Chapter 175 I'm Not Agreeing

"Jack, why don't you come in? I'm sure that my parents are home. If won't be bad for you to know them, right?" Celine suggested.r

Jack thought about it for a moment before he rejected. "Although I'm already here, I don't think that this is the appropriate time for a visit. It's already nine, close to ten." Jack said.r

This wasn't the only reason as to why Jack rejected this. The other one was that he wanted to open the envelope first. Otherwise, he didn't know what would happen in case there was something that wasn't in his favor written in the envelope.r

Celine thought that what Jack said made sense. So, she didn't try to pressure him. Furthermore, they had just gotten together today. There was still a lot of time for the introduction.r

"Okay then. Goodnight." Celine stated as she looked at Jack.r

"Good night. Dream more about me." Jack stated jokingly.r

"Get lost." Celine snorted as she waved him off.r

Jack shook his head and began walking away. He had just taken a few steps when she heard Celine's voice coming from behind.r

"Hey Jack, what are you doing? Don't tell me that you are going back like that?!" Celine asked.r

"Yeah, is there a problem or something that I have forgotten?" Jack asked I'm confusion.r

"Are you telling me that you are intending to walk out of the community before taking the taxi when there's a car here?" Celine asked with a frown as she pointed at her Chevrolet Corvette.r

"You always use your car. I don't want to cause you some inconvenience." Jack waved his hand as he replied.r

"What inconvenience? There are three other cars here. Furthermore, I can as well go with my mother as we always go to the same company." Celine said.r

"You don't have to worry. I can simply get a taxi. At worst, I can get Denali to pick me up. I don't want to take away your car, this will definitely make it hard for you if you want to move around." Jack responded.r

Seeing that Jack wasn't giving in, Celine sighed and said, "Take care of yourself then."r

Jack nodded before he walked off into the distance.r

Celine watched Jack's figure disappearing at the corner. She stayed there watching the area that he had left while she reminisced about what they had done during the day. Although it wasn't a full day, she had still enjoyed herself on this day.r

She was lost in her thoughts that she didn't detect when someone walked towards her. The person that had come and stood behind her was a man that seemed to be in his mid forties. He had black hair and brown eyes.r

The corners of his eyes could tell someone that he was an experienced person. He was a businessman at the end of the day. And, the business world was full of the unexpected.r

"Aaah!" Celine who was still far from the present felt someone tapping her shoulder. She was frightened that she jumped up as she cried in surprise. The events of her kidnap had yet to dissipate and she was now afraid of being held or touched by a person from behind, especially during the night.r

"What are you jumping for? You are home yet you are so scared. Has someone scared you recently?" The man asked.r

Looking at the black haired man, Celine finally calmed down. She smiled and replied, "Not really dad. It was just that I wasn't expecting that there would be someone that would be behind me at this time."r

"How can you not expect that someone would come out when you two were talking so loudly with no intention of hiding it?" The man whose name was Bruce, Celine's father, asked with a snort.r

Celine blushed when she heard that her father had heard the conversation between her and Jack. But all the same, she didn't mind because she wasn't having the intention of hiding the relationship between the two of them at all.r

Although it was night, there were lights all over the place. So, Bruce managed to see the blush on his daughters face. He got curious. "Since when did you two been dating?"r

"Dad!" Seeing that her father was so direct about the matter, Celine couldn't help but complain. After all, this was her first relationship. And although she wasn't going to hide it, it was another thing when it came to talking about it so openly, especially when the one that she was talking to was her father.r

"What? You two are not dating?" Bruce asked again. He had managed to watch the two of them when they got out of the car.r

The moment that the car arrived, he had decided to come out and see why Celine had come back at this time in the night. It was very rare for her to come back at eight, let alone nine.r

So, he had hidden at the side of the door and listened in on the conversation between the two of them. And for one thing, he was impressed about the fact that Jack cared about Celine's day to day life.r

And although he was simply wearing casual clothes, Bruce could detect some kind of aura around Jack that proved that he wasn't some nobody.r

"Well, we are dating." Celine responded.r

"Since when? After all, this is the first time that I'm seeing you with a boy and from the way that you two are interacting with each other, you two seem so familiar with each other." Bruce asked again.r

"Well, we started dating today. But, we met a month ago in Inchoate city when I went there to start a company for Husda." Celine replied.r

"Today? And you only met for a month?" Bruce was surprised.r

"What? Is it bad?" Celine asked with some doubt.r

"Of course there's something wrong here." Bruce stated. "Are you sure that the two of you have only met recently? Or are you trying to hide something from me?" Bruce questioned.r

"What are you trying to imply dad? Must we meet earlier than a month before we start dating?" Celine asked. Till this day, she hadn't told her parents that she had faced some difficulties back in Inchoate city.r

Since Jack had already taken care of the Dante family, she didn't see that there was any need for her to cause George any trouble. She had interacted with him back then and found that he was a reasonable young man.r

Since the main decisions of the Dante family would have to depend on George, Celine knew that if her parents knew that the Dante family had organized for her to be kidnapped, they would make things hard for the Dantes and so, George would have a difficult time.r

As for Collins, she had yet to say a word. After all, even if she told them about it, what could they do? Collin's family was bigger than hers. So, she would only add pressure to her parents when they already had another one on them.r

"Let's talk inside." Bruce shook his head. It seemed that Celine wasn't going to tell him the truth. He might as well use his wife to get the answers out of her.r

He had always dotted on her since she was young and it was only her mother that was more strict towards her.r

Celine followed her father into the villa. But all the same, she was wondering what her father was talking about. Could he not be approving of the relationship between the two of us? Celine got worried. If her parents didn't approve her relationship with Jack, then what was she going to do?r

I'll just have to let them know about Jack. With his character, I'm sure that they won't be able to disagree with the two of us. And when it comes to worse, I might as well expose the fact that Jack is richer than us. Celine thought to herself.r

When they got into the living room of the villa, Celine saw a woman with reddish hair who was busy with something on her laptop.r

Celine smiled sweetly as she sat next to the woman before leaning on her shoulder. "Mother, I'm back." Celine said with a cheerful smile.r

"Can you behave a little. I'm currently busy with something here." The woman whose name was Katelyn said as she continued with what she was doing.r

"Mom, why are you so busy when you are already home? You should rest a little." Celine's heart ached when she looked at her mother who was busy.r

Her mother had always been working hard everyday, harder than her father. She was trying to make sure that the family business rose higher than it already was.r

"How can I rest when you left all the work to me and Faith? Had you been there, perhaps I might have rested at this time." Katelyn replied.r

"Eh? There was a lot of work today? How come I didn't know about it yesterday?" Celine asked in surprise.r

"How could you know about it when the deal that we were negotiating about the supply of the cosmetics has been successful today. We are still dealing with the contracts, the supply channels and so on. The workload has increased." Katelyn replied.r

"It was successful?! Hehe, I knew that mom would be able to acquire the deal." Celine said proudly.r

"Of course I would. But, we had to reduce the profits that we are going to receive. But in any case, this deal will bring us more benefits in the near future." Katelyn replied.r

"Hey, why don't you ask about our daughter's achievement today?" Bruce spoke from across the living room. He too had taken a few documents and he was going through them.r

"Achievement? What achievement?" For the first time, Katelyn took her eyes from the screen of the laptop and looked at her husband before gazing at Celine.r

"Dad!" Celine threw her father a grieving glance. She now understood why her father had asked her to come so that they could talk inside. It turned out that he wanted to use her mother to get to know more about the relationship with Jack.r

Although she wasn't happy, she still wasn't afraid of letting her mother know. Although her mother was strict with her, she also loved her very much.r

"Our daughter has a boyfriend." Bruce stated. At the same time, he made sure to not look at Celine.r

"A boyfriend? What kind of boyfriend again?" Katelyn frowned as she asked.r

"Come on. A boyfriend, a romantic type?" Bruce shrugged as he responded. He knew that his wife was thinking that her daughter had gotten a male friend or something. This was something that she didn't have.r

"Celine, how long have the two of you been dating and when did you meet?" Katelyn asked urgently.r

Not understanding why her mother was behaving like that, Celine still replied. "We met last month in Inchoate city and we began dating today."r

"Huu! That's good." Katelyn heaved a sigh of relief.r

"What's good mom? Are you agreeing to the relationship between the two of us?" Celine asked as her eyes shone.r

"No, it's good that you only recently met because I'm not agreeing to that relationship of yours. Just a month, I'm sure that love hasn't developed between the two of you yet." Katelyn replied.