Before Tassach replied, Mrs. Conduibh held Gracie's hand and forced a smile. "Gracie, you must be tired of taking care of him for so many days. I'll cook for you tonight. You two will spend the rest of your life with each other. You don't have to stay here and put up his bad smell."
Those words helped Gracie feel better.
Mrs. Conduibh took other people out of the ward, leaving Old Mr. Conduibh and Tassach in it.
Old Mr. Conduibh sat down on the bed and uttered straightforwardly, "You were being so irrational just now. I've met enough able people throughout my whole career, and I wouldn't be able to provoke Zack. How dare you say that to his wife while he was here? Does Ophelia really matter that much to you?"
Tassach nodded and said, "I can't help falling in love with her, grandpa. I'm afraid I'll be falling for her for the rest of my life. I was in a coma during the past few days, but I still had consciousness. I knew you were worried about me, and I could hear what she said to me. She said I'll be the godfather of her child, and she would give me a chance to make up for my escape in the past. That was when I decided that I would exert all my energy to wake up, so that I could protect her better."
Old Mr. Conduibh didn't look as excited as he used to be at those words. On the contrary, he sighed and asked in guilt, "Tassach, will you blame me for that? I would never have driven her away if I had known you loved her so much. I've been watching how you spend all your time and life on work for these years. You don't seem to be interested in love anymore. Sometimes when I wake up at night, I'd regret having intervened in your relationship, or you could have already been married or having a child... I might have a great-grandson now."
Tassach closed his eyes and hid his strong mood swing.
When he opened his eyes again, his eyes already looked peaceful.
He said in a low voice, "I once hated you for that, Grandpa. I hated my parents, too. The time has taken part of my hatred away, but deep inside me, there was still something that I couldn't get over. There were many times at night when I standing by the with a cigarette, the shining neons took my memories back. I sometimes wondered if it was because of your interference or my weakness and flinch, maybe both. I could've worked harder and been mature, that way we might be able to end up better now."
Old Mr. Conduibh patted him with his rough hand. "Tassach, you've grown up. You are a man who can face anything on your own. Love is just a little part of your love, why are you so obsessed with this woman?"
Tassach leaned on the pillow and said, "Grandpa, you were once young and deep in love. It's difficult for a man to meet a woman who he's crazy about, and once they met, it would take him a lifetime to care about her, her moves, and her actions. His mood swings with her. I fell in love with her at the first sight. She's beautiful and excellent, while she stayed so humble in front of other people in our family. Mamy man will fall for that."
Old Mr. Conduibh didn't say anything.
It had been decades since the last time his heartbeat pounded because of love. He had almost forgotten about the feelings, but Tassach's words reminded him of the old days. He recalled some old-day memories, which felt sweet.
The sweetness had been through decades and it still felt so real.
He had been through ups and downs in his career. As he became older, he became sympathetic, especially for the next generation.
"Tassach, Ophelia is already someone else's wife now. You should give up on her. You are destined to miss each other in this life." Old Mr. Conduibh tried to talk Tassach out of this.
"She has a happy marriage. I will secretly look after her. I'll show up for her once her marriage breaks down. I won't give up on her."
Old Mr. Conduibh stared at him, "You mean you won't marry anyone but her."
"Grandpa, marriage is just a social formation. It's about nothing but a certification," Tassach said.
"You must get married even though it was about certification, I'm too old and too close to the termination of my life to wait. I want to meet my great-
grandson before I die."
"Grandpa, my two cousins are both married, and their wives are already pregnant. You'll soon meet your great-grandsons, and I'm afraid you'll soon get tired of taking care of children."
Tassach argued for himself in a very subtle way.
Old Mr. Conduibh rolled his eyes. "Don't try to change the subject, you know what this conversation is really about. I'll give you a deadline. If she's still married when she was thirteen, you'll have to get married to another woman. I'll pick up her from the ladies of strong family backgrounds, and I can grantee you that you'll get along with each other well."
Tassach closed his eyes. "You promised me that you would not interfere in my marriage."
Old Mr. Conduibh said, "You're still young and have a whole career to build, so I won't intervene, but when you're thirty, you may already have your career built, and you'll have to have a family. Marrying a lady with an eminent background will help you in your career."
Tassach opened his eyes and said, "Give the influence and power of our family, do I really need to marry someone so that her family can help us?
That will make me look incompetent."
Billionaire Lost to His Surrogate In A Love Game ï¤Chapter 247 I'm Alright Say You Will Be Mine ï¤Chapter 38 Pay You Back for the Rest of My Life (The End)
The Vixen's Man ï¤15 Old Mr. Conduibh compromised. "You don't even have to marry a rich lady, but you have to get married. She and you have no future. You really should give up on that thought."
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