It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1719 I Will Be With You As Long As You Want Me (Part Four)

"Ha! You are really funny, Miss Xiao. Why would I lie about something like this? Besides, why should I tell you if I am married or not? It is none of your business! I have nothing to do with you. Even if I had, you would not have the right to know, let alone judge my decision! You are nothing to me." Ever since he found out about Eleanor's designs on him, he had been keeping his distance from her. He didn't want to cause any false rumors about the two of them at all. Now, it seemed that he had been wise to keep his distance. She was an arrogant and vicious woman. What? Did she really think that she could tame him and make him fall in love with her? That was just plain ridiculous! It would never happen, not even in her wildest dreams. You could call Rain arrogant and self-absorbed all you wanted, but he had just known that Eleanor would never be good enough for him.

"But why does it have to be her? Why Annie?" Eleanor was confused and furious at the same time. She could not understand what Rain saw in Annie. In her mind, she should be the one standing beside Rain and being loved and spoiled by him. Why did it have to be Annie? Why? After all, she had a hotter and nicer body than Annie. And she was younger than Annie, too. She was better than her in every possible way! Why couldn't Rain see it? Was he blind? What did Annie have, that she didn't? Sure, she was an elegant designer, Eleanor couldn't deny that. But that was it. That was all Annie had going for her. 'She has nothing on me!' Eleanor thought indignantly.

"Why? Ha, you are really ridiculous, Miss Xiao! You don't have the right to demand any answers from me. But tell you what, I will be generous and put you out of your misery. I chose her because she is the mother of my kids, and she is therefore the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I love her, and that will never change. So, I don't want to see something ugly like this happen again while you are working with her, understood? Or I won't hesitate to replace another model." Though he was aware that he didn't represent the YS Group, he believed that Belinda wouldn't disagree with him, not if she knew exactly what had happened. She might even be angrier than him, to be honest.

Annie turned to look at Rain in surprise upon hearing his words. She was deeply touched by his confession and her eyes couldn't help but glisten with emotion. She suddenly felt that everything had been worth it upon hearing his words. Though she had suffered through a lot alone, and had been raising the kids on her own, she was now truly happy that she and Rain had still found each other in the end.

"Come on, let's go!" Rain took Annie's hand and gently led her away. He had somewhere else to be with her right now. To be honest, he had spent so much time publicly explaining to Eleanor not only to help Annie, but also to let others know that Annie was the woman whom he loved and cherished. He wanted everyone to know it, and understand the unassailable place which Annie held in his heart.

"Where are we going?" Annie asked confused, but since she trusted him completely she didn't struggle in his grasp. She knew now that she could count on Rain to deal with anything. That was why she didn't hesitate to leave the commercial shoot with Rain. She was however curious as to where Rain was taking her in such a hurry.

"I am going to sell you," Rain jested. He wasn't going to tell her where they were going. To be honest, he was a bit afraid that she would refuse to go with him. He feared that she would anticipate his intentions and rebuff him. That was why he first wanted to get them to his destination, and then she would know what he wanted to do. And if she opposed to his idea, then Rain would just have to give up and wait.

"I don't think that I would fetch you a lot of money," Annie quipped. Sensing Rain's urgency, she got in the car with Rain. In fact, she didn't worry about where they were going as long as Rain was with her. Besides, Rain's defending her in front of everyone had put her in a very good mood.

"Well, it seems that you know you aren't worth a lot of money too." Rain smiled warmly at her, turned the ignition and started driving.

"You meanie!" Annie puckered up her lips in a cute way, didn't say anything else, but smiled brightly.

Annie was surprised when they parked in front of the local Civil Affairs Bureau. Her mouth was agape with incomprehension as she looked up at the building through the car window. No matter what she might have expected, she'd never have expected this at all. Why did Rain bring her here?

"Wha... what are we doing here?" Her heart started beating faster and faster in her chest. She could hear its rapid staccato pounding in her ears. It was so loud that she almost felt dizzy. The answer to the question lingered in her heart, but she dared not believe it. She needed to hear Rain say it out loud. She was excited and expectant; but at the same time, she was also a bit nervous and hesitant.

"Will you say no? If you want to refuse me, now is your last chance." Rain stared into her eyes, serious as hell. He might have seemed to be calm and collected; but, inside he was so nervous that he felt he might ruin everything by retching. He held his breath, waiting for Annie's answer.

"And what about you? Must I give you the chance to say no, too?" Annie had been pondering all considerations for the last few days. And she had made up her mind. Instead of hesitating and waiting for the right time to come, she would rather seize every chance at happiness and face everything that was going to happen to her. She wasn't afraid to face challenges with Rain, and she knew that they could do it. As long as they fought together, they would be happy in the end.

"No, of course I won't. I want you! Then, does it mean that you are ready to marry me?" Rain asked her for the last time, wanting to make sure that she was really ready to marry him. He didn't want to waste more time, for they had wasted too much time already. Besides, he didn't want anyone else to sweep her off her feet before he had a chance, especially not Fred. He was his biggest competition. Rain just had to make Annie his as soon as possible.00000