Shotgun Wedding: Cold CEO Says He Loves Me

"He's such a bastard." Belle Bei hiccupped as she walked along the corridor in a daze, cursing someone. "My mother worked hard for it all her life. How could he just give it to that woman?

I hate them. I don't want to go back to that house anymore." She stopped in front of a room. Her drunkenness made it difficult for her to remember the number of her room. "1606. Ah, here it is. I can finally sleep well tonight."

Actually, her room number was 1609 and not 1606.

However, she didn't realize it at all. She fumbled for the room card, eager to enter the room. But to her surprise, the door was already opened.

The room was dark, filled with a sweet scent of wine.

A smile appeared on her beautiful face as she staggered towards the bed. She then kicked off her shoes and slumped against the soft mattress.

All of a sudden, a muscular arm reached out from the quilt and held her waist tightly.

"Hmm...that tickles." She giggled at the ticklish sensations.

"Hmm..." the man groaned. She held the man's face and studied his features. "You look so good."

The man smelled wine too. Obviously, he was also drunk. But the unique fragrance of her body that penetrated his nostrils seemed to have awakened his senses.

His long and narrow eyes shone brightly in the dark. His thins lips that were right under his turned-up nose curved into a smile.

In an instant, intimacy filled the room. But the man and Belle Bei were not aware that there were two men eavesdropping outside the room.

"Where did you get this woman?" asked one of the men in a very low voice.

"I don't know. I thought it was you who hired her," the other man answered.

"Of course not. So, if none of us hired her, who is that woman inside the room?"

The two men exchanged questioning glances. There was panic in their eyes. When they heard that the sound inside the room became more intense, they ran away in a hurry.

The next morning, Belle Bei woke up.

As soon as she opened her eyes, her head throbbed. She felt an inexplicable pain as if a drill was piercing through it.

"Ouch..." Her face twisted in pain. She squeezed her head between her two palms and pounded it with her fist a few times.

She struggled to sit up. Her fluffy hair covered her gaunt face that looked even worse because of her ruined makeup.

Suddenly, she felt that there was something heavy on her lap. When she lowered her head to check, she was stunned to see a muscular arm hugging her waist.

With eyes wide opened in shock, she turned her head to look at the side.

There, she saw a man sleeping soundly. Half of the quilt covered his lower body up until his waist.

"Ahhhhh!" She let out an ear-splitting scream as soon as she came back to her senses.

She then grabbed the quilt in panic, wrapped herself up, and stretched out her leg to kick the man beside her.

Harris Ning was kicked off the bed while still asleep.

He woke up in a daze.

"Ouch! Who the hell did that?" His hoarse voice sounded so sexy.

But the hint of annoyance was also very apparent.

Covering his forehead, he stood up and glared at the bed.

The moment his eyes met hers, they both froze. It took a while before they were able to react.

"Belle?"

"Harris?"

Seeing the man in front of her, despair and disbelief surged in her heart. She felt like her head was struck by lightning.

The Bei family and the Ning family were sworn enemies. Their feud started so many years ago. They couldn't even spare a glance at each other every time they met. So how could they sleep in the same bed for the whole night?

She clenched her fists and took a deep breath to calm herself down. She closed her eyes and tried to recall what really happened last night.

Then bit by bit, a few scenes flashed through her mind. She suddenly opened her eyes and stared at him, mouth agape.

"I'm surprised to know that you are so horny, Miss Bei," he taunted. "But let me tell you, I am not interested in you at all."

She calmed down and smiled. "Mr. Ning, don't you think you're funny? I don't even know why you are in my room. Is your family really broke now that you even have to sleep with different women to make money?"

She then grabbed her bag on the bedside table, took out a black card, and threw it to him.

"Let me tell you this, you are not good in bed. You need more practice," she added.

He clenched his teeth. What she said was an insult to his manhood. But when he caught sight of the bloodstain on the bed sheet, a smile crept across his face. "Well, I think it's your family who is going bankrupt. Since I have taken your virginity, I think I have to pay for it."

He then threw the black card back to her and threw his own black card to her. "Spend my money as much as you want."

"Obscene!" she yelled, gritting her teeth in rage. She then threw his card to the floor disgustedly, turned around, and put on her clothes.

He also put on his clothes. Since he was faster than her, he left the room first.

She cursed him in a low voice, then also walked out of the room.

"Why are you following me?" he asked coldly, standing in front of the elevator. "Do you want more money?"

"The members of the Ning family indeed look too highly of themselves," she sneered. "Just keep your money and find a woman you can buy."

This time, the elevator doors opened.

She pulled him back

and entered the elevator first.

She then raised her eyebrows, waved her hand, and said smugly, "Bye."

He frowned and turned his eyes away. He didn't want to see the complacent smile on her face.

As soon as the elevator doors closed, her face instantly darkened.

She lost her virginity to the man that she didn't even like.

A few minutes later, the two of them left the hotel one after another.

They both went in the opposite direction. So they didn't notice that a man standing at the corner outside the hotel was taking photos of them.

They had thought that they would never cross paths again. But after more than a month, Belle Bei found out that she was pregnant.

Belle stood in front of the hospital in a daze.

She stared at the result of the B-mode ultrasound in her hand blankly.

The result showed she was really pregnant.

No wonder she always felt uncomfortable, and her monthly period didn't come for two months.

Belle gave an exasperated sigh and looked up. "God, is this some kind of a joke?"

The strong sunlight hit her eyes, and she felt dizzy.

Not far away, a man was taking pictures of Belle. And after she left, he crossed the road and walked into the hospital.

Belle didn't know that the man bribed the doctor to get a copy of her hospital records. He made three copies of them. Together with the photos he had taken, he sent a copy to the Bei and Ning families each and kept one copy for himself.

A few hours later, Belle received a call from her father, asking her to go home immediately.

Belle hadn't come back home for a long time. So although she had lived in that house for many years, she felt strange standing in the living room now.

"Where is my father? Why did he suddenly ask me to come home?" Belle sat on the sofa that her mother used to sit on when she was still alive.

A hint of disgust and annoyance flashed through the eyes of Iris, Belle's stepmother, but she pretended to be chummy.

"Belle, you have not come home for a long time. Your father misses you so much."

Iris sat on the sofa with both hands on her knees. Her straight back made a silent indication of her position in the family.

"I don't want to hear your lies. Go straight to the point. I'm so busy right now. I still have other things to attend to." Belle had always been straightforward. If she didn't like someone or something, she showed it. No pretense.

"Belle, what's making you so busy? Maybe I can do something to help you, my dear sister." A crisp female voice was heard from the stairway.

Belle didn't need to look to see who it was. She already knew that it was Bess, her nominal sister.

"Where is my father?" she asked Iris again and ignored Bess Bei. "Why don't you just tell me where he is?"

"Your father?" A subtle expression appeared on Iris' face. There was also a trace of gloat in her eyes. "He is in the study. But if I were you, I'll go there a while later. He is in a fit of anger now."

Belle wondered why her father was angry.

Ignoring her stepmother's warning, she stood up and went upstairs to see him.

Iris and Bess watched her walking up the stairs. They then looked at each other gloatingly.

Belle knocked on the door of the study three times. She then pushed it open and came in without waiting for her father's response.

"Why did you ask me to come back?"

she asked coldly without even looking at him.

But she jolted the next second as

her father smashed a glass in front of her.

"How dare you ask me why I asked you to come back!" Adams Bei, Belle's father, pounded the table. "I'm going to lose face because of you!"

Staring at the pieces of broken glass on the floor, Belle felt that her heart also shattered.

She thought sadly, 'Isn't he afraid that the broken glass might cut me? He really doesn't care about me. It's all because he has a new daughter now. Although Bess is not his biological daughter, he loves that woman so much that he also loves her daughter more than me.'

"Dad, I don't understand what you're talking about. After all, this is my mother's home. Can't I come back just because of those shameless women live in here? You have already kicked me out of this house. How come that I embarrass you again?"

"You..." Adams Bei pounded the table again and stood up. His chest heaved in anger. "Who are you calling shameless? Who kicked you out of this house?"

This time, she looked up and met his eyes. She then sneered, "You and your new family drove me out."

She took a step forward and added slowly, "Dad, this is my mother's house. She worked hard for this all her life. But what did you do? You just gave it to your new wife without second thoughts."

The broken glass creaked under her feet. "This house is my mother's lifetime painstaking efforts."

After hearing what she said, his face turned pale. All the insulting words that he wanted to throw at her were stuck in his throat. He wanted to refute, but he was rendered speechless for a long time.

But after a few minutes of silence, his face flushed with anger again. He then shouted angrily, "What do you know? Who told you that this is your mother's house?"

"Humph!" Belle snorted coldly. She didn't feel comfortable facing her father now, so she said, "If you don't have anything else to say, I'll go now."

She then turned around and walked to the door.

But her father shouted, "Stop! What's going on between you and Harris Ning?"

Belle stopped and turned around in surprise. "How did you know?"

What she said only confirmed his suspicion. He got more furious. Feeling dizzy, he sank back in his chair.

"You are such an unfilial daughter. Tell me the truth. Are you really pregnant with his child now?

Belle's head went blank as her eyes widened in disbelief. She opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't make a sound.

She only found out that she was pregnant a few hours ago. How could her father know?

Mixed emotions surged up in her heart. She didn't know what to do all of a sudden.

"Look at what you have done."

Adams Bei took out some photos and documents from his drawer and threw them to her. There were photos of her and Harris at the hotel. There were also some photos taken at the hospital, including her hospital records.

Belle clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. She didn't want to look at the photos again. "Who did this?"

At this moment, her stepmother opened the door and came in.

She came to his side and tried to appease him. "Don't be angry. These kids are young and active. It's normal for them to be careless."

Belle glared at her stepmother and asked, "Is it you?" She bit her lips to restrain herself from crying and continued, "You have already taken everything from my mother. And now you even frame me?"

"My mother has nothing to do with it." Bess Bei spoke from the door. They didn't notice that she also followed her mother in. "If you knew how to behave properly, you would have done this to humiliate us."

Belle was at a loss. 'If it wasn't Iris, could it be the Harris?' she thought inwardly.

Meanwhile, in the Ning residence

The atmosphere was worse than in the Bei family.

Harris also incurred his family's wrath because of the same photos and documents.

"We never interfered with your private life. But of all the women in the whole city, why do you have to choose Belle Bei?" Harris' grandfather was as furious as Belle's father. He even tore up all the photos and the copy of Belle's hospital records.

"Have you forgotten the grudge between our families? You are embarrassing us!"

Harris sat there quietly.

Although he didn't see the photos and documents, he already knew that they were substantial evidence. Otherwise, his father wouldn't be as enraged as right now.

"Nothing is going on between that woman and me," he denied at once.

"Nothing? His grandfather got more furious. "If nothing was going on between you two, how could she get pregnant? These photos are enough to prove it."

Harris himself didn't know who had taken the photos.

His eyes narrowed dangerously as he thought, 'Only Belle and I knew what happened.

I didn't tell anyone about it, so she is the only one who could cause this trouble.'

He suddenly stood up and grabbed his coat on the sofa. "I'm going to the Bei family."

Harris left in a hurry, so no one got the chance to stop him.

When his grandfather, Hogan Ning, heard that Harris was going to the Bei family, he got so enraged that he almost fainted. But he did his best to control his emotions that were about to explode and called Harris' father in. He let Harris' father come with him to follow Harris.

In the Bei family

Belle now felt hopeless in front of her father.

Iris and Bess stood aside. They were having fun watching Belle's misfortune. And they were even adding fuel to the fire from time to time.

"Dad, I've already made myself clear to you. I'm not familiar with Harris. As a matter of fact, I've only met him less than five times."

Belle paused for a moment before she continued, "I care about the reputation of the Bei family. So, why would I hang out with him?"

"Then why did you come out of the same hotel together? And what about the child in your belly?" Adams pointed at Belle's belly disgustedly.

It took a while for Belle to respond. "I don't know what happened. But when I woke up, he was already there in my bed. Yes. The child in my belly is his," she admitted through clenched teeth.

Harris had taken her virginity. No other men had ever touched her. So she was one hundred percent sure that the child in her belly was his.

Adams was about to open his mouth to say something when a servant knocked and came in, saying Harris was here.

Upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed across Iris' and Bess' eyes.

Harris came just in time.

At the mention of Harris' name, Belle's face darkened in an instant. She turned around and walked out of the study in a hurry.

"Let's go have a look," Iris whispered to Bess excitedly.

With furrowed brows, Adams stood up and walked out of the study too. Iris and Bess followed enthusiastically.

As soon as Belle went downstairs, she saw a handsome man in their living room. But for her, he was such an eyesore.

"What are you doing here?" she snapped.

Harris turned around when he heard Belle's voice.

Subconsciously, his eyes went down to her belly, and he frowned.

With the way that Harris stared at her belly, Belle felt uncomfortable and awkward. "What are you looking at?"

"Are you really pregnant?" Harris asked. There was a trace of uncertainty in his voice. It was as if he was still hoping that it wasn't real.

Although Belle also hoped that everything was just a farce, she was not happy with his reaction at all.

"Yes. I am pregnant with your child," Belle replied. But she felt more uncomfortable saying those words.

Harris was about to say something, but Adams had already arrived downstairs.

"What are you doing in my house?"

With his hands clasped behind his back, Adams' eyes glared at Harris.

"I'm here to talk to Belle." Harris looked calm in front of Adams. He didn't show any sign of intimidation at all.

"Humph!" Adams sat on the sofa and crossed his legs. "Anyone from the Ning family is not welcome in my house."

Harris still looked calm. "I will never come here for no reason."

"You are here for Belle and your child, right? She just found out today that she is pregnant," Iris cut in. She hesitated for a moment before she continued, "I don't know what your plan is. But remember, the child is innocent."

"That's right. The baby is the most important here," Bess agreed. "Whatever your decision will be, you should think of the baby first."

The truth was, Iris and Belle had the same in mind.

Adams hated the Ning family so much. They thought if Belle married Harris, he would disown her. Eventually, everything that belonged to the Bei family would be theirs.

"Are you sure that Harris is the father of the baby in that woman's belly?" Hogan Ning's voice resounded through the living room. No one noticed that he was already there.

The servant behind him broke out into a cold sweat.

Adams stood up angrily. "What do you mean?"

To everyone's surprise, Belle walked up to Harris and grabbed his collar.

She pulled him to bend over and face her.

Harris was a very tall man.

But now, his face was so close to Belle that he could see her thick eyelashes and red lips clearly.

"Harris, you are so good-looking on the outside. But I didn't expect that you are such a coward," Belle said. She held his collar tighter and added, "How dare you deny what you've done! And you even refuse to accept that this child is yours?"

Harris stared at Belle's angry eyes. After a while, he said, "Of course, I admit that the baby in your belly is mine."

He didn't like Belle, and he hated the Bei family. But he believed that she wouldn't lie.

Hogan Ning had initially planned to make things difficult for the Bei family. But he didn't expect that Harris would be so upright. Now, his plan was ruined.

Belle looked at Harris' eyes for a while before she loosened her grip on his collar.

"I believe that you have also received the photos and the hospital records," Hogan Ning said. Since Harris had disrupted his plan, he wanted to settle the issue as soon as possible.

"Yes," Adams replied with a nod.

Then the two of them sat down at the same time.

Hogan Ning then said, "I don't have any idea who did this. But I'm sure that if other people know about this, both of our families will lose our dignity."

Adams agreed with a frown and said, "I don't know how you are going to solve this matter."

Hogan Ning glanced at Belle's belly and said, "Since Harris is the father of the baby, we will accept it. They should get married."

Hearing this, Iris and Bess were ecstatic.

But Belle and Harris disagreed in unison. "No way!"

"Who gave you the right to refuse?" Hogan Ning frowned. "You should learn to accept the consequences of your actions."

Adams weighed the pros and cons carefully. If Belle married Harris, a lot of issues between the Ning family and the Bei family would be settled. He didn't need to worry about people's questions and doubts anymore.

"Okay. I agree with that."

In the end, the two families discussed the wedding. No one listened to Harris' and Belle's oppositions.

The two of them could only sit down and listen quietly.

"Belle is already pregnant, so we should hold the wedding ceremony immediately. It's not good if people see her with a bulging belly during the wedding," Adams said. "Let's schedule it the soonest time possible," Hogan Ning agreed.

Adams nodded and said, "Let's have everything ready then."

They took this matter seriously. After all, the reputation of their families was at stake.

Because it was still early, Belle and Harris were ordered to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificates. Hogan Ning and the others stayed in the Bei family to discuss the details of the wedding.

Everything happened so fast that Belle felt like it was so surreal.

She turned to look at Harris, who was sitting next to her. "Harris, I really don't want to see you right now. If possible, stay out of my sight."