Free Web NovelChapter 743: Chapter 714: Love in a Parallel Universe [036]
Sylvia Langley often mentioned to her husband that she hoped Nina Sinclair would become their daughter-in-law someday. Unfortunately, Nina’s presence was so low that, over the years, Zane Forrester had never remembered her name.
Seeing Zane Forrester misunderstand, Sylvia quickly explained, "No, no, Nina’s out of the picture! She’s not good enough to be Jules’ wife."
"Then who is it?"
"It’s a female lawyer!" Sylvia’s voice was filled with excitement, "A JSD from Harvard, just graduated this year! Now working as a lawyer at Vantage! The young lady is a bit taller than me, but very pretty, pure, and polite! I’m fond of her at first sight, let alone Jules..."
On the other end of the phone, Zane Forrester chuckled, "You are 1.7 meters tall, taller than you? That must be 1.8 meters?"
Sylvia playfully huffed, "Annoying, don’t interrupt, I’m talking about 1.72 or 1.73 meters tall! Are you saying I’m too tall and don’t look good anymore?"
Zane Forrester laughed softly over the phone and said, "Your figure is so great, how could you not look good? Every time I take you out, you have no idea how jealous my friends are... Honey, I miss you, when will you come back to the United States..." freёweɓnovel.com
Old Master Forrester: ???
The single Old Master Forrester listened with discomfort, coughed with wide eyes.
Zane Forrester quickly stopped the sweet words, awkwardly asking, "Is the old man nearby?"
Sylvia burst into laughter.
Zane Forrester understood, cleared his throat, and changed to a serious tone, "So, what’s the situation with Jules’ girlfriend?"
Old Master Forrester said, "Dean Thorne’s only daughter, Quentin Thorne."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and after a moment, Zane Forrester asked, "So dad, you’ve agreed to this marriage?"
Old Master Forrester hadn’t spoken yet, but Sylvia excitedly answered, "Of course, why wouldn’t I agree? She’s Dean Thorne’s only daughter!"
Old Master Forrester sat with his arms crossed, frowned, and said, "The thing is, the Thorne Family needs to agree too! What good is it if only we agree?"
Sylvia seemed unconcerned, "I think there’s no problem, I have confidence in Jules. As long as Annie insists on marrying Jules, the Thorne Family will have no choice!"
"Well, if you both agree, I have no objection." Zane Forrester finished speaking over the phone and asked Old Master Forrester, "Dad, is there anything else? If not, I’ll hang up and sleep a bit more."
Old Master Forrester: "Nothing more, go sleep."
Sylvia happily hung up the phone and immediately called Nina’s Mom.
"Nina’s Mom, I visited the design institute today to get the details. I found out that Nina drove her car into the institute’s courtyard, violating institute rules, causing discontent among other senior members, who protested to another director in charge of human resources and administration, which led to Nina’s dismissal decision."
"Jules wasn’t aware of this matter; he’s been working through the night on projects and isn’t in the institute during the day, plus Jules usually focuses only on technology and design, he doesn’t manage these personnel issues."
"The design institute isn’t solely Jules’; he co-owns it with others; each manages their own domain; it’s not his responsibility, so he can’t voice out. Speaking out might damage this partnership, and the institute won’t be able to continue!"
"What? Jules found a girlfriend? I’m not aware of this too. He’s grown up now, earning more than I do, he hardly listens to me! I can’t control him! Old Master Forrester can’t either; we all can’t control him! Sigh..."
Old Master Forrester couldn’t listen anymore, frowned, and returned to his room.
Sylvia talked to Nina’s Mom until midnight before settling the matter. But she didn’t divulge any information about Sienna Thorne, fearing The Sinclair Family might trouble the future daughter-in-law.
On the other side, Simon Forrester was driving Sienna Thorne home.
The two of them held hands tightly all the way, and Simon Forrester occasionally lifted her hand to kiss.
"Did you have a good time today?"
Sienna shyly smiled, quietly replying, "Yes. Your mom seemed cold at first, I thought she didn’t like me, but unexpectedly, she’s warm after the initial coldness."
Simon Forrester awkwardly chuckled.
His girl is still too naive.
He lifted his hand to rub her hair, operated the steering wheel with one hand, looked ahead, and said, "My mom speaks very straight-forwardly, sometimes blurting things out without considering others’ feelings. Once you get to know her better, if she says something that makes you unhappy, don’t take it to heart, tell me then, and I’ll figure something out."
"Won’t that turn into me complaining to you? Wouldn’t that make things worse?"
Simon Forrester burst into laughter, his cheerful laughter echoing in the small car cabin.
"I’ll pay attention to the way I communicate, won’t let her know it came from you."
Sienna playfully held his hand, toyed with his clean, slender fingers, softly said, "Then you have to have confidence in me, believe I won’t have mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issues with your mom."
"Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issues?" Simon smiled, held her hand tightly in return, tilted his head to glance at her, "You’ve decided to marry me, huh?"
She blushed, pressed her lips, and softly said, "Just hypothetically..."
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Sienna has been absent from home for several weekends in a row, Quentin Thorne was slightly opinionated, this Sunday, Sienna stayed home with her parents and didn’t spend the weekend with Simon Forrester.
They’re in the heat of romance, wishing to be glued every minute and second, one day apart feels like three years; after dinner, Sienna quickly retreated to her room, waiting for Simon to invite her for a video call.
Thus, this Sunday night turned into a video call date. With different specialties, no intersecting friend circles, they didn’t have much important to chat about - spoke about some current affairs, and the rest were some repetitive sweet nothings.
Simon mentioned that the project would wrap up next Friday, then every evening he’d pick her up from work to go home, and there’ll be some holiday soon, he’d like to take her traveling, asking her to choose a place, so they could apply for visas in advance.
Sienna desperately wanted to travel abroad with Simon but didn’t have the courage. She sighed helplessly, "My daddy won’t allow me to travel with you."
Simon knew the Thorne Family’s upbringing was strict but didn’t know it was this strict, "Doesn’t allow for travel?"
Sienna laughed, "Not allowed to travel with the opposite sex."
Simon shook his head in amusement on the other end of the video, looked at her seriously, and said, "When it’s appropriate, introduce me to your family, would you? So your dad can agree earlier, we don’t have to be so secretive."
Sienna suddenly fell silent.
Simon noticed her change in expression and gently called, "Baby?"
She snapped back, "Hmm?"
Simon concentrated on her worried look, he initially showed a somewhat stern expression, a few seconds later, replaced with a smile, casually asking, "Let me guess, does your dad already know about us?"
