"What about your life after getting married? Are you gonna stay here or live somewhere else? I'll prepare the house for you." This was what Edward was concerned about. If Luke and Michelle stayed here, he would have the rooms in this house rearranged. But if they wanted to live somewhere else, all he needed to do was find another house that would be perfect for them.
"We haven't discussed it yet. But we probably won't live here. I've started looking around and I have my eye on a few good houses nearby." The reason Luke did not want to stay here with the rest of the family was because he did not want them to find anything wrong between Michelle and him. He was worried that their relationship would be the center of excessive attention. A different house would be good to maintain privacy. That was why he preferred to live with his future wife separately.
"Okay, I got it. I'll take care of the house hunting. You don't need to worry about it," Edward said in a serious tone. He stopped making fun when it came to serious topics like this.
"It's okay! I can pay for it!" Luke refused. He had saved a large amount of money through all the years. He could even afford to buy a grand shopping mall if he wanted to. He had been well-paid thanks to Edward. Besides, he had stock shares in FX International Group. He was literally quite rich.
"Consider it our wedding gift to you and your new wife! That's all. Don't refuse us brother!" Edward surely knew that Luke did not lack money, and that he was actually rich. He knew exactly how much money he made. But the house was a gift that he wanted to prepare for him and he would not take no for an answer.
Besides, it was not a tough task for Edward to find a house nearby, especially that money was not an issue. He had bought a house not far away from his own home at highest price. That house was newly built and no one had ever lived there. The seller was not a local of this city and only built it for investment. So he agreed to sell it to Edward without hesitation when Edward paid a fortune. What was more, he made the deal on behalf of FX International Group. That was the key. All the businessmen in the city knew that they would earn a promising amount money with FX International Group as one of their clients.
Everyone apart from Daisy, who couldn't get out of work, was present when the two families met. Before they met, Michelle's father was unhappy and complained a lot. Michelle was his only child, after all. He believed that his daughter deserved the most wonderful wedding ceremony, instead of just a simple registration. When he found out, however, that Luke's father was the former boss of FX International Group, he stopped complaining immediately. He was not a person of narrow mindset and he surely knew what FX International Group was and its power and capabilities. But he could not help feeling worried at the same time, because they were at the top of the society's hierarchy and quite unreachable. Would his daughter be happy to marry into this kind of family and lifestyle? Would they find fault with her because of her family background? As a father, he had to think about all these concerns. In his eyes, this strong-willed, confident and self reliant woman would always be his little baby girl.
One the other hand, the longer a mother-in-law spent time with her son-in-law, the more she would like him. Leaving her husband's opinions aside, Michelle's mother was quite happy with Luke. She stared at Luke with a smile on her face all the time, which made Luke twist the corners of his mouth a lot. He understood why Michelle was good at staring at someone for a long time now. She inherited that ability from her mother!
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