Even Jiang Xiurong could feel some sincerity in his words. She doesn't know if he was acting or being truly sincere but what she knows is that she was being affected by both his words and his actions. No matter if the action is as small as him just bending his torso a little away from her.
Her heart already started to warm up a little and fluttered when he spoke those words earlier. She wanted to speak, "Umm.. That," but she doesn't know what to speak. All she could do was humming and trying to mutter some words.
Wang Deming understood her. He slowly tucked her hairline and said softly, "You don't have to say anything. Let us take time. There is nothing to hurry. We have all the time in the world for ourselves."
She raised her head to look at him in surprise. Yes, it is true that they have all the time that they want. They are already married anyway. They can still take one step at a time to get closer to each other.
But still, she was pleasantly surprised that he is so understanding towards her. He did not force her just because they were already married. Legally, he had all the rights on her. But he still chose to give her some time to adapt to him and get closer to him.
She smiled at him and said, "Thank you."
He replied softly, "There is no need to thank me. I did not marry you to force myself upon you. I married you because I don't want to lose you from my life. I don't want to give anyone a chance to grab you away from me before I even have a chance to pursue you.
"Even if we are already married, you can think that I am pursuing you now. You can slowly fall in love with me."
She looked at him and asked, "If you want to pursue me, you could have just told me before marriage. Why did you marry me in such a hurry?"
He chuckled as he said, "As I told you, I am scared to lose you. Now that we are married, I can pursue you with a peaceful mind. Otherwise my mind would be struggling with fear and my heart would be painful waiting to take a glance at you. Now that we are already married, I can see you every day and pursue you all the time I want.
"I wouldn't have this chance if we are not married already, right?"
His words made her realize his intentions. If they were not married, he would be scared that she may fall in love with someone else and he would think of many ways to handle his rivals more instead of thinking about her.
Now that they are married, he had successfully abolished all the rivals with a single trick. Now that there are no rivals in love in his life, he can use all his concentration on her and also can enjoy the time with her in his own manor instead of thinking of ways to meet her outside.
If he had not done this, just being a stranger, meeting a young noble Lady casually is so much difficult even if he was a Prince. How many times in a month could he meet her even if he tried so hard? Would it be a couple of times or a couple more?
But now, he can meet her every single day. He can stay with her from morning until midnight with her if he wishes to. Just this advantage alone is enough for him to decide to marry her first and pursue her next.
Jiang Xiurong did not know how to react to his words and thoughts. On one side she felt happy that he doesn't want to give others a chance to be with her and also gain an upper hand among others by taking her into his life.
But on the other hand she felt a little disappointed that he did not give her a chance to accept his pursuit and marry him more willfully than she had done now.
Even though she agreed to marry him, that was just because she thought this was her chance to get close to her revenge and not because she likes him.
But now?
She turned her head to look at him to see his clear eyes which would always show playfulness which was now absent in front of her.