But the aunties were very friendly.
“Oh, Florence. Felicity’s boyfriend is so handsome! I like him!”
“No wonder you said that you were not interested when I introduced my friend’s son to Felicity before. It turns out that she already has a boyfriend, and they’re even living together. They’re such a good match.”
“Young man, how old are you? Where are you from? What do you do for a living?”
“Since you two already have a child together, when are you planning to have the wedding?”
Vermont awkwardly said, “What child? We don’t have a child.”
“You just mentioned something about a child on the phone earlier. Didn’t you say that Felicity has a child already?”
At this point, Vermont gave up.
He was impressed by how that person heard just a word he said on the phone and came up with a whole different story on her own.
Facing his future mother-in-law, no matter how embarrassed he felt, he dared not to hang up abruptly again. After all, the happiness of his marriage would still depend on whether Florence approved of him.
So, he cleared his throat and explained, “You heard it wrongly. I was saying that Felicity is still young, her career is on the rise, and there’s no rush to have a child now. I want her to live her life first and only have a child when she’s ready to do so.
“When she’s with me, she can do whatever she wants and not be constrained by anyone.”
Felicity’s relatives did not understand a thing he said, but Florence did.
She sized up the young man on the screen, whose gaze looked genuine as if he was showing her his determination and sincerity.
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