Chapter 523
A wave of public opinion has surged online.
[Goodness, who leaked this gossip about the top beauty of Watertown and the president of the Winston Group? How could these two possibly be engaged? It must be a rumor!]
[Five years ago, the top beauty of Watertown was Miss DeRoss from the DeRoss family. Back then, she was clean and maybe suitable for Ivan, but now she has had intimate relations with other men. A person like her is not suitable for Ivan, right?]
[Moreover, she has two children of unknown origin. Have you forgotten the heated argument she had with Jeremy back then? If her children are not Jeremy's, then whose are they? Ivan wouldn't raise someone else's children, right?]
[How could a woman with two children become the wife of the Winston family?]
[So, this news must be a rumor, someone is deliberately spreading lies!]
Most netizens basically did not believe that the two were engaged. In addition to discussing this, they once again brought up Haley's past to criticize her.
"Stop reading." Ivan turned off his phone, his face tense and cold. "Keith, have someone delete all these comments and suppress this news."
"Countless eyes are watching the Winston family. The news of your engagement will eventually be revealed." Mrs. Winston pondered. "And these days, the two of you are always together, and the children are growing up. Some things cannot be suppressed by force. It might be better to take this opportunity to make it public."
Ivan shook his head. "Once it's public, the children will become targets of malicious intent."
"But if you don't make it public, sooner or later, the netizens will dig it up. Such things cannot be kept hidden." Mrs. Winston spoke up. "And you've seen how the netizens described Todd and Angela. Those words are simply too harsh."
Haley remained silent, biting her lip.
From Todd and Angela's birth until now, there had been too many voices like that.
The children had no father, the respectable call them bastards, the disrespectful simply curse them.
The two children had suffered a lot with her.
Now that the children had a father, why should they still be called illegitimate?
"If one day, Keith and Owen are exposed by netizens, they will also be labeled as illegitimate children." Mrs. Winston sighed. "I have an idea, I don't know if you're willing to hear me out?"
Haley raised her gaze. "Feel free to say what you want."
"Take this opportunity to tell the netizens that you two have been married for a long time, and this time is just a wedding ceremony." Mrs. Winston's gaze was serious. "Only in this way the four children will be legitimate, and no one will dare to meddle in their affairs. Of course, this suggestion is made from the perspective of protecting the children. You can reconsider."
Haley paused.
She really didn't expect Mrs. Winston to suggest this.
Getting engaged so quickly already caught her off guard, and now, from engagement to marriage?
She instinctively looked at Ivan.
Ivan was also looking at her, speaking softly, "As parents, we will always put the safety of our children first, and I am no exception. I know that exposing the children will bring hidden dangers to them, but I also don't want them to bear the stigma of being illegitimate for a lifetime. Haley, I have the ability to protect the four children and you. Can we claim that we are already married, and when you are ready to marry me, we can go for the actual marriage certificate, is that okay?"
Haley stared at him in astonishment.
After a long time, she finally spoke, "If pretending to be married will eventually be exposed, what's the point? Let's go get the certificate now and then hold a press conference."
Joy shone in Ivan's eyes. "Haley, are you serious?"
Haley blushed under his gaze, lowering her eyelids, somewhat embarrassed. "If you think it's insincere, then let's not get the certificate."
"Let's go, let's get it now!"
Ivan leaped off the bed but pulled his left leg, letting out a muffled groan.
Mrs. Winston hurriedly said, "You're already injured like this, don't force yourself. I'll call my friend at the Civil Affairs Bureau, and they'll bring the marriage certificate over later."
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