“Joan, be my girlfriend,” Larry mumbled.
“What did you say?”
Joan couldn't hear properly because Larry's voice was too soft.
“Be my girlfriend.”
Larry sat up straight and looked at her in all seriousness with passion in his eyes. “I love you and want to be together with you forever. I want to laugh and cry with you as we watch the sunrise and sunset together. Happiness to me simply means hugging you to sleep every night and see you the moment I'm awake. Say yes and we will never be apart from each other ever again."
Joan was overwhelmed with happiness at Larry’s confession. She had always dreamed about it but never believed that it would become reality-“Yes! I will be with you!”
Joan's eyes were filled with tears of joy. “Being with you is the one thing that I desire the most in this world.”
Hugging each other tightly, they relished in the truth of each other's words.
After a while, Joan whispered in Larry's ear in a bashful tone, “Larry, let me tell you a secret.”
“Hmm? What secret?” Larry asked softly. He was stroking her hair as she lay in his arms.
“I... I think I'm pregnant.”
Just as she spoke, she buried her face in Larry's embrace.
“Oh, it's good that you're pregnant.” Larry didn't grasp the full magnitude of the situation.
“Wait... What? You're pregnant!”
Larry grabbed Joan's shoulders in shock. “Is the child mine? I'm the father, right?”
When Joan saw that Larry wasn't making any sense, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. “Who else can it be if not you?”
Having heard Joan's confirmation, Larry burst into hearty laughter.
“Hahaha, I didn't expect to not only have a new girlfriend today but also a child. This is really a joyous case of 'buy one get one free!'"
Joan wondered if Larry had gone crazy as his ramblings made no sense at all.
“Joan, I love you.”
Larry was so ecstatic that he swept her off her feet and whirled her around in his arms.
Joan exclaimed in surprise but quickly realized something was wrong. “Larry, aren't you supposed to have trouble moving? How are you able to prance around like that?”
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