There He Is Again My Ex Husband by Emily Jenkins

Sylvie's father pulled her mother by the hand, put on a reproachful face and told her off. "Stop being such a gossip. Come on, let's get on the car."

With that he brought her onto the car. Sylvie gave Lucien a look, hinting that he should let go of her hand, because it was time for her to get on the car.

She had shivered with shock when he had caught her off guard by suddenly holding her hand.

She had no idea what others would feel like, but it's the first relationship she had ever had, so she felt nervous linking hands with him before her parents, and a little shy too.

Although she did feel great for irritating that woman.

Lucien insisted on paying for the dinner given that it was the father's birthday, so sure enough he chose the finest restaurant in the place. The excited mother post a photo on Instagram, while the father said disapprovingly, "Now you're the one who's showing off."

The mother retorted, "How is it showing off? I am just sharing the fact."

With a dirty look at him, she added, "Just shut up if you don't know how to speak right. How could I be a show-off? When was the last time you saw me do this?"

"I'm just giving that woman a piece of my mind. She's always bitching about our daughter in front of the neighbors. Don't you know it?"

The father' mouth was shut, as told by his experience when a woman was scolding.

Sylvie felt helpless about her parents, while Lucien secretly squeezed her hand under the table, and whispered to her ear, "My parents do the same thing. They squabble a lot, but it won't change how much they love each other."

Sylvie sighed. "I'm just wondering aren't they already past that age to do that."

When finishing her words, she saw her father watching her silently, she soon let go of his hand. She seemed to feel a hint of displeasure from her father, which likely to be how most fathers would feel when their daughter had a boyfriend.

enjoyed the dinner, but when it was about to be over, Sylvie's mother looked at the phone and said

be so mean that she didn't bring

able to guess it immediately. She casually asked her mother, "And he is just fooling around

mother was stunned, surprised to hear her

heard that hundreds of times. I don't

kind of judgement from people the moment she started the relationship with Lucien because who

more than one discussion about them, especially

too upbeat to

mother got to respond, Lucien frowned. He stared at Sylvie and asked, "Hundreds of times? From

before, he had no idea people talked about

and watch his language. But he didn't know that there was

took her out of the

Sylvie against the wall, lowering his eyes at her, and questioned her solemnly,

but at that moment, the way he cornered was overpowering and formidable, so she had to come clean about how her colleagues

"Actually, I don't really care, so there

may look like an easy-going pushover, but I'm actually very rebellious. The more they think it's not gonna work, the more I will make it work and piss them

because she just

to death if we had our

but then he was amused by the way she called herself rebellious with a serious face. He raised his eyebrow and

answered emphatically,

they say. You

Sylvie laughed. "OK."