speak, her voice trembling. “Are you sure you’re sober right now? This doesn’t sound like revenge — it sounds more like you’re handing me a stroke of luck p>
“Hailee, stop toying with me. My patience is running out,” Merlin warned, his tone considerably harder. “You have one chance: accept or refuse. If you say yes, everything works out for everyone. If you say no, I’ll send your father to work somewhere far away — a place where you’ll never see him again p>
The young woman flinched instinctively.
Meanwhile, the four spectators by the staircase grimaced, unable to believe what they were hearing.
“Merlin is simply hopeless. He can’t manage a single romantic sentence!” Adah whispered, rolling her eyes.
Elliana nodded vigorously. “Exactly! He could have been a little sweeter, but no — straight to threats. Romance is definitely not his forte p>
Hearing those remarks, Cole and Allan wanted nothing more than for the ground to swallow them whole. Their friend’s approach was, in truth, thoroughly embarrassing.
Merlin, however, paid no attention to what anyone else thought. His mind was focused solely on making Hailee his wife as quickly as possible. He fired off another question. “Do you have any identification on you? An ID card or passport p>
Still dazed, she answered without thinking. “Yes, I have it p>
At that moment, an elegantly dressed man — clearly from the civil registry — approached the pair.
Merlin looked at Hailee and adopted a practical, almost businesslike tone. “I’ve already contacted the registrar. We’re getting married right now. Give me your documents p>
Adah could only stand there with her mouth agape, utterly speechless. “Merlin’s mind operates on another planet. Who does something like this p>
Elliana doubled over with laughter until her sides ached.
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Hailee’s gaze shifted between the registrars and Merlin, who waited patiently for her documents. Her feet refused to move and her thoughts scattered — she simply went blank.
Moments earlier, fear had held her captive, her mind spinning through every possible reaction he might have to her recklessness the night before. And now he was pressuring her to marry him. The shift was so abrupt it left her completely thrown, unable to find words.
Merlin, on the other hand, didn’t hesitate for a second. He knew her too well. He understood that if he gave her time to collect herself, everything would fall apart. Doubt would creep in, panic would overwhelm her, and he would lose his chance. So he acted before she could react. He reached into her bag swiftly, without ceremony, and pulled out her identification card and passport. Without asking permission, he handed them to the registrars, as though this outcome had been inevitable from the start.
They typed with practiced agility, fingers moving in a rhythm they had long mastered, then produced a marriage certificate with ornamental borders, which they slid across the counter. Merlin signed without pausing. He barely lifted the pen before placing it in Hailee’s hand and pointing to the empty line beside his name. “Here,” he said quietly. “Sign p>