"Let's get married."
When Anna saw the man in front of him, he had always maintained a somewhat serious expression on his face. Even the occasional smirk would not make people think he was a happy person. Now it can be said that he was a little shocked. , but he quickly recovered. She secretly smiled.
"If I remember correctly, Miss Oblonsky, this is the first time we've met."
This Mr. Karenin said in a fairly steady tone, his blue eyes lightly scanned Anna's entire face before he spoke slowly, so rigorous and meticulous.
"Literally yes."
Anna played with her current hair, it was black, not the same as her original soft yellowish hair, but it was even more beautiful.
"However, I think I know you well enough that we can get married."
She said with bright eyes that in this very conservative era before she was married, this move and proposal could scare away a company.
Karenin heard "marriage" for the second time from the lady in front of him, and he designated "the two of them", so he straightened his body and almost restrained all his expressions, lest it was some kind of prank, even if it wasn't a prank , To be honest, it's a bit scary.
"Miss Oblonsky, I think marriage is a very sacred thing." The man's tone still maintained a polite way without refuting the other party.
"Anna."
"What?"
The man's dazed expression made Anna really laugh this time.
"I wish you could call me by my name." Her gray eyes were shining again, as if they had been sprinkled with starlight.
"I know that marriage is very sacred, so I express my wishes to you from the bottom of my heart."
"This is, it's not polite." Karenin said after a pause, his expression became a little stiff, he sat extremely upright, and now his eyes touched the roses that were already on the table, and it became a little bit stinging.
He withdrew his gaze and decided to treat this issue with the most serious attitude. After all, there was a very obvious thing on the horizon.
"There is a fourteen-year difference between us."
"I don't think that's a problem."
Anna's eyes were still looking at each other, and she looked at Mr. Karenin.
He is tall, and his body is thinner than traditional Russian government officials, but he is not too weak. He has brown-blond hair, and the golden part is already a bit dull. At first glance, he tends to be dark brown. It is properly and neatly taken care of.
Too stern face, only a pair of eyes are different. Such eyes are too beautiful on a man, but after years of growth, they have become calm now.
The decent three-piece suit is so suitable for this official gentleman. Anna smiled with her lips curled up, and she knew that there is no other dress that suits him better than this one.
It turned out that he was a government official in this era!
Before Anna finished sighing, the husband in front of her was slightly dissatisfied because of her distraction. After all, she was the one who proposed the marriage request.
She smiled again, and the dimples that appeared on her cheeks made her look even more beautiful.
"I can accept this age difference, even though I'm only eighteen now, sir, I hope you can understand that I didn't say this out of impulse." Anna blinked, "Besides, I don't think you look like that at all." Not old."
"But apart from impulsiveness and pranks, I can't think of a third reason to explain this." Karenin unnaturally passed over Anna's compliment.
"Such as I have insanity?"
Anna began to find reasons for Karenin, and then showed a satisfied expression after seeing the other party's strange expression.
"If we're going to get married, I think we should start by calling each other by first name. Please call me by my first name, Alexey," she said sincerely.
After one, two, three seconds passed, Anna still didn't get that sentence, and she was a little disappointed.
"So you intend to reject me?"
Anna was a little disappointed. She originally thought that it was unlucky that she suddenly traveled here from the runway show.
There is no electric light, no network cable, traveling is still in a horse-drawn carriage, and women don't even have so many opportunities to go out casually...
There were so many bad things, but she saw him again, so all the bad things disappeared. She wants to seize the opportunity, after all, she doesn't believe that the same luck will happen twice, but...
"That's not what I meant."
A slightly deep voice sounded, Anna looked up, the man pursed his thin lips, and then continued: "I just don't understand, why did you suddenly choose me?"
Karenin was not evading or lying, he really didn't understand.
He had come to Moscow from Petersburg on business, and at this ball he had seen Miss Oblonsky shine like a jewel.
In fact, this is not the first time he has heard about this lady. He heard about it half a month ago, but at that time she was not famous for her beauty, but lost her memory because of falling into the water. After all, there are not many marriageable couples in Moscow. Age comes with a dowry, and she is also a beautiful lady from a famous family.
Single men feel sorry for this Miss Oblonsky, and don't want her to have an accident. To be precise, they don't want her life to be damaged, which will lead to the loss of dowry, and they don't want her face to be damaged, which will make people sigh , As for other things, there are really not many people to worry about.
Now, with her beautiful face upturned, the young lady told him seriously that she wished to marry him, which was astonishingly bold.
If Karenin was one of those men who claimed to be smart, he would not ask any more questions, but immediately held the other party's hand, said some affectionate words, and then happily prepared for the wedding ceremony, And generously provide people in Moscow and even Petersburg with at least one month's talk.
Unfortunately and fortunately, he is not.
Because it wasn't rejected, Anna's eyes lit up again. Karenin captured a hidden message and memory in his heart for this. He felt that the eyes in front of him were like fireflies when they were happy, and they were almost equally shining.
"Miss Oblonsky, intimate names are only allowed for intimate relationships blessed by God."
"I'll take it as a joke and assure you that no third person will know about it."
Anna knew that the other party was protecting her reputation, and she even understood what it meant.
For a person like Karenin, although he does not need marriage to make his official career smoother and increase his wealth, marriage has always been a weight of interest, even for the emperor.
"My God!" she exclaimed in a low voice, then looked up sharply, unable to stop herself from smiling.
"Now you can't stop me."
"What?"
Karenin frowned slightly, he thought he had proposed the best way.
"We're getting married," said Anna, confidently.
"I have no one I like better now, my family and who you are, we are a match, no, there is simply no one better than us. I think you can bear me, and I think you are very good, I I would be more than happy to marry you. Why would you refuse the marriage under the circumstances?"
"Wait!" She suddenly said nervously, preventing Karenin from speaking.
After speaking, Anna asked a well-dressed servant for a pen and paper, and that servant quickly brought Anna what she asked for. The paper was expensive parchment.
"Please wait a moment." She said apologetically, and then began to write on the parchment. After a while, she pushed the paper past her and motioned him to take a look.
While the man was reading, Anna rested her chin on her right hand, and looked intently at him with gray eyes under her long eyelashes.
She remembered this position. At that time, she was on the runway, and he was in the position closest to the aisle. He was in that position every time in the ten shows. He gave the same kind of flowers every time but never struck up a conversation with her.
Ana admits that this man intrigues her.
Now, fortunately, there is another chance.
The pair of slender hands in front of him were white but not weak. They once wrote her a very beautiful card. Although it was brief, the words were steady and powerful, just like him, with a little coldness and sex appeal.
"I'm done."
"Your Answer."
"I will agree to your proposal."
So, on this day, on the dance floor one meter away, the noise was loud, and on the soft mahogany chair at the corner on this side, a marriage with a difference of fourteen years kicked off.