Pearl glared at Richard. "How would you know? Were you like that before?" Richard, feeling cornered, just rolled his eyes. "Don't you know the answer to that?" Indeed, he always seemed aloof and unapproachable, growing up to be quite intimidating.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"But having sons is great. They're usually close to their moms." Pearl liked the idea of both sons and daughters but teased him to get a reaction. "No way!" Richard's voice grew louder.
"Look at you. You're being petty-" Pearl whispered. But she quickly changed her tune upon seeing his stern look. "Alright, we can have a daughter... Wait. Why am I even talking about having kids with you?" Richard's expression darkened at her words. "Then who do you plan to have them with?" Pearl looked away, hesitant. "I've heard childbirth is really painful, though." Richard softened. "If you're not up for it, we don't have to have kids." Pearl was taken aback by his understanding. His concern suddenly made her feel that it was not a bad thing to get married so fast.
"Let's not worry about it for now," Richard said, taking her hand to lead her to her room.
Pearl assumed she'd be in her old room. But it was long ago, so she didn't know how that room had turned out.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHowever, Richard led her to a master bedroom on the second floor. "Your old room's too small, so Mom and I thought you should have thin one." ŚwPearl was stupefied. "But there are only six master bedrooms here. Doesn't everyone have one?" "Hanzel is hardly ever home. He can stay elsewhere when he visits." "Why not use Hugo's room? He's not living here, right?" "It wouldn't be right." Richard had his Especially since Hugo had interest in Pearl. Hugo Is especially since Hugo had room would just feel wrong. S "What if Hanzel gets upset?" Richard remained unfazed. "He can deal with it." Pearl chuckled at the thought of Hanzel's reaction to losing his room, which made Richard tap her head lightly.
"Don't think about other men," he warned softly yet firmly. His touch was light, but the warning in his eyes was unmistakable.
Pearl nodded and entered the room, noticing the drastic change in decor namore f to style, complete with a large stuffed animal S "Did you do all this?" SW She opened the wardrobe to find clothes from her favorite brands and styles.
Richard's thoughtfulness surprised her. That was very attentive of him.