Bright turned his head sideways, his sight fell on Rose’s flat lower abdomen, and Rose stroked her
lower abdomen out of instinct, her fair face was blushed with redness.
Rose had a guilty conscience, although she was pretending to be his Mrs. Lee and she was not
pregnant at all, she did give him a daughter which was a fact.
“Dad, we’re still young, we don’t need to be in a hurry. We’ve got time.” Bright stared at her shy face,
denying it.
They did not even have sex how could she be pregnant.
“It’s been three years. What have you been doing?” Francis said disapprovingly, he turned to look at
Rose, “Rose, tell me, is he always busy with work and that he has no time to with you?”
Being targeted by Francis, Rose was faced with a dilemma, how was she supposed to answer such a
tricky question?
Rose clutched her fingers together and peeked at Bright behind, expecting some hints from him.
However, she was busted by Francis, “Rose, what are you look at him for? Tell me the truth, if he dares
to cause you trouble, tell me, I’ll be there for you.”
Rose was on the edge of crying but she somehow retained her smile, “Dad, he has been good to me.”
“Did he?” Francis’s words were full of suspicions, he looked at Bright reproachingly, “How come you
don’t have a son or daughter after three years, I’ve been expecting to be a grandpa.”
“Dad, I’ll have to leave such matter as having kids to fate.” Bright sat down in the meantime, taking
Rose in his arms.
They sat side by side, one was beautiful, the other was handsome, it was just like a magazine
shooting, what a match!
“Cut it off.” Francis stared at his disobedient son, “Do you know uncle Jim’s son? He’s two years
younger than you and he is already a father of two kids. Uncle Jim is busy playing with his
grandchildren all day and can’t stop praising them whenever he meets people……So tell me, Bright,
when can I be grandpa?”
“Dad, we will work harder.” Bright’s hand pressed harder on Rose’s shoulder, his eyes were dark and
deep with emotion that she couldn’t make out, “Right?”
Rose’s eyes met with his, feeling trapped again by him.
“Dad, Don’t worry. He will make that happen.” It’s him, not them.
“Rose, this boy is a trouble maker, I’ll leave him in your charge from now on.” With a daughter-in-law,
he was happy to shift the burden, “No matter what, Hallie and I will stand on your side.”
Hallie smiled without saying a word, it was inappropriate for her to talk about their relationship as a
stepmother after all.
“Dad just handed me to you, you must take responsible with me then.” Bright looked at her
affectionately.
Such Bright Lee seemed to be a good husband, it was as if she was the treasure in his eyes.
Rose was able to melt down before she recovered her senses, taking her eyes away from him, “Don’t
play a victim when you have taken advantage.”
“Who has taken advantage?” Bright further demanded.
Of course it was me, but Rose never spoke out loud and responded to him with a disdainful look.
Seeing that they joked with each other, Francis showed a satisfying smile.
Hallie offered him the tea, “You see how good they are together, you can relax now.”
“I shall observe for a longer time.” Francis used the cup cover to filter the leaves on his tea, then took
two sips.
“Don’t scold Bright in front of Rose, it’s not good to damage his image.” Hallie suggested to her
husband, “This is Rose’s first time here, we should be nice and harmonious. And we as the elder
generation should behave in a cultured way.”
Bright gave it some thought before he put down the tea and nodded.
Hallie took out the present which was prepared in advance, and said to Rose gently, “Rose, this is your
first time here, your father and I had prepared a gift for you, it’s a good gesture, please take it.”
She stood up and offered the red velvet box, it was a green jade bracelet inside, the green color was
clear and clean, highest grade by look.
There was a price for gold but not for jade and a gift from the Lee family must worth a fortune.
“This is too expensive.” Rose looked at the jade bracelet, shook her head and didn’t dare to take it.
“This is the gift from Bright’s biological mother to her future daughter-in-law, it's only right that you take
it.” Francis especially pointed out the value of the jade bracelet.
“Yes, Rose, don’t feel pressured, his mother would be very happy that you take it.” Hallie convinced her
with understanding, “Take it.”
Rose sat there feeling restless, this was Bright’s mother’s legacy, how could she, a fake daughter-in-
law, take away the very gift that his family gave to his wife?
She felt like she was losing it, she was very anxious and she only wished to escape right away.
Bright held her waist, not giving her any chance to escape, reached out to take the jade bracelet and
put the lid back, “I’ll take it for her.”
“Thank you, Dad…… Hallie.” Rose replied.
“Rose, I see that you’re quite young?” Hallie changed the subject into something lighter.
Rose was pretty, although she had given birth to Doris, she still had a young girl’s shyness and
innocence in her, it would not be strange for people to mistake her as a college student.
“I’m 25 years old already.” Such casual small talk made Rose relax a lot.
“I couldn’t tell if you don’t say.” Hallie was surprised, “Are you working now?”
“Yes, I am.”
“What do you do?”
“I’m a designer, mainly in the field of decoration.”
“A designer, that’s good.” Hallie spoke to Francis, “So Rose is capable.”
Francis agreed with a nod, then asked further, “So who else is in your family?”
“Dad, are you doing a family background research? Aren’t you tired?” Bright saw them asking
questions in turn and browned unwillingly.
“Such a nice girl as Rose has been married with you for three years, don’t you need to greet their
parents?” Francis said.
“Dad, I make my own decisions, they won’t intervene.” Thinking of her own parents and her own home,
Rose felt a coldness in her heart all of a sudden.
But here, at the Lee family, she felt the warmth in a family, even though Bright and his father argued
with each other a lot which reflected the indulgence a real family should have.
Bright’s stepmother was a gentle and reasonable person, she didn’t take Bright’s distanced manner
into her heart and would even speak for him, smoothing things out between the father and the son.
This was a family, which she envied very much.
“How can it be? We are your husband’s family and we should act accordingly. Otherwise, people would
say we are lack of respect.” Francis’s attitude was firm, “Rose, see when suit your family and we shall
dine together with both families, and we should also discuss about your wedding. Our Lee family will
not allow you suffer.”
What? A wedding? It’s getting out of control!
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda