Chapter 432 I Believe In You
After Damian got back to Jackdaws Mansion, he lingered outside for a smoke before going in.
“Good evening, Mr. Quigley. Would you like something to eat?”
“Sure. Something simple will do. Thanks,” Damian told Cora as he took off his coat, “Where’s Wren?”
“Oh, she’s studying. She has been working so hard lately.”
“I see.”
Damian was confused about the sudden change.
Now that he thought about it, he had a gut feeling that Wrenna was hiding something from him.
After he got changed, he went around the house looking for her.
She was hiding in the guestroom reading when he found her.
Damian wanted to go in straight, but the door was locked.
This made him even more curious.
“Who’s there?”
Wrenna’s nervous voice came from within.
“It’s me.”
“Oh, Damian! Hold on!”
Wrenna scrambled to keep all her books before going over to get the door.
Right after she opened the door, she pushed Damian out and closed the door behind her.
“Have you eaten?” she asked quickly, “Let’s have dinner together.”
She pulled him away from the room toward the dining area.
Damian eyed the disconcerted girl and smiled. Her behavior confirmed his doubts, but he just went with the flow and had dinner.
“I heard you’ve been reading a lot lately. What are you reading? I wonder what kind of books you like.”
Damian knew Wrenna was never good at studies. In fact, she never loved studying.
Reading comics or some romance novels was the best she could do.
Her family even had to pull some strings to get her into university just so she could graduate with an art degree. They simply had to get her a university degree, but Wrenna regarded studying as a chore.
That was why her recent behavior sparked Damian’s curiosity.
Wrenna got restless when Damian asked her a question. “Nothing much. I’m just reading for my classes. Do you want some soup?”
Damian raised his brows and a glint shone in his eyes.
He had been having a lot of soup lately, but he never once asked what he was drinking.
He had always thought that Wrenna was just looking out for his health.
“What soup is this actually?” Damian decided to fire the burning question in his mind.
He spotted how Wrenna’s expression froze for a second.
“Um… Just something good for you.” “What’s inside?”
“Well… I’m not sure actually…”
Wrenna’s face was turning red. She stuttered and could not even finish a sentence.
Damian knew someone like her was inherently incapable of doing anything bad.
He chuckled and drank up his soup before smiling at her.
“You don’t have to make this anymore.”
Wrenna blinked her eyes at him. Did he find out?
Don’t tell me he’s angry.
“I’m sorry, Damian,” she said softly, “I really don’t mean to make you angry.”
Damian was not expecting her to apologize. He had no idea why Wrenna was on the verge of crying. He still had not fully understood the situation.
He got up and walked over to her. Damian pulled her into his arms and coaxed her like a child.
“Why are you apologizing, Wren? I should be the one saying sorry. The soup tastes nice. I shouldn’t have turned you down. Please forgive me, will you? Come on, don’t cry.”
He lifted her chin and kissed the girl on the corner of her lips.
Wrenna was stunned.
Wait… I’m the one at fault here… Why is he apologizing?
Damian could not help but smile looking at her reaction.
He dipped his head and kissed her again, but this was not enough to satiate him.
After all the soup he had been taking over the days, Damian felt an urge to touch her. Their kiss went on for a long time until Wrenna finally pushed him away.
They sat back down and had dinner quietly. Wrenna was so embarrassed she did not even look at him.
As for Damian, he seemed to be in a phenomenal mood.
When the time came for Wrenna to take a shower, she went upstairs while Damian remained downstairs reading through his emails.
When he saw Cora coming out of the kitchen, he called on her.
“Cora, what’s the soup Wren asked you to make?”
“Well… It’s a soup people drink to increase sex drive.”
Damian finally understood what was going on.
He looked at Cora blankly and dashed upstairs to the guestroom.
He unlocked the door and pulled out some books from under the bed.
He was utterly speechless.
When Wrenna came out after a shower, Damian was already looking at her books.
She was terrified.
Damian looked at her drily, waving the books in his hand. “Pathophysiology Of Sexual Dysfunction?”
Wrenna’s face turned pale. She broke out in cold sweat as she clenched her hands tight.
“Wren, don’t tell me you…”
“No! I never thought there was anything wrong, Damian. I was just reading for fun.”
Wrenna was so disoriented she over-explained herself. It was obvious what was going through her mind.
Damian was at a loss for words.
He put down the book and rubbed his forehead in agony, looking at the guilt on Wrenna’s face. He figured she must have felt she left a huge dent on his ego.
Dang it. There’s nothing wrong with me.
In fact, Damian felt a blazing desire in him being fanned aflame.
Calm down, Damian Quigley, calm down.
He looked at her calmly with a serious face.
“Wren, there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m totally…”
“Yes, I know. I believe in you, Damian.”
She looked at him with such determination in her eyes, but Damian still felt he had to say something.
“You have to believe me, Wren. I just think we’re…”
“What?”
Wrenna was genuinely curious about what Damian had to say, but Damian suddenly felt like there was nothing else to explain.
“It’s fine. Don’t let this bother you. I’m totally fine. You don’t have to read these anymore. You should go back and rest now,” he assured her, waving his hand.
Wrenna bit her lips and nodded.
“Yes, Damian. You’re totally fine.”
It’s okay, Damian. Nothing will change my love for you.
She gave him a warm smile before leaving. “Goodnight, Damian. Don’t sleep too late.”
Damian frowned at her unexpected enthusiasm.
Although he could not tell what she was thinking, he had a bad feeling about it, but Wrenna really stopped all her strange behavior after that night.
She did not make him any more soup, nor did she wear some sexy lingerie to wait for him. Damian thought this chapter had finally come to an end.
When the Tysons and Jacksons came back from their family trip, two months had passed.
Clarissa brought home with her tons of gifts. She bought a lot of skincare products, bags, and jewelry.
She knew Wrenna was crazy about these, so she bought a few fitting to her style.
Wrenna was over the moon when she saw all the presents. She thanked Clarissa sweetly as she dabbled in her new gifts.
Clarissa smiled fondly at the girl.
“Wren, I should give Damian a good scolding for bailing out on your honeymoon. I should ask him to bring you on a holiday once every year. I should really put him in place. He’s married to you, not to his work.”
Although Clarissa was approaching her sixties, she still looked healthy and strong. Thanks to her religious skincare routine, she aged gracefully and people could tell she was a dashing woman when she was younger.
Wrenna circled her arms around Clarrissa’s and spoke tenderly to her. “Don’t blame Damian for that, Mom. He wanted to go on a honeymoon too, but he still has to make sure everything is okay back at the company. I really don’t mind it. He already told me that we will go on a trip when my semester break begins.”
Clarissa held Wrenna’s hands and sighed. “You should be more assertive. You can’t just let him take advantage of your gentleness. I will always have your back if he bullies you.”
“Don’t worry, Mom. Damian’s really nice to me. I will never leave him.”
Clarissa felt bad for Wrenna.
Everyone knew Wrenna loved Damian since she was young. When Damian proposed that they get engaged and get married eventually, Wrenna was the only one who was happy about it. The rest of the family did not agree to it.
They knew Damian did not see Wrenna as a woman. Despite how good he was to her, she was always a younger sister to him, but they ultimately agreed to their marriage because they could not bring themselves to hurt the girl.
Clarissa relented when Damian gave her his word that he would honor his marriage vow. He told her that he would try to love her.
As for Yaala, she had absolute faith in Damian that he would give Wrenna what was due her.
They hoped that after the couple got married, time would add love to their marriage.
