Perfect Match: Irresistible Desire For You -
Chapter 127
“I’m sorry, mom. I shouldn’t have said that. I should learn from my dear old father and treat my dear old mother with more respect.”
Mike felt so helpless every time his parents would bring up the topic of him getting married. Although they kept on saying that they couldn’t wait to see him walk down the aisle, they never really took it seriously and just enjoyed traveling the world together. However, as soon as they came back from their travels, they would start urging him again, sounding as though they were getting disappointed of him.
In fact, as he grew older and found out more about what love was, Mike became more and more envious of the deep love his parents shared. He admired his parents’ relationship so much that he started yearning for a future married life that was similar to what they had. Unfortunately, he still hadn’t found the woman that was right for him, so he had to put off getting married.
For so long, Mike had been waiting for someone he could fall in love and spend the rest of his life with.
At long last, Mike found the girl who almost made his heart leap out of his chest, though he didn’t really get the chance to see her face in the dim light.
From that day, Mike started searching for that girl so he could replace his own happiness. And he firmly believed that he would replace that happiness soon.
“You insolent brat! Who are you calling old? Do I look old to you?” Hearing what Mike said, Simone was a little offended and got angry.
After that, Mike felt a pat on the back of his head. Once again, his mother’s way of comprehending things left him at such a loss.
“Ha ha…” Sitting between the two, Ashley couldn’t hold back her laughter when she saw her brother being chewed out for no reason.
“Mom, you’re not old at all. In fact, you even look younger than me.” Ashley wrapped her arms around her mother’s shoulder and complimented her youthful appearance in a cheerful tone.
Indeed, Simone wasn’t old. Because she got married early and had an early childbirth, she gave birth to her eldest son, Mike, at the age of 22. Right now, she was only in her forties. Add to the fact that she was well-preserved, and with her husband taking good care of her, she still looked young for her age.
The marriage between Jack and Simone was what you would call an arranged marriage. Jack’s mother was a good friend of Simone’s mother. So, when the two of them got pregnant at around the same time, they made a verbal agreement to have their children marry each other.
Back then, as someone who just came back home from overseas, Simone, who was only 20 years old, believed that she should be free to choose whom she would marry. Needless to say, she was dead set against the arranged marriage that she had to go through. So much so that on the first day she came back to Obraria, she looked for her fiancé, Jack, and threatened to break off the engagement.
At that time, Jack was still working. He was a young and arrogant man, and this was the first time he had ever seen the young and stunning girl whom his parents had often told him about. Although Simone’s beauty took his breath away, he didn’t like her arrogant tone and also didn’t want to be bound by marriage so early.
As a result, the two of them, who almost hated each other’s guts, gathered their parents later that day and insisted on breaking off the engagement. Their parents kept trying to persuade them over and over again, but to no avail as they just couldn’t change their mind. In the end, they had no choice but to agree, albeit reluctantly.
Perhaps fate moved in mysterious ways. Because of business reasons, the two of them got to meet with each other a couple of times. Little by little, the handsome and carefree Jack, found himself getting attracted to the shrewd and independent Simone.
Thanks to Simone’s beauty and elegance, there were a lot of suitors around her. This ruffled Jack’s feathers, so he cunningly drove them away one after another. Luckily for him, Simone was quite dense when it came to things like this, so no one succeeded in getting close to her at all.
After working with each other for more than a year, the two of them got to know more about each other, and Simone, the arrogant woman, gradually became bosom buddies with Jack. She became so comfortable around him that she slowly opened up to him about her breakup, disappointment, troubles, and a few other things.
Jack would always willingly lend her an ear. Thanks to this, he found out that not long after Simone came back to Obraria she had broken up with her boyfriend whom she had met abroad, and that she was often harassed by other people at work just because of her good looks. Of course, he also knew how difficult it was for a woman to be in charge of a big company…
However, Jack, who seemed like he could handle everything that was thrown at him, also had his own troubles and didn’t have anyone to confide in. As the two of them grew more fond of each other, he found that he had fallen in love with this smart and beautiful woman before he even realized it. He had no idea when exactly he had fallen for her, but she didn’t seem to notice anything at all, nor did she seem impressed in any way.
One night, the two of them got wasted after having a few drinks and opened up to each other. Perhaps it was because of the alcohol, or perhaps it was because of their hearts pounding loudly on their chests when they moved closer to each other that the two of them got carried away and ended up making love…
After a night of giving in to their carnal desires, Simone, who woke up first, thought that what they did when they were drunk would ruin the genuine friendship that they had. At that moment, she didn’t know how she was supposed to face Jack, so she decided to leave first before he woke up and stayed away from him.
However, when Jack woke up and noticed that Simone wasn’t by his side, a totally different thought crossed his mind—since the two of them made love last night, he had to take responsibility.
For this reason, Jack didn’t stop giving chase to Simone for a long time no matter how hard she tried to avoid him. One was in high spirits and kept on getting back up every time he got knocked down, while the other was anxious and kept running away.
Simone thought that Jack only confessed to her and chased after her because of his sense of responsibility for what happened that night. This kind of cheap love was something that she didn’t want. However, when she realized that those really were Jack’s honest feelings, Simone inevitably fell in love with him as well. She was charmed by his excellence and gentleness. And she fell even more in love with him because of his sincerity and persistence that would not give an inch.
Three months later, Jack got the results of Simone’s pregnancy test. After getting the blessing of their parents, the two of them tied the knot.
From that day forward, their happy life became even more wonderful…
“Ashley, like you said, I just look young. But, do you think that I’m old?” It would seem that Simone took what Ashley said the wrong way and misinterpreted her compliment.
Hearing this, the siblings were left utterly dumbfounded. As expected, it was inappropriate to comment on a woman’s age. Middle-aged women didn’t want to hear the word ‘old’.
“But, I guess you’re right. You two are adults now. I just have to accept the fact that I’m getting old,” Simone sighed after a moment of silence.
Just as the siblings were at a loss for words again, the head of the family, who was wearing an apron, suddenly came out of the kitchen holding a dish in his hand. Without even trying hard, he lightened up the mood inside the room and said, “Who dares to say that my wife is old? My wife is as beautiful as a flower. Who can possibly compete with her?”
Hearing this, Ashley and Mike glanced at each other and thought that it would be better to just keep their mouth shut.
“Mike, what are you looking at? Come over here and help me prepare the tableware.”
Mike still couldn’t escape his father’s sharp eyes. Receiving a different treatment compared to Ashley, he thought that there was no point in moping about it, so he just shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen right away.
When Mike came into the world, the Guzman family developed this way of thinking that boys should experience life’s trials and tribulations, and that girls should be raised in a pleasant and prosperous environment. This principle had been practiced by the Guzman family ever since. And the founder of this principle, Jack, was a dab hand at implementing this unwritten rule.
To put it simply, Jack, the head of the family, had some hard feelings for Mike and always envied him.
Because Simone was pregnant at the time they got married, Jack, who had only experienced making love to her once, was asked to keep a distance from his wife. After Mike was born, Jack had to wait another year before he could feel his wife’s touch again. As a first-time mother, Simone got so preoccupied with the newborn baby that the man who had always stayed by her side ended up receiving little to no attention at all.
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