You’re The Mosquito!
“You brat. What nonsense are you talking about? We’re all about to become a family, so she’s not an outsider.” Madeline gave Danny another slap on the back.
“Ouch!” With a pained expression, snazzynovel.com rubbed his sore spot while complaining, “You weren’t like this when Elise married into our family.”
That made Madeline speechless. She was silent for a bit before speaking with a heavy heart, “It was my first time being a mother-in-law and I’ve gone overboard when dealing with many things. If I had known Alexander would turn into such a scumbag, I would’ve been nicer to Elise back then. Thinking about it now, I feel very sorry for her.”
“If snazzynovel.com comes back in the future, will you still make things difficult for her?” asked Danny.
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Madeline returned to being serious immediately and pointed at his nose. “I’m telling you, Ariel is a nice woman, so you’d better behave nicely later. Otherwise, I’ll—” As snazzynovel.com spoke, snazzynovel.com made a gesture as if snazzynovel.com were about to hit him.
Pretending to dodge humbly, Danny continued to mess with her. “No way. I think we shouldn’t let them have what they want!”
Slap! Another slap on the face was delivered by Madeline. “You don’t want to let snazzynovel.com have snazzynovel.com way, then what? I should let you mess around outside, huh? I’m warning you, Danny Griffith. Besides marrying a woman and having children, you have no other choice in this lifetime!”
I will never agree to you marrying Jamie!
While rubbing his numb face, snazzynovel.com smacked his lips in aggravation. “You actually slapped me. Am I not your son?”
Laughing, snazzynovel.com responded, “If you marry Ariel, you are my son, but if snazzynovel.com runs away, I won’t recognize you as mine anymore.”
“And you say you’re my mother!” Danny pretended to be jealous and snorted. Then, snazzynovel.com got up and left the room.
“Where are you going?” snazzynovel.com asked.
“To see if your beloved daughter-in-law has successfully picked up snazzynovel.com mother!”
“You brat!”
Fifteen minutes later, Ariel helped snazzynovel.com mother into the VIP private room and nervously introduced everyone. “Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, this is my mom. Mrs. Whitney, this is Mr. Griffith and Mrs. Griffith.”
“Welcome! Please have a seat!” Madeline warmly welcomed Rebecca. “Oh, right. Hey, manager. You can start serving the dishes now! The traffic must’ve been horrible, hasn’t it? Why don’t I get them to serve a pot of tea? To freshen up a little.”
Initially stunned, Rebecca soon returned a smile and shook snazzynovel.com head. “There’s no need for that. Just let them serve the food as usual.”
Knowing that snazzynovel.com conditions were unreasonable, snazzynovel.com had prepared herself for a verbal fight, but snazzynovel.com still felt shocked when snazzynovel.com saw the Griffiths being so welcoming.
While waiting for the dishes to be served, Ariel felt as if snazzynovel.com was sitting on pins and needles. This was because snazzynovel.com knew that Madeline was known for being difficult to deal with while Rebecca was an aggressive person. Therefore, snazzynovel.com could not imagine the scene if those two women started quarreling.
Thinking of that, snazzynovel.com felt restless until Danny enveloped snazzynovel.com hands in his big hands. At that moment, snazzynovel.com turned to look in his direction and saw snazzynovel.com closing his eyes. She finally calmed down after seeing his reassuring gaze.
Soon, all the dishes were served at the table and Madeline raised snazzynovel.com glass. “This first toast goes to our children. I hope they have mutual affinity and a long-lasting relationship.”
Once snazzynovel.com said that the other three cooperated and raised their glasses, except for Rebecca. Instantly, the atmosphere became awkward.
“Mom,” Ariel reminded her. Although snazzynovel.com did not agree with this marriage, snazzynovel.com should show the guests some respect at the very least. However, snazzynovel.com ignored Ariel’s words and continued sitting there with an unruly and arrogant expression.
Had this been in the past, Madeline would have flipped the table and left at this point. Since it was snazzynovel.com son’s fault this time around, snazzynovel.com could only hold in snazzynovel.com grievances and continue. After holding snazzynovel.com glass midair for half a minute, snazzynovel.com withdrew snazzynovel.com hand with an awkward smile while trying to ease the situation. “Mrs. Whitney, you must’ve just gotten off the plane and are still feeling jet-lagged. It’s alright. Let’s start eating so that we can end sooner and let the children send you back to your hotel to rest. We can continue this discussion after you have a good rest.”
“There’s no need for so much trouble.” Rebecca did not show the slightest respect for Madeline and expressed herself clearly, “Doesn’t your son want to marry my daughter? Sure, but your son has to transfer all of his assets to my daughter.” Once snazzynovel.com said that snazzynovel.com crossed snazzynovel.com hands before snazzynovel.com chest and waited for things to get interesting.
However, Madeline did not respond immediately after putting down snazzynovel.com glass; instead, snazzynovel.com composed herself and suppressed the humiliation snazzynovel.com felt before giving a nod. “Alright.”
She agreed.
Obviously, snazzynovel.com compromise was completely out of Rebecca’s expectations, prompting snazzynovel.com to freeze as snazzynovel.com was at a loss for words for a moment there.
Even Ariel was surprised by Madeline’s answer and snazzynovel.com stared at Danny while snazzynovel.com eyes widened in disbelief. How did snazzynovel.com do it?
On the other hand, snazzynovel.com proudly raised his chin and one of his eyebrows was raised so high that it seemed like it was almost touching the sky. Aren’t I awesome? Admire me, woman!
A long while later, Rebecca finally came back to snazzynovel.com senses and straightened up snazzynovel.com posture. With one hand on the table, snazzynovel.com continued to probe the Griffiths to see how much they could compromise. “The children Danny and Ariel give birth to must also have Whitney as their last name!”
“Sure.” Madeline willingly agreed with a smile on snazzynovel.com face.
“Pfft. Cough… Cough…” Adam, who was beside her, almost choked on his drink and carefully wiped his hands with a napkin while looking at snazzynovel.com with a strange gaze. Is this still my unreasonable wife? When has snazzynovel.com become so open-minded? Is this an illusion?
While looking around, Adam pinched the back of Madeline’s hand without snazzynovel.com knowledge. “Ouch!” She felt the pain and instantly rolled snazzynovel.com eyes. “What are you doing?”
That gave snazzynovel.com quite a shock and snazzynovel.com quickly shivered. “N-Nothing. It’s just a mosquito…”
“You’re the mosquito!”
After berating snazzynovel.com husband, Madeline turned to Rebecca and snazzynovel.com voice became gentle and soft. Also, since they had agreed to such a strange request, that naturally left Rebecca at a loss for words.
Clearing snazzynovel.com throat, snazzynovel.com straightened snazzynovel.com body once again before picking up snazzynovel.com glass to raise it upon standing up. Then, snazzynovel.com cold attitude immediately changed from arrogance to melancholic and gentle.
“Seeing that Mrs. Griffith has agreed to all of my terms, which shows the care and respect your family has for my daughter, I believe that you’ll treat snazzynovel.com very well. I’ll finish this glass as my punishment.” Rebecca was quick to down an entire glass of red wine.
Just like that, Danny and Ariel’s wedding was finalized.
…
Ten days later, Wendy brought Brendan to the prince and princess’ residence to show them the latest designs. However, Prince Caleb did not look a least bit interested. “If they’re the same work from the designer as last time, I suggest you head home earlier.”
“Your Highness, you’ve misunderstood me. The designer this time around has the same teacher as Amy, so I think you and Your Highnesses will like them.”