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Hou Yi realised that Anna Jones was a special woman, and that she did not realise this herself.He was determined he would do everything to ensure that their marriage would be successful.

Thinking about that, made him think about tonight being their wedding night.He realised that he really wanted tonight to be a true wedding night, as that was what he arrived here expecting would be the case with Yang Lin.However, he recognised that it could not be how he proceeded with Anna.He was not worried about whether or nor his marriage with Yang Lin would be successful, but that was what he wanted with Anna.He needed to take matters slowly as this was the only way his marriage with the special woman that was Anna Jones would be grow and succeed.He then realised that he needed to speak to her about their marriage, so that he did not scare her immediately.

In looking closer at Anna, Hou Yi realised that Anna, was having second thoughts about marrying him.That was something, that given he was absolutely certain that she was the one for him, he could not have happen.It was something that needed to be dealt with quickly, so that she would continue with her proposal to marry him."We need to quickly talk about a couple of things before we head into the Civil Administration Bureau, but we will go back outside to talk about it, rather than here."

"I do not now know about this.We need to talk about it now" was Anna's response.

"This is not really the place" and with that Hou Yi thanked the shop assistant shopkeeper and took Anna Jones's hand in his and walked out the door.He took her back the bench where they had been sitting a few minutes earlier and agreed to their marriage.

"I realised while you were tidying up that there are some things that we need to clear up now.I can only guess that they are making you nervous and having second thoughts."Hou Yi paused for a second, and lightly turned Anna's chin so that she was looking at him before continuing."be assured that I am not going to insist on a true wedding night tonight.If it happens it will be when we both want it, not because there is pressure that it should occur or that it is expected of us."

With that, Hou Yi saw a look of relief in Anna's eyes.He then continued "There are just a few things that I have to ask of you, it might not be what you expected, but I will explain the reasons.All I am asking is that you sleep in my bed, you give our relationship a chance, you do not cheat on me, and that in public you display affection towards me and receive attention from me."

Anna was stunned looking at Hou Yi and stunned with what he was saying.Hou Yi continued "The reason for sleeping in the same room is that I have servants in my home.They do not live in, but when I entertain they stay overnight.They are good at their job and I pay them well, but I cannot guarantee that they will not cave into pressure and talk about our relationship whether to my family or in the media.If we sleep in the same bed, truthfully they can only state we sleep together.They will not be able to comment on whether we have s*x or not.That stays between us.The second matter is that we need to give ourselves the opportunity to determine if we can make this marriage work or not, before we make any long-term decisions on what we will do.It will protect you and your reputation, as much as it protects my reputation.I would believe that if it was found that you entered into a marriage in another country without the intention that it would be permanent, it could affect your ability to practice as a lawyer in Australia.Further it would mean the Lu's and in particular Lu Jinhu, and Yang Lin and her family cannot try and get anything from either of usThey broke off their relationships with each of us firstly, but given what you have told me about what Lu Jinhu did to you, any opportunity he could take to get anything from you he would.This goes to my third request, not to cheat on me, as if we are giving our relationship a chance we have to commit to it.If in the future, you cannot, please tell me, and we will do what we need to do to end our relationship before anything occurs.The final thing that I need you to agree to, as that we need at the moment to show the public that this is a 'love match' despite it not being so.People will wonder why we married so quickly since some knew that you were to marry Lu Jinhu and I was to marry Yang Lin.Showing affection in public will deal with rumours, but also it will allow us to be comfortable with each other.Can you agree to those conditions?"

Anna could not believe what he was saying.He was willing to address her immediate concerns, but it did not deal with her return to Australia."I can, but you will need to give me some time to be comfortable with some of it.However, we need to think about my return to Australia in three and a half weeks, when my leave has ended?"

"Lets talk about what we will do in the future with that.There are options, particularly as I do some business in Australia, so maybe you could work here for my business dealing with Australian Legal issues, rather than us trying to have to juggle lives in two different locations.We have agreed to the basics for our relationship, and anything else we can work at from here.Are you OK with than?No second thoughts?"

"Yes I am OK, and I do not have any second thoughts", came a quite reply from Anna Jones.