Chapter 277 - You're Next

The girls were excited. Rebecca and Dragon finally tied the knot and they were the first couple in the E.C. Class to do so. Everyone thought that Edward and Scarlet or Alex and Jasper would tie the knot first but the athletic couple beat them to it.

Everyone was invited to the rather private wedding reception and the girls fought to be Rebecca's bridesmaids but eventually, they decided to select the candidates through a competition that Scarlet tried very hard to forget. She couldn't believe that she agreed to a culinary competition and won the title of the worst cook to become Rebecca's last bridesmaid. Alex wasn't even mad that she lost and Scarlet refused to let Edward know how she was selected to be one of the five bridesmaids. She'd put in her heart and soul into learning from him how to make simple things but none of whatever he prepared her turned up during the selection test and Scarlet was forced to innovate.

The vows that Rebecca and Dragon exchanged made everyone laugh. Dragon co-wrote his vows with Jasper's help because he was still bad with languages despite graduating from a University of his choice. It might be due to the grading weightage of the university. Dragon scored so well with his practical assessments and only needed the bare minimum to pass his written tests. Still, it was an accomplishment. Nobody thought that he would be able to do it, not even Dragon himself.

"I promise to hold back when fighting with you, give you the keys to the house in case I forget them and also make sure that you never have milk in your coffee for as long as we're both married."

There were chuckles from all directions as Rebecca rolled her eyes. Yet, the cheesiness of his declaration didn't erase the smile on her face. Her vows weren't anything less cheesy and her friends cheered when she took the microphone.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #'re-next_50490753553592660 for visiting.

"As your wife, I will promise to help you defend your title as the world's best martial artist. I'll be the weight you need to do when you push up, the motivation behind your chin-ups and the nurse for your sprained back when you get old."

The boys hooted and Dragon flexed his muscles when Rebecca said that. They were quickly declared husband and wife by Khalid who couldn't wait to get to the second part of the wedding. This was simply a formality and the real fun begins after the exchange of rings.

"Alright!" Khalid cheered. As the emcee of the joyous event, he quickly urged everyone into action. "For the newly wedded bride and groom, as per popular request, we have to play the shoe game! Shoes off and you can appoint a couple to play the game if you get all the matches correct for the questions!"

Scarlet was excited. The shoe game was her idea. It made couples grow closer and it was highly entertaining.

"First question," Khalid grinned. The questions were provided by their classmates and the newly wedded couple can only answer by raising only one shoe at a time to represent the bride or groom. "Who is in charge of cleaning the toilets in our new home?"

Immediately, Rebecca raised Dragon's shoe and Dragon hesitated for a while before he raised his shoe with a defeated sigh. The girls laughed and clapped. A house husband indeed. For those who didn't know them better, they would assume Rebecca was the one taking care of the home. In reality, Dragon was more particular because he trains at home a lot while Rebecca spends most of her time in the fields or stables.

"Next question, who is more likely to name your first child?"

At this, Rebecca raised her shoe and Dragon raised his, causing waves of giggles when from the crowd. Dragon looked up and frowned.

"Hey! I said I was going to name our first kid Long Shao!"

Rebecca rolled her eyes. "You can't do that to a girl!"

Dragon shot back that he also had a female name in mind if it ever tuned out to be a daughter. However, his defence was that there were only boys as first born in his family tree and there was no need to consider a female name for now.

"Ok, moving on!" Khalid laughed as the couple squabbled. "Someone is going to sleep on the floor tonight," the DJ teased and Scarlet couldn't help but laugh at Dragon's suddenly timid expression.

The games and events were fun. Scarlet did her job as a bridesmaid to ensure that the logistics of the party went smoothly. Edward helped out mostly to make sure Scarlet remembered to eat while she ensured everyone else ate.

The girls took many pictures and Scarlet posed with them. However, once the bride and groom parted, it was time for yet another iconic scene. The bridesmaids were lined up and Rebecca grinned. It was time to toss the bouquet and almost everyone already knew who it was going to.

"Get into position!" Rebecca yelled and turned around. Her bridesmaids quickly scrambled to get into the best position just for show. However, Scarlet didn't notice this as she was shoved around. On the count of three, the equestrian threw the bouquet and the girls screamed, pushing Scarlet right in the way of the bouquet.

Startled, the writer caught it dumbly and looked at the flowers in her arms. She looked blankly at them and back to Rebecca who grinned proudly. Her friends who were busy trying to snatch the flowers earlier backed off and clapped loudly. Edward was surrounded by the boys and brought to the front as Rebecca declared, "You're next!".

Edward felt his heart in his hands. He knew that he enlisted the help of Scarlet's classmates to make his proposal possible but now that it was up to him to pop her the question, the words wouldn't come out even if he was already on one knee with the box in his hand.

Scarlet didn't know how to react with the flowers still in her arms. However, she understood what was happening and was going to say yes when she sneezed loudly.

Alex who was leaning against Jasper from the side blinked. "Oh shit! I forgot she has mild pollen allergy!"

Edward couldn't help but laugh when Scarlet sneezed harshly again, blowing off some petals from the bouquet in her arms. The E.C. Class and Special Class couldn't help themselves. Leave it to the flowers to ruin a perfect moment.

Alex quickly came in to rescue Scarlet from the pollen and when Scarlet's allergy finally calmed down enough, Edward regained his confidence and proposed again, this time with more success.

"Scarlet Wilde, won't you marry me?"

The bright smile on Scarlet's face despite her red nose and teary eyes from the pollen earlier made Edward's heart swell with happiness when she nodded. Everyone cheered as he placed that ring onto her finger and kissed it.

"Congratulations!" Alex cheered then looked over to Jasper who sighed.

"Soon," he told the inpatient model and Alex sulked. "How come Scarlet gets proposed to before me?"

Jasper deadpanned. "The kind of proposal you want isn't easy to prepare," he told her. "You wanted black diamond, a rented out cruise and a choir in the background. Scarlet's proposal only takes a bouquet of flowers, some pollen allergy and a group of friends for witness. Unless you can settle for cheese rings, I can't magically propose to you."

Alex pouted them sighed. "Alright, I'll wait. But yu better do it before they get married!"

Jasper nodded, resigning to fate but smiled secretly as his girlfriend bounced over to congratulate her sister and threaten the ex-spy with a flimsy plastic knife.

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