330: Chapter 338: Get Married and Have Children 330: Chapter 338: Get Married and Have Children This ti, Jas Brown and Gina Lopez handled their marriage registration with swift and decisive action.
The next day, Jas returned to YODC City to take care of so related procedures, and then went back to ASCS City on the sa day to collect their marriage certificate with Gina at the civil affairs office.
With the marriage certificate in hand, the couple showed not a hint of joy.
They didn’t even feel much about the marriage certificate itself before they hurried back ho to hand it over to Gina’s mother.
Mrs.
Lopez flipped the marriage certificate over and over, then looked at them with uncertainty and said, “It’s not fake this ti, is it?”
Jas Brown imdiately replied, “Mom, it’s definitely not fake this ti.
This is a marriage certificate issued in ASCS City.
Dad works at the Public Security Bureau; we couldn’t forge this even if we wanted to.”
Mrs.
Lopez nodded repeatedly, her face breaking into a happy smile, “Good, good, now that you are finally married, my worries are settled.”
Gina’s eyes reddened slightly as she said, “Mom, as long as you’re happy, anything goes.”
“Pfft…” Just then, Emily Lopez laughed inappropriately.
Gina looked at her sister with dissatisfaction and said, “What are you laughing at?”
Emily hurriedly replied, “Nothing, nothing, I’m not laughing at anything.”
At this point, Jonathan Lopez said, “Alright, now that your mother’s worries are settled, you both have missed two days of work.
Hurry back to work.”
Gina’s mother also repeatedly said, “Yes, now that I’m fine, you don’t need to stay ho with .
Hurry back to work.”
Gina indeed felt conflicted at that mont.
Logically speaking, as her mother was seriously ill, she should have been at her side constantly, but over the past couple of days, her phone had been at the brink of exploding with calls.
Although Sunny Nguyen was holding the fort at the company, there were still a plethora of matters that required her attention as the CEO.
Heartlessly, Emily said, “Co on, it’s not like mom is going to pass away in a day or two.
Let’s co back to visit in a few days.”
Jonathan Lopez also hastily gestured, “You two head back.
I’m still here at ho, and work is important.”
After repeated persuasion from Mr.
and Mrs.
Lopez, Gina finally agreed to return to the company temporarily, while Emily stayed at ho.
As soon as Jas Brown and Gina left, Jonathan Lopez’s face turned stern, “Is this really okay?
We’re forcing Jas to marry our Gina.
What will Jas think afterwards?”
Mrs.
Lopez swiftly sat up, pulling the blanket aside, and said, “What’s wrong with that?
Our Gina is no ordinary girl, she’s a CEO and beautiful too.
She’s definitely a match for Jas.
Once the deed is done, they’ll get used to married life and naturally won’t have second thoughts.”
“But this is deceiving people; it just doesn’t sit right with ,” Jonathan Lopez muttered, lighting a cigarette in frustration.
Emily giggled and said, “It’s fine.
My sister and brother-in-law don’t dislike each other.
They just couldn’t get over that hurdle on their own.
We helped them over it, and now everything’s fine.
In ten days or so, we’ll tell them it was a misdiagnosis, and by then they’ll already be husband and wife.
They can’t get divorced, can they?”
Mrs.
Lopez nodded repeatedly, “Yes, and by then Gina might be pregnant, making it even less possible for them to divorce.
Then I’ll have a grandchild to hold.”
Jonathan Lopez was at a loss with these two won.
Although he was the head of the family, he often had to yield to the majority.
Of course, there was also the fact that he quite admired Jas Brown; otherwise, he wouldn’t have agreed to such a plan.
Jas Brown was driving, with Gina sitting in the passenger seat, a lack of any smile on her face.
Her mother’s illness weighed on her like a heavy mountain; she couldn’t care about anything else.
Jas didn’t know what to say to Gina either.
Her mother’s illness was also a source of distress for him.
This future mother-in-law had always been kind to him, never treating him as an outsider, allowing him to experience a long-missed sense of family.
So, when faced with Mrs.
Lopez’s hopeful gaze, he found himself without the courage to refuse and ultimately agreed to marry Gina.
Additionally, there are still quite a few headaches for him to deal with when he returns to ASCS City—Emma Campbell, lody Yoody, and also Helen Wilson.
If they knew he married Gina Lopez, they would all have different reactions, especially lody Yoody, whose reaction might be the greatest and the most difficult for Jas Brown to confront.
“Why did my mom have to get such a disease?” Gina Lopez heaved a long sigh.
She had co to accept this reality over the past few days, but the pain in her heart was simply unbearable.
Jas Brown also sighed and said, “There’s nothing we can do about it.
We don’t want mom to have this disease either, but since it’s happened, what we need to consider now is how to make her feel better and how to help her through her last days.”
“I know that’s what I should do, but my mom has been so hardworking and kind all her life, never arguing with anyone.
How could such a good person get such a disease?
Sigh, it’s all my fault.
I didn’t take care of her health.
If we had found out earlier, she might have been treatable.
Now there’s no chance for treatnt at all.
It’s all my fault.
I am a daughter who has not been filial.”
Seeing Gina putting the bla of her mother’s illness on herself, Jas Brown tried to console her: “Getting sick is sothing no one can predict.
Auntie has always been in good health; who would have expected there to be an illness?”
“Then I should have been better to her.
I never listened to her.
She wanted to get married early, but I didn’t.
If I had married earlier, I might already have had children.
Now, even if I wanted one right away, I don’t know if…
if my mom will be able to see the child after it’s born.”
“That…
she should be able to, right?” ntioning this, Jas Brown felt sowhat uncomfortable.
Though they had received their marriage certificate, he still did not feel like a husband, and suddenly discussing having children felt even less prepared.
Besides, as Gina had said, her mother was now in the late stages of lung cancer, and childbirth, at the very least, takes about ten months.
It was uncertain whether she could hold on for ten months, and it was very possible she might not live to see that day.
All of a sudden, Gina grabbed Jas Brown’s arm anxiously and said, “No, it won’t do, Jas, we have to go ho and have a child today.
Even if my mom can’t see the day I have the child, she still needs to know I’m pregnant.
Maybe having a child to worry about will strengthen her will to live.
I’ve read a lot of information these past few days; a person’s will to live can greatly determine if a patient can survive longer.”
Jas Brown was extrely embarrassed and coughed awkwardly, saying, “But having a child isn’t sothing that…
you can just have if you want, we need to prepare.”
“What preparation?
Don’t we just need to go to bed to have a child?”
“Well…
there are many things we need to consider.
For example, I’m smoking right now, which isn’t good for the child’s health.
I have to quit smoking first.
Also, our physical condition has to be the best; it affects whether the child can be healthy.
We can’t just think about having a child for mom’s sake; we have to be responsible for our child, right?”
Gina was stunned for a mont and then said decisively, “Then you should quit smoking right away.”
“I can quit, but smokers have accumulated a lot of toxins in their bodies, and it takes ti to get them out.
So, this isn’t sothing we can rush.”
“Then when can we do it?
I’m afraid my mom won’t be able to wait that long.”
“Well…
in that case, I think we might as well pretend that you’re pregnant and give her the comfort first.”
“Pretend…”
Jas Brown nodded repeatedly, “Right, that’s simple.
Get a fake hospital certificate; that shouldn’t be hard, right?
Then pretend to have so pregnancy symptoms and stuff sothing in your stomach after a couple of months.
Wouldn’t that work?”
Gina frowned slightly and then shook her head firmly, “No, I can’t lie to my mom again.
She’s already like this; if I deceive her again, it would be too unfair to her, making her unable to rest in peace.”
But Jas Brown frowned secretly.
His registration of marriage with Gina was forced upon him, not his intention at all.
If he really had a child with Gina now, he would have to beco a true husband to her, spending his life with her.
The thought alone made Jas Brown’s scalp tingle.
Logically, a beautiful woman like Gina would be more than qualified to be his wife, but for so reason, Jas didn’t feel that way about her.
The thought of living his life with Gina even made him a little scared.
Jas Brown couldn’t explain why he felt this way.
Was there sothing wrong with Gina?
Probably not.
Gina was beautiful and had a good temperant, she was presentable anywhere and was a company president with undeniable abilities.
Apart from not cooking and having a bit of a temper, she had no real shortcomings.
But Jas Brown just didn’t feel that spark with Gina.
With Emma, he always felt the urge to hold her in his arms and protect her; with lody, there was a wild passion and an unforgettable first love; even with Helen’s awkwardness, Jas found enjoynt; and with Sarah Utah, the girl’s gentleness could unknowingly draw a person in.
Jas only kept his distance because he didn’t want to hurt her.
Then there was Sunny Nguyen, with whom he felt so at ease, and at the very least, there was Grace Lopez, the naughty and sowhat clingy little sister-in-law, who also made Jas’s heart race more than once.
Out of everyone, save for Emma, lody, Helen, and Sunny, Jas had been most intimate with Gina.
Apart from that final step, it seed they could do everything else, having touched places that should and shouldn’t be touched, already beyond the relationship of re friends.
Maybe any of these people, if they forced Jas to marry them, he wouldn’t be so troubled.
However, it was getting married to Gina now that made him extrely uncomfortable, let alone having a child with her anyti soon—sothing even more unsettling.
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