When Alan Hoyle woke up in the morning, the woman in his arms had already woken up. He felt the cold bedside, it seemed that she didnât wake him up.
He found her in the kitchen standing in front of the stove cooking a pot of porridge. She was talking to her mother and it stopped him from approaching.
âDoes his mother still refuse to accept you?â asked Mrs. Steele.
âMom, donât worry about this. It will be fine.â Olive Steele comforted her.
Although it seemed impossible, she believed that the day would come.
âReally? His mother hates you. Her prejudice against you is severe. She is hospitalized now, but I donât think this porridge you make will win her over.â Mrs. Steele said sadly.
Olive Steele smiled, âIt doesnât matter. I know a bowl of soup and porridge wonât touch her. Even though she has a heart made of stone, I cannot bear a grudge against her. Alan is so kind to me, I cannot hate his mother.â
âAlan is one hundred percent sincere to you.â Mrs. Steele was satisfied with Alan Hoyle, but there was nothing called perfection, âthe only obstacle is his mother. Although he has the heart to stay in Luo City and refuse to go back to Jiangcheng, Iâm worried that this way, it will only make his mother hates you more.â
âAlan says that itâs a fight against a person who fears death so that one struggle to live. She is familiar with loss, so she cherishes what she has.â Olive Steele felt that Alan Hoyle was the alpha fox here. He even thought this way of his own mother.
âVery well.â looking at her daughterâs confidence, Mrs. Steele felt it difficult to say another discouraging word. However, without knowing how, it slipped out of her mouth unconsciously, âactually, your father and I never thought that one day you would marry a rich man. Alan shocked us too much. Heâs on a different level. I told your father to oppose you and him, but after hearing you said that you refused to marry another man for so many years, we thought that you were still thinking of him. If we opposed it, you would be sad. Besides, Annie needed her father and Alanâs persistence touched us. Now, you can happily get a marriage certificate and finally have someone to rely on, but about his mother, your father and I have mixed feelings about thisâ¦â
Her confession made Olive Steele felt guilty. She hugged her mother and said, âMom, Iâm sorry. Donât worry about me. You can rest assured that this time, I will be happy and content. I promise you.â
âI just want you to be happy, Olive.â Mrs. Steele stroked her daughterâs back. She could only swallowed what she wanted to say next, âIâll go fetch Annie.â
âOkay.â
When Mrs. Steele turned around, she saw Alan Hoyle at the door. She sighed, patted his shoulder, and went out.
It was so quiet in the kitchen, he must have heard what they were talking about just now.
Olive Steele was still busy preparing the breakfast. She was completely unaware of what was happening.
Alan Hoyle hugged her from the back, âWhat are you cooking? You havenât been listening to me these past two days.â
âMy body aches after sleeping for a long time. Besides, my wounds are bandages. Itâs just a scratch.
Donât make a fuss about it. Iâm not a weakling.â Olive Steele was indeed not fragile.
âYouââ Alan Hoyle was hopeless. He didnât know what to say about her. She never took him seriously.
After breakfast, Olive Steele insisted in going to work. He couldnât do anything about her stubbornness.
He sent her daughter to the kindergarten, her wife to office, and finally, he drove to the hospital. After all, she was his mother who raised him. He couldnât just abandon her.
Early in the morning, when he arrived at the door, he heard an argument between his mother and Aoba Hoyle.
âYouâre hopeless, donât you know that? Whatâs so good about Chloe? Why does it have to be her? She doesnât even have a proper career. She is vulgar. Do you want to let your mother suffer?â
âMom, no one wants to suffer, you bring it on yourself. Why do you always have prejudice against people? You make me feel that your sonâs happiness is nothing but money.â
It was so spot on that Alan Hoyle couldnât help cheering for his younger brother. He didnât intend to put out the heat either.
His mother was sitting in the sickbed with a cold face, âYou come just in time. Look at your brother.
Now, Aoba is following your steps.â
Was it bad pursuing who you genuinely love? What was wrong with it? Itâs just that the woman he was pursuing was not up to her standard, it didnât mean that the chase was bad at all.
If it was bad, then whatâs good left in life?
Alan Hoyle put the hot meal box in his hand on the table, âOlive made you porridge and chicken soup.
Sheâs afraid that youâre not used to things in the hospital.â
âDonât expect me to fall for her fake kindness. Get rid of it.â she was so angry with these unfilially sons of hers. Whatâs so good about those women they were after?
The attending doctor opened the lid and an appetizing fragrance filled the room.
âMaâam, this porridge and soup look appetizing. Itâs just right for you. Your daughter-in-law is so considerate. Yesterday, the bridge was blocked for hours because of the accident. You were in a coma.
She carried you all the way to the hospital. Her feet were hurt, but she managed to snatch out of from death. I bet my daughter-in-law will not be able to do the same for me. Her body is so delicate. If anything, you better not mess with your daughter-in-law. Your son is blessed to have such a good wife.â
Mrs. Hoyle found it hard to believe it.
Alan Hoyle put the porridge and the soup in front of her, âTry it. If you donât like it, Iâll throw it away and make sure, I donât send you another meal in the future. Olive is not a pleaser. She did what had to be done.â
Just then, his phone rang. He picked it up and said, â706.â
Soon, someone knocked and entered the door. It was a middle aged woman. She looked gentle and dignified, âMr. Hoyle.â
Alan Hoyle gave a faint nod and said to his mother, âThis is the personal doctor I hired for you. She will take care of you 24/7.â
It was a filial piety, but Mrs. Hoyle interpreted it as something else, âDo you want to monitor and control me?â
Alan Hoyle said, âIf you want to see it this way, go ahead, I cannot do anything about it. However, thank you for reminding me to pay Dr. Gu more than I should do.â
When the two brothers left the hospital, the road was crowded.
Aoba Hoyle looked at the flying birds in the sky and couldnât help retorting, âMom is getting more and more unreasonable recently.â
âDonât worry. Sheâs just not ready to lost two sons at the same time.â Alan Hoyle smiled and asked, âHow are you doing?â
Aoba Hoyle buckled his head with his backhand and leaned against the seat of the car, âItâs so hard to understand woman.â
âYou look certain though.â Alan Hoyle glanced at him.
âSheâs not like your sister-in-law. Sheâs a divorced woman. Sheâs wounded and sensitive toward mother and daughter-in-law relationship. She also has some concern about your past. To be honest, now I feel that your past is absurd." Alan Hoyle added.
âBrother, youâre still fluent in sarcastic clap back.â Aoba Hoyle grunted, âYou should be worried about yourself. I heard your former fiancé called mom. It seems that sheâll come to the hospital. Itâs going to cause you another headache. Itâs not like you donât know that she is momâs favorite.â
Alan Hoyleâs eyes suddenly sank, âHow dare she come?â
âShameless people will not admit defeat so easily. Moreover, mother is rooting for her, right? I donât know what mom is thinking, but I know that she has done a lot of bad deeds. I still love her though.â
Aoba Hoyle said sarcastically.