The older man is ninety years old, but not very old, with a head of white hair combed neatly without half a thread of disarray; the eyes do not seem cloudy; instead, they are very stern, like a glance over to see through the hearts of people in general, although holding a cane in his hand, sitting where the waist is straight, the face of the older man than their own grandfather's seniority is also significant, Marcus showed as always to treat people outside of the polite and add a few points of respect and rigor. Marcus showed the usual courtesy and politeness but added a few respect points and took the initiative to greet first.
The other party was also very polite to him. First of all, they welcomed him to his birthday banquet. After the greeting, his eyes fell on the same ring on the hands of the two people sitting side by side in front of him. He only glanced at it before putting it back, and he asked Ethan, 'Lucas told me that you're engaged, right?'
Of course, things could not be what Lucas said. The innocent lying one behind the older man scowled at Ethan. Ethan did not take any notice of him and replied, 'Yes, it's just with Marcus. We are ready to get married. I hope the Great Grandpa can understand and accept us.'
Ethan even took one of Marcus's hands beside him as he said this, clasping it gently without a trace.
Marcus knew that he was deliberately acting to show the older man and cooperated, but in his heart, he was still a little strange; why did this guy's name for himself change again?
The old master saw this small action. Marcus noticed a flash of displeasure in his eyes and quickly covered it up. His attitude was still excellent, and he smiled: 'Such a big thing, you should have told me earlier. This child of yours is also really. How do you drag it out to this time to say?
Ethan calmly replied, 'Because it was a sudden decision, I didn't have time to tell Great Grandpa, and I had also planned to take advantage of this time to come back to celebrate Great Grandpa's birthday to announce it.'
The old master nodded, and his eyes turned to Marcus, his attitude still polite: 'Since we're all family from now on, Marcus, I can call you that, right?
Marcus nodded, being called 'Mr Viscount' by the old man. He is also awkward. The other party continued: 'You have just got off the plane after flying for more than ten hours. You are also tired. Go and rest first. The marriage is a big event for the two families, and it can't be too hasty, but we also have to prepare all aspects first. Every element is ready first.
Marcus begged for this, thanked him, and then returned with Ethan to the room where they had arranged for them to put their luggage.
However, Ethan didn't even sit down before he was called away again, not to mention resting, but of course, he had guessed that the great-grandfather could not let him go so quickly.
Into the older man's study, the door closed; Ethan's family old man's smile immediately disappeared, a serious and compelling look Ethan almost did not dare to look at; he grew up with the only person who could make him nervous was his great-grandfather.
'Tell me, what's going on?'
'I like him and want to be with him.' Ethan blurted out.
'You like men?' The old man's face sank at that, 'You didn't marry him for that agency?'
'LK's luxury yacht market has a good prospect, and getting the agency right can indeed bring the company a not-so-small benefit in return, but I'm not going to sell out just because of that,' Ethan said.' Since I like men, Great Grandpa should have more or less heard some whispers about it before. '
'I thought you were joking about those.'
'I'm serious.' Ethan finished and smiled again. 'I like him, so I want to marry him; he's British, and it's legal for us to get married, not to mention that we can still benefit the company when we're together. There's nothing wrong with that. It seems that LK's side is interested in expanding their operation. If we're more proactive, Take this opportunity to sign up for a global exclusive.
The older man does not seem surprised by this. He said, 'You can get the LK mainland agency this time. The board of directors is delighted with your performance. It is also regarded as our full cooperation playing a good first shot. As for the future, although I can not give you a guaranteed, your chances are not small. The marriage of the matter I will not stop, but you have to be a little low-profile. '
Even if the older man retired long ago and is still the company's largest shareholder, the company's things are also apparent. Ethan's heart understands over, and LK has the intention to cooperate with the thing entirely but is afraid that grandpa on this side has already heard the wind, so it is not unexpected such a big piece of fat meat in front of, of course, he, will not this time to stop their own and Marcus's marriage to make a deadlocked relationship.
Smiling to himself, Ethan responded to the older man's words, and after a few more words, he turned around and returned.
Marcus, who had briefly packed his bags, saw Ethan walking through the door, seeming less than upbeat, and asked, 'Your great-grandfather doesn't agree with us?'
'He agreed.'
'Then what is ... this?'
Ethan collapsed onto the bed in a crumpled heap, staring at the ceiling decorations for a while before muttering, 'Don't you wonder why my grandmother didn't come to my great-grandfather's birthday party?'
'Hmm?'
'My great-grandfather has always disliked my grandmother, think she is not worthy of our family, in the beginning also grandpa insisted on marrying her resisted for a long time before he compromised, and then my grandpa died early, my grandma does not want to stay in New York, want to take my father back to China, my great-grandfather of course did not agree, want her to go alone to leave behind my father, after that, there is a row, at that time, the matter is still very big, in order to steal my father custody of almost all of them, and then the grandma did not come. In order to grab my father's custody almost to fight a lawsuit, is my father insisted on going with my grandmother, too grandpa in order to protect the Ethan family reputation, only let them leave, but as a condition, Lucas and I was sent back to New York almost as soon as we were born, and then our parents accidentally died in a car accident, too grandpa also did not allow us to go to see a glance, so many years we are secretly contacting grandma dare not let him find out, until adulthood before we really get the find out, and it wasn't until we were adults that we were truly free.'
Marcus listened to some surprises, did not think he and his original had such a similar experience for a time but did not know what to say; Ethan's mouth corners flooded with a bitter smile: 'Even now, he still wants to control me and Lucas, but the force is not able to do so, once I became an adult, I chose to go to the UK for my studies, but also want to get out of his control, and then also didn't come back to New York again, always in the country, this time, if you didn't suddenly tell me that you want to get married, he would have forcefully stuffed a woman into me under the name of having a birthday banquet to tie me up again.'
Ethan turned his head and looked at Marcus, who was sitting on the edge of the bed. 'Actually, I should thank you for that.'
'I thought ... you stayed in the domestic branch in the first place because ...'
Ethan shook his head. 'Don't mention him. It's kind of one of the reasons, but not the main one. I just wanted to get away from my great-grandfather to spend more time with my grandmother.'
Hearing him say that, Marcus suddenly felt a little funny again. The main reason he chose to go to China in the first place was also to be closer to his dead mother, and he and Ethan both decided at that time that the other one was chasing after William. Such a mindset is childish, even if you think about it now.
'If that's the case, why go into Lysol? If you leave Ethan's company, won't he be able to control you even less? With your ability even if you start your own business, you will definitely be able to achieve something ...'
Ethan smiled, 'You have so much confidence in me?'
'You don't have confidence in yourself?' Marcus asked him back.
'I do, but I still want to stay in Lyson, my grandpa will have to hand over the reins sooner or later when he gets older,' Ethan said, 'My grandpa deserves a lot of credit for Lyson's success today, and his biggest wish back then was to be able to open up Lyson to the country, so that he could legitimately take Grandma left grandpa's control, it's a pity that he died too early, I want to do for him what he couldn't do back then, my grandpa paid too much for Laison back then, he died of exhaustion, I don't want his hard fought kingdom to fall into the hands of people who have bad intentions.'
After saying the last sentence, both of them fell silent simultaneously. Marcus looked at him, although he was smiling, but actually emotionally depressed, and suddenly felt a little bit of pity for him. This kind of sympathetic emotion also didn't know how to come out. He hesitated momentarily and asked, 'Why are you telling me all this?'
'... don't know,' Ethan's lips are still with a smile. Still, his eyebrows are unconsciously knit lightly: 'originally wanted to play a show with you in front of him to beat up the lovebirds also unrepentant to give him more trouble, I did not expect him Because of the favorable agree so painfully ...'
'So you feel stifled?' Marcus said, 'This childish mentality of yours is unlike the mature appearance you show people.
Ethan did not argue. He smiled and patted the bed beside him, gesturing for Marcus to sleep over. Marcus did not refuse, so he took off his coat and layover. Ethan reached over his head sideways, rubbed his round earlobes, and lowered his voice to murmur, 'I've never thought that one day I would be able to lie in the same bed with you so peacefully, and this feeling seems to be quite nice.'
Earlobes were a sensitive spot for him, and Marcus grunted softly but didn't stop his movements and thoughtfully asked him, 'Why did you call me Marcus in front of your great-grandfather?'
'I thought you didn't mind that sort of thing at all,' Ethan thought to himself as Marcus seemed to be talking more and more over the last couple of days. He didn't seem to be as cold as he thought he was, 'If I call you Marcus, Great Grandpa, he's sure to follow suit; it appears that No one else has ever called you by that name, that's good, I'll be the only one to call you that from now on.'
The first time he called him this, it was just a whim, but later, he felt that this name sounded quite lovely and carried an ambiguous sense of intimacy, so Ethan privately did not want others to call him this like.
Sure enough, I felt that he was overbearing in the past, but he does not seem to be wrong at all. Marcus lazily returned a sentence, 'someone called,' and closed his eyes after nearly fifteen hours of traveling, no longer paying attention to Ethan's question. JetJetlane'sdhad had been rearward; he had already been very red and soon drifted into a deep sleep.
Ethan helplessly smiled and helped him pull the quilt up.