Troy insists that they should accept his gifts and emphasizes, "What's mine is your daughter's. So you
don’t need to feel pressured."
Karin speaks up, "Dad, since it's his intention, you guys can accept it."
Hearing his daughter and Son-in-law both say so, Mike has to accept it, puts his arms around his
granddaughter, and says with a smile, "When Esme grows up in the future, Grandpa will give them to
you as a dowry."
“Hahahaha…” They all laugh in unison.
After chatting for a while, Mike suddenly says to Jane, "Go to the guest room to clean yourself up. It's
late. All should rest."
"Why should I clean the guest room?"
"For my son-in-law to live in it."
Troy is taken aback, "Dad, I'll just sleep in Karin's room."
"No, you are not married yet."
Karin is even more surprised, "Dad, our child is five years old."
"I don't care. I won't allow you to be in the same room if you're not married anyway."
"The wedding will be held sooner or later. It's just a ceremony."
"Do you want to rebel with me?"
He raises his eyebrows. And Troy immediately nods, "Dad, I will do everything as you said."
At night, after Karin puts her daughter to bed, she sends a text message to Troy, which reads, "Are you
asleep?"
"No, do you want to come to my room?"
She smiles annoyedly and replies, "Come to the courtyard. I have something to tell you."
"Come to my room, okay? We can talk while making love."
...
Karin closes the door of her room and takes the lead to go to the courtyard. And soon, Troy also shows
up.
"Didn't I tell you to go to my room?"
"Aren't you afraid that you will lose the image you've managed to maintain tonight?"
He sighs while stroking his forehead, "Then what are you going to say to me?"
"Thank you."
Karin gazes at him profoundly, "Thank you for helping our family maintain our pride today."
"It is what I should do."
"I should say thank you to you. And it seems that all the stuffiness that has been building up in my heart
for years has come out at once."
"Then how do you want to repay me?"
His eyes become burning as he doesn’t hide the desire in his heart. Karin's face turns red as she says,
"For the sake of the fact that I let Esme recognize you as her irresponsible father, let's get even."
“Well…” Troy doesn’t know whether he should laugh or cry as he says, “Since we are even, why did
you call me here?”
"I have something to say to you."
"What is it?"
"The legal representative of HS Group, the company I worked for in Edinburgh, is your second uncle
Emmanuel Charlie, which I found out when I accidentally asked for William's signature."
Originally, she thought that Troy would be as shocked as she was after hearing her words. However,
Troy is surprisingly calm.
"Did you hear that?"
Seeing that he doesn't say anything, she pushes him.
"Yeah."
"Then aren't you even surprised?"
"I already knew that."
This time, Karin is shocked. And she opens her eyes wide, "Did you know it? When?"
"I knew it when I leaked your design last time."
"Then do you have any idea about it? According to William, the company belongs to his father. In that
case, why would its legal representative be Emmanuel Charlie?"
"There's nothing strange about it. My grandfather made a rule back then that Charlie family members
were not allowed to run businesses in L Country. But my uncles still secretly violated his rule by starting
companies for others to run while he manipulated its operation behind the scenes."
"So, is it normal?"
"Yeah."
Karin sighs, "Everyone in your family is so strange. I always find the things you do unbelievable."
She looks up at the sky, ponders on it for a few seconds, and then asks, "So your second uncle didn't
blame you for screwing our company last time, right?"
"Of course, he didn’t blame me. After all, he went against the family rules and ran such a company in
secret."
"He is probably mad at heart."
"No, my second uncle is different from my other uncles. He will not hold a grudge against me because
of such a petty matter."
Troy denies it meaningfully. In fact, in his heart, he is confused as well. It is just that he dares not to
speculate on it. After all, family affection has become a luxury for him.
Early the next morning, Karin says to her mother, "Mom, I will go to see Grandma with Troy later."
As soon as she finishes words, Jane chokes up, sniffles, and says gloomily, "Don't go."
"Why?"
"Your grandmother has passed away."
Mike answers on behalf of his wife, "She died in spring three years ago."
“Boom!” Karin feels that something in her brain explodes. And her legs go limp. She falls into Troy's
arms...
Grass extends inches by inches. And the wind gently blows. Standing in front of her grandmother's
grave, Karin doesn’t shed any tears. It is not that she isn’t sad. Instead, she dares not to cry. If she
does, it means that her grandmother indeed has gone.
"Regarding your grandmother, before she died, she still called your name." Jane sobs, "She said,
‘Karin, where have you been? Why didn’t you come back to see Grandma…’ "
When her mother says this, she feels even more heartbroken and guilty. Then she immediately gets
down on her knees with her hands clutching at the dirt on the ground. Although her nails have been
broken, she holds herself back from crying.
"Your grandmother is a woman with a bitter life. All over her life, she has been waiting for a man who
failed her. And she is still waiting for him until her death. Even so, the man didn’t come back. And she
died so unwillingly. When you came back with an illegitimate daughter, your father and I were
overwhelmingly painful. And we couldn’t accept it. It is not because we were afraid of being laughed at
by others. Instead, we were afraid that you would end up like your grandmother..."
As Jane says so, she can’t help but lose her voice and cry. It is just that this time, she no longer cries
desperately.
"Fortunately, Troy didn’t fail you. Unfortunately, your grandmother couldN’t see such a scene. If you had
come back a few years earlier, your grandmother should be overwhelmingly happy as she sees your
family. Maybe she could live a few more years. After all, she died in hatred because she had been
waiting a lifetime without seeing any hope."
Troy slowly walks to the tombstone, gently takes Karin into his arms, and says heartily, "Cry if you want
to. Don't hold yourself back. You no longer need to be strong. So don't be afraid of letting others see
how much pain you are in."
"I don't want to cry."
Karin bites her lips tightly and stares at her grandmother's picture, and says, "She surely has been tired
before she left. It's good that she left. It’s good. She never has to wait for that person again."
Originally, waiting for someone is an exhausting thing, let alone waiting for someone for a lifetime.
If there is an afterlife, Karin hopes that her grandmother will never be a woman who waits for her man
foolishly.
Although she says she won’t cry verbally, tears flow and fall on the ground one after another. She
knows it better than anyone that her grandmother's sadness doesn’t come from her calm sentiment for
the years passing by or the simple and lonely suffering or the longing for affection between males and
females. Instead, she knows that the reason why her grandmother was sad was that she simply didn’t
have a chance to say a lot of words in her heart.
Jane leaves the cemetery with Esme first. Troy accompanies Karin in front of her grandmother's grave
as he says guiltily, "I'm sorry, Karin. It's all my fault. It's my failure to fulfill the promise at the critical
moment that the same encounter does not mean the same fate, which caused you to fail to see your
grandmother for the last time. I'm so sorry.”
She shakes her head, "It's not your fault. Everything is predestined."
Troy kneels down and slowly raises his right hand, "Grandma, I swear to you today that I will love this
woman beside me with everything I have during my lifetime. And I will guard her until I die. Never will I
let her suffer a little bit and be hurt a little bit. Please bless her and make sure she is safe and happy."
Karin's eyes well up with hot tears. It turns out people won’ only cry in pain. Occasionally, they will cry
out of their happiness.
She also raises her right hand and says with tears in her eyes, "Grandma, I swear to you today that I
will do my best to love this man beside me as long as I live. Disregard how many difficulties, dangers,
misunderstandings, and pains, I will believe in him unconditionally, follow him, and live without regret
even if I put my life on the line. And please bless him, making sure that he has to be safe and healthy.
"
Karin's eyes well up with hot tears. It turns out people won’ only cry in pain. Occasionally, they will cry
out of their happiness.
She also raises her right hand and says with tears in her eyes, "Grandma, | swear to you today that |
will do my best to love this man beside me as long as | live. Disregard how many difficulties, dangers,
misunderstandings, and pains, | will believe in him unconditionally, follow him, and live without regret
even if | put my life on the line. And please bless him, making sure that he has to be safe and healthy.
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