She had seen many gossips, but she had never seen a man with such a mean mouth.
Alan had buried his head in her neck. "I'm your man, so if anyone says anything bad about my woman,
I should teach him a lesson."
"I suppose there are a lot of people here who insult me, so are you going to beat them one by one?"
Olive said with a smile. In fact, she didn't care about this gossip, but her parents had many
acquaintances in the neighborhood, so it must have caused them a lot of trouble, and she felt very
guilty.
"In the future, if I meet a man who liked to talk nonsense, I'll hit him." Alan snorted coldly, and he felt
that it was he who deserved to be beaten, for not protecting her.
Olive glared at him. "If you fight again, I won't bring you home."
Alan said with a smile. "It doesn't matter, as I'll come to your house by myself. Anyway, I already know
where it is."
Well, there's nothing she could do about him.
This man was just awesome.
When Olive opened the door, the three people sitting in the living room looked up at her.
"Darling, you're back at last." Chloe ran over to Olive with her arms outstretched, but when Chloe saw
the man behind Olive, her smile looked stiff. "Why are you here?"
Chloe didn't seem to welcome Alan and stood at the door refusing to let him in.
Olive awkwardly nudged Chloe with her hand. "Chloe, don't do that."
Chloe pinched Olive's arm, saying through gritted teeth. "You woman, don't you know what reserve is?
You're supposed to look reserved, okay? You were so eager to bring him back that he thought he was
the only one who would marry you, and then he must have bullied you."
Alan said with a smile. "It's not that she will only marry me, but that I will only marry her."
But Chloe didn't believe him and she just snorted coldly. "You just speak sugared words."
Alan answered. "I'm just being honest."
"Well, Chloe, since he's here, let him come in and have dinner with us." Mr. Steele said from the side,
just for his daughter's sake.
Chloe let Alan in reluctantly.
There were many delicious dishes on the table, just waiting for Olive to come back for dinner.
Mr. Steele took out a bottle of good old wine from the cupboard. "Mr. Hoyle, shall we have a drink?"
Alan said with a smile. "Ok, Dad, if you want to drink it, I'll drink it with you."
Mr. Steele called Alan "Mr. Hoyle", which was sounding unfamiliar, whereas Alan called Mr. Steele
"Dad", which was sounding affectionate, and Olive's eyelids twitched. Mr. Hoyle, would you stop calling
my Dad so much more affectionate than I was.
Mrs. Steele kept putting food into Olive's bowl, while she also put food into Chloe's bowl. "Come on,
you should eat more. The more I look at you two, the more skinny you look."
Olive and Chloe looked at each other, saying in unison. "Do we?"
"Yes." Alan also put the food into Olive's bowl. "Honey, listen to Mom and eat more. If you eat more,
Mom won't worry about you."
Chloe accidentally spat the rice from her mouth into the bowl. "Alan, would you please stop calling Mrs.
Steele "Mom"? Who's your Mom? We haven't accepted you yet."
Alan said simply. "Olive's Mom is my Mom, and whether you accept me or not, Mrs. Steele is still my
Mom."
"But I want to scold you." Chloe said dirty words.
"I'm all ears." Alan looked as calm and at ease as ever. He poured Mr. Steele a glass of wine, poured
himself a glass of wine, and raised his glass. "Here's to you, Dad."
Chloe came to the conclusion. "You look shameless."
As Alan called Mr. Steele "Dad" and called Mrs. Steele "Mom," Olive's parents could not be angry with
him, even if they felt a little uncomfortable.
Alan was sincere, and although Alan had let his daughter suffer for five years, Alan had not done it on
purpose. Besides, Alan had not given up looking for his daughter in those five years, while it wasn't
Alan who abandoned his daughter, as it was his daughter who had to leave Alan.
On this thought, Olive's Parents suddenly realized that Alan was devoted and affectionate toward their
daughter.
Nowadays young people said "like" or "love" to each other every day, but few of them could live a good
life together.
But the man before their eyes looked quite composed.
Shouldn't they trust him once?
Mr. Steele didn't talk much at first, but after a few drinks, he began to talk slowly.
"Mr. Hoyle, Olive is our darling, even though we're not rich. Although Olive's life was not particularly
good as a child, we're not willing to let her suffer. However, since Olive met you and returned to Luo
City from Jiangcheng, these five years have been really hard for Olive because I was lame and didn't
make much money, and her mother was not well and was often ill, while Olive had to raise Annie. This,
Olive has worked almost day and night for the family these past few years. On weekends, all the other
girls were dressed up to go on dates, but Olive was either working overtime or working part-time as she
worked like a man to support her family."
"Dad, why do you say that?" Olive was a little annoyed.
"It'll make your Dad feel better if you let him talk." Mrs. Steele held her daughter back because what Mr.
Steele had said was exactly what she wanted to say.
"Dad, it's my fault since I didn't find them sooner. It is my fault, so I punish myself with a glass of wine."
Alan's heart ached. He knew Olive had suffered a lot, but when he heard what her father said, it hurt
him even more because they were the family that had seen her through and stood by her through these
difficult five years. So he couldn't feel as deeply as they did. A full glass of wine ran down his throat and
seared his heart. "Dad, Mom, you can rest assured that I will take care of Olive, Annie and you in the
future and I'm sure I'll be good to you."
Mr. Steele shook his head. "We don't need you to be good to us, as you just need to be good to Olive.
Because of you, she refused all advances from men. Even though we all thought the man was
wonderful, she wouldn't even try to accept him, as she never wanted to be in a relationship. So now,
Alan, you know what you've done to her."
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