Chapter 38

She was his daughter-in-law now. He looked at him intensively, just the right choice for his son.

"Talk to your mother child. She would have to understand that you are not a child anymore and she would have to accept my son as her son-in-law." Klein said.

The girl looked up at the man, her orange eyes met his blue ones.

"I would like to stay here with Jake." She replied.

The room went quiet, everyone was stunned by the girl's boldness. Klein had no objections, he granted her request then the duo walked out of the room, hand in hand. The room went silent when the couple left, the elders looked at each other but no words were spoken. Yul was the first to leave.

Jake was the first to enter the room, he went straight to sit on the bed. He was tired, physically and emotionally. Irene went into the room and stood by the door, she had her hands folded and her gaze was on Jake. The man looked up at her, their eyes met then he stood up and walked to where she stood and wrapped his hands over h