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.”

at last, but he still glared hard at

stare. After all, he was about to take the girl that Michael had painstakingly raised all this while away. It was expected that Michael would antagonize him. When Claude thought about how Michael’s twenty year-old precious daughter was

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;

on the couch, his demeanor as cold as an iceberg. At the same time, Sophia didn’t dare to speak as she sat next to him, her

a mutual topic with Michael, but unfortunately, Michael was having none of it. He would simply grunt here and there at best, making the

had a karaoke machine, he decided to say something bold. “Why don’t

up and running, so Claude picked up a microphone and began to

valleys are green,

the waiting, the sweeter the

darlin’, I promise

I hold you, I’m not

give up the ocean forever I

Forever I know.”

as though he put all his feelings into the lyrics,

look on her face as she shuffled closer

everyone. Even though they could feel the chill running down

he had retired from the band and now worked behind the scenes handling paperwork. Occasionally, he would compose a song or write some

song, Michael stood up. “I want to sing

living room after Michael selected his song, resulting in more goosebumps

microphone and began

winter wind blows, stinging

how it reminds me,

pickaxe, hacking away at daddy’s

a loss for

he sang, Michael’s hawk-like eyes

tightly-clenched hands betrayed him in the end; he

karaoke session. Claude prepared to leave, but Sophia felt that she should clear things up

but since he didn’t seem to be unwilling to let her do so, she simply slipped

them like a wolf tracking its prey to watch

the residential area were quiet. Sophia walked with Claude to send him off, an expression of pain

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