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"W-What is this? Are you getting married?" The blue-eyed man asked walking to them. The shop manager coincidentally walks out from his office and saw the blue-eyed man that he immediately approaches however noticing the manager, the blue-eyed man quickly frowns.

"Go prepare the new arrivals at the back." the blue-eyed man orders before facing Laotian and swiftly glanced at the innocent-looking Omega. Seeing the two together, he couldn't help but wonder how the two ended up meeting each other when clearly the Omega looks way younger than their age.

"I'm not getting married," Laotian said but the next words he said made the blue-eyed man drop his mouth open. "I'm already married." Mo Laotian added casually as if it wasn't such a big deal. The blue-eyed man is the image of a totally shocked person for a moment but he quickly recovered thinking it was definitely the time for his friend to get married at his age.

"What? Seriously? Oh my God! Congratulations man." the blue-eyed man pats Laotian's shoulder before he smiled at Daniel.

"Hi cutie, this man didn't force you did he?" the blue-eyed man asked looking at Daniel. Just like a normal Alpha, he couldn't resist staring at Daniel's unnaturally attractive appearance.

"No, I was the one who proposed to Laotian," Daniel replied shyly. Seeing this, the blue-eyed man immediately teased Laotian by raising his eyebrows up and down. Laotian only looked at him expressionlessly.

"I'm William by the way, I've known this man since kindergarten so if there is something you want to know, like who he used to date, you can ask me." William lifts his hands for a handshake but before Daniel could shake his hand, Laotian caught Daniel's preventing it to touch William's.

"You don't have to shake his dirty hands. He's done a lot more disgusting things than I am before." Laotian explained to Daniel which made Daniel laugh, nodding.

It was true. When they were younger especially in college, this very man used to have men and woman flocking beside him every day until he graduated. He used to play around many Omegas and swore he would marry an Omega one day but in the end, he married a female Alpha who he had trouble pursuing because of his history.

"tsk. Stingy. Anyway, this is my eldest daughter Sofia. She's 6 and my second Eunice, this one is 4." William introduces his daughters who're silently standing next to their daddy. Daniel slightly bent down to say hi at the two kids who seemed to be very shy and hid at their daddy's legs.

"They're very shy kids so don't worry. How far are you?" Willian asks looking at Daniel's stomach. He quickly remembered when his wife was pregnant this big, she was 3 months away from labor.

"5 months and a week," Daniel replied, William was shocked to hear Daniel's stomach was only 5 months but he nodded anyway.

"Wow, five months and this guy kept it a secret. I bet Hanlu was the most frustrated one."

"He was." Daniel laughs. The two continued chatting lively that it made Laotian felt like he was being left out. His expression suddenly didn't look good. Daniel and William notice this and stopped talking.

"Ehem, anyway. No one is replacing anyone. Come, I'll show you our new arrivals. I was going to display this to a gallery that is happening next month but because you are my friend and to congratulate you on your wedding, I will gift you a pair of rings." William offered while the three walked to the back and when they arrived there, they were presented 3 suitcases that each have a different pair of rings.

"This one I suggest. It suits Daniel's aura the most. The design is plain but it exudes elegance. The diamonds around cost almost half a million dollars. This ring is a century years old and was auctioned recently for 450 thousand dollars."

"With careful restoration, we discovered that this diamond didn't have a single scratch and still in such perfect condition so the value even raises up plus the deep history behind..." The couple listens to William without interest.

They weren't there to listen to the history of the ring so the two looks at the other rings and eventually they found a pair that really piqued their interest. It was so unique they needed to ask William about it, wanting to know about the combination of a clear and black diamond ring.

"Damn you two! Are you trying to bankrupt me? That couple ring is the main attraction of next month's diamond gallery. That costs the company a million dollars each. It was very difficult to get those in pair and with my connections, I could finally get it."

"I was chasing these rings for 5 years, the reason this was so expensive is that they were worn by royalty back then. The black diamond as pure as this is very rare these days. Don't tell me you want those!? "

"Great, we want it," Laotian said not even looking at William. The Alpha just looked at Daniel with love and adoration as he gave him a quick kiss on the lips. William sigh in defeat. He'd rather give the rings than really make Mo Laotian his rival in the Diamond market. With the business tycoon's ability, he could surely surpass their family business and monopolize the imports of diamonds in the country.

"Okay. Okay. But you need to let me borrow it next month at the gallery." William agreed and signaled the manager to give the rings to the couple. The manager reluctantly moved, stunned at how easy it was for his boss to gave out the rings.

Of course, the manager knew who Mo Laotian was by name but he never thought his boss wouldn't even dare to offend the man in spite of them being friends.

"Laotian, I think this ring is too much. I can't wear a ring the costs a million dollars. I'd be too afraid to go out." Daniel hesitated when Laotian fitted the ring to his ring finger.

"You don't have to be afraid. Just think of it as fake. No one would know." Hearing Laotian's reply Daniel and William and even the shop manager could not believe it. How can he say to think something that costs a million dollars as a fake?

"but..."

"Just accept it. Your hands had become even more beautiful with it." Daniel kept silent and nodded at the end. He couldn't deny he liked the design, and it doesn't feel too much when he wore it. At first, he thought the ring was around 200 or 250 but he was shocked to know it was one million.

Was it even possible for a ring to cost that much? It's just a ring after all.

"So I'm thinking you're not planning to compete with me in the market right?" William asked signaling the manager to keep the other rings to the safe.

"I'm still thinking." Laotian responds after Daniel slides his pair of the rings to his ring finger.

"Damn you! How can you do this to your best friend?? I even gave you those rings. Now I have to work harder to earn what I've lost and you're still planning to compete with me!?" William cuss and played the guilty card.

"How about I pay you now?"

"No no, don't pay me. Just don't compete with me in this market."

"I'll be competing with you, but not in the country," Laotian said taking Daniel's hand and walked out. When William heard Laotian he somehow felt relieved. He walked out with the couple carrying his daughter Eunice in his arms.

When they finally got out Daniel couldn't help but hide his hand from the people passing by. Wearing something so valuable made him nervous.

"Hey don't be nervous. Nobody would know how much the ring costs." Laotian comforted Daniel when he notices the uneasy expression of his beloved.

"Daniel, You're this man's wife now. Wearing something like a million dollar wedding ring is as expected. He also has a reputation to keep. If he lets you wear anything cheaper the public would think you aren't as much important to him. A piece of simple advice, wearing that ring will also keep the flies away from you and this man here." William explains.

"I know him so well so I know exactly why he chose those rings," William added and Daniel couldn't help but look at Laotian.

"I don't care what the public thinks of me but I don't want people to think you aren't that important to me." Laotian held Daniel's hands and kiss them.

Eventually, the public will one day know Daniel's identity and when that happens Laotian doesn't want people to think Daniel was just an accessory.

Nodding his head, Daniel felt so loved at Laotian's words that he tried his best to feel comfortable wearing the ring. Seeing now that Daniel was trying, Laotian hugged him earning stares from the public.

This is because it wasn't all the time people could see a couple that had so much chemistry between them. Laotian and Daniel were both beyond attractive persons and when put together they were like those characters in a webnovel that you never knew would exist in real life.

After exchanging thanks and goodbyes with William, the couple finally drove to their next destination.

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To be Continued...