The meal went by awkwardly. Sophia kept her head down as she ate, all the while fully aware of every single one of her hairs standing on end as she thought that she should find some time to clarify things with Claude.

Everyone hastily gobbled their food, leaving Claude and Michael to talk to each other.

“How old are you?”

“I’m 27 this year, Sir.”

“An older man trying to snap up a younger woman. No go. What’s your zodiac sign?”

“I’m a Pisces, Sir.”

“Your signs aren’t compatible with each other. I don’t approve of this. What do you work as?”

“I’m part of the performance branch in the military…”

“That doesn’t bring in the money. You’re not getting my seal of approval! How tall are you?”

“1.81 meters.”

 

“Too short. No thank you.”

Claude’s head was beaded with sweat due to his anxiety. It was the first time he was eating with this strict potential future father-in-law.

 

Michael’s face was as frosty as a primordial glacier, making Claude look as though he was about to ravish the former’s girl.

Then, Claude gave Sophia some food. “Here, Sophia, eat this. You’ll be able to recover faster if you eat more.”

Michael smacked Claude’s fork away with his own fork. “She doesn’t like that.”

After that, Claude poured some juice for Sophia. “Here, have some.”

Again, Michael smacked Claude’s hand away. “She doesn’t like that juice.”

Even when faced with Michael’s deliberate sabotage, Claude remained even-tempered. He simply accepted things graciously. Even Harry was so moved by this ‘future son-in-law’ of Michael’s that he couldn’t resist putting in a word for him. “Hey old chap, this is Claude’s first visit here. Quit heckling him.”

but he still

this while away. It was expected that Michael would antagonize him. When Claude thought about how Michael’s twenty year-old precious daughter was about to marry

meal, Claude still did not leave. Instead, he wanted to stay behind to spend time with Michael. The whole party sat in the living room, unsure what to do. They either watched TV, patted the cat, or played with the dog; no one dared to be

as cold as an iceberg. At the same time, Sophia didn’t dare to speak as she sat next to

doing his best to find a mutual topic with Michael, but unfortunately, Michael was having none of it. He would simply grunt here and

Fletchers had a karaoke machine, he decided to say something bold. “Why

Soon, the machine was up and running, so Claude picked up a microphone and

mornings are warm, and the valleys are green, I’ll come back

longer the waiting, the

my darlin’, I

hold

give up the ocean forever

Forever I know.”

feelings into the lyrics, pouring all the love deep in his

on her face

everyone. Even though they could feel the chill running down their skin, everyone’s hearts felt even colder as

now worked behind the scenes handling paperwork. Occasionally, he

song, Michael stood

resounded around the living room after Michael selected his song, resulting in more goosebumps on

up a microphone and began to

wind blows, stinging

me, of my

like a pickaxe, hacking

at a loss

eyes remained locked on

he felt that he wouldn’t be able to

they finished their karaoke session. Claude prepared to leave, but Sophia felt that she should clear

unwilling to let

wolf tracking its prey

weren’t many residents at The Imperial, so the walkways in the residential area were quiet. Sophia walked with Claude to send

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