“If I’m dating Julian, we can still move out after marriage and maintain some distance from the in-laws, right?”After a moment of silence, Zoey said, “Even if you don’t live together, it will be easy for Mrs. Bucham to find faults with you and try to ruin your marital relationship if she doesn’t accept you. She’s his mother, and he can’t just cut ties with her for you, right?”Quinn remained silent.After a while, Quinn sighed and said, “Mom, are you suggesting that I shouldn’t accept Julian? I had just made up my mind, and now I’m confused again. I don’t know what to do. I feel it might be better to live alone and not deal with these complicated interpersonal relationships.“My temperament is not suitable for dealing with people who are scheming. They say it’s difficult to get along with mothers-in-law in wealthy families. Not many can be as reasonable as Serenity, Jasmine, and their mothers-in-law. I heard from Serenity that when she first got together with Zachary, his mother c
Julian forced a nervous smile and said, “I went to the gym, and Quinn mentioned she had something to do and went out. I thought she went home.“Anyway, is there anything I can help with?”Zoey sat on the couch, and as she turned on the TV she said, “We’re having Italian tonight, and all the ingredients are ready. You don’t need to do anything else. Julian, come over and chat with me.”“Oh, sure.”Julian was happy to chat with Zoey. He believed that the better he behaved, the more his future mother-in-law would like him.Julian poured a cup of water for Zoey and then sat down across from her with a warm smile on his handsome face. He asked, “What would you like to talk about?”“Just casual chatting. Talk about daily life, talk about children. As a housewife, these are the only things I can talk about.”Zoey put down the TV remote, looked at Julian, and suddenly asked, “Julian, you’re in your thirties and still haven’t dated or married. Is it because your parents have high expecta
Julian stood up and said to Zoey, “I’ll go upstairs and talk to Quinn. Regarding the question about my health, I’ll also tell Quinn without reservation.”“Sure, you two have a good chat. I’ll call you both downstairs for dinner when they come back.”Julian headed upstairs.Zoey looked at his back and muttered softly, “I can’t tell that he’s sick. What kind of illness does he have? Is it because he’s sick that he’s still unmarried at this age?”Was it that all unmarried older men must have some problems?Well, if...God knew when her daughter would find a boyfriend.They really liked Julian.Zoey already regarded him as a son-in-law.When Quinn heard Julian mention that he had an illness and was going upstairs, she returned to her room, pretending not to know that Julian was chatting with her mother downstairs.Soon, Julian arrived at the door of Quinn’s room and knocked.“The door isn’t locked, come in,” Quinn responded.Julian turned the handle and opened the door. He entered without
Julian nodded. “Yes, that’s why I’ve never gotten married. I don’t have any sexual reaction to those women. I can’t just marry someone for dignity, right?“My family is also very anxious. They arranged countless blind dates for me. When I refused to go on blind dates, they brought pictures of girls, hoping that I would have a reaction to someone.“As long as I look at a girl a little longer or talk to her a bit more, my parents think I like them, making me extremely helpless. In the end, I had to stay away from women to avoid misunderstandings with my parents.“Quinn, I had resigned myself to being single for life. Who knew that at Wiltspoon Airport, I would find a keychain with a small photo of you? When I saw your photo, I inexplicably wanted to kiss you, my heart raced, and my face turned red.“This feeling is something I haven’t experienced in my over thirty years of life. I think that’s what they call love at first sight, a normal man’s reaction.“You are the destined woman f
“It’s not exactly an investigation, I just wanted to know who you are. After all, you are the only woman who has captured my heart. Even if I had to search the ends of the earth, I would find you.“Because I had your photo, it was easy to locate you.”At this point, Julian said everything, without further concealment. Learning from Zachary’s experience, he knew that when facing the woman he loved, some things were better said sooner. If concealed for too long, it would be difficult to handle.Zachary and his wife almost divorced because of similar issues.“After finding you, I didn’t want to casually introduce myself to you, fearing you’d see me as a pervert. So, I arranged for my subordinates to pretend to be a biker gang. On your way back to the hotel, they stopped my car, putting me in a dangerous situation, giving you the chance to save me.“That way, I could approach you, treat you well, and you wouldn’t suspect me.”Quinn stared at him. “So, everything was arranged by you.”
”I know marrying me could put you in the way of unpredictable dangers, but I will do my best to keep you safe and not let anyone bully you or harm you, not even a single bit.”Julian was the heir of the Buchams and as its future head, if he could not even protect his wife, he had no business taking that position.Quinn replied on instinct. “It’s not like I’m afraid that you’ll endanger me.”She could protect herself.“As long as you and your family don’t do anything illegal, the power you have is all due to your competence.”Julian hurriedly said, “We won’t do anything illegal like murder, arson, smuggling, or anything like that. We always consider the long-term, so how could we possibly be so stupid to do illegal things? Wouldn’t that just be asking for trouble?”“Grandma May said before that if we Buchams dared to do anything illegal, she would be the first to hold us accountable because we’ve gained connections from her.”The Buchams and the Yorks had such a good relationship
“Sure. I-I won’t rush you or force you. Think carefully about it. Even if you can’t accept my feelings right now, I can wait. It just means that I haven’t done enough to move your heart and satisfy you.“I’ll keep striving my best to make you fall for me and make you happy.”Quinn smiled and said, “It’s not that you haven’t done enough. It’s just—I saw you as a friend but you saw me as a wife. It’s too sudden. I need some time to digest this since this is a major life decision and does concern my happily ever after. I have to think carefully about this.“Julian, this is between the two of us. Don’t tell my parents about this before I’ve given you an answer. If they knew I didn’t immediately say yes, they’d probably yell my head off. Unfortunately, I am that person who’s been stood up countless times by my blind dates.“My dad doesn’t really care. It’s not like I’m that old either—I’m only in my twenties. But my mom’s anxious and keeps thinking that I might be able to defend myself
Before Julian could respond, Quinn’s voice traveled from the top of the stairs.“Food’s ready!”Zoey called from the kitchen.Everyone immediately entered the kitchen and clambered over each other to carry out the ingredients Zoey had prepared for the meat fondue.Apart from Dave, who was not around, everyone sat around the table and dug into the piping-hot fondue.Will even grabbed a bottle of good liquor from his dad’s collection and four small cups, asking Zoey, “Mom, is it okay if we have a bit to drink tonight?”“If you don’t plan on going out after this, I’ll allow you to have a small glass each. Any more than that is a no-go.”If they had too much and got drunk, their work tomorrow would be affected.Will hummed in acknowledgment and said, “Okay, just a small glass then.”A little was better than nothing.“Quinn is a girl, so you should drink less.”Will only poured half a glass for his little sister.Quinn was very dissatisfied with this. “Yeah, I’m a girl, but my a