"Of course not." Olive Steele smiled to reassure Annie. she hadn't been sure herself before, but now she was willing to go ahead and trust Alan Hoyle to give them a good life.
"Well, for your sake, Mommy, I'll believe him," Annie said with a flutter of her cheeks.
After her shower and getting dressed, Annie refreshed again, chased the puppy around the room.
Olive's father returned as well. His business was doing well lately, and he had even hired a part-time college student who was now looking after the shop.
As the family sat around the table, Alan poured a glass of wine for Olive's father and then poured some into the glass of Olive's mother, who was not drinking. He refilled his own glass and held it up, "Thank you for your blessings on our marriage. Olive has suffered a lot over the years because of me, and at the same time you have been worried, but rest assured that from now on I will love Olive and Annie dearly."
His words made Olive's mother's eyes turn a little red. The suffering Olive had endured in the past had finally been replaced by this man's sense of responsibility. She hoped that Olive and Annie would always be so happy.
Olive's father waved his hand, "As long as you're happy, we're fine anyway."
After Alan Hoyle had a drink with Olive's parents, Chloe Malan suddenly dropped a pointed question, " Hey, Alan Hoyle, you and Olive were registered now, tell me you won’t keep this in the dark just because of the old hag of yours."
"Chloe Malan," Olive Steele frowned and yelled.
Chloe glared back at her, "What? You become his woman so soon? I'm just trying to help!"
However Olive Steele was just trying to warn her not to choose her language carefully because Annie could hear it too.
"I understand your concern, but the wedding is being prepared." Alan Hoyle replied to her with a smile, " and as for the bridesmaid, I think you're the best person for the job."
"Of course I am." Chloe Malan rolled her eyes.
"Then the best man has to be me." Aoba Hoyle said with a grin.
Without doubt, Chloe understood Aoba's intentions so she huffed, "Alan Hoyle, I'm telling you, if you let this guy be your best man, I'll drag Olive to run away from the wedding."
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