Meeting His Family

By the time they finished their food and said their goodbyes to the elderly couple, it was already late afternoon.

Standing side by side, the elderly couple kept looking at the young couple walking away from their restaurant toward their car.

With a sad expression, the elderly woman let out a sigh. "Sigh! Even if Vivi ended up being someone else's wife and not our grandson's wife, I still wish she had a beautiful life."

"Same here. I was hoping for her to become our granddaughter in law, but it seems like they don't mean to be together."

"Vivi is a good and kind heart person, whoever marries her will have a wonderful marriage life with her."

"But what can we do? She's already married. Her husband looks like someone who comes from a super rich family."

"That's true. I hope he didn't take what we said earlier to heart."

"Sigh! Alright. Let's get back to work. I know it's sad to lose Vivi as our future granddaughter in law, but we can't do anything about it."

Without saying anything, the elderly woman turned around and walked away with a sad expression on her face.

Shaking his head while letting out a sigh and followed her behind.

After Vivian and Ivan get in the car and drive away from the restaurant, Ivan drives straight to his parents place.

Noticing that Ivan pulled up in front of a place that is not her place, Vivian turned to look at Ivan with a confused expression on her face. "Why are we here?"

Vivian remembered the last time she came to place was to drop off Ivan. She hurt him deeply at that time.

She remembers how hurtful Ivan was after she said those hurtful words to him.

"Isn't it right for the daughter in law to visit and greet her own parents in law?

Vivian's eyes widened in surprise as soon as the words left Ivan's mouth.

'Oh God! Is he being for real right now? Meeting his family out of blue? What if they don't like me? Can't he give me more time to prepare myself for the yelling and shouting?'

"Are you out of your goddamn mind? Coming here without bringing any gift? You know this is my first time meeting your family right?"

Smiling ear to ear. "There's no need to worry about those things. Showing up in front of them is already the best gift they could ever get."

Right after Ivan spoke, he got out of the driver's seat and went around the outside of the car to open the car door for Vivian.

As soon as he opens the car door, Vivian looks up at Ivan with a sad puppy face. "Can't we come back here another time?"

"We're already here. It's impolite to just leave like that."

"Then let's go buy something before we go meet your family. It's my first time meeting them and it's impolite to show up empty hands."

With a gentle smile on his face, Ivan took Vivian's hand in his, making her get out of the car. "They don't need anything. They already have everything."

Ivan then started walking toward the front door while holding Vivian's hand.

Of course Vivian knows that they already have everything. But, this is her first time meeting with his family and she doesn't want them to dislike her.

They're going to be family to each other and of course Vivian doesn't want them to disapprove of her and Ivan's relationship.

"Can we at least go buy some bouquets for your mom?"

"There's no need."

"If your family dislikes me, you should know that it's all your fault."

Ivan let out a soft laugh as he tapped his finger on Vivian's nose. "Don't be silly. They'll like you no matter what. As long as you show up, they don't need anything else."

Seeing that Ivan won't budge even after she keeps persuading him, Vivian didn't say anything anymore and just followed him inside.

'Ha! I just got myself a husband and now I'm here meeting his family. Isn't he taking things too fast? He should've at least given me a few days, no, at least just a few hours to prepare myself. What should I do if they don't like me? Ahhh…. This is driving me crazy.'

As soon as Ivan and Vivian walked inside, all the servants stopped what they're doing, bowed their heads and greeted them politely. The head butler greeted them warmly and led them to the living room.

And of course everyone was stunned to see that their master brought a woman home for the first time and he even held her hand.

But none of them opened their mouths to speak even though their chests were filled with curiosity. They only stood back straight only after Ivan and Vivian walked past them.

After Ivan and Vivian sat down on the couch, the head butler bowed his head politely. "I'll be right back with snacks and tea."

"Bring some something iced cold drink instead of tea, my wife doesn't like tea."

The head butler's eyes widened in shock and looked at them with a surprised expression on his face. "Did you just say "wife" master? And not a girlfriend?"

He was not sure if he heard Ivan correctly or if he's hearing things. He could see that the woman his master brought home looked so young to be his niece instead of his wife.

Ivan could see the surprise on the head butler's face. He nods his head. "Yes. You heard it correctly."

The head butler regained his senses. With a warm and polite smile. "Congratulations master. And thank you for marrying my master miss."

Ivan frowned after hearing the head butler words. "She's my wife. Address her properly."

The warm and polite smiles on his face didn't fade. He looked at Vivian and bowed his head and apologized. "My mistake. Please forgive this old man. I'm getting too old and it seems like I forget things sometimes and don't know my place."

Vivian smiles at the old head butler. "There's no need to apologize. I like the way you called me. You can call me Vivian or Vivi."

She didn't tell him her full name since she prefer people use her first name or nickname.

With a stern face, Ivan turned to look at Vivian. "No he can't. You're my wife, everyone has to treat you the way they treat me."

"Master is right. Since you're the master's wife, everyone has to treat you with respect, that's including me. Please wait a few minutes young mistress, I'll go prepare the drinks and foods for you."

Vivian nods her head to let him do what he have to do. The head butler then walked away from Ivan and Vivian to go prepare the drink and snacks for them.

Just right after the head butler left, a middle aged couple walked up to Vivian and Ivan with a surprise look on their faces.

When they're in front of Ivan and Vivian, they sit down on the opposite couch. The middle aged woman looks at Ivan in confusion. "Who?"

Ivan took Vivian's in his. "My wife. Your daughter in law."

"Stop joking around. If you get married, of course I'll know it right away since you are my own son."

Of course they understand Mrs. Da would teach this way since Ivan brought home a woman out of nowhere and saying she's his wife.

"I won't joke about something like this. We just got our marriage certificate today."

Mrs. Da turned to look at Vivian after hearing what Ivan had said. "Is that true young lady?"

Nodding her head. "Yes. Everything he said is true."

"I see. How old are you?"

"Twenty one."

"Twenty one!?!" Mrs. Da shouted in surprise. She couldn't believe her ears.

Vivian gave her a beautiful smile and calmly answered Mrs. Da. "That's correct."

"Do you know he's way older than you right? Did you marry him because of his wealth?"

Vivian understood that Mrs. Da must've misunderstood her since Ivan is the country business tycoon and he's more than ten years older than her. Plus, many women try to get his attention and throw themselves at him.

"I don't think that's the case. Because I, myself, don't short on money. Even if he doesn't have anything, I can afford to support him for the rest of his life. I married him because of who he is, not because of his fortune."

Mrs. Da nodded her head in understanding.