Bella grabbed her bag, exited the car, and walked to the elevator together with Sean.
"Sean, I thought you wanted to tell me something?" She asked while following him into an executive elevator, which took them straight to the top floor, to the Presidential Suite.
"Yeah. But let’s talk when we are upstairs," Sean said, glancing at her briefly.
"Oh, okay..."
Then, the elevator arrived at the top floor. Bella walked towards her room but stopped when she heard Sean stop her.
"Bella, would you mind if we go not to your room but to that room." Sean pointed to another room — only two Presidential Suites were on that floor.
Bella was surprised. She thought Sean would not stay here tonight and would return to his base camp in North City.
"Owh, is that your room? Are you going to stay over tonight? How about your work?" She asked with a genuinely concern tone.
"Oh, no, no. I’m not going to sleep here," Sean said while opening the door for her.
When he saw her enter the room, he continued, "This presidential suite has never been rented or used by anyone outside my family. It is only accessible to my family members so that we can use it at any time we come to this city."
"How about my room?"
"Just like this room. They would never offer it to anyone." He explained casually, but Bella felt burdened to hear it.
"I see," Bella said. She didn’t expect Sean to upgrade her room to this presidential suite; she had already booked the standard luxury one.
But this upgraded room didn’t please her. Bella worried that if Sean’s family suddenly showed up and needed the room, it could cause issues. Fortunately, she would move to her Grandpa’s Villa the next day — she decided to put this matter aside.
Bella sat on the sofa facing the street view while Sean sat opposite her.
"Have you had lunch? Want to order something from the kitchen?"
"Hmm, I had lunch with Grandpa at the hospital. How about you?"
"Same. I had lunch with Dax and drove around the city with him. After I tucked him in his bed, I went straight to the hospital," Sean explained. He stood up from his seat and offered her a drink. "What would you like to drink?"
"Wine!" Bella answer. She needs wine to make her heart feel better after what happened in the hospital.
Sean was taken aback. However, he chose to remain silent. He walked towards the mini bar near the kitchen and poured some wine for Bella while settling for sparkling water for himself.
He couldn’t drink alcohol today because he had to leave soon and head back to North City, to his military base.
Sean was suprised when he saw her empty her glass all at once.
’Bells, you might get a stomachache if you drink that too quickly,’ Sean wanted to say. Still, he chose not to say anything when he remembered how she had cried until she fell asleep in the car.
He only smiled at her while settling on the sofa opposite her. When Bella’s eyes fixed on him, Sean turned his gaze to his sparkling water bottle and drank it.
After finishing her glass of wine, Bella placed it on the table and smiled. "What do you have to tell me?" she asked.
Sean’s calm expression quickly transformed into nervousness. Despite feeling uneasy, he knew he couldn’t postpone confessing his feelings to her any longer. He realized this was his opportunity to express his love for her before Dax’s father discovered her whereabouts and tried to pursue her again. Losing her was not an option for Sean.
"Let’s get married, Bells," Sean said calmly, though his heart beat faster than usual. He had never felt as tense as he did now, not even in a life-and-death situation during a dangerous mission.
Hearing Sean’s words, Bella almost spat out the earlier wine. She coughed, startled by his sudden proposal.
"Cough… cough…" She coughed so hard that her face turned red.
Sean stood up and asked, "Are you okay?" Before he could assist her, she stopped him.
Bella quickly answers between coughs, "Yes, I’m fine." She tries to calm her shocked heart after hearing his proposal.
’How could he speak those sacred words so lightly?’ she asked herself, lowering her gaze to avoid his eyes.
Sean sat back in his seat, feeling relieved.
When he noticed her calm expression, he asked, "Bells, can you please answer me this time?"
Bella didn’t immediately respond to him but instead looked at him with intense emotions. This man had always attempted to express his feelings to her, but she avoided him.
And, as far as she remembers, this is the first time Sean directly asks her to marry, which shocks her. She didn’t expect Sean to propose to her suddenly on the first day she landed in this country.
How does she respond to him now? She has no plans to marry someone again. At least not this soon. The trauma of marrying into the Sinclair family still lingers in her heart and mind. She didn’t want to marry into another powerful and wealthy family.
The thought of entering the Spencer family, a noble and respected family in the country, exhausted her.
Bella took a deep breath before speaking. "Sean, I don’t want to hurt you, but I can’t give you false hope either. So, I will only say this one time... I avoid situations like this not because I don’t have feelings for you but because our relationship is impossible."
Sean clenched his hands into fists when he heard her words, but he couldn’t say anything; he could only stare at her silently.
"Even though I want our relationship to move to the next level, you know why this relationship has reached an impasse, right? Your family..." Bella continued her words.
Sadness flashes through Sean’s eyes. "Bells, please... can we put that matter aside?"
"Sorry, Sean. I can’t unless you make your parents accept me and my son sincerely!"
Suddenly, Sean’s gloomy eyes lit up. "Are you serious? Will you marry me if they agree?"