16. Neighbor Satire

When Alex and his family finally said goodbye, Celine, who felt that she had to immediately convey the conversation on the terrace to her parents, was shocked by her mother's sentence,

"Celine, Mr. Albert said he would come to propose next Saturday."

"Excuse me, what?" unconsciously, Celine exclaimed in shock.

"Yes, proposed to you to be Alex's wife, why are you so shocked by that?" Mrs. Maggie answered quickly.

"Hold on, Mom, Dad. I think there's something that needs to be straightened out. Don't let this plan go ahead without knowing this one important thing."

Celine said thoughtfully as she sat back down on the living room sofa. Mr. Felix and Mrs. Maggie looked at each other in surprise but then sat down again in front of their daughter.

"What's wrong?" her mother asked curiously.

"Mom and Dad should know. Earlier when we were talking outside, Alex confessed that he had lied to his parents about not having a girlfriend."

Suddenly, both parents were wide-eyed in shock, "What?!" they