Next One Is a Babe

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The person who spoke paused for a moment before going on to say, “Looks like you don’t like the sound of it, Langdon. Regardless, everything I said is true. Lola is your only child, and this is the only time when you can ask for a bridal price. If you don’t state a price now, there will be no other opportunity for it.”

Someone else next to her chimed in as well. “What did the other family say? Is everything settled? Did you set the wedding date already? Even if they’re not buying you a house, they have to give you a car. It’s inconvenient to take a cab into the city with this distance.”

“That’s right. You’ll have to ask for all of this, including a house and a car. These are all just the basics. In addition, you spent so much on bringing up your daughter, so you can’t just give her away in vain without asking for a reasonable bridal price. Just the other day, I heard that Donnie’s daughter is getting married and he asked for tens of thousands in bridal price. That’s just the bridal price; the house and car are not included in it. Your Lola isn’t any better than his daughter, so you have to ask for this at the very least. You should call off the wedding if they’re not agreeable to it. Even if it’s difficult for a man to get a wife, a woman should be married off well.”

The gossip mongers went on one after another, and Fiona really doubted if they were really just being considerate for Lola. Pursing her lips and keeping her silence, all traces of a smile were long gone from her face.

All they cared about was shooting their mouths off for their own pleasure with complete disregard for Fiona’s attitude. Initially, she thought that they would give up if she didn’t say a thing, but they ended up talking endlessly.

In the end, they even urged her to call Lola to ask Logan to buy a house in full payment under Lola’s name before even considering the marriage.

Still keeping her silence, Fiona spun around and went into her yard, but the crowd followed behind her relentlessly.

In the house, Langdon slammed a door loudly to show his irritation, and they all could immediately tell from that moment that he was unhappy. Hence, they stood in the yard, afraid to step into the house.

Despite that, they kept appearing to be concerned for the Hunts. “It’s true! You really have to think about all these. They will ignore you if you bring this up after the wedding. You’ll have to bring this up when they’re asking for her hand in marriage. That family is so rich, anyway. So, what’s the problem if you ask for all these?”

Fiona dismissed them. “Just go home, all of you. I’m kind of tired now. I’d like to take a nap. You’ve all spent a long time staring outside, so you should just go home now and get along with your own business.”

Without waiting for a response, she turned and entered the house, slamming the door shut behind her. She didn’t care how they would look at her and went straight into her bedroom.

As Langdon had had a little to drink, he was now lying in bed with his eyes closed when she took a seat in the chair nearby. “What’s wrong with these people? Do they really think I can’t hear from their words that they can’t wait to ruin Lola’s marriage? They’re just a bunch of distasteful people who can’t stand to see others being well off.”