"Don't worry, because you'll have plenty of opportunities to see my old room in the future." Alan said slowly.
Olive glared at him. "That's your Mom, so how long are you going to keep her like this? Don't overdo it."
It's like Alan didn't care about his own business, but Olive was worried about him very much because Olive didn't want Alan to have a reputation for being unfilial. Besides, Mrs. Hoyle was too lonely to be alone.
Of course, Mrs. Hoyle didn't need her sympathy, but she felt like she couldn't do something so heartless, such as asking Alan to break off the relationship with Mrs. Hoyle.
"Don't worry, because I have my own plan." It's not that he's hard-hearted as he just wanted to be done once and for all.
The contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was an eternal topic, and the knowledge here was too deep. Everyone knew that a happy family meant wealth, but while he knew Olive wouldn't pick a quarrel, he couldn't be sure that Mrs. Hoyle wouldn't pick a quarrel.
Now it was because he had a step to walk down, but Mrs. Hoyle only loved her granddaughter, Annie, who was once disliked by Mrs. Hoyle. Therefore, for Annie's sake, Mrs. Hoyle suddenly showed a little mercy to Olive, but Mrs. Hoyle didn't necessarily accept Olive with all her heart. What he wanted was for his Mom to be able to let go of all her prejudices, opening her heart to Olive and Annie.
"If my guesses were right, my Mom wouldn't have let Annie come back with us today."
As Mrs. Hoyle took Annie to Disney World early in the morning, Mrs. Hoyle just wanted to get away from them, because they're here to pick up Annie. He could guess exactly what Mrs. Hoyle was thinking.
Sure enough, when he called Mrs. Hoyle, telling her that he wanted to pick up Annie, Mrs. Hoyle didn't hesitate to say. "When are you going to change Annie's last name?"
“Change Annie's last name?” Alan frowned deeply since it was a real headache.
He knew that this would be the first problem once Mrs. Hoyle accepted her little granddaughter, Annie, but since he had promised the Steele family so readily, he couldn't go back on his promise. However, he may not be able to convince Mrs. Hoyle so easily, and maybe Mrs. Hoyle would take it out on Olive.
"You're dating Olive, so do you still want your daughter to share her grandfather's last name?" Sometimes Mrs. Hoyle thought she had no idea what her son was thinking.
Since he wanted to be with Olive, she acquiesced from the moment she learned the truth, but that didn't mean she's allowed to not change Annie's last name.
"Mom, didn't you say you wouldn't let Annie be included in the family tree of the Hoyle family? Since you don't want Annie to be included in the family tree of the Hoyle family, why do you need to change Annie's last name?"
How sad it would be for Olive's parents if Annie changed her last name. Annie, their granddaughter, had been brought up by them, and Annie had been a part of every aspect of their lives. Without their tolerance to accept and care for the child, he was afraid that Olive would be more difficult because Olive didn't get married but was pregnant, while Annie couldn't be so healthy and happy when she was a child.
When Mrs. Hoyle heard her son's words, she almost lost her breath. She was wrong, and wasn't that enough?
But as a proud woman and an elder, she could not bow her head and say that she was wrong since it would be very difficult for her.
"Alan, do you have to go against your Mom like this?"
Everyone said that they should bring up sons to support parents in their old age, but why did her sons forget their mother once they married?
It's not that Alan didn't want his mother, but it's just that he couldn't be ungrateful because Olive's parents have been his great benefactors.
"Mom, I'll be honest with you. Annie's last name is Steele, and that's not going to change because it's my compensation to Olive and the Steele family."
"So you're going to give the child, who belongs to the Hoyle family, the same last name as the other family?"
"The Steele family is not the other family. Let's not forget that Annie was brought up by the Steele family." He knew that even though Mrs. Hoyle accepted Annie, she still didn't think of Olive as part of her family, and if she thought of Olive as part of her family, she wouldn't talk like that.
At first, she said that the Hoyle family didn't want Annie, but now she finally found the advantages of Annie, so she wanted Annie back. What he hated most about his Mom was selfishness.
"I heard that Olive is not the biological daughter of the Steele family, so the Hoyle family can compensate the Steele family with a huge amount of money......"
Alan interrupted Mrs. Hoyle before Mrs. Hoyle could finish speaking. "You have investigated Olive thoroughly, so you should know that Olive's parents don't care about the money, because they live a simple life and they are honest."
Mrs. Hoyle was about to explode, as she had lowered her position to accept Annie, but she had not expected to be so unappreciated by Alan. "Well, since the Steele family is so perseverant and determined, Annie, the child of the Steele family, will not be able to inherit any of the money of the Hoyle family."
If Mrs. Hoyle wanted to threaten Alan with this, she underestimated her son too much. What's more, the Hoyle's Group was now in charge of him, so if he wanted to leave the Hoyle's Group to Annie, no one could stop him.
"You can rest assured about this because my child will inherit everything I have. As for the Hoyle's Group, I will leave it to the children of Aoba and Ada."
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