A Beautiful Misunderstanding

"Of course not." Then Essie shrugged.

Hearing Wendy mention the past, Lucy felt unease sweep through her.

Back then, because she couldn't have another child, Bob's parents were against his marriage with her. They did everything possible to break it off. Even though Essie was quite young, she was bestowed with sensibility. She was a considerate child. In order to make the family accept her mother and her, she even agreed to change her last name. She also swore that no matter who she married, she would maintain the surname and make sure her kids would have it.

"Wendy!" When Lucy was about to speak, she was stopped by Bob. In a firm voice, he said, "About Essie’s issue, I will deal it with Lucy. We will sort it out in Zac's parents' presence. But at present, we are here to talk about Finney."

He made it clear to everyone that he didn't want other people putting their nose in his daughter's business.

Wendy rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm doing it for your sake."

Listening to her aunt's words, Essie sneered in her heart. She knew very well that people like her aunt cared about nothing but money. Human beings had no value at all! She held Zac's hand and said, "There is a beautiful garden here. Let's get a breath of fresh air, shall we?"

"Okay," Zac replied with a smile. It was indeed suffocating in here.

Antony also stood up. His condition seemed worse than Zac's. His mother-in-law was indeed a scary woman. "Finney, let's go with them."

Finney nodded, and the four of them left the room together.

In the garden, they sat around a round table, enjoying the fresh air. Essie took a deep breath and giggled all of a sudden. Seeing the look on other's face, she explained, "You rich people have your fun. And allow us poor people to have ours. We don't have money. But as long as we are happy, nothing else matters. Don't you think so?"

Holding her by the shoulder, Zac's eyes brimmed with tenderness. "It's my pleasure to marry a woman like you."

Antony looked at them with admiration and said, "Lovely! I love to see women who don't value money too much."

"Antony, but if every women became like me, then men like you who are tall, handsome, rich would lose their advantages." Essie was teasing him now.

"That's true," Antony smiled, with an indescribable shimmer on his face.

Finney sighed and said, "I am glad you are optimistic. However, you have to be mentally prepared for what is to come. Your wedding won't be so smooth."

patted on Zac's shoulder. "How many siblings do you

brother," replied

to know more so she probed, "Does your brother look

"Not really." Zac shrugged.

he is as handsome as you." Her curiosity was piqued. If little brother was such a cold and strong man, then she was curious to know how the elder brother might

forehead. "Is this what

coughed and pretended to be serious. She then said, "Since you have a brother, you could come here and take care of my family. Would it be too much if my family adopted you as their

smile at the corners of his mouth, Zac continued, "But I

and said, "Why not? I will feed and take care

a good suggestion." Zac gave a thumbs

Finney and

is not your place to make the decision. When you give birth to a baby, the two families will surely quarrel over the surname. If grandma and grandpa come to know that the baby

solid solution to this dilemma. You could give birth to a few more kids. Half of them should be titled with your family name and the other half with his. That would sort it out!" Hearing that, Essie could not help but

put his thin lips close to her ear and caressed her soft

on his arm, turned around and whispered in his ear, "I

am all ears." His fingers ran through her hair and continued to play

world!" Her voice was so low that

her ear. He was determined to

the sight of them, Finney thought they were flirting with each other, so she covered her

other hand, Antony was sitting there in silence, his thick eyebrows frowning, as if something was bothering him. Essie noticed that his face had become dark when aunt Wendy criticized Zac. It seemed as

wanted to ask Anthony why his mood was off, but decided against

they got back to

phone buzzed, taking away her peace. 'Who

the caller ID, she was surprised. It

after the

confession, she wouldn't act on

never be the woman

making sure

her best to sound calm, but her nervousness was