"Oh my God, Sean, you have a girl you like?" Emily’s eyes bead happily.
"Yes, Mother..." Sean answered calmly, even though he scolded himself inwardly for lying to her.
"Heaven! So what are you waiting for? Go pursue her and bring her to et us."
"Mother, please, don’t put pressure on now. I don’t want to rush her. I want my relationship with her to flow and grow naturally." Sean silently gulped. "Otherwise, she might run away if she knows you want her as your daughter-in-law when I introduce you to her for the first ti..."
Hearing his own lengthy words, Sean started worrying about giving his mother high hopes.
’Wow, that’s a big lie, Man. Stop lying! Stop it! Or you’ll be in trouble!’
Now, he started worrying, imagining how he’d ask Harper to pretend to be his girlfriend. The biggest question that bothered him this ti was, "Will Harper accept his request to help him by pretending to be his girlfriend?"
"Hahaha, I’m sorry, dear. Your mom is so happy to hear you have soone you like, at least a woman. Waah, now I can sleep well. Right, Jayson?" Emily Stearn said while giggling like a teenager talking to her boyfriend. She was so happy.
"Hmm," Jayson smiled while patting her hand lovingly.
Sean, "..."
"Mom, I hope you won’t be disappointed when you find out about her."
Sean was a little concerned about Harper’s status as a foreigner. His family had never had a daughter-in-law from another country, and his grandfather was one of the founders of their country; he was very nationalistic.
"What do you an?" Jayson Spencer asked, his brow slightly raised. He expressed concern that his son might encounter a criminal or a disreputable woman—a gold digger.
Sean looked at his father. A half-smile slowly appeared on his lips.
"Dad, I’m not sure if you and Mom will like her once you know her."
With a deep sigh, Sean realized he was sinking deeper into the drama he’d created. He hadn’t even spoken to Harper yet but had already decided on their future. How stupid!
"Don’t worry, my son. As long as she’s a woman," Emily stifled a smile while clearing her throat before she continued, "she’s not soone else’s wife, not a criminal, and not our family’s enemy. Mom will accept her with all my heart."
"Dad also agrees with what your mother said," Jayson Spenser chid in.
"Understood!" Sean faintly said. Hearing his parents’ words made him feel even more pressured.
The problem is how he could contact Harper and ask her to et his parents a few days ahead. He rembered she would fly back to New York any day now.
He feels blank! For the first ti after so many months, he never felt this way, as if a black hole had just sucked everything in his mind. He lost the ability to reason and didn’t favor this.
Sean didn’t stay there for long. He refused his mother’s invitation to lunch and excused himself to leave because he had an important eting in his office. He was distressed that his father could read his anxiety.
However, Sean’s cell phone rang just before he entered his black Humr. When he checked the new text ssage, the stiff, worried expression that had frad his face since he left the living room slowly changed to a relaxed, warm smile.
[Harper] Hi, I’m on my way to the airport. Until we et again, Sean Spencer. Bye! (Smile emoji) (Waving emoji)
’So you leave today...’ Sean sighed deeply as he stared at the text ssage for a few more seconds without doing anything, confused about whether to reply.
After thinking for a few more seconds about what to do, Sean finally typed a reply to her text ssage.
"Harper, sorry for asking this, but can you stay for a few more days?"
Sean didn’t press the send button imdiately but read the words several tis. For so unknown reason, he feels weird asking her things like that.
’Damn it, Sean! What the hell are you doing? How could you ask her to stay now? She is on her way to the airport—’
He sighs deeply while gazing at the blue sky, trying to think logically.
However, the more he thinks, the more he finds this amusing because he rarely feels confused when facing a woman. He rembers that he only becos a fool if related to Bella.
Sigh!
Sean blas himself for promising his parents that Harper would et them.
Another deep, long sigh escaped from his lips.
"What are you doing there?" A familiar woman’s voice shocked Sean, making him reflexively hide his phone behind him. Unbeknownst to him, he accidentally pressed ’Send’ without knowing he did it.
Sean adjusted his surprised expression to appear calm as he placed his cell phone back in his pocket. He turned to look at the woman.
"What do you an with what I’m doing here, Kei?" Sean asked, smirking. "Of course, I’m eting Mom and Dad! What about you? What are you doing here at this hour?"
A beautiful smile graced Keira Spencer’s face as she lightly punched her older brother’s shoulder. "Geez! What a stupid question. Did you forget I live here?"
Sean chuckled.
"What I’m trying to say is, why are you not in your office?" he narrowed his eyes. "Did Rose fire you for shopping around at working hours instead of work?"
"Hahaha," Keira laughed. "Sister Rose loves , alright! She would never fire even if I did that. I have a work eting near ho, so I co ho to eat lunch with Mom and Dad. How about you, bro? Not staying for lunch?"
Keira rarely saw her older brother. Even though he had already returned to the capital, he had decided to stay in his own apartnt near his office.
Sean shook his head. He imdiately got into the car. After rolling down the window, he glanced at Keira. "I have to go now. I have a eting in the office."
"Drive safe, bro..."
He said nothing but waved before hitting the gas pedal and slowly leaving the yard.
Sean decides to return to his office first and thinks about contacting Harper.
Sohow, he feels relieved because he did not send the text ssage. It would have been super awkward if she had stayed, and he would have had to explain to her today why he asked her to stay.
"You did the right thing not to send the text ssage, man!" Sean muttered while smiling bitterly at the drama he had created, digging his own grave!
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