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Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 65

All of a sudden, Rachel felt a surge of suspicion. She said doubtfully, "Mom, what's done is done. Hopefully, uncle Colin and his family would not continue messing around with us, right?"

Marriage is not a child's play. Since Rachel and Hiram had already registered their marriage, it was meaningless for Colin's family to mess around anymore.

However, Fannie shook her head and said with a frown, "I don't think so. Although your marriage has been settled, I know that Colin would definitely do something terrible when he finds out that he has missed a great opportunity."

Any family that aspired to marry into Hiram's family was expected to have infinite wealth. No one would callously watch such a great opportunity slip through their fingers.

Rachel held Fannie's arm, and asked curiously, "Mom, is this why you made Hiram and me register our marriage in a rush? Were you concerned that uncle Colin's family would cause trouble for us."

"Yes, but that was just part of the reason, " Fannie answered, "If you had met the right man in one of those blind dates, I would have approved your marriage. But as time went by I had to step up, and create opportunities for you before it was too late."

As a girl, Rachel was too shy. Therefore, Fannie had to be more proactive to help her.

Fannie gently patted Rachel on the back and continued saying, "The moment I got to know about Hiram, I felt as if my heart had missed a beat. It seemed like a match made in heaven!

Now, my decision has turned out to be right. You and Hiram are made for each other."

Rachel was a loving and dutiful daughter; she had a special place in Fannie's heart. Although Hiram was wealthy, she felt that her daughter was also beautiful enough to be a good match for him.

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After Colin, his wife and daughter left Fannie's house, they checked into a small hotel.

Their business had been struggling for the past two years. Selina's family-owned enterprise had reduced from a small and medium-sized company to a small store. Not long ago, when a fellow villager of XH Village was shopping in their store, he accidentally mentioned the Rong family and the century-old agreement to them.

Hiram and his family were very famous around XH Village.

Suddenly, Colin and Selina realized that the timing was perfect since Hiram wasn't married to someone else yet, and their daughter was also single.

They closed down their store immediately and rushed to H City, in the fear that Fannie might make a move first.

They thought they had some advantage as their daughter Vicky was younger than Rachel and in such cases, men always preferred a younger and more beautiful woman over the other.

"No! Colin, I'm not willing to accept this. I won't accept it!" Selina exclaimed. She kept pounding on the table, in an attempt to let out the grievance that filled her heart.

Feeling dejected himself, Colin took a puff of his cigarette and said, "There's nothing we can do now. The betrothal gifts have already been delivered formally to Rachel's family. It would be ridiculous to approach Hiram to marry him to our daughter now?"

Selina retorted, "Ridiculous? It wouldn't be ridiculous if we become rich. Do you seriously believe that Fannie isn't doing this for the money?" Selina didn't believe anyone would say no to money. She complained, "If you had known something like this would happen, you shouldn't have accepted the adoption by your father's uncle.

Perhaps then, we would have lived close enough to Hiram, and we wouldn't have to worry about Fannie's daughter anymore. However, nobody could predict what would happen next."

Colin continued smoking and gave no reply. There was no medicine for regret in the world.

In fact, when Colin was a child, his father wanted to choose one child from him and Simpson and the chosen one would be adopted by a rich relative and needed to take care of the relative when he was old.

However, as Colin's mother died young, he couldn't bear the miserable life with his father. So he willingly volunteered to accept the adoption.

Seeing her parents' argument, Vicky stood up and said, "Dad, mom. We have never seen Hiram's face. And we don't even know whether he is fat or thin, tall or short. How could you be so ruthless that you would let your daughter marry a total stranger? I think we should forget about it."

"You silly girl. You ought to marry Hiram no matter if he is big or fat. He is rich. And in this world, money rules everything!" Selina scolded Vicky angrily.

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