Chapter 143. Wedding Night

“This is for you…I love you, Natalia” Lucien said as he took out a simple solitaire diamond ring and slowly placed it on my ring finger.

Wow! The ring is beautiful and having it on my finger suddenly made all of this feel so real. Lucien is really proposing to me! I don’t know how long I’ve wanted this and dreamt of this happening. However, now that it was sort of happening, I was flooded with very mixed and complex emotions.

“Thank you. It’s beautiful…but…” I started to protest. I knew we couldn’t really get married because a few hours ago Lucien just married Angela. Yes, I didn’t just forget about that.

“I’m glad you like it. Don’t worry, as I said, this isn’t the real proposal yet. So, you can take this ring as simply a present from me instead of an engagement ring. Regardless, I’d like you to have it,” Lucien explained briefly before kissing the back of my left hand.

I nodded in reply, and we hugged each other tightly. There are so many things that I wan