Throwing his hand on his mouth, Ben dramatically gasped. He couldn't believe his ears. Did he even hear it right?
"I have to go with Rachael to meet her parents—" Andrew gripped Ben's shoulder. "I will put everything in your hand. You have to make all arrangements. Everything should be perfect. Did you understand?"
"Y-Yes boss."
"Ben, if you f*uck this up I swear I'll kill you," he warned him. Of course he wanted everything to be perfect. He was getting married to Rachael—everything had to go smoothly without any kind interruption or problem.
Ben vigorously nodded. He would rather die than make any mistake.
"But boss, what about the board meeting?" Amidst the chaos, he completely forgot to remind Andrew about the scheduled board meeting.
Pointing towards his face, Andrew snapped, "Look at my face, does it look like I care about that board meeting? Just cancel it and clear my schedule for a few days."
"Okay boss."
"Now go and start making arrangements, we don't have time." He wanted to complete everything as fast as possible. What if things get delayed and Rachael changes her mind?
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[Inside]
While Andrew was panicking outside, Rachael was enjoying the pastry and coffee Ben had brought over.
She was too stressed to eat when she left home but now that she had spilled everything out, she felt very relieved and hungry.
After finishing her share of the snacks, she contemplated whether to eat Andrews' share or not.
"Eh whatever—" She started devouring his snacks. Considering that his physique was so good, Rachael was sure he wasn't into anything sweet and oily.
By the time Andrew came back, she had already devoured the second piece as well.
"Do you want some more?" He offered when he saw the empty plates. It was quite early when she came to see her so he assumed she hadn't eaten her breakfast yet.
"Oh no I am good. The pastry was so good, where is it from?" The frosting was so light and fluffy that it just melted in the mouth.
"You like it? We can use the same flavour for our wedding cake." When she did not say anything, he remarked, "So I assume you have something else to say."
She nodded. "Can we keep it low?"
He raised his brows. "How low are we talking about here? You don't want other people to know that we are married?"
"No," she shook her head. "That's not what I meant. We don't have to hide our marriage." Even if they wanted to, they wouldn't be able to do it. And the first reason was her father. Rachael was sure Michael would be the first one to tell everyone he knew about their wedding.
"Then?"
"Can we keep the wedding low? We can just sign the papers and take our friends and family for dinner or something." Given Andrew's identity and Michael's over excitement, their wedding would definitely be a big one. She didn't wish to have a big wedding especially since the last time she tried that, it was a big disaster.
"Okay." Andrew wanted them to sign the papers first and then make arrangements for the big wedding. But since she didn't want one, he was okay with it. He wasn't a big fan of weddings either. As long as he could call her his wife, he was okay with everything.
The fact that he was agreeing with everything she was saying felt good and weird at the same time. Was he okay with everything because he wanted her to feel comfortable or he just didn't care?
Just then Ben rushed inside. "Boss, the lawyer said everything will be ready in thirty minutes. He wants you and madam to meet him outside the registration office in an hour."
"This is Ben Petrov, my assistant. And—" Looking at Ben, he added, "She is Rachael Watson."
Rachael got up and greeted him. "It's nice to meet you."
"Pleasure is all mine, madam." Ben hadn't got a chance to look at Rachael properly but now that he did, he was taken aback. It wasn't hard for him to recognise who she was.
"Did you cross check everything?" Andrew inquired.
"Yes—I'll go now and check it one more time." He would recheck everything as many times as he could. There was no room for mistakes. Ben was very sure he would get deported to Russia if anything went wrong. And he had no intention of going back, he had already fallen in love with the new place and atmosphere.
"Do you need anything else?"
"We will need madam's documents as well and two witnesses, one from your side and the other one from madams."
"That shouldn't be a problem—" Andrew remarked. "You leave first, we will meet you there."
Ben left after greeting Rachael once again.
"Should we do it first? I mean, register our marriage and then tell my parents? I don't think dad will agree with these arrangements." Michael would never be satisfied or be okay with them just registering their marriage. In fact, Rachael was very sure he would oppose it and they wouldn't be able to register their marriage at all.
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