Chapter 267

Dad answered the door. When he saw Colin and I standing next to each other by the entrance, there was only one word to describe his look-

flabbergasted.

His jaw almost fell on the ground as if he had just made a groundbreaking discovery. For once, he forsook the gentility he wore as a teacher and ran toward the kitchen so wildly that his slippers shot across the room. He dragged Mom out.

Mom was holding a cleaning rag in one hånd and a bottle of dishwashing liquid in another. She, too, was rendered speechless by what she saw. Her mouth was agape. Were it not for the pair of glasses, her eyes would have popped out of their sockets.

Seeing the extent of their confusion upon seeing me with another man and understanding how disastrous the consequences could be, I put down everything and explained it to them.

Perhaps I was being too straightforward. Colin stood beside me expectantly while my parents were squirming with embarrassment.

I was befuddled. Couldn’t they just give me a simple yes or no regarding my decision to date Colin? Why were they hesitating?

As the family head, Dad solemnly decided to hold a family meeting for the very first time to discuss my choice to date Colin.

The four of us sat on the couch. Colin relayed everything that happened between us to my parents—including how he had been in love with me for 22 years, how he suffered in his lonely quest for love, and how he was afraid of going back home because it’d remind him of me.

He spared nothing. I blushed, and my ears turned red as he told one story

after another.

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speech, he sat on the

his knees were trembling, and I saw a sheen of sweat on his forehead. I found it

fingers swiped at the sweat beads on his forehead to

palm without breaking his gaze. He then said in a calm

next to

eyes, Mom sighed and uttered, “What on earth is going

of the White brothers are you

and Mrs. Lawson, if Lulu and Felix were dating, I’d definitely step aside. I wouldn’t get in their way. But they’ve split up. I love Lulu, and I hereby swear that if I ever do anything that hurts her, I’ll be banished to

I didn’t want to hear it,

I might trip myself, Colin caught

meekness, Dad

the kitchen. They said they wanted to cook something delicious for us

weight. My

oatmeal for a week!

that told me that Dad and Mom approved of my relationship

Colin.

to us now to build

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