A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 871

"I just think both Yelena and Dicky are too young to consider marriage.' Jay simply came up with a reason, finding it all the more logical after some consideration. "Yelena's just three! It's far too early to consider that."

"It's called planning ahead, get it? Do you think Yelena wont get rivals for a young man as fine as Dicky?" Zoe said seriously, convincing herself further the more she said it.

Who knows? Richard Levine might be married by the time Yelena becomes an adult, and she would die regretting that her golden goose was poached to be someone else's son-in-law.

"No. Yelena's cute, so all the good ones would flock around her anyway,” Jay replied solemnly. "And even if she doesn't like them or refuses to marry, she can stay with us forever. That's fine, since I can afford it."

Zoe was rendered speechless.

Does Jay know that being too nice a father would spoil a daughter? And what was that supposed to mean, that Yelena could stay with them forever?!

"What if you die?" Zoe asked.

and she

she wasn't about to change Jay's mind about bethroting

that any other son-in-laws paled in comparison to

up already," Jay said, seeing that Zoe was clearly

Zoe had something in mind, she wouldn't just say it-she

All's fair in love and war. I'm actually surprised you'd stop Dicky and Yelena from getting together like Cordy did. Actually, forget Cordy stopping them,

She's our daughter,"

the jackpot if we get Dicky. Cordy has reason to be reluctant. But why are you rejecting the idea too? Don't you want a good

"Zoe, Yelena’s

I said, it's about planning

not happening, not for them,” Jay said, his

"Why?!" Zoe huffed.

pursed his lips, but he didn't know where to start, especially with the many things that had happened in the