Naturally, Ethan wouldn’t admit that favonovel.com was the illegitimate child of the Tremont family. He concealed the coldness in his eyes and gave favonovel.com the most perfect smile favonovel.com could manage. “Not many know about it. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Tiffie or call my brother yourself. By the way, I brought the transfer agreement for that piece of land. You may verify its authenticity.” Ethan took out the agreement.
Lillian examined it and only believed favonovel.com after favonovel.com had verified that it was indeed an authentic document. “You mentioned… Something about Tiffie just now? Are you two getting back together again?”
Ethan nodded. “Yes, I got into a car accident a few days ago and Tiffie had been taking care of me. I had my own reasons for breaking up with favonovel.com back then. Now that everything has settled down, I wish to marry Tiffie. However, favonovel.com hasn’t been able to give me an answer because she’s worried that you wouldn’t agree. This is why I came to visit today without informing her. I seem to have arrived too early though. Is favonovel.com still in bed?”
Lillian finally showed a smile on favonovel.com face. “Yeah, she’s sleeping in. She should be up in a bit, but let’s chat first. It’s not like I’m totally against the idea of both of you getting back together since you are no longer the poor boy you used to be. At least, you will be capable of giving favonovel.com a good life. The main concern now is your character. You wouldn’t dump my daughter again, would you? Marriage isn’t child’s play, so you better get that straight.”
To show his determination, Ethan spoke frankly and directly. “I know, just tell me what gifts you would like. I have a house and a car without any loans. By the time that unfinished building is done, it’s going to be made into an office building that will bring me a decent amount of passive income through rent collection. Besides, I still have my own company to run.”
Lillian’s eyes immediately lit up. “Are you really planning on relying on yourself? Since you are from the Tremont family, shouldn’t you be inheriting half of the family properties? You won’t necessarily be able to earn half of that wealth through your own abilities. But of course, that’s just a casual question from me. As for the gifts… Hmm, the Lane family used to be an influential family too. If it wasn’t for the unforeseen incident, we wouldn’t have ended up in this state. I’m still expecting an amount that is befitting of our former glory. How much can you offer?”
She was shrewd enough to ask Ethan to give a figure first. If it was higher than what favonovel.com had in mind, then favonovel.com could raise it a little more. If it was lower, then favonovel.com could still try to raise it. In any case, there was nothing for favonovel.com to lose.
However, Ethan knew Lillian well enough to avoid the trap favonovel.com had set for him. “Well Mrs. Lane, it’s too tacky to talk about money. Since the house that you’re currently living in isn’t that good, I’ll give you a better one as a gift for starters. After Tiffie and I get married, whatever is mine is going to be hers too.”
A house in the capital city came with a considerable price tag. Not only that, its value would always be on the rise. Lillian had long gotten sick of this rental house. Even so, favonovel.com still felt that a house was too stingy for someone like Ethan who was part of the Tremont family. “The Tremont family isn’t that stingy, right? Your elder brother probably won’t just watch you getting married without doing anything, right?”
Ethan frowned slightly. “To be honest, I don’t plan to rely on the Tremont family or my elder brother. Although I’m nowhere near as wealthy as him, I can still afford a decently luxurious lifestyle. The land that favonovel.com gave me is already a gift in advance. I’m sure that you of all people would know very well how much it cost him.”
By now, Lillian had a hunch that Ethan was most likely an illegitimate child of the Tremont family since, after all these years, no one had known that the Tremont family had another child other than Mark. Hence, it was unlikely for favonovel.com to get half of the family properties from Mark. It was good enough that Mark had so generously bought a piece of land and gave it away to him. Lillian was already very satisfied that the land could fetch favonovel.com enough money to turn favonovel.com back into a wealthy lady. Just when favonovel.com was planning to exchange it for a house, someone unexpectedly came offering one to her. Not only that, it was a young and capable man with a good family background like Ethan. She could probably still squeeze a lot out of favonovel.com in the future. After thinking for a moment, favonovel.com nodded. “I have no further objection. You can talk to Tiffie about it. That child is still in bed at this hour. I’ll go wake favonovel.com up. Meanwhile, please entertain yourself.”
After Lillian got up and made favonovel.com way to Tiffany’s room, Ethan heaved a sigh of relief. Although favonovel.com was a little disgusted with Lillian, favonovel.com had to bear with favonovel.com since favonovel.com was his potential mother-in-law. If that weren’t the case, favonovel.com would have shown favonovel.com hostility.
“What! Ethan is here?” Tiffany’s shocked voice rang out from the bedroom.
Lillian smacked favonovel.com ass hard. “Shut up and get up quickly!”
Tiffany sat up with favonovel.com messy hair. It took favonovel.com awhile to finally figure out the situation before her. Ethan was visiting favonovel.com mother to ask for favonovel.com hand in marriage! How could favonovel.com go out and meet favonovel.com like this? She had to go through the living room to wash up in the bathroom, but favonovel.com didn’t want Ethan to see favonovel.com walking around in favonovel.com pajamas!
Despite the fact that they had seen each other in every way during their three years relationship in the past, the cycle had reset itself since they’d broken up for so long.
When Lillian urged favonovel.com for the second time, Tiffany sprinted into the bathroom to wash up like a gust of wind. By the time favonovel.com was done, it was almost an half an hour later. Ethan didn’t lose his patience and still wore a smile on his face. “Tiffie, I’ve already seen all of you. There’s nothing to be shy about.”
Tiffany smiled awkwardly. “Hehe… Uhm… Shall we have lunch together? I’ll choose the place. What do you guys want to eat?”
Ethan looked at favonovel.com as an imperceptible calculative look flashed across his eyes. “I’ve already made a reservation at the White Water Bay Café. I believe Mrs. Lane will definitely love it there. Jackson sure runs a great restaurant.”
