
As Mark promised earlier, this weekend he will spend all his time just to accompany Marie to visit her parents' house.
"sister Monica's not coming?" ask Marie to her sister-in-law.
"no, I have an appointment with my friend to attend his son's birthday party" Monica replied.
"then we leave first, sister" said Marie, hugging Monica.
"be careful on the road, yeah, greetings to your whole family" said Monica replying to Marie's embrace.
"yes, sister, I'll tell you" Marie nodded her head and walked to the car door.
Marie and Mark drove out of the yard and picked up James and Katie, who were not far from their home. Previously, Mark and James had agreed to go together using only one car to make it more exciting on the road.
"So you two are officially dating?" james asked as they crossed the capital's border.
"Of course" Mark answered his best friend's question with pride.
"So when are you going to have your wedding?" Katie asked enthusiastically.
"i want it as fast as possible, but it's Marie's hanging" Mark then looked up at Marie through the rearview mirror.
"My advice, you better set a date, if you are sure not to be delayed again" James advised his friend and sister-in-law.
"yes Marie, don't think for too long, just make a decision" Katie agreed with her husband.
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Upon arrival in Alexbad, they were immediately greeted by Father and Mother who were already standing in the courtyard of the house.
"how are you all?" the mother hugged her newly arrived children in turn.
"I'm fine, ma'am" replied Katie.
"i'm good too" Marie chimed in on her twin sister's answer.
"Let's go inside" then the mother invites them into the dining room to serve her children's favorite cake.
While the father was inviting, James and Mark sat in the living room chatting. Dad seemed happy, because now he is no longer the only man in the family, at least now there is James who can be talked to by the father when the mother and three children are gossiping.
"What about your work?" ask James and Mark to open the conversation.
"i'm busy with permitting the relocation of residents to flats" James said.
"yes yes, by the way, I'm sorry to go to the toilet for a while" James replied as he walked away from Father and Mark.
He deliberately did not extend the topic of his work so that Mark had time to express his heart to his father-in-law. Because a few days earlier Mark had told James and Charlie to want to immediately propose to Marie.
"then what about DeModel.corp?" now I ask Mark.
"We're in a contract with a company engaged in property well, they offer to build a residential area as well as entertainment facilities in it which is on the outskirts of the city and has not been widely inhabited by the community. This is also a breakthrough program for population equity for the community. So those who are in the suburbs no longer need to go to the capital looking for luck, they can develop their respective cities by staying in it." explained Mark at length.
"Wow, what a wonderful concept" my father was amazed by the story told by Mark.
"yes, there's something I want to tell you about my relationship with Marie" Mark said, opening up about his intention to marry her.
"what's that?" The father who heard Mark's statement was very curious, because all this time father and mother did not know that Mark liked Marie. They just assume that Mark is the boss of his son and his daughter-in-law's best friend.
"i want to propose to Marie to be my wife" Mark spoke confidently.
"have you spoken directly to Marie?" ask dad to come back.
"already, Marie has accepted me, just not sure to get married" Mark replied.
"all right, I'll talk about this again with my wife" said the father, looking at Mark, who showed his seriousness.
"thank you dad, for me Father and Mom's blessing is everything" Mark looked happy as he gave the green light to his relationship with Marie.
"it's drunk" the mother who came out of the dining room served a drink and a warm snack.
"mom, sit down" I asked mom to sit next to her.
"what is it?" asked the confused mother when she saw the look on the face of a serious father.
"just Mark said if he wanted to propose to Marie and get married, what do you think?" ask dad to come back.
"really? I'm so happy to hear that, then when did you get married?" ask the mother happily because she saw her son proposed to a man.
"Marie is not ready to get married anytime soon" Mark replied.
"The child is still traumatized by Reuben" the mother understood her daughter "let the mother help her talk" the mother added.
"thank you Ma'am" Mark said happily, having received the full support of his two future in-laws.