Exhilarating Challange

Heim Lu Bela stared at Rudy with a penetrating glare in her eyes. It almost seemed like the screen was about to shatter, and Heim Lu Bela was going to jump out.

Rudy ignored that and kissed Maria on the lips in front of the crowd, which wasn't an ordinary kiss. He kissed her passionately using his tongue and gave her the toffee he was chewing.

After the kiss, Maria chewed onto the toffee with a dazed expression on her flushed face.

Rudy once again turned to the screen and said, "This makes everything official, right?"

[....]

"I wouldn't mind marrying her right here and now. If you can arrange a priest or a court official, that is," he said calmly.

[Rudy Ross, do you realize what you have done?] Heim Lu Bela asked with a glare in her eyes.

"Yes?"

[That toffee was mine.]

"But you said you don't like the strawberry flavor."

Rudy took out the toffee of all the flavors from his pocket and handed it to the dealer.

[Why did you give her?]