Olivia was always good at talking. That little girl who only relied on her dead brother seemed to have grown up.
Yara smiled and didn’t insist. She just said, “Well, that’s good. Since Dennis treats you as his sister, you should naturally call me aunt. As your aunt, I have to say something. You are about to be thirty years old. You should get married. Is there anyone who you like?”
Obviously, she wanted to use the brother-sister relationship to distance the relationship between Dennis and Olivia.
Indeed, the old people were always smarter.
We all knew everything. How should Olivia answer Yara’s question?
She couldn’t say she liked Dennis because she had just said that they were brother and sister. Sister
Olivia’s face changed, but she still forced a smile and said, “No. It’s good to be single now.”
Her words were not convincing at all.
Yara shook her head and said with great enthusiasm, “That’s impossible. A woman has to get married sooner or later. Whether you are divorced or live a good life after you get married, you have to get married. Otherwise, there will always be some regrets in your life.”
After a pause, she said, “I almost forget that Mr. Thomson in Dennis’s company has taken good care of you before. I think he is very considerate, thoughtful, and promising. And he’s handsome and rich. Why don’t you think about him?”
Marcus Thomson?
Hearing that, Olivia didn’t know how she should answer. She smiled awkwardly and said, “Aunt, don’t make fun of me. As you said, everyone has his or her own fate, especially when it comes to women’s marriage. It’s easy to like someone, but it’s hard to fall in love with him. Just take it easy!”
“Naive girl. You should make the decision as soon as possible.” Yara held Olivia’s hand and said, “What you are thinking is not right. You can take it easy when you love him and he loves you. If you don’t, you then can’t take it easy. Look at Clara and Dennis. They have been going through many things for almost seven years, and finally got married. It’s fate, so they are bound to be together.”
Obviously, Yara meant something. She was warning Olivia not to think about anything that she shouldn’t like. No matter how hard she tried, it didn’t belong to her.
Olivia was not a fool, so she could know Yara’s meaning. She looked a little embarrassed.
However, as she grew up and was over thirty years old, she always had a smile on her face.
After a few bites, she said with a smile, “Aunt, my friend is still there. I can’t stay here for too long. I’ll visit you some other day.”
Yara nodded and didn’t intend to keep her. She said, “Okay, then you remember to come to see me!”
The way adults got along with each other was always restrained. They were not enemies but also not friends.
Even if they had a bad relationship, they would be polite and smile.
The price of growing up was hypocrisy.
As soon as Olivia left, Yara cast a glance at me and said, “You are so stupid that you can’t even handle a rival in love in seven years. I wonder why Dennis likes you.”
I was speechless.
What she said was true.
After a pause, I said, “She is Calvin’s younger sister. When Calvin died, he asked Dennis to take care of her. This is Dennis’s responsibility and obligation. Dennis can’t leave her alone.”
She rolled her eyes at me and said in a somewhat disappointed tone, “Does he have to take care of her for the rest of his life because of the responsibility and obligation? She is Calvin’s sister, but will Calvin take care of her for the rest of his life? Even a father can’t take care of her daughter for so long. Don’t force Dennis with such a ridiculous reason.”
“Besides, that woman is thirty years old. Can’t she make a living on her own? Isn’t it better for her to be a street girl if she can only live on the men?”
I was speechless.
It was the first time that I had seen Yara’s sharp tongue.
I pursed my lips and lowered my head to eat. In fact, what she said made sense.
Even if he asked Dennis to take care of Olivia, Dennis was not her father, so he wouldn’t have to be responsible for Olivia all his life.
After the dinner, she had something to do and I didn’t have.
I decided to drive home. Then I met Olivia again at the entrance of the shopping mall. It seemed that I didn’t run into her by chance. She was waiting for me.
“Clara, do you really think you are the most precious treasure in the world? Do you think everyone likes you?” She stood in front of the door.
Obviously, she didn’t want to let me go.
People around came in and went out one by one. If we had a dispute here, it would definitely cause unnecessary trouble.
After a pause, I looked at her and didn’t get angry. Instead, I asked calmly, “Do you still love Dennis, or are you jealous of me?”
She was stunned and didn’t know why I suddenly asked that.
Seeing that she didn’t say anything, I took out the car key from my bag and said, “Let’s go. Since you can’t let it go, come with me!”
We had to let go of some obsessions.
She took a look at the people coming and going around and then got into the car with me with a gloomy face.
She looked sullen all the way. Obviously, she didn’t want to talk to me.
I’m driving, “I learned driving six years ago, which was the second year after I married Dennis. I remember that he took good care of you at that time. He had taken over the group for only two years, and he had to go out to talk business every day. Sometimes Toby was not with him, and he didn’t like to take a taxi, so he asked me to learn to drive. He said that I would be bored if I waited for him at home every day, so I learned to drive and went out to follow him when he talked business. When we came back, I could drive him home.”
She sneered, “He just takes you as a driver. No husband always takes his wife out with him when he talks business.”
I smiled and nodded, “Yes. At that time, I thought the same way. I thought he didn’t love me at all and just treated me as a driver. But now I think I’ve made a mistake. After I learned to drive, he didn’t take me out when he talked business. Instead, he bought me a car and let me drive the car when I went work. It’s convenient and safe.”
Her face changed and she didn’t say anything.
I smiled and said, “Dennis’s love is never obvious. He worried that it would be unsafe for me to take a taxi on the way to and off work, so he asked me to learn to drive. He knew that he was very busy and could not drive me home every day, so it was the best for me to drive myself.”