Joy's face became hotter all at once, and Dean just looked at her without saying a word. His deep, dark eyes were too oppressive as if they could see right through her.
"Mr. Reed," Joy, under pressure, spoke first. Her voice was trembling, like a new bride.
"Half an hour wasn't enough for you?" Dean's low, husky voice came, and Joy's face grew even hotter. How could they be discussing this while on a video call?
"How long do you need?"
Joy felt her face was about to explode with embarrassment. This guy was seriously asking her!
How could he ask such a rogue question so seriously!
"No... it's not about how long I need, it's that I'm afraid you won't be satisfied. I... I'm easy."
Dean's thin lips curled slightly, "Really? You're easy?"
"Really!" Joy didn't dare to look directly at the phone camera.
"I only need ten minutes," Dean said calmly.
Joy looked up at him in surprise, her little face full of confusion, "Te...ten minutes?"
Dean looked at Joy's blushing face with deep eyes and calmly said, "If it's urgent, five minutes will do."
Joy: "???"
Could it be that Dean really can't? Were the rumors she heard about him in her previous life true? Was last night just an anomaly?
Joy said with concern, "Mr. Reed, don't be upset after hearing this, but I think your performance last night was pretty good, and you can last a long time. If you're always this quick, maybe you should see a doctor?"
Dean's face turned cold, "What did you say?"
"Um, well... I heard that if this sort of thing happens too quickly, it might not be good for your health."
"What does the speed of registering for marriage have to do with health?" Dean's stunningly handsome face was now completely frosty.
This woman was actually doubting his ability, was his performance last night not satisfying enough for her?
Joy froze on the spot, "You... you're talking about registration?"
"You're going to City Hall tomorrow for some work, and I happen to have half an hour free tomorrow. We can do it together, what did you think it was?"
Joy: "..."
She wanted to cry!!!
Where had her mind gone?
Dean's half-hour free time was for registration, not... How did he suddenly...
Joy's face turned so red it was almost bleeding. She coughed lightly to relieve her embarrassment, "Ahem, it's my problem, my thinking is seriously flawed!"
Exhausted, Joy lay down, finding dealing with Dean a lot more challenging than dealing with Christopher's family.
It seemed like Dean wouldn't pay her any mind for now. "It seems that last night didn't make you understand what kind of man I am."
"Cough!!! Cough!!!"
Oh, Mommy, who could save her? How could he seriously discuss such an embarrassing topic?
"Since we don't understand each other, there's no need to get married." Dean said coldly and then hung up the video call.
Joy threw away her phone and got up, running into the bathroom to splash water on her face.
Wait a minute, now wasn't the time to be shy. Had she missed a chance to marry Dean?!
She quickly picked up her phone and sent a message to Dean: "Mr. Reed, from now on, I will get to know you better. There will be no more misunderstandings, please give me another chance!"
Dean did not reply to her message. She had been thinking about registration, but it was so sudden that she hadn't thought about it at all.
Woo woo woo, her thoughts were not pure, after sleeping with Dean, she was thinking about that direction.
"Um, I seem to have misunderstood a bit... I thought when you said you had half an hour free you wanted to do it again..."
He was asking her about the next time, and then he said he had half an hour free, her thoughts naturally went in that direction!
"I have a matter that needs your help."
"What is it."
"There's a woman I don't like. Can you find two people to scare her, preferably to the point where she calls my ex-fiancé for help?" The other party laughed, "A problem between men and women, I love taking on this kind of job."
"I also need help with two marriage registrations."
"This isn't exactly a good job."
Joy laughed, "SIS, these are small matters for you. Don't play dumb with me, I'll pay you adequately."
"Alright then, send me the information for the registrations, and the money needs to be in by tomorrow."
"Okay."
Joy hung up the phone and transferred ten thousand to BIG SIS.
While transferring the money she remembered something. BIG SIS's real name was Bellina, she was quite fat, and she had a lot of acne scars on her face. Her husband didn't like her and kept a mistress outside.
The year when Joy was burned, Bellina's husband ran away with his mistress and her money. Bellina was extremely angry at the mistress, which is why she was willing to help Joy.
At this time, her husband hadn't eloped with his mistress yet. After transferring the money, Joy casually mentioned to her, "SIS, pay more attention to your husband's behavior recently and keep your money safe so he can't get it."
BIG SIS was a smart woman. Even if she didn't believe it, a little reminder would make her more careful.
The author of this book had twisted values. The man who embezzled money was living a carefree life overseas with his mistress. When BIG SIS found them, all the money was gone and couldn't be recovered.
Now that she was in this book, she wanted to change the plot, and the adulterous couple wouldn't get away with it.
SIS did not reply to her message, and after waiting for a while, Joy went to sleep.
Joy had a good night's sleep and woke up refreshed the next day.
After getting ready in the morning, she called Christopher to arrange a meeting at City Hall.
Joy arrived at City Hall half an hour early, and Christopher arrived late. He appeared flustered and said, "It's really hard to sneak out without my mother knowing, but I finally got the documents."
Joy apologized, "I'm sorry for the trouble, Chris. Now that Auntie doesn't like me, we can only do this surreptitiously. I promise to make it up to you."
Christopher smiled and said, "Sweetheart, what nonsense are you talking about? It's my blessing to marry you, there's no trouble at all. Let's go in now."
As Christopher led Joy inside, he asked, "Have you contacted the trust?"
"Not yet, but it's fine to contact them after we get the certificate. They're always available. We'll be able to reclaim the property very soon."
"That works. How long does it take to get this certificate?"
"Not long, if there aren't many people, it will be done in half an hour."
The two filled out the application form according to the marriage application process and submitted it to the City Hall staff for review. After the review, both of them signed.
The City Hall staff started registering for them. Just then, Christopher's phone rang. Christopher looked at the phone number and whispered, "Joy, I'm going to take a call."
He walked over to a window to answer the call. Joy saw his face suddenly turn worried as if the sky was falling down.