In truth, Rodney did not know what had happened to him. When he was downstairs and the Snow family suggested that he marry her, he was not as resistant to it as before.
Maybe it was because of the child, or maybe it was because he thought that Freya was actually a good person. She would be a good wife.
Maybe he had some feelings for her.
He admitted that he might not love her now, but he would slowly learn to love her and their child. He would be a responsible man in the future.
Freya pursed her lips silently, and he became nervous. "Hey, say something. I''ll get nervous if you don''t say anything."
"It''s your second time proposing. What do you have to be nervous about?" Freya spat out.
Rodney froze and suddenly blushed when he remembered how he had proposed to Sarah in the restaurant previously. "I was serious about Sarah before, but my rtionship with her is a matter of the past. It''s impossible between Sarah and me. I''m proposing to you seriously now. Actually... I think that
... you''re... not bad. Look, after we get married and the Snow family resolves this crisis, we can punish Patrick Jackson together. Think about it, people outside are hurling abuse at us. Patrick and Linda must be feeling very smug about it. Are you able to ept it?"
Freya gritted her teeth. Of course, she could not ept it.
"Rodney, I''m just unhappy with the fact that you''re proposing to me so casually after proposing to Sarah before. You''re making me look like a scrap collector and I''m collecting trash that even Sarah didn''t want."
Rodney Snow, the leftover scraps, became angry and blurted out, "You can''t say that. You were abandoned by Patrick and I was abandoned by Sarah. Look how well matched we are."
"What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying that I''m also trash?" Freya was in the middle of her pregnancy, so she was particrly sensitive.
"Ahem, that''s not it. I''m just saying that we''ve gone through the same misfortunes," Rodney said awkwardly, "Besides, I don''t think you''re trash. You''re exceptional and the most promising cosmetic chemist in the world. You have a great future, you''re five years younger than me, and you''re beautiful. If I marry you, I''d be like cow dung stuck on a flower."
"Pfft."
Freya was originally a little angry, but she could not help butugh at his words. "Alright, at least you''re self-aware."
Rodney, "..."
Yes, she had never expected him to be so humble and tter her. He had never acted like this in front of Sarah before.
"Um... Lady, can you let me get up now? My knee hurts from kneeling," Rodney asked stiffly.
"What did you call me?" Freya raised a thin brow. "I''m half a decade younger than you, but you have the nerve to address me as ''Lady''? Why don''t you call me Ma''am'' instead?"
Rodney was exasperated. If she became ''Ma''am'' before marrying him, would she be an empress after marrying him?
"Also, I remember watching on the news back then that you knelt for a long time when you proposed to Sarah. But now you''re saying that your knee hurts after just a while? Sure enough, your heart isn''t sincere enough." Freya snorted.
Rodney was desperate. "Ma''am, how long do you want me to kneel before agreeing?"
Freya smiled. "Just half an hour, then I''ll agree."
Half an hour.
The corners of Rodney''s mouth twitched.
"What, are you unwilling?" Freya raised her brows.
"..... No, it''s just half an hour. That''s child''s y," Rodney immediately said.
Freya nced at him. "Say, you didn''t care about the Snow family''s reputation at all when you were with Sarah in the past, but you care about it so much now. You''re really trying hard in order to let your uncle be prime minister."
Rodney opened his mouth. After a moment, he said in aplicated tone, "The main reason is that... I''m also responsible for this mess. Although no one is ming me, my heart... still feels ufortable. Our child will have to be born sooner orter. It''s not good for her to be an illegitimate child. If we get married, at least others will know that she''s Rodney Snow''s daughter and no one willugh at her."