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"Good to know," Xenon replied plainly. Then he handed a little box to her. "Put it on."

"Huh?" Miya was startled.

"Open it.

Miya opened it, saw the silver ring studded with a big pink diamond, and stared at Xenon open -mouthed. It must be worth millions! And the design is beautiful. Miya thought. She noticed the letter K carved on the ring and put it on her ring finger.

Thank you." Miya said with a smile, then she thought of something and asked, "What about yours?"

"Huh. Why would you think I should wear one?" Xenon said with a sneer.

"I thought you would kneel down to propose. Isn't that the usual way?" Miya said with a grin.

"Who do you think you are? You are asking me to kneel down before you?!" Xenon almost
exclaimed

"I was just joking. We are married,after all." Miya muttered timidly. "Give it back to me if you don't
want it," Xenon said coldly.

"Of course I want it. I like it very much." Miya replied immediately.

"Then don't complain."
"I won't." Miya pouted her lips and thought, if I can sell it, then I won't need to worry about money for mum's medical treatment.

What a great surprise! However, Xenon seemed to have read her mind. "Don't ever think about selling the ring. Everything I give you is uniquè. There's only one. I can track it easily."

"Oh, why would I ever think of selling it? It's a wedding ring. You are thinking too much..." Miya
replied immediately. Huh. I can't sell it, but at least it's a symbol, and it can send the message to people that I'm Mrs. Uba, and it shall protect me, well, to a certain point.

"Let's go." Xenon finished his cigarette and stood up to leave. Miya nodded and followed him.
Seated in the car, looking out of the window, Miya noticed it was not the usual way home.

"Are we not going home?"She asked.

"To my grandparents, Xenon said.

"Your grandparents?!" Miya repeated, and she started to worry. She recalled what Xenon had
warned her about it. Shit! I have to deal with them! When the car pulled over outside the Uba House, Miya hesitated.

"Scared?" Xenon asked mockingly.

"No."

"Then hurry up." Xenon got out of the car first anc waited for Miya.

It wasn't the first time Xenon waited for her. He's being protective, I guess. Miya thought. I'm here
now. I have to face it.
The bodyguards handed Miya some presents that Xenon had prepared in advance. She carried
them and followed Xenon through the huge garden to the main house. As she was looking around, amazed by the design and beautiful flowers, two Tibetan Maştiffs and four husky dogs
suddènly ran out and went towards Miya. Frightened, Miya scrèamed, dropped all the bags of presents, and ran.
She was soon surrounded by the big and unfriendly dogs, all barking at her. She was almost in tears. Seeing how scared Miya was,

Xenon finally shouted at the dogs. "Tod, sit down." The leading Tibetan Mastiff sat down, and the rest followed.
Miya heaved a sigh of relief. "Come over," Xenon shouted, and all the dogs went to him, wagging
their tails happily.

Jameson stood by the door, smoking and watching, one hand in his pocket, looking rather
amused. Xenon stared at him.

"Hey, Xenon. What's that face for?" Jameson asked.

"Didn't you let them out? They are usually kept on the other side of the garden." Xenon questioned with a frown.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I walked them just now and forgot to shut the gate." Jameson said apologetically. Both Xenon and. Miya knew he did it intentionally. "It looks like you care about your wife, though I doubt that you married her for the sake of love," Jamęson added.

"It's none of your business. She's mine, and no one should touch whatever is mine without my
permission. Jameson, I'm saying it one more time. Do not cross the line." Xenon said sternly, looking at Jameson icily.

"Apologies." Jameson shrugged his shoulders. "I've made a mistake." He went over to Miya
and offered his hand, "Nice to see you again, Miya, my dear sister-in-law." He said with a
mysterious smile. "Sorry to have frightened you."

Miya àçcepted his help and put her hand in his.
"You have very soft hands."
Jameson looked her into her eyes and said rather flirtatiously.

Startled, Miya quickly withdrew her hands and ran over to Xenon. Jameson smiled a cheeky smile and went over to pick up Miya's shoe that came off when she was running away from the dogs.
With the shoe in his hand, he squatted down, looked up at Miya, and said gently,"Miya, may you please lift your lovely foot up?"

Miya looked at Xenon, who had turned to leave. She heaved a sigh and let Jameson put the shoe
on her. He held her food with one hand and put the shoe on while smiling at her flirtatiously.
He noticed the ring on her hand.

"So you two have registered, and now you are wearing a wedding ring. It looks like he does care
about you." Jameson commented.
Miya shook her head. "Not really. He doesn't have a ring, only me wearing one. This is just
another disguise."

"When you are pregnant with his child, my grandparents might accept you. Ha-ha. That will be a good move." Jameson sneered.
He gestured to the bodyguards to picked up the presents, and they handed them back to Miya.

The moon was up and shone softly upon the garden. The house was surrounded by subtle
tranquility. Miya and Jameson walked in together.
The first person Miya saw was a senior with gray hair, seated in an armchair in the middle. The
wrinkles on his face failed to hide his air of authority and his good look. Leaning on the armchair stood a cane, beautifully made.
He was Surely the senior Mr. Uba, Xenon's grandíather, Benjamin Uba, who was the
chairman of The Uba Corporation and owned the most shares of the company