Chapter Seventy One

There was a moment of silence and although Aziel’s expression gave nothing about his opposition, his silence was loud enough.

“I-I mean five days?” I stuttered a bit silently hoping he wouldn’t oppose it again.

I waited, waited for him to say yes and that we could stay on the island for five days but after a few moments I realized that that time may never come. I didn’t have to hear him say him out loud before knowing that he thought five days was too much for our honeymoon.

Tch, didn’t he just say I could stay for as long as I wanted?

Perhaps he meant in hours of the day and not days.

But, isn’t your honeymoon supposed to be at least a week long? Did it matter if the marriage wasn’t real or not? Shouldn’t he use this opportunity to take as much time as needed away from work?

So much for saying I didn’t have to worry about him returning to the office.

I fought the urge to roll my eyes and just nodded instead. Pretending like his silent refusal hadn’t hurt a bit.

“Um…I think I