Chapter 428 The Request

Hearing Gomeric's question, the two looked at each other before entering that residence, where Hilda was behind her husband.

Lothur then said after shaking one of Patriarch Becker's hands. "Patriarch, I have an important matter to talk about with you. So why don't we sit down?"

"Oh?" Gomeric became more interested, thinking that such a young man was probably there to talk about business, maybe even a new product.

Lothur was a genius, after all!

He smiled and led the way toward one of the living rooms of his residence.

But this man's wife was somewhat more sensitive and readily realized what this was all about after a brief glance at her daughter.

'So he's finally taking that step...' She was pleased, smiling subtly, liking that Lothur had not taken too long to come and talk to them about it.

She knew that he could not ask for Gomeric permission until he had proven his worth as an already committed man, who naturally had to be very good. After all, someone already engaged had to be more impressive than someone single to get the consent of a woman's family!

But Hilda also judged that Lothur could not take too long to come and talk to them, since in a way that would be disrespectful to the Becker family.

It was one thing if she had given him time until this moment to prepare himself to become someone more valuable. But, it would be another if he kept delaying the conversation even after reaching a good enough 'size'!

Then she grinned and nodded to her daughter, giving that young woman confidence that her mother would be on her side when Gomeric heard the truth.

Anyway, the four soon sat around a luxurious living room, where several red and white curtains covered the large glass windows that overlooked a beautiful part of Peters City.

"So, Lothur, what is this visit all about?" Gomeric asked as he settled into an armchair across from where Elke and such a young man were sitting on a sofa.

Hilda was standing next to her husband, a little anxious for this moment.

Lothur then went straight to the point. "Patriarch, you know Elke, and I get along very well, right? And I wish the best for her."

"Yes, of course." Gomeric said innocently. "You are great friends. I always say that, don't I, dear?" He looked at Hilda as that woman nodded. "You've even saved her life and helped her get stronger... You are already like part of the family, Lothur. You don't need to say those words. We understand you."

Lothur smiled. "Well, it seems that you will see no problem with what I have to propose..."

Gomeric frowned his eyebrows, but since he thought Lothur was not interested in women, he continued listening intently, trying to understand what this was all about. "Patriarch, I am here to ask for your approval for Elke and me to become engaged."

"Uh?"

"What?" Hilda pretended surprise while Gomeric turned pale, wondering what Lothur's words meant.

"What did you say?" He slowly asked, feeling drops of sweat dripping down various parts of his body.

Lothur said. "Elke and I love each other, patriarch. So I want to marry her and, if possible, have the approval of you and the Becker family."

Gulp!

Gomeric turned pale as he understood that he had not made a mistake. Lothur was indeed proposing a marriage, which meant that such a young man did not 'cut to the wrong side'!

If that was the fact, then all this time, all of Elke's intimacy with Lothur was that of a woman with a lover, not a 'jolly' friend!

Thinking about what this meant and what might have happened, Gomeric began to get angry, feeling that he had been tricked.

"Lothur, what are you talking about? How can there be anything between you and Elke?" He said aloud as he rose from his seat, his face as dark as night. "What is the meaning of all this? Weren't you a homosexual?"

"Homosexual?" Elke repeated that word, finding her father's ideas strange. "Impossible!"

"What did you say?" Gomeric looked at his daughter as if he had just seen her say the worst things a daughter could say to a father.

Elke bowed her head in shame while Lothur laughed bitterly.

Luckily, Hilda was on their side. After her initial performance, she soon stood between those young people and her angry husband.

"Honey, let's take it easy here. They are just two youths in love..."

"In love? Hilda, this boy has deceived us! He played the homosexual to gain our trust and win over this foolish girl!" He growled, forgetting all the good that Lothur represented.

No father would like to have their beloved daughter taken away by a rascal like Lothur!

Consequently, this man was beginning to boil with anger, feeling that he needed to teach Lothur a lesson and show who was the boss of this house!

Lothur then said. "Patriarch, I don't know why you think that of me. I don't know any other man more masculine than me... Cough! Uh, the fact is that I have nothing to do with this misunderstanding."

"Elke and I love each other and have been together from the beginning with that interest in mind."

"That's right, father!" She regained some courage and stood up to defend her cause. "Lothur and I love each other and wish to live together! That is why he is asking your permission."

"I want you to approve it too, father. It would make me the happiest woman in the Linn Province."

"Elke..." Gomeric said this between his teeth, feeling disappointed that his daughter would accept being a man's second wife. 'What a disappointment! Where did we go wrong?' He wondered, trying to understand how things had come to this.

"Honey, don't overthink it," Hilda murmured in one of her men's ears. "Lothur may already be married, but his wife is the most beautiful in the city! Elke is not being wronged at all!"

"On the other hand, don't let your feelings get the better of you. There is no one better than Lothur for Elke! Not only is he very talented and has many good prospects, but he can also make her stronger!"

"Feel Elke's level! She is almost at the end of the 1st stage! Do you think this would be possible without Lothur helping her?" She squeezed one of her husband's arms as she convinced him, trying to make this man's rational side overcome his emotional one.

Gomeric clenched his fists, hearing everything his beloved wife had told him but also considering the words of Elke herself, who seemed to be being honest.

'Is she really going to accept this humiliation? Is she happy?' He wondered as he saw the flushed face of his only daughter, who at the moment seemed determined to convince him of this crazy idea.

After a minute of deep thought, he sighed deeply and asked Lothur. "What about Viktoria? What will this relationship of yours be like? Will the First Miss Frost accept it? How will you two live?"

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