Jayden thought he would surprise his parents with his arrival this time with Apple, but who would have thought that he was the one to be surprised because it turned out that both of them had already known of his arrival last night.
Hailee had even prepared some very delicious dishes for them to enjoy, unfortunately they had eaten before arriving here.
But, that was not all, Hailee even prepared some snacks that she felt Apple would enjoy during their small talk.
So here they were, sitting on the balcony, looking out at the sea in a slightly dry afternoon, enjoying Hailee's delicacies.
"Since when did you know we were coming?" Jayden asked groggily.
"Since you guys left town A," Ramon answered quickly. He glanced at his son proudly, as if to say; You're too young to beat your father, son.
Jayden grumbled when he saw the triumphant smile on his father's lips. His dad could be really annoying and lately he had been proving just how annoying he could be.
It was completely unfair when the two of them came, he didn't even get any information until they had arrived home.
But, when he thought of surprising them for a change, they actually got information even before Jayden's plane took off? How was that fair?
"So, are you guys going to stay here?" Hailee asked excitedly. She would love to spend a lot of time with Apple. "We have an empty room."
This beach house was not too big and didn't look very luxurious, very far compared to the Tordoff family's magnificent house in city A, but somehow this place felt much more like 'home'.
"No," Jayden answered quickly, as Ramon stared at him fiercely and it didn't take a genius to figure out the meaning of the glare. Ramon didn't want anyone to bother him and his wife.
Even to this day, Jayden still couldn't understand how his mother could stand his father like this, not without reason, as his father was really annoying when it came to matters involving his wife and their privacy.
Jayden sometimes wanted to scream in his face saying; hello, I am your son and that's my mom, so you don't have the right to monopolize her.
"We live at the resort and will do a lot of activities there, it's kind of a vacation because we didn't go anywhere the last two days at the resort," Jayden said quickly explaining his refusal to his mother.
Hailee looked a little disappointed, but she could understand the reason, after all Jayden and Apple did need some time alone.
After that, the chat continued about a few things as they talked about light stuff, where Hailee would tease her son and Apple here and there, until finally the sun went down and it was time for dinner.
Apple intended to help Hailee prepare dinner, but while the two of them were in the kitchen, Jayden called his mother to talk for a bit, leaving Apple alone there.
"What is it?" Hailee asked, but there was a smile on the corners of her lips, as if she could guess what Jayden wanted to tell her.
"So this is..." Jayden started in a calm voice, but when he saw the look in his mother's eyes and the meaningful smile of the woman who gave birth to him, full of amusement, Jayden felt the words he was about to say get caught in his throat and he found it difficult to speak. .
"So?" Hailee prodded him. "What do you want to say?"
Jayden gritted his teeth. Damn. Why was he being so unreasonable like this? He shouldn't stammer and lose his ability to speak. This was far more terrifying than the speech he delivered to the board of directors when he took over the company from his father's hands.
"If you keep me here, Apple will get suspicious," Hailee reminded her son. She could now see his forehead was sweating.
"I…" Jayden closed his eyes for a moment, but when he opened them, you could see determination in his gaze and he seemed much more relaxed. "I want to propose to Apple, may I ask the Tordoff family ring to propose to her?"
The Tordoff family ring that was on Hailee's finger was her engagement ring with Ramon and had been on her finger for more than three decades. Therefore, when she heard Jayden asking for the ring, she somehow felt sentimental. Even though Hailee knew this was what she wanted Jayden to talk about by pulling her away from Apple.
"Mom, what happened?" Jayden blinked and looked surprised when he saw Hailee shed tears. He thought his mother disapproved of it and didn't want to take the ring off.
Well, Jayden had no problem with that and since his sister, Alina, didn't get the ring, he just thought it would go to him.
"If you don't want to give it, I'll find another ring..." Jayden still didn't understand what made Hailee cry, but he definitely had to calm her down first, before his father saw this.
Speaking of the devil, Ramon walked toward them and glared at Jayden. "What did you do to your mother?" he asked coldly.
"I did not do anything." Jayden raised his hands and looked back at his father with innocent eyes.
Meanwhile, Hailee shook her head and quickly wiped away her tears before the matter got bigger and Apple noticed.
"No, stop it. I'm crying because I'm happy and a little sentimental," Hailee said with a smile, but at the corners of her eyes you could still see tears welling up. "I didn't expect you to ask me for this so soon. I felt like time was passing so fast until I didn't even notice. It feels like only yesterday when I carried you when you were a baby, but now you are about to have a child of your own."
Jayden was moved when he heard his mother's words until the last part of what Hailee said. "Erm, mom… we haven't gotten that far… I was just about to propose…."
It seemed Hailee's thinking was too advanced in this regard.
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