Chapter 238 - It Is Exactly What You Think

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There was a long silence on the phone. If it was not for Mike's breathing on the other line, Neil might have assumed that Mike had hung up on him.

"You cannot tell Edith what I am about to tell you. Promise me that you will not say a word to my granddaughter."

Neil frowned at his request but decided to agree with Mike's request at the moment. 

Since Mike decided to be secretive about this, then perhaps, this matter would involve his girlfriend. However, whether he was going to tell Edith or not depended on what Mike was going to tell him. He will have to judge whether Edith needed to know about it or not.

"You should know that Edith's mother passed away when she was a little kid," Mike said. "Edith should have told you how she died."

"She mentioned that it was a traffic accident."

Mike laughed dryly. "Perhaps it was the accident that killed her mother, but something else happened to Edith's mother. Before that accident, her mother was assaulted."

His expression stiffened. Neil had prepared himself for a lot of things, but this was not something that he expected to hear. 

"I was the one who saw her body in the morgue. I saw the report that my colleague had given me," Mike spoke with a hint of anger in his voice. "My daughter… before she died in that traffic accident, she was assaulted and tortured." 

Neil swallowed as he listened to that little description of what had happened to Edith's mother. 

"Tell me, as a father, how can I sit still after knowing what happened to my daughter? She was my only daughter and she had died a tragic death."

"So you're investigating what happened to your daughter."

"Yes," Mike confessed. "This is what I have been keeping from Edith. Neil, you cannot let Edith know. Once Edith knew that I was investigating, she would want to know what happened. Once she knows what happened, Edith would go crazy."

Edith's relationship with her mother was really good. Her father passed away early and perhaps because of that, Rachel had become Edith's mother, father, and best friend all at the same time. The two would do all sorts of things together. His daughter, Rachel, pampered Edith and showered her with all the love she can give.

If Edith learned of what happened to her mother, wouldn't she be heartbroken?

Mike did not dare to think of how Edith would react.

This time, there was a long silence on Neil's part. It took him a while before he decided that this matter was not suitable for Edith to know.

"I won't tell Edith about this conversation," Neil said and then, he heard Mike's breathing in relief. "But Grandpa, you have to promise that you will look after yourself well. Edith… she would be broken if something happened to you."

"Didn't you promised that you will look after my granddaughter well?"

"Grandpa, you trust me that much?"

"Are you going back on your words now?" His tone darkened dangerously. 

Mike had decided that if Neil was toying with his granddaughter, he would not be afraid to kill Neil. 

"That's not what I meant. But Grandpa, you should know how important you are to Edith."

Mike snorted. "Of course I know that." A thought crossed his mind and Mike was suddenly enraged. "That's right. Why is my granddaughter with you in the middle of the night?"

"It is exactly what you think." Neil did not bother to hide his relationship with Edith. "We are living together."

"You stinky brat!"

Mike might have been the first person who was brave enough to call Neil such a name. Though he was angry to learn that his precious granddaughter has been living together with Neil, there was nothing he could do about it at this moment. 

This was information that he wished that he knew nothing about. Though Neil had once told him that he was intending to marry his granddaughter, Mike was still uncomfortable with this information. It felt as if someone was going to steal away something that he treasured the most.

What was his granddaughter thinking when she decided to move in with Neil?

How long have they know each other? Wasn't living together a little too early?

If he asked his granddaughter to move out, would that girl listen?

What if Neil retaliated against him and told Edith what he was up to?

Various questions popped out in his head and Mike had a headache as he continued to worry about his granddaughter. In the end, Mike could only take a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down.

"Grandpa, don't worry. I am not going back on my words," Neil assured. "I am planning to propose to Edith soon." 

Mike halted as he heard Neil's words.

…

As soon as Neil walked into the apartment, Hazel greeted him at the door with a wide smile on her face. Neil gave her a look over and chuckled upon noticing that Hazel was dressed up prettily in a lilac, long sleeve dress. Her hair was braided into a side ponytail and clipped with a cute, crown-shaped hair clip.

The little girl was all ready and prepared to go out and was only waiting for him to come back and take her out for a movie.

"You look pretty," Neil commented and smiled when Hazel laughed happily. "Where's Auntie Edith?"

"Auntie Edith is still getting ready," Hazel said. Her gaze darted towards the bedroom upstairs.

Neil patted at Hazel's hair softly, making sure that he was not ruining her hair. Then, he went upstairs to look for Edith. When he entered the bedroom, Edith was standing in front of the mirror and putting on her lipstick. His eyes turned a shade darker as he saw the way his girlfriend was dressed prettily. 

At this time, Edith turned to him and smiled. "You're back."

Neil walked over, hugged her from behind, and pecked at the crook of her neck. "I was thinking…"

"What?"

"We rarely have the chance to go on a date just the two of us."

Edith giggled upon hearing his words. She turned around and rested her hands on his shoulders.

Neil tilted his head sideways and speak again, "Dating me... does it feel like you're dating a single dad who would always bring his kid on a date?"

Edith met his gaze and found that there were all sorts of questions from the way he was staring back at her. For a while, Edith wondered what was going on in this man's mind.

"You don't mind dating someone like me?"

Edith chuckled and slapped at his chest lightly. "Of course I don't mind. I love Hazel, and I love you. I think I had a good bargain."

His eyes darkened. "What did you say?"

"I had a good bargain," she repeated.

"Not that one."

Edith looked at him in puzzled and suddenly realized what she had slipped out to say. A smile curled up on her lips.. Edith leaned forward and repeated the words close to his ear, "Neil Mo, I love you."

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