Chapter 830 Why Do You Not Want To Announce It
“Let’s go in and have breakfast!” Benjamin turned and said to Arissa. Then, he took the marriage certificate in her hand away. “I’ll take this.” Arissa jerked her head over, puzzled. “Why are you taking mine? You’ve got your own, no?”
“I’m going to store them together.” Benjamin placed the two marriage certificates together. “Can we have a look at them, Daddy? We’ve never seen one!”
Gavin brushed up against the man and looked up at him while asking that. “I want to have a look, too!”
Going over, Zachary gazed at Benjamin. “Me, too!” Oliver, Jasper, and Jesse did the same. Tim’s eyes lit up, and he murmured, “I’d like to have a look as well!”
Benjamin’s lips twitched. He handed the two marriage certificates to the children. “Be careful that you don’t tear them.”
“Okay!” All six children nodded. Taking them from him, they passed them around among themselves. “Hehe! It’s beautiful!” Jesse grinned as she looked at the couple’s photo.
Since Arissa hadn’t had a look at the photo, she poked her head over. The instant she saw that it was that of Benjamin kissing her on the cheek, her face flushed bright red.
“All right, all right, you’ve all seen enough!”
The six children burst into laughter. “Mommy is shy!” Jasper announced loudly as he stared at her. At once, Arissa knocked him on the head. Jasper rubbed his head in aggravation. “I was only speaking the truth. Hmph!”
“Mommy looked beautiful!” Gavin wore a spellbound expression. “Mr. Graham looked very handsome, too!”
A smile bloomed on Tim’s face. He couldn’t understand the words on the certificate, so he merely studied the photo.
“No wonder the two of you dressed identically! It looked great on camera!”
Zachary regarded Arissa and Benjamin, all smiles.
“There’s embossing on the photo, so it’s legal,” Oliver commented smilingly after touching the photo.
“Of course, it’s legal! The two men earlier were employees of City Hall,” Benjamin said to the children, his lips quirking a fraction.
The six children eyed him for a moment before they continued scrutinizing the marriage certificates.
Arissa snapped a photo with her phone.
Benjamin swung his gaze at her. “Why did you do that?”
Throwing him a glance, Arissa deliberately asked, “I want to post it on Instagram. Is that okay?”
“Sure! Indeed, we should be making a public announcement!”
Benjamin looked exceedingly solemn.
Conversely, Arissa was stunned. Does he really have no objections to it?
“I’ll announce it in a while!”
Benjamin gazed at her deeply.
Her cheeks flushing bright red, Arissa gave a dry chuckle. “Well, there’s no need for such haste.”
Benjamin’s eyes narrowed. His deep voice was tinged with a hint of authoritativeness as he asserted, “I don’t want to sneak around!”
In turn, the corners of Arissa’s mouth twitched.
Neither do I want to sneak around, but I haven’t prepared myself for that. If my colleagues were to learn about it, they definitely wouldn’t be able to accept it right away. How am I to work henceforth? Besides, if everyone knew that I’m Benjamin Graham’s wife, they’d undoubtedly keep a distance from me.
“Mr. Graham, how about not publicizing it first? Things are perfect like this! If you were to make it public, how would I work henceforth? Fearful of my identity, others wouldn’t dare say a word even if they have complaints.”
Benjamin snorted softly. For some reason, I feel that she doesn’t want to acknowledge me.
“You’re pretty considerate of the company!”
“Of course! I love my job!”
Arissa looked at him innocently.
However, Benjamin shot her a glare. “Why don’t you want to announce it?”
Arissa sneaked a peek at him. “It’s not that. I’m just not prepared.”
Before today, I’d never imagined that I’d marry him on the spur of a moment, okay? When he agreed to register his marriage with me last night, I was still finding it rather surreal. But it turned out that we really registered our marriage today. It doesn’t quite feel real.
Wrapping an arm around her slender waist, Benjamin leaned down and whispered into her ear, “Why do I have the feeling that you want to conceal your marital status to seduce other men?”
Arissa’s lips twitched violently. She snapped her head over and glowered at the man.
“When did I ever do that? I only ever seduced you. Eh, no! I didn’t seduce you! You were the one who seduced me!”
