A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38 So What if I’m Interested in Him?

Right now, Christopher was still holding Diane’s hand. Emilia’s words had put Diane in a difficult position and she didn’t know how to respond.

Her marriage with Christopher wasn’t meant to be made public to begin with—not unless it was the last resort.

In fact, she wanted nothing more than to hide it from her family at that moment.

Thus, she’d rather keep quiet and see how Christopher would answer her sister.

“I’ve said it before—she belongs to me.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Diane shot him a glance; he didn’t reveal nor deny the fact that she was his wife.

Even though she was satisfied with his ambiguous response, an inexplicable uneasiness surfaced in her chest.

“She belongs to you? W-What does that mean?” Maria was quick to follow up. Meanwhile, George stared fixedly at the two of them as well. Without waiting for Christopher to reply, George said all of a sudden, “No, you two can’t be together.”

Diane jolted momentarily whereas Christopher’s expression dulled instantly. He replied, “I’m afraid you don’t have the right to decide what I do with my personal life.”

His words were harsh and blunt, so Diane felt quite bad for her parents. As a result, she frowned in slight dissatisfaction.

George was overcome with awkwardness; even so, there wasn’t a hint of frustration on his face. Instead, he was very cautious with his choice of words—just like how he was when he used to serve the Wayne Family as a housekeeper 20 years ago. He said carefully, “I’m not trying to decide your life for you, Young Master Wayne. However, we… y-you see, we’re far too different from you. Diane isn’t suited to be together with you; you’re the Young Master while she’s…”

“I know very well who she is,” said Christopher, his voice cold as ice. His single sentence was enough to render George speechless, and the middle-aged man’s face paled immediately.

Maria’s eyes were fixed on Christopher the whole time. After some time, she finally broke her silence and hissed at George all of a sudden. She said, “Are you crazy? How can you talk to Young Master Wayne like that? You’re in no place to tell him how to live his life! Um… j-just get together if it’s your wish—it’s fine as long as Diane’s happy. At any rate, you’re a much better man than Norman.”

Maria then forced a smile and chuckled stiffly, but it earned a sharp glare from George. He seemed to have something to say, but Maria stopped him with a grip on his arm. “All right, stop it. Let’s not spoil the mood.”

George kept his opinions to himself in the end, but he still looked extremely discontented.

Meanwhile, Diane felt that the looks on her parents’ faces were quite odd indeed.

Nevertheless, she couldn’t tell what exactly was strange about their reaction. Just as she was lost in thought, Christopher spoke again.

“After what happened today, I don’t think it’ll be safe for you all to stay here. I’ll arrange somewhere safer for you guys to stay. If you need anything in the future, just let me know—there’s no need to look for Diane.”

Diane instantly returned to her senses at the sound of his words, and she looked up at the man in a daze.

Is he helping me to take care of my family?

At that moment, a warm feeling rushed up her chest and she was about to say something when Maria beat her to it with a laugh. “That’s great. I’ve always known that you’re a nostalgic person, Young Master Wayne—you treat Diane so well, and you’re even taking care of our family. Thank you, Young Master Wayne.”

“There’s no need to thank me.”

Christopher was indifferent and cold toward Maria’s earnest attitude. As Diane looked at her mother, she felt that behind her huge grin was an immense hunger for profit.

Maria’s blatant butter-up made Diane uncomfortable to watch; she was afraid that her family would continue to leech off Christopher with more outrageous requests. With that in mind, she said, “Since Christopher had offered, you guys should pack up, Mom and Dad. Well then, I’ll be leaving with him first.”

Then, she gave Christopher’s hand a tug and turned around; he didn’t object and followed suit.

To her surprise, Emilia quickly ran up to the two of them and blocked their way at the door.

“What’s the rush, Diane? I’m not done yet.”