He seemed to be struggling.
Worried about Matthew, Marcia instinctively reached out to help him. However, remembering what Sean had said earlier, she gritted her teeth and decided to let him have a try.
As his wife, no one wanted Matthew to stand up again more than she did!
“Don’t worry, I can do it.”
Matthew turned to look at Marcia, as if comforting her. After he had stood up with great difficulty, he took a deep breath and tried to let go of the left armrest.
Then, he took back his right hand…
When he held onto nothing and lost all support, Matthew finally stood up!
However!
Because he had been paralyzed for so long and they didn’t have enough treatment for him, he didn’t fully recover. Matthew stood there, trembling, like a baby just learning to stand and walk, and a gust of wind would blow him over.
“I’m standing up!”
He held his stance for more than ten seconds without daring to move. Instead, he looked at Marcia with tears in his eyes and choked, “Did you see?”
“I really, really stood up again!!!”
Years of paralysis had left him as good as useless. For a man, especially a middle-aged man like Matthew, this was nothing short of the end of the world!
Despair tormented him every day!
Those who hadn’t experienced the same could never understand or imagine the suffering Matthew endured during those years!
So!
When he managed to stand again, he couldn’t help but cry!
“Good! Good! Good!”
Marcia’s face was also covered in tears. The more she wiped, the more tears came. She nodded heavily, gritted her teeth, and was about to hug Matthew.
The next moment…
Thump!
Matthew’s legs went weak, and he suddenly lost his balance, falling forward. Marcia’s face turned pale with fright, and she immediately reached out to steady him, softly scolding, “What’s wrong with you? You just got a little better and had to show off!”
“If you fall again, I’ll never forgive you!”
Matthew leaned on Marcia’s shoulder to regain his balance and said awkwardly, “Not again… Not again…”
With Marcia’s support, Matthew carefully took each step forward. The scene of the couple helping each other was heartwarming and sweet.
Everyone was moved!
Cecelia was entranced, while her palms were sweating without her realizing. A moment later, she looked at Sean with tearful eyes and said, “Honey, you really did it!”
“Thank you!”
It came from her heart!
She knew very well what Matthew standing up again meant for her, for Marcia, for the Moore family, and especially for her father!
The surprise Sean gave her was unimaginable!
And she was about to cry again…
“How do you want to thank me?”
Sean joked, “How about tonight, we do something only real husband and wife will do?”
“You… rogue!”
Cecelia’s face had just returned to normal, and now it was flushed again. She frowned at Sean, pouted, and even forgot to cry.
Sean’s hand tightened slightly, holding her a bit closer.
He
thought to himself: “You are my wife, and I will always enjoy
teasing you, nonstop, until the end of our lives!”
When
she felt Sean’s subtle movements, Cecelia blushed and couldn’t bear
it any longer.
It
was less than five meters from the audience seats to where they were
standing. It took Marcia and Matthew quite
a fewminutes to reach Sean and Cecelia. Matthew bowed deeply to Sean,
sincerely saying, “Sean,
I really must thank you!”
Marcia
wiped away tears from her cheeks and, like Matthew, bowed to Sean in
gratitude.
“Dad,
Mom, please don’t do this!”
Sean
didn’t expect them to bow to him in front of so many people. He
hurriedly helped them up and said seriously, “We are all family;
this is what I should do.”
He
then looked at Marcia and continued, “Mom, don’t worry. Give me
ten more days, and I guarantee Dad will fully recover and be able to
move around like before!”
“Mm!
Mm-hmm!”
Marcia
could only cry, too emotional to speak.
The
two families took more than a dozen photos together before returning
to their respective seats and starting today’s lunch banquet.
Victory
was won, the engagement was officially complete, and the old ailment
was cured. What a great day!
In
this lively banquet, the sound of toasting glasses constantly rang
out from all around. Both the BloodyWolf veteransand
their family members came over to toast Sean.
At
first, it was just one cup after another, but soon it turned into one
bottle after another!
For
these Dark Energyfighters, alcohol actually wouldn’t have much effect on them. They
only needed to exert a little dark
energyto force the alcohol out of their bodies. No matter how much they
drank, they wouldn’t get drunk!
However!
They
didn’t always have such happy days, so there seemed to be an unspoken
agreement, including Sean, that none of them would use their dark
energy.
Instead, they wanted to get drunk like ordinary people!
As
a result…
The
lunch banquet lasted until fivein the afternoon. Only when Owensent his people with Marcia to pick up Phyllis from kindergarten did
Cecelia help Sean upstairs to rest.
The
villa
was huge, big enough to accommodate hundreds of people, so everyone
stayed at the villa.
Owen
arranged a spacious and bright bedroom for Sean and Cecelia. A soft,
large bed was placed in the middle. Cecelia helped Sean over, and by
the time she put him on the bed, removed his shoes and jacket, and
covered him with a blanket, she was already panting from exhaustion.
She
sat down by the bed and rested for a while. She looked down at Sean’s
sharply-defined face and suddenly murmured, “And you said we’d
become a real married couple tonight…”
“Look
at you, all tipsy…”
“Liar!”
She
stood up to leave.
However,
just as Cecelia stood up, a pair of large hands suddenly emerged from
behind her, like a flexible water snake, wrapping directly around her
slender waist. She was immediately startled.
Before
she could regain her composure, those hands gently pulled her down
onto the soft bed. Then, Sean pinned her beneath him, their faces
only a few inches apart.
“What
are you-”
Cecelia
was astonished.
Only
a moment ago, when she helped Sean into the bedroom, he was already
so drunk and reeking of alcohol. But now, in the blink of an eye,
Sean’s flushed face had returned to normal, and at such a close
distance, the warm breath from his mouth was completely devoid of any
alcohol smell!
He
didn’t look like someone who had just been drinking!
“I
always keep my word,” Sean said, looking into Cecelia’s slightly
widened eyes due to shock and shyness. He smiled and continued,
“Since you can’t wait to become a real couple with me…”
“Then…”
“Let’s
do it.”
With
that, he lowered his head and kissed her.
“What
are you do-”
“I
don’t-”
“Wuuuuh
wuuuuh wuuuuh…”
Cecelia
was speechless. Heaven knows what had just happened! She was only
joking a moment ago!!!