---- Chapter 161 When Tara left the Pearson Manor, Bianca still insisted on giving her the billion-dollar check. Bianca said it was a welcome gift and that Tara had to accept it. Since Tara couldn't reject it anymore, she had no choice but to take the check. When she got in the car, she still thought the check was too much. Jonah smiled and kissed her cheek. "Don't feel stressed. Since that's their token of appreciation , just accept it." Still thinking it was too much, Tara said, "But...

This is a billion dollars..." She was dumbfounded. Suddenly, he said, "It's just a billion. Don't forget. Even I am yours now." Feeling his gaze on her, Tara kept her head down and didn't dare to look him in the eyes. Then, Jonah lifted her chin and kissed her passionately on the lips. It felt like he was going to swallow her whole. When she was almost out of breath, he finally let her go. Six months passed quickly for them. They always had a lot to talk about.

Sometimes , Tara would say something trivial that she minded, and he actually understood her, which surprised her a lot. ---- When Jonah proposed to Tara, it happened at the place where they had lunch together. There was a lake outside the windows, and there were beautiful fireworks outside as he proposed to her on one knee. Tara's eyes teared up, and she gently nodded, accepting his proposal. The Peasons weren't the only ones who felt ecstatic during Jonah and Tara's engagement.

Tara's colleagues were over the moon as well because they had been waiting for this for a long time! Meanwhile , Alice and David were on the verge of crying. After all, Jonah finally settled down with a woman he liked, and it wasn't easy for this day to arrive at all. Tara talked to the original host's parents, George Thayer and Michelle Olsen, before. She told them to relax and not be too nervous. However , they still felt uneasy and kept trying to flatter the others.

Tara looked at Jonah's parents and grandparents and didn't notice anything wrong. So, it didn't seem like George and Michelle had done anything embarrassing . Although no one seemed to mind, Tara still thought she had to talk to them to calm them down. She didn't care about it that much, but she didn't want the Pearsons to feel embarrassed. ---- Suddenly, Bianca grabbed Tara's arm and shook her head with a smile. It seemed like she knew what Tara was about todo.

Then, she said softly, "Tara, we all have our own emotions. Since this is their first time attending an event like this, it's normal for them to be nervous. So, we need to be understanding and help them feel at ease. There's no need to care about it too much." Tara was stunned by what she had heard. Suddenly , she understood why she and Jonah could relate to each other so much. At that moment, Jonah returned with a glass of wine.

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He heard what Bianca had said and figured out what they were talking about earlier. However, his expression didn't shift at all. It was as if it was all normal to him. Seeing that Tara was in a daze, he kissed her on the forehead and said, "What you're worried about won't happen." She looked up at him with a smile before saying to Bianca, "Thank you, Mrs. Pearson." Bianca looked way younger than she actually was, but she was still noble and elegant.

"There's no need for formalities since we're all family here, silly." Tara smiled sweetly , and Bianca loved seeing her smile. ---- Tara's smile was so beautiful that anyone would be ina great mood after seeing it. Suddenly , Bianca felt happy, thinking that they didn't even have to worry about Jonah finding a partner. Tara truly was a rare gem with her looks and personality, and it wasn't common to find a lady with sucha transparent attitude.

During the engagement , Tara was worried about Soren, Lance, and Shawn's reactions . She knew they wouldn't remember their pasts with her, but she was instinctively worried about something going out of control. However, the three of them didn't show up to the engagement at all. Tara let out a breath of relief and didn't ask Jonah about it. After the engagement party, the Pearson family picked out a date for Jonah and Tara's marriage, which was a month later.

The Pearsons gave Tara 23 villas at a place she liked as a wedding gift. They also gave her many other gifts that shocked her terribly. No matter how hard she tried to reject the gifts, the Pearsons still wouldn't take them back. They said they had already put a lot of thought into the gifts, so they wanted her to take everything. Seeing that Tara wasn't accepting the gifts, George and Michelle didn't dare to accept them as well.

There were so ---- many gifts that they felt dizzy just looking at them. However , Richard and Bianca said that they had to take the gifts under one condition. "Tara is a sensitive young lady. Now that she's part of the Pearsons , we hope you'll care more about her. After all, she's your daughter, and you shouldn't just focus on your son. So, please treat your daughter well." When George and Michelle heard that, they felt ashamed and realized how wrong they had been in the past.

Their in -laws treated Tara better than they ever did, and they felt too embarrassed to look at their daughter. Tara teared up, and Jonah held her in his embrace. He couldn't believe how gorgeous she was when she was crying , and it broke his heart to see her face covered in tears. "No one can hurt you when I'm around," he whispered. When she looked up at him with her teary eyes, his heart melted. He couldn't hold back his affection for her at all as he embraced her tightly.

When he remembered the day she left helplessly in the rain, his heart would ache for her. Even until that day, he still felt incredibly bad for her.