Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO

Chapter 843 - 548: Explorer [04] Pedro: Let’s Get the Certificate

Hardy Rivers and Nora Scott are neighbors.

Nora Scott’s Mechanism Villa is not far from Hardy Rivers’ house. However, Nora rarely stays there, and Hardy is often away from home, so they seldom visit each other or meet. Nora hasn’t met Mrs. Rivers either.

Upon receiving Hardy Rivers’ invitation, Nora Scott went to his house the next day.

It wasn’t to "acknowledge a godmother," but rather for the blueprint modeling matter that couldn’t be explained well via video or phone, so it was better to talk face-to-face.

But when Mrs. Rivers heard she was coming, she went shopping early in the morning, bought a bunch of ingredients and snacks, and busied herself all morning making a lot of delicious food for her. Afterward, taking advantage of Nora having eaten her fill, she brought up the "acknowledging her as a goddaughter" thing, leaving Nora both amused and helpless, but she agreed with a smile.

The two stayed in the study all day until eight or nine o’clock in the evening when Pedro Langley called, prompting Hardy Rivers to drive Nora Scott back to Cloudwater Haven.

Pedro Langley was waiting for her downstairs.

Seeing her get out of the car, he glanced at Hardy Rivers, feeling rather frustrated, and spoke with a hint of jealousy, "Out there seducing wild men again?"

"He’s my brother."

Nora Scott glanced back and waved goodbye to Hardy Rivers.

Hardy Rivers drove away.

"... Seriously, who isn’t your brother or sister?" Pedro Langley gritted his teeth and pulled her in front of him.

"Godbrother." Nora Scott looked up, reached out to straighten his collar, and said, "I just acknowledged his mom as my godmother today."

Pedro Langley: "..."

His girlfriend not only acknowledged brothers and sisters all over the world, but now she started acknowledging a "godmother."

What a peculiar creature.

Pedro Langley very irritably dragged this peculiar creature back home.

...

"Let’s talk about something serious."

As soon as they entered the living room, Pedro Langley earnestly said to Nora Scott, then walked to the sofa and sat down.

Nora Scott shuffled over in her slippers, unconcerned, and asked, "What?"

Pedro Langley slightly furrowed his brows, his expression stern, and emphasized word by word, "You always flirting outside makes me feel very insecure."

"Oh... huh?" Nora Scott froze for a moment, looked at him sideways, and incredulously asked, "Are our roles reversed?"

Pedro Langley sneered, "I’m the wife of the head, how is it reversed?"

"... Seems like it." Nora Scott couldn’t argue, she sat next to Pedro Langley, reached out and grabbed an orange, and asked him, "How do you want to talk about it?"

She had just tossed the orange up when Pedro Langley snatched it mid-air. Her second attempt met the same fate.

Nora Scott: "..."

What a mischievous hand.

She grabbed another orange, instinctively wanting to toss it, but noticing Pedro Langley’s gaze, she stopped and shoved the orange into his hand, "Peel it."

"..."

Pedro Langley’s mouth twitched slightly.

Little ancestor.

Dutifully peeling the orange for Nora Scott, Pedro Langley lowered his eyes and said unhurriedly, "I need a sense of security."

"Oh." Nora Scott nodded, signaling, "Go ahead."

No matter what the issue, as long as Pedro Langley brought it up, they would consider a solution. Perhaps one, two, or three points; if she could accept it, she would consider picking one.

Placing the peeled orange in Nora Scott’s palm, Pedro Langley avoided her gaze, hesitated a bit, then looked back into her eyes.

After a two-second pause, Pedro Langley said, "Let’s get a certificate."

"Huh?"

Nora Scott, who was splitting the orange in half, froze for a moment, clearly not reacting immediately.

Feeling a bit anxious, Pedro Langley emphasized, "This way, I feel secure."

"Oh."

Nora Scott acknowledged.

Then, she broke off a piece of orange, put it in her mouth, chewed a couple of times, letting the juice spread and the orange flavor permeate her mouth.

She didn’t speak.

As time slowly passed, Pedro Langley’s initially calm mood gradually began to ripple.

He initially just wanted to try, not expecting success with one attempt, only wanting to remind Nora Scott, to implant the concept of "marriage" in her mind.

However, Nora Scott just kept eating the orange, without any reaction, which slowly made Pedro Langley nervous.

Will she be angry?

Will she give him the silent treatment?

How should he coax her?

Will she outright reject it, telling him not to consider it again?

It became increasingly uncertain.

After leisurely finishing an orange, Nora Scott slowly exhaled, then slightly turned her head and stared at the silent waiting Pedro Langley, then opened her mouth, "Should we choose an auspicious day?"

"..."

Pedro Langley was startled.

Nora Scott thought for a moment and said to herself, "Your birthday is next month, right? Shall we pick that day?"

"..."

Pedro Langley was speechless.

After the question was tossed out with no response, Nora Scott waited a moment, then suspiciously stared at Pedro Langley, who had a peculiar expression, and frowned, "Not happy about it?"

"No." Pedro Langley snapped back to reality, breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, feeling it was not real, and honestly said, "Happiness comes too easily, it’s a bit unexpected, so I need to take it slow."

He agreed.

Straightforward and direct.

For Pedro Langley, who had completely no intention of proposing, it was a surprise and a delight. ——This was a rare feeling for him.

Reaching out to grab his fingers, Nora Scott tilted her head and smiled playfully, "Surprised about what?"

After looking at her for a couple of seconds, Pedro Langley said, "I thought you were against marriage."

Nora Scott clicked her tongue and laughed mockingly, "Then what about you mentioning registering our marriage?"

Pedro Langley: "...Daring to try."

Nora Scott raised a brow, pointed at the orange, asking him to continue peeling it, and then leaned back on the couch, "I always thought my mentor was against marriage, and now she’s married and has a kid."

Moving a bit closer to her, Pedro Langley hooked his lips and quickly added, "We could have that too."

Nora Scott gave him a push, "Don’t get carried away."

Pedro Langley’s lips couldn’t help but keep rising.

Once the marriage papers are done, could kids be far off?

As long as Nora Scott gradually changes her mindset, anything is possible.

Oh, my mentor... it seems like tomorrow some supplements should be sent over.

"My mentor said they’re having a wedding next year and asked if I should join. I’ve actually considered it," Nora Scott said candidly.

There were times Pedro Langley didn’t misjudge her.

She had never thought about getting married and having kids, even when she first dated Pedro Langley, although she truly liked him.

But when her mentor brought it up, she tried to accept the idea of "marriage" and "starting a family," and found that if her partner was Pedro Langley, she wouldn’t mind, so when Pedro Langley really mentioned it, she wasn’t resistant but rather... had the tiniest bit of nervousness.

Just a tiny bit.

A little bit of anticipation, joy.

The reason she took so long to respond to Pedro Langley was that she needed a bit of time to digest these emotions.

No matter how happy Pedro Langley was, he found a point to be jealous, squinting his eyes, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder, "So, you plan to have a wedding with her, yet while considering it, you excluded me, the person involved?"

"You’ve never brought it up proactively, how am I supposed to discuss it with you?" Nora Scott rationalized, dodging responsibility, and a second later, suddenly felt like laughing, "Are you agreeing?"

"Agreeing." Watching her smile, Pedro Langley felt as if bewitched, answering without thinking, "Whatever you want, I agree."

Nora Scott’s lips curved, "Then I’ll go tell my mentor."

"Alright."

Pedro Langley would follow her in everything.

He lifted her chin gently and kissed her, tenderly and passionately.

"By the way—" Out of breath from his teasing, Nora Scott turned her head slightly, hand on his shoulder, eyes narrow, moist, and captivating, voiced a sudden thought, "Does this count as a proposal? Where’s my ring?"

Pedro Langley blinked.

He went silent.

Nora Scott wasn’t upset, purposely hummed, "Looks like you really have no confidence in yourself, proposing without even having a ring prepared—"

Pinching her cheeks, Pedro Langley’s voice, low and amused, said "Oh my queen, I am the prince consort."

Nora Scott paused.

Then, calmly accepted Pedro Langley’s statement, nodded, and said, "Oh, I’ll buy you one tomorrow."

Seeing her seriousness, Pedro Langley couldn’t help but laugh out loud, buried in her neck enjoying it for a while.

Nora Scott, not understanding, reached out to pinch his waist.

This man was truly too annoying.

"You got into the role of a mountain bandit chieftain quite deeply."

Pedro Langley helplessly responded, but in the blink of an eye, pulled out a ring box from his pocket, opened it, and the light inside revealed a fine, beautiful diamond ring.

He raised his eyes to look at Nora Scott, asked, "Prepared for a long time, do you like it?"

After staring at it for several seconds, Nora Scott acknowledged ’it’s expensive’ but couldn’t understand anything else, so she honestly stated, "I can’t appreciate it."

"..."

Killing the mood.

However, Nora Scott quickly extended her left hand, slightly lifting her ring finger, "Give it a try."

Her fingers, slender like white onion stalks, appeared cold and delicate under the light, with smooth arcs, distinctly jointed.

These were the most beautiful hands in Pedro Langley’s eyes.

And now, the most beautiful moment.

Even though this moment came so suddenly, with no preparation at all, it didn’t affect his joy and excitement in the least.