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Compared to the excitement outside, it was quiet inside here.
Finally, Mrs. Corbyn spoke first. “Ask… those men at the entrance to leave first, or others will think we’re doing shady business.”
“Okay, Mom,” Martin Weiss answered naturally. Then, he took out his phone and told his staff to leave.
Mrs. Corbyn choked when she heard the word ‘Mom’. Never in her life did she dream that Martin Weiss would call her ‘Mom’ one day.
Kyla and Nelson Corbyn looked at Martin Weiss with the same look of shock as if they were looking at something bizarre.
“What’s the matter? What’s wrong with me calling her ‘Mom’?” Martin Weiss looked at the three startled faces and slowly said, “Others will find it strange if I don’t call her ‘Mom’ but ‘Aunt’.”
Kyla had no idea what to answer for a moment. Just like what he had said, it was perfectly normal for him to call her mother ‘Mom’ now that they were married.
Even if their marriage was just a show, they should at least act their part.
Mrs. Corbyn choked for a moment before saying, “Then… Then you can call me that for now, and…” She changed the topic. “Since you and Kyla have received your marriage license, let’s have dinner together. There’s something I want to say too.”
“Okay,” Martin Weiss replied respectfully.
Mrs. Corbyn made dinner. She prepared four dishes and a soup, all of which were pretty good.
The small square table seemed to be more crowded than usual because Martin Weiss was joining them.
As they ate, Mrs. Corbyn said, “After what happened today, the whole neighborhood knows that you’re married now, so don’t do it again. Besides that, are you okay with the baby in Kyla’s belly taking the last name Zhuo?”
Martin Weiss’s eyes glimmered slightly as he clenched his hand holding the chopsticks. “Taking the last name Zhuo…’
“Yes,” said Martin Weiss.
“And have you spoken to your family about your marriage?” Mrs. Corbyn asked again.
“I can decide my own marriage. I’ll talk to my family about it when I have the chance,” said Martin Weiss.
“Okay, I don’t want your family to object and give my daughter trouble,” said Mrs. Corbyn.
Martin Weiss nodded. “I won’t let my family members give Kyla trouble, of course.”
After the meal, Martin Weiss took the initiative to clean up the dishes. He took them to the kitchen to wash them.
Mrs. Corbyn did not stop him and let him do the dishes. Mrs. Corbyn looked at Kyla. “Let’s leave your marriage as it is now. Now that the neighbors know, we can get away by saying that he’s often away on business and won’t be back much.”
“Okay,” answered Kyla.
Nelson Corbyn had now entered the kitchen. He looked at Martin Weiss, who was doing the dishes. “Mommy said things will remain the same after you get married. Is that so?”
Martin Weiss paused and looked at his son before him. “It’ll remain the same for your mommy, but not me. I feel honored to be her husband. It’ll be my most honorable identity.”
Nelson Corbyn seemed to listen with a hazy notion.
“Nelson, I love your mommy. My love for her is the kind where I can give up my life for her,” said Martin Weiss.
“No. If you loved Mommy, you wouldn’t have treated her like that. Mommy said if you really love someone, you won’t upset them at all!” argued Nelson Corbyn.
Pain flashed through Martin Weiss’s eyes. He put down the dishes he was cleaning and squatted down as he looked straight at his son.
Many of his son’s features resembled him, but only his eyes looked like Kyla. When his son smiled, it was as if Kyla was smiling at him.
However… Kyla and even Nelson had stopped smiling at him because of his recklessness and willfulness.
Martin Weiss said solemnly, “That’s because I was stupid enough not to realize that I loved your mommy. This is my punishment. Nelson, don’t be like me. If you ever meet someone you like, don’t be as stupid as me and hurt someone you like in a self-righteous way. It’ll make you regret it for the rest of your life.”
Nelson Corbyn listened quietly. Although he had always hated his father, he was not hostile to him right now.
Instead… he somehow felt a little sorry for his father!
Life went on as usual. However, ever since Martin Weiss set off the firecrackers and distributed wedding candies, Kyla could distinctly feel the change in her neighbors’ gaze.
Perhaps that was the way people were. She would divorce Martin Weiss after the baby was one year old. Then, she would move to another place once Nelson went to junior high.
A divorced woman with two children would have a better reputation than an unmarried woman with two children.
It was ridiculous. She had never cared much about reputation.
However, reality forced her to.
While Kyla was contemplating what she could do after her son graduated from primary school, a black Maybach pulled up at the store’s entrance.
A woman in a modified cheongsam stepped out.
It was an elderly in her 60s. She also wore a fall-season cloak. Her hair was in an updo while she wore delicate makeup. She looked dignified and graceful.
Kyla shuddered as she recognized her.
She was the matriarch of the Weiss family… Martin Weiss’s mother!
Speaking of which, she had only met her once. She accidentally ran into her back when she was dating Martin Weiss.
Mrs. Weiss was indifferent to her and did not care about her relationship with Martin Weiss.
When she was in jail, she figured out that Mrs. Weiss did not care because she knew Martin Weiss was not really in love with her!
As Mrs. Weiss walked up to her, Kyla asked calmly, “Can I help you?”
“I should have visited you long ago. Now that you and Martin are married, you should call me ‘Mom’, right? Kyla?”
said Mrs. Weiss. Instead of the indifference Kyla had seen before, Mrs. Weiss’s expression now seemed a little…
obsequious.
However, she could not bring herself to call this woman ‘Mom’ no matter what.
Mrs. Weiss did not insist either. She only said a little sheepishly, “Speaking of which, the Weiss family and the Corbyn family have such an ill-fated relationship. Your father almost brought down the Weiss family, and Martin was hospitalized for leukemia. I almost couldn’t take it. I really hated the Corbyn family at that time.
“But you happened to be the one who saved Martin. If you had refused to donate your bone marrow like Paisley Daniels, then 2112
Martin would have already died. And Martin wouldn’t have been able to revive the Weiss family after our downfall.
“You saved Martin with your bone marrow, and Martin also cut out his liver for you. Our feud has long been incalculable. I know you’ve suffered a lot. The Weiss family has done you and Nelson wrong. I don’t want to deal with all this anymore. I only want my son to live like a human being and not live in pain forever.”
Mrs. Weiss’s voice had a hint of imploration.
Never had a woman of her status spoken to anyone in such a tone.
Kyla was stunned. She never expected Mrs. Weiss to do this.
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