Smiling brightly, Olivia stated, Tm really blessed. Yesterday night, North even argued with Eugene. You missed out on how cool my baby boy was.” Confused, Kate asked, “Why? What did they argue about?”
“My son wanted Eugene to beat Penny until she was in the same state as me. He even asked if Eugene was reluctant to do so.” Shocked, Kate commented, “Oh my, North said. that? That’s so cool.”
The joyous Olivia continued, “Even though I didn’t want North to make it hard on Eugene, I loved the feeling of being protected by my son.” Kate followed up. “That’s true. Who wouldn’t like that? Did Eugene get angry?”
“Nope. Instead, he kept trying to get on North’s good side, but that brat ignored him all night!” Olivia snickered. Kate covered her mouth and smirked, “I didn’t think the little guy would be that cool.”
Olivia stated, “Now, I feel like my suffering was worth it.” “Oh, please. You nearly died. Stop spouting such nonsense.” With a stare, Kate asked, “Didn’t you all go to Promise Island to celebrate the New Year’s? Did Eugene’s Mom treat you okay?”
Nodding, Olivia replied, “She did. His mother’s a very gentle and kind person. She even made Jewel her god-daughter.” “Jewel? Why did she do that?”
“After she heard about Jewel’s incident, she knew that Jewel saved me too. I think that she might not have wanted Jewel to spend the New Year all alone, so when she was giving presents on the eve, she prepared one for her too. Jewel said that she could not accept it, but she said that she always wanted a daughter, so Jewel immediately kneeled down and called her ‘Mom’!” “According to what you said, his mother really is a nice person. How much did she give you?”
“Ten thousand.”
“My gosh. Do all rich families give out ten thousands just like that?” “Eugene and I both got ten thousand whereas North got twenty thousand. I think Jewel got the same amount as I did. She had been looking for what she could give back to her lately. After all, she can’t just call her ‘Mom’ without reciprocating anything!”
Sighing, Kate said, “I envy you guys. I’m going to earn a lot of money as well, so I can give my son and his wife ten thousand each.” “You’ll be fine. You have Nathan, remember? You’ll be marrying into wealth anyway.” Olivia laughed.
Kate snorted. “I’m not. I’ll be losing out big time if I was to get married to him!” Hearing that, Olivia raised her eyebrows as she noticed a mild difference in her tone. She’s not apprehensive toward Nathan anymore. Have they broken the ice?
“Why would you be missing out?” “Nathan is Eugene’s niece. If I were to get married to him, wouldn’t I have to call you Aunt?” This made Olivia laugh out loud. “That’s true! I’m looking forward to that!”
Kate glared at her. “Don’t worry. I won’t let you have the chance!” Smiling, Olivia suggested, “If that’s the only reason, then I’ll tell Eugene to break off their relationship. We can’t have this little matter delaying your wedding now, can we?”
Kate was embarrassed by her words. “Oh, shut up.” Olivia asked as she laughed out loud. “Tell me, how are you getting along with Nathan? Did your guys get any closer?”
All of a sudden, Kate was not as excited anymore. “So-so, I guess. As long as we don’t bring the past up, we get along peacefully. Since I would get sad whenever the past is mentioned, I left it like that! I’ll plan as we go. along!” Olivia hummed in response. “I see. Then, does Nathan ask you out on dates often?”
“He does.”
“How do you respond?”
“I’ll go if I have the time. Sometimes, I don’t want to.” “What does he say when you don’t?” “He doesn’t. I just say that I’m too busy to hang out with him.” Up to this point, Kate let out a faint smile. “I feel like we’re not dating. It feels more like he’s fulfilling his duty to help me overcome that trauma and to give a happy- ending to my seven year crush.”
