Chapter 30 Chapter Twenty Nine

Alexandra never heard from George Melis again.Not only that day, but the next day, the whole week I didn't get a call from him.Whenever the phone rang, she rushed to grab the receiver, but the voice always disappointed her.She couldn't imagine what had happened, and she kept thinking about that happy night in her head: I thought you were the woman who would change this forever, and I called my dad, my mom, my brothers, and talked to them About the wonderful girl I just spent the night with.Alexandra ran through a bunch of reasons why he hadn't called her. I may have hurt his feelings unintentionally.

He loves me so much that he is afraid of falling in love and dare not see me, he thinks I am not the kind of person he loves; He was taken to hospital in a horrific car accident and was left unattended in his hospital bed; He is dead. When Alexandra couldn't wait any longer, she called Eve.Alexandra forced herself and Eve to talk about small things in daily life first, but after a minute she finally couldn't help but blurted out and asked, "Eve, haven't you heard from George Melis recently?" "How could I hear from him, no. I thought he'd call and invite you to dinner."

"We did have one dinner together - last week." "Didn't you receive any calls from him again?" "No." "He's probably busy." No one could be so busy, Alexandra thought, but she replied aloud, "Probably." "Forget about George Mellis! My dear. I want to introduce you to a very attractive Canadian whom I just met. He owns an airline and..." Eve hung up and sat down with a smile on her face.She wished her grandma knew she had planned everything so beautifully. ※※※ "Hey, what's the problem with you?" Alice Coppel asked.

"I'm sorry," Alexandra replied. She hadn't been nice to anyone all morning.For a fortnight she heard nothing from George Mellis.Alexandra felt angry, not at him, but at herself, at not being able to forget him.He doesn't owe her anything.They were just strangers spending the night together, yet she was behaving as if she thought he was going to marry her; for God's sake, George Mellis could have any woman in the world, and why Want to fancy her? Even grandma caught her getting moody, "What's the matter with you, kid? Is the ad agency guy making you work too hard?"

"No, Grandma. It's just that lately I've been—I haven't been sleeping very well." When she fell asleep, she often had erotic dreams with George Melis.Damn it!She wished Eve hadn't introduced George to her. The afternoon after that, the call came. "Alex? I'm George Melis." It was as if she had never heard this deep voice in a dream. "Alex? Is that you?" "Yes, it's me." She was filled with mixed emotions.I don't know whether it's joy or sorrow, he is a mindless, self-interested egoist, so she doesn't care if she sees him again.

"I'd love to have called you earlier," George said apologetically, "but I just got back from Athens a few minutes ago." Alexandra relented: "Did you go to Athens?" "Yes, remember the night we were together?" Alexandra remembered. "My brother Steve called the next morning - my dad had a heart attack." "Oh, George!" She felt a pang of guilt at thinking so badly of George. "How is he?" "Thank God he's recovering. But I feel like I'm breaking. He's begging me to come back to Greece and take over the family business."

"Are you going to do that?" She held her breath. "No." She breathed a sigh of relief. "I know now where I want to be. I think of you every moment in Greece. When can I see you?" Now! "I'm free at dinner tonight." He almost blurted out another restaurant that Alexandra likes, but he said softly, "Great, where do you want to eat?" "Anywhere is fine with me. Would you like to have dinner at home?" "No." He wasn't ready to meet Kate yet.No matter what you do, stay away from Kate for now, she will be your biggest obstacle. "I'll press you at eight o'clock," said George.

Alexandra hung up, kissed Alice Coppel, Vince Barnes and Marty Bergheimer, and said, "I'm going to get my hair done, see you tomorrow." They watched her run out of the office. "A man," Alice Coppel said. ※※※ They had dinner at Maxwell's Pub.A head waiter led them past the crowded horseshoe-shaped bar near the front door, up the stairs, and into a booth.They ordered. "Did you miss me when I left?" George asked. "Yes." She felt she had to be absolutely honest with this man, who was so open, so vulnerable. "Those days when I didn't hear from you, I always thought something terrible was going to happen, and I—I really panicked. I don't know if I can take it any longer."

Full marks for Eve, George thought.Be patient, Eve said, and I'll let you know when to call her.Facts give George the first sense that their plan will succeed.Up to this point, he had maintained a non-serious attitude, thinking that the plan to finally acquire the huge fortune of the Blackwell family was just a joke.He hadn't been able to really believe in the plan.It was just a game Eve played with him.And now, looking at Alexandra sitting in front of him, eyes full of undisguised love for him, George Melis knew that this was no longer just a game.Alexandra was his.This is only the first step in the whole plan.The second move could be dangerous, but with Eve's help, he'll be able to hold them.

We've been together on this one, George, and we're on 50/50 on everything. George Melis didn't believe in partners, and when he got everything he wanted, when he got Alexandra off, he was going to get rid of Eve, and that would give him great joy. "You laughed," Alexandra said. He put his hand on hers, and she felt warm at his touch. "I was thinking how wonderful it is to be here together. We are together wherever we are." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a jewelry box. "I bought you a present from Greece." "Ah, George..." "Open it, Alex."

Inside the box was a beautiful diamond necklace. "So beautiful." It was the exact skewer he had taken from Eve.It was safe to give it to her as a present, Eve told him, because she had never seen the necklace before. "It's an expensive gift, really." "Not enough, what I love is seeing you wearing it." "I—" Alexandra trembled, "thank you." He looked at her plate and said, "You haven't eaten yet." "I'm not hungry." Seeing the look in her eyes, he felt a rising sense of power that he was already familiar with.He has seen this fire of emotion in the eyes of many women, beautiful women, ugly women, rich women, penniless women.He had used them, and in one way or another they had given him something.But what Alexandra wants to give him will exceed the sum of all the previous ones. "What would you like to do now?" There was an invitation in his hoarse voice. She accepted, simply and frankly: "I want to be with you." ※※※ George Mellis is justifiably proud of his apartment.It was a pleasant and elegant abode, and thanks to the lovers and lovers who adorned it.They wooed him with costly gifts, and succeeded, but always temporarily. "It's such a lovely place," Alexandra exclaimed in surprise. He walked over to her and turned her slowly so that the diamond necklace shone in the soft light. "To match you, dear." He kissed her lightly, growing hastily, and Alexandra was hardly aware of it when she was herded into the bedroom.In the center of the house, painted blue and furnished with elegant, masculine furniture, was a huge bed, and George held Alexandra in his arms again, and he found her shivering. "What's the matter with you, my dear?" "I—I'm a little nervous." She worried she'd disappoint him.She took a deep breath and began to unbutton her clothes. George whispered: "Let me do it." He helped the slender blonde standing in front of him take off her clothes, and he remembered Eve's words again: Control yourself, if you hurt Alexandra, if you hurt Alexandra, She found you a stupid pig, and you will never see her again.understand?Save your fists for those whores and pretty little boys. George gently undressed Alexandra and looked at her naked body.Her body was exactly like Eve's: beautiful, mature, plump.An impulse to beat this snow-white and beautiful skin was strongly ignited in her heart, hit her, strangled her neck, and made her scream.If you hurt her, you'll never see her again. He undressed and pulled her towards him, and they stood there hugging, looking each other in the eye, and George gently put Alexandra on the bed and began to move slowly, lovingly. kiss her... Afterwards, Alexandra lay in his arms and moaned, "Oh, my dear, I hope you are happy too." He lied and said, "Yes." She hugged him tightly and sobbed. She didn't know why she was crying, but she was infinitely grateful for the beauty and joy of this moment. "Don't cry, don't cry," George reassured, "it's all right." That's right. Eve would be proud of him. ※※※ In every relationship, there are misunderstandings, jealousy, or little pains, but none of these can be found in the romance between George and Alexandra.Under Eve's careful planning, George is able to subtly control Alexandra's every emotion.George knew what Alexandra was afraid of, what she fantasized about, what she was passionate about, and what she hated, and he was always there, ready to give her exactly what she needed.He knew what made her happy and what made her sad.Alexandra was thrilled by his lovemaking, but George, was devastated.When he was in bed with Alexandra, listening to her moaning with excitement, he was so excited that he wanted to hit her so hard and roughly that she screamed for mercy so he could get vent.But he knew that if he did that he would ruin everything, and the more his restlessness grew, the more they slept together, and the contempt for Alexandra that came with it grew. Of course, George Mellis could find an outlet for his lust, but he had to do it carefully.Late at night, he would hang out at no-show singles bars, or male discotheques, with widows looking for a night of comfort, gay men desperate for love, or whores in need of money.George took them to the sleazy hotels in Barville and the West End of Greenwich Village.He never went to the same hotel twice, and those hotels would not welcome him again.After he was gone, hotels often found his sexual objects unconscious or half-dead, battered and sometimes covered with cigarette burns. George shunned the masochists, the people who enjoyed being abused and hurt by him, which bored George.No, he had to hear them screaming and begging for mercy, just like when he was a child when his father beat him and screamed for mercy.The punishment for the smallest offense was to be knocked unconscious.When George was eight years old, his father once found him stripped naked with a neighbor's kid, and beat him so that blood gushed from his ears and nose. To make him promise not to make mistakes again, his father lit a gun The smoke from his cigar poked hard on his cock.Although the scars healed, the deep wounds in the soul never healed. George Melis had the wild and impulsive character inherited from his Greek ancestors.He can't stand being dominated and controlled by anyone.He puts up with Eve Blackwell's taunts and insults just because he needs her.Once he got the Blackwell family fortune, he was to punish her until she begged him to grant her death.Getting to know Eve was the luckiest thing in his life.My luck, he mused, but her misfortune. ※※※ Alexandra was amazed, because George always knew what flowers to give her, what records to buy, what books to make her happy.They went to museums together, and the paintings he was interested in were exactly the ones she liked.It is unbelievable that their tastes and hobbies are so similar.She tried to find even one flaw in George Melis, but could not.He's perfect, and the desire for Kate to meet him grows stronger. But George always finds all kinds of excuses to avoid meeting with Kate Blackwell. "Why not, dear, you'll like her, and besides, I want to show you off." "I'm sure she's fine," said George childishly. "I'm afraid she'll think me unworthy of you." "What a joke!" His modesty touched her, "Grandma will like you." "Soon," he told Alessandro, "as soon as I can muster up the courage to meet her." ※※※ One night, he discussed the matter with Eve. She thought for a while and said: "Well, you will have to pass this test sooner or later, but you have to pay attention to your appearance and speech at all times. Although she is a bitch, she is a smart bitch. Don't underestimate her. She. If she guesses your intentions, she'll cut out your heart and feed it to her dogs." "Why do we need her?" George asked. "Because if you do one thing wrong and offend Alexandra, we're all going to drink Mistral." Alexandra had never been so nervous.They will have dinner together for the first time, George, Kate and Alexandra, and she prays nothing goes wrong.All she could ask for in this world was that Granny and George liked each other.Hopefully Grandma thinks George is a great man, and George admires Kate Blackwell. Kate has never seen her granddaughter so happy.Alexandra had met some of the most qualified lads in the world, but none of them interested her.Kate plans to take a closer look at the man who has captivated her granddaughter.Kate had many years of experience with property snoopers, and she would not allow Alexandra to be fooled by such people. She was eagerly looking forward to seeing Mr. George Mellis.She had a feeling that George was reluctant to meet her.She didn't know why. Kate heard the front doorbell ring, and a minute later Alexandra entered the living room, leading a tall, handsome man by the hand. "Grandma, this is George Mellis." "At last," said Kate, "I'm beginning to think you don't want to see me, Mr. Mellis." "On the contrary, Lady Blackwell, how eagerly I look forward to this moment." He almost said, "You are more beautiful than Alexandra has described to me." But he dared not say it . Beware of flattery, George, it's a red flag to the old lady. A footman came in, served the drink, and exited quietly. "Sit down, Mr. Mellis." "thanks." Alexandra sat on the couch next to him, facing Granny. "I know you and my granddaughter see each other often." "That's my pleasure, yes." Kate studied him with her pale gray eyes: "Alexandra told me you worked for an agency." "yes." "Frankly, I find it strange, Mr. Mehlis, why you choose to be a salaried employee when you can lead a lucrative family business." "Grandma, let me explain—" "I want to hear from Mr. Mehlis himself, Alexandra." Be polite, but for Christ's sake you mustn't grovel to her, for if you show the slightest weakness she'll tear you to pieces. "Mrs. Blackwell, I'm not used to talking about my personal life." He showed hesitation, and then said with determination, "However, in this case, I think..." He looked directly at Kate Blackwell eye, and continued, "I'm a very independent person, and I don't want to take handouts. If I had started the Mellis Family Company, I would be running it today. But, it was started by my grandfather, It was my father who made it further into a very profitable business. It didn't need me. I have three brothers who are more than capable of running it. I'd rather be a salaried employee like you just said until I find opportunity to build my own company that I can be proud of." Kate nodded slowly.He was not at all what he had imagined.She had expected to meet a dandy, a hunter of fortune, the sort of wooing her granddaughter that Kate had seen all too often.But this boy was different from before.However, there was always something wrong, and Kate couldn't tell.He seems too perfect. "I know your family is very wealthy." Just make her believe you're rich and madly in love with Alex.Be charismatic, keep your temper in check and you will be it. "Money is important, Mrs. Blackwell, but there are many things that interest me more." Kate has checked the net worth of the Mellis family company.According to Dun and Bradstreet's report, its net assets exceed 30 million US dollars. "Are you close to the family, Mr. Mellis?" George's eyes lit up. "Perhaps too intimate." He put a smile on his lips. "There is a saying in our family, Mrs. Blackwell, that when one man cuts his finger, the others bleed. We We're in close contact with each other." He hasn't spoken to anyone in the family for more than three years. Kate nodded acquiescently. "I like and trust close-knit families." Kate glanced at her granddaughter, and Alexandra's face was filled with admiration.All of a sudden, it brought back memories of Kate's long-ago love affair with David.Time hadn't dimmed her recollection of how she felt then. Lester walked into the living room: "Madam, dinner is ready." ※※※ The conversation became more casual at the dinner table, but Kate asked pointed questions.George braced himself for the most important question. "Do you like children, Mr. Mellis?" She longed for a great-grandson... her greatest hope in the world. George turned and looked at Kate in surprise: "Like children? What kind of man is a man without children? What I'm afraid of is that when I get married, my poor wife will be too busy. In Greece, a man His worth is measured by the number of children he has begot.” He seems sincere, Kate thought, but I have to be careful.Tomorrow I'm going to have Brad Rogers look up his personal finances. ※※※ Before going to bed, Alexandra called Eve, and she told Eve that George Melis was coming to dinner. "I really want to know what happened, honey," Eve said. "You must call me as soon as he leaves. I want to know the whole situation." Now, Alexandra is telling: "I think grandma likes him a lot." Eve felt a tremor of contentment: "What did she say?" "She asked George a bunch of personal questions. He answered them beautifully." Well he's doing fine. "Oh! So you couple intend to get married?" "I—he hasn't proposed to me yet, Eve, but I'm sure he will." She could hear the joy in Alexandra's voice: "But will Grandma agree?" "Oh, I'm sure she will. She's going to look into George's private finances, and of course that won't be a problem." Eve's heart sank. Alexandra continued: "You know grandma is very cautious." "Yes," Eve said slowly, "I know." This is the end.Unless a solution can be found immediately. "Tell me about your situation anytime," Eve said. "I will, good night." As soon as Eve hung up the phone, she immediately dialed George Melis' number.He is not home yet.She called every ten minutes, and finally he answered.Eve said, "Can you get a million dollars right away?" "Are you dreaming?" "Kate is ready to check your personal finances." "She knew my family was rich, and she—" "I'm not talking about your family, I'm talking about you, I told you she's not a fool." There was a silence. "Where am I going to get that million dollars?" "I have an idea," Eve said. ※※※ The next morning, as soon as Kate arrived at the office, she said to the assistant: "Let Brad Rogers do a personal investigation of George Mellis's personal financial situation. He is currently employed by Hansen and Sons." "Mr. Rogers is out of town at the moment and won't be back until tomorrow, Mrs. Blackwell, can you wait for him to come back or—?" "Tomorrow is fine." ※※※ On Wall Street at the southern tip of Manhattan, George Mellis sat at his desk at Hansen Brokers.The Stock Exchange opened its doors, and the whole office hall was like a loud and active mental hospital.The company's headquarters employs 225 people, including brokers, analysts, accountants, operators and customer representatives.Everyone is working at a frenetic pace.Not so George Melis, who sat at his desk, flustered.What he was about to do would send him to jail if caught, and if he succeeded, he would have the whole world. "Do you want to answer your call?" A colleague stood before him, and George realized that the phone on his desk had rang—how long?He must regain his composure and refrain from any behavior that arouses suspicion.He grabbed the phone: "George Mellis," and smiled at the colleague friendly. Throughout the morning, George was busy handling various buying and selling orders, and his mind was always thinking about how to implement Eve's plan to steal a million dollars.That's easy, George, all you have to do is borrow some stock for one night.You can return it the next morning and no one will know. Every stockbroking firm has millions of dollars in stocks and bonds sitting in vaults for the convenience of its customers.Some shares are signed in the owner's name, but the vast majority use only a CUSIP number -- a numerical designation specified by the Council on Uniform Security Identification Methods -- to identify its owner.The shares were not marketable, but George Mellis did not want to exchange them for cash.He has other uses.At Hanson, stocks are kept in a huge vault on the seventh floor.As a security reserve, an armed policeman stands guard at the entrance, and the only way to get in is a numbered plastic access card.George Mellis had no such pass.But he knows who has. Helen Thatcher was a middle-aged widow.She has a lovely face and a slim figure.She is also a good cook.After twenty-three years of marriage, her husband's death left a vacuum in her life.She needs a man to care about her.The problem was that most of the women who worked at Henson were younger than her and more attractive to the agents in the office.Therefore, no one invited Helen to go out with her. She works in the finance department one floor above George.From the first moment Helen saw George, she knew he would be the perfect husband for her.She invited him to dinner many times, and hinted that there was something else besides eating, but George always refused.And this morning, when she picked up the phone and said, "Mrs. Feel the tremors all over. "What do you want me to do for you, George?" "I have a little thing that will surprise you, can you come to my office?" "Now?" "yes." "I'm afraid I'm working—" "Oh, it's okay if you're too busy, I'll wait for you." "No, no, I—I'll go right away." The phone rang again, but George ignored it.He grabbed a stack of papers and headed for the elevator.He looked around, decided no one had seen him, and walked up the elevator and up the back stairs.When he got upstairs, he decided that Helen had left the office, so he strolled in, as if he had some business to do.If caught—but he couldn't think of that.He opened the middle drawer, knowing that Helen kept the access card there.really.He picked up the access card and put it in his pocket, left the office and hurried downstairs.When he returned to his desk, Helen was already looking for him. "Sorry," said George, "I've been out for a while on business." "Oh, never mind. Tell me something amazing." "A little bird told me it's your birthday," said George, "so I'd like to treat you to lunch." He watched her expression.She was torn between wanting to tell him the truth and not wanting to lose this opportunity to have lunch with him. "That's—great," she said. "Of course I'd like to have lunch with you." "Okay," he told her, "then I'll meet you at Tony's at one o'clock." He could have made the appointment over the phone, but Helen Thatcher was too excited to notice it.He watched her leave the office. As soon as she was gone, George sprang into action.He had to accomplish many things before returning the access card.He took the elevator up to the seventh floor, and then walked towards the iron gate that was closely guarded by the guards.Qiao Han inserted the plastic access card, and the gate opened automatically.As he was about to enter, the guard asked, "I don't think I've seen you before." George's heart skipped a beat.He smiled and said, "Yeah, I don't come here often, one of my clients suddenly asked to see his stocks, so I had to find them, I hope it doesn't take me all afternoon to find the damn stocks .” The guard smiled sympathetically and said, "Good luck." He watched George enter the gate. The vault was of reinforced concrete, about thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.George went to the fireproof safe where the stock was kept and opened the steel drawer.Inside the drawers are hundreds of certificates representing shares in various companies listed on the New York and American stock exchanges.The number printed on the face of the note marks the number of shares of each note, ranging from one share to 100,000 shares.George turned the pages quickly and expertly.He chose the stocks of blue-chip companies and made up a million dollars.Put it in the inner pocket of your clothes, close the drawer, and walk back to the gate guarded by the guard. "That's fast," said the guard. George shook his head and said, "The computer gave the wrong number, and I'll have to correct it in the morning." "These damned computers," the guard said sympathetically, "they're going to destroy us." When George returned to his desk, he felt drenched in sweat.But so far so good.He hung up on Alexandra. "Honey," he said, "I want to see you and your grandma tonight." "I thought you would be busy with business tonight." "Yes, but I pushed it away, I have something important to tell you." ※※※ At exactly 1 o'clock, George walked into Helen Thatcher's office and put the pass back in the drawer of her desk, while she was waiting for him in the dining room.He really didn't want to put the pass down because he still needed it, but he knew that if he didn't return it at night, the computer would judge it invalid the next morning. At 1:10, George and Helen Thatcher began to have lunch. He grabbed her hand and said, "I think we should get together more like this." He looked at her expression as he spoke, "Are you free for lunch tomorrow?" She smiled. "Oh, free, George." George Mellis left the office that afternoon with a million dollars in stock in his pocket. ※※※ At seven o'clock he arrived at the Blackwells' house and was shown into the study, where Kate and Alexandra were waiting for him. "Good evening," said George, "I hope I won't disturb you, but there is something I must tell you." He turned to Kate. "I know it's very old-fashioned, Mrs. Blackwell, I ask your permission to propose to your granddaughter, I love Alexandra, and I am sure she loves me too. We shall be very happy if you will bless us." He reached into his pocket and took out his stocks, Throw it on the table in front of Kate. "I'm going to give her a million dollars as an engagement gift, she won't need any of your money, but we need your blessing." Kate looked down at the stocks that George had laid out generously on the table, and she recognized the name of each company on the stock.Alexandra walked over to George with a twinkle in her eye. "Oh, dear!" She turned to her grandmother, pleading eyes, "Grandma?" Kate looked at the two standing together and felt that she could no longer refuse them.For a moment she envied them. "I wish you well," she said. George smiled and walked over to Kate, "Can you?" He kissed her on the cheek. ※※※ For the next two hours, they talked excitedly about their wedding plans. "I don't want a big wedding, Granny," said Alexandra. "We don't have to do that, do we, Granny?" "I agree," said George, "that love is a personal thing." Finally, they decided to have a little ceremony, presided over by a judge. "Is your father supposed to come to the wedding too?" Kate asked. George smiled: "You can't keep him from coming, my father, three brothers and two sisters will all come." "I look forward to meeting them." "I think you'll like them." His eyes turned to Alexandra again. Kate was very excited throughout the evening.She was shaking with excitement for her granddaughter - happy that she was getting a couple who loved her so much.I'm going to remember, Kate thought, telling Brad to stop wasting time figuring out George's financial situation. Before George left, when he and Alexandra were alone, he said intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't think it's right to put a million dollars in this house casually. I think it's better to store it temporarily." In my vault." "Would you like to?" Alexandra asked. George put the stock back in his coat pocket. ※※※ The next morning George had another date with Helen Thatcher.He took the access card from her office as she went downstairs to find him.He gave her a Gucci scarf—“a belated birthday present”—and insisted on having lunch with her.It was easier to enter the vault this time, and he put the stocks back where they were, and put the plastic access card back in Helen's office when he came out, and then met Helen Thatcher in a nearby restaurant. She shook his hand and said, "George, why don't we have a nice dinner together? I cook it myself." George replied, "I'm afraid that's impossible, Helen, I'm getting married soon." ※※※ Three days before the wedding, George came to the Blackwells' house, looking very sad. "I just got word," he said, "that my father has had another heart attack." "Oh, I'm so sorry," said Kate. "Is it better now?" "I've been on the phone with the family all night and they think dad can get through it, but of course he can't go to the wedding again." "We could go to Athens for our honeymoon and see them," Alexandra suggested. George touched her face and said, "I have other plans for our honeymoon, honey, not with the family, just the two of us." ※※※ The wedding took place in the living room of Blackwell's apartment.Only a few close friends were in attendance, among them Vince Barnes, Alice Coppel, Marty Bergheimer.Alexandra begs her grandma to invite Eve to the wedding, but Kate stands her ground. "Your sister will never be welcome in this house." Alexandra's eyes were full of tears: "Grandma, you are too cruel to her, I love you and love her, can't you forgive her?" For a moment, Kate wanted to blurt out all the treachery Eve had committed, but she held herself back.Kate said: "I think it's in everyone's best interest for me to do this." The photographer took pictures for the wedding, and Kate heard George wanted to print a few more for his family.What a thoughtful man he was, Kate thought. After the cake-cutting ceremony, George whispered to Alexandra, "Honey, I'm going out for an hour or so." "What happened?" "Of course it's nothing, but the prerequisite for the company to agree to my honeymoon leave is that I must agree to negotiate a business with an important client. It won't be too long. Our plane doesn't take off until 5 o'clock." She smiled: "Come back soon, I don't want to spend a honeymoon without you." 乔治到伊芙的公寓时，她正等他，身上穿着一条薄纱般的睡裙。“亲爱的，你喜欢你的婚礼吗？” “喜欢，谢谢你。婚礼规模很小，但很高雅，进行得非常顺利。” “你知道这是为什么吗？乔治？这是因为我，绝不能忘记这一点。” 他看着她慢慢地说：“我不会忘记的。” “咱们自始至终都是合伙人。” "certainly." 伊芙笑了：“好了，好了，你已经娶了我的小妹妹了。” 乔治看了看手表：“是的，不过我得回去了。” “别着急。”伊芙说。 "why?" “因为你要先和我睡觉，亲爱的，我要先占有我妹妹的丈夫。”