Love Unspoken

Kyle was still pretty nervous. Meeting Arabella Pearl's mom, Maeve Harrington, before had been a real challenge. She'd grilled him hard and ended with, "Not just anyone can marry my daughter," which really piled on the pressure. He was crossing his fingers that Maeve would be a bit more chill this time.

They soon got to Arabella's house. Arabella knocked, and the door opened pretty quickly. Maeve's smile vanished the second she saw Kyle. She said coldly, "What are you doing here?" Arabella pulled Kyle inside. "Mom, Kyle came to see you. He's leaving tomorrow."

Maeve turned to Kyle. "Where are you going?"

"To work," Kyle said, feeling awkward. "Abroad."

He wasn't being totally honest. He'd told them before that he worked abroad, following his boss on projects. If things went well, he might even settle there.

Maeve stared at him for a moment. "How long will you be gone?"

"I don't know," Kyle replied.

"Don't know? What about Arabella? Didn't you say you liked her? Are you just gonna leave her hanging?" Maeve shot back.

Kyle quickly shook his head. "Of course not, I..."

He felt a bit shy to say it.

Maeve, getting impatient, said, "I get it. You're not planning to take her with you, are you? Don't even think about it. It's so far away. If you sold my daughter, where would I find her?"

Arabella jumped in, "Mom, Kyle isn't like that. You've met him several times. He doesn't look like a bad person, does he?"

"Can you tell a good person from a bad one just by looking? Arabella, you're too young and easily fooled. You're my only daughter. It wasn't easy raising you. If something happened to you, how would I live?" Maeve retorted. "Mom, it won't happen. I trust Kyle. Besides, he came this time to talk about our marriage with you. He doesn't know when he'll be back next, and he doesn't want me to wait, so he decided to sign the marriage agreement first," Arabella explained.

Maeve's eyes widened. "Marriage? How can you get married in half a day? That's crazy!"

"I mean, we sign the marriage agreement first," Arabella clarified.

"I disagree. How can you marry so hastily? And if Kyle leaves and doesn't come back, will you wait for him forever?" Maeve argued.

Kyle sighed and said, "Maeve, what would it take for you to agree? Just name your conditions. If I marry Arabella, I won't let her suffer in any way except for not being able to be with her. Even if I leave, I'll make sure you both are well taken care of."

Maeve's face was stern. After Kyle finished speaking, she coldly said, "Alright, if you're serious about this, transfer all your savings to Arabella's account. Once you're married, everything you have will be hers anyway. I don't want my daughter to be left without a husband and having to beg for money."

Kyle hesitated a bit.

Maeve immediately got upset. "What's wrong? Didn't you say you wouldn't let her suffer? Didn't you say I could name any condition? You can't even agree to this small request. I see you're unreliable and just want to trick Arabella into marrying you. Forget it."

Kyle quickly waved his hand. "No, Maeve, I'm willing. I don't spend much money myself. I just need to go to the bank to transfer it. I'm afraid there's not enough time."

"How much money do you have that you need to go to the bank?" Maeve glanced at him disdainfully, as if saying he was bragging.

Kyle thought for a moment. "I'm not sure. I haven't counted carefully. Probably tens of millions of dollars."

Maeve and Arabella's faces changed, and they looked at each other in shock.

Maeve calmed down and said angrily, "Are you trying to trick me? I'm old, but I'm not easily fooled. Do you think I'll believe you?"

"Really, I can leave my card with you. You can use it yourselves," Kyle offered.

Maeve said, "No way! What if one day you're unhappy or have another woman outside and change the password? Arabella would have nothing. You must transfer the money to her account, and I'll agree to you signing the marriage agreement now. Otherwise, no deal."

Kyle hesitated. "Alright, shall we go now?"

"Let's go now. I'll go with you and watch you transfer it. I want to see if you're trying to fool us," Maeve insisted.

"Okay," Kyle agreed.

He felt it was too rushed. He originally planned to transfer a few million dollars to them, but Maeve wanted all his savings.

But it didn't matter. As he said, he didn't spend much money himself. He only had a couple of work outfits that he wore repeatedly and rarely bought clothes for himself.

Quinn had been waiting downstairs for a long time before seeing Kyle and the others come down. This time, Maeve was with them.

She looked at them suspiciously, unsure of what they were up to.

They all got into the car and drove out of the neighborhood, with Quinn following them.

They were heading to the bank.

Kyle had called his account manager ahead of time, and the manager personally came out to greet him. When he heard that Kyle wanted to transfer all his money to Arabella, the manager was stunned. Maeve quickly chimed in, "They're husband and wife. It's okay for him to transfer money to her account, right?"

The manager immediately smiled and said, "No problem. That's perfectly fine. Please come in."

'It's best not to get involved in their family matters,' the manager thought to himself.

Kyle didn't mind at all, so as an outsider, the manager had nothing more to say.

Kyle's indifference was purely influenced by Alexander. Alexander had given up his entire company to pursue Quinn, transferring billions of dollars without keeping a cent for himself. He even worked for Quinn every day. So, Kyle felt that a few tens of millions of dollars were nothing.

Quinn overheard a bit this time. Kyle was actually going to transfer all his money to that woman.

Had their relationship developed to that point?

Quinn didn't continue following them. She drove back and called Kyle on the way. Kyle had just finished the bank procedures and stepped aside to take the call when he saw it was from Quinn.

"Hello, Mrs. Kennedy, what's up?" Kyle answered.

Quinn hesitated before saying, "Oh, I just went to the mall and saw you and a girl going into the bank. Is that your girlfriend?"

"You saw us? Yes, I went with her to take care of some things," Kyle replied.

"You said earlier that you hadn't confirmed your relationship. You lied to me," Quinn accused.

"No, I wouldn't dare lie to you. I didn't expect that when she heard I was leaving, she would take the initiative to confirm our relationship. We're even going to get our marriage certificate later," Kyle explained. "So soon?" Quinn asked, surprised.

"Yes, since I'm leaving, and I don't know when I'll be back, I can't let her wait in vain," Kyle said.

Quinn nodded. That made sense. She then asked, "So you went to the bank to withdraw money?"

"Yes. I gave her all my money, so she should feel secure now," Kyle said.

Quinn was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say. It seemed reasonable, but something felt off that she couldn't quite pinpoint.

"Did you give it to her voluntarily?" Quinn asked.

"Her mom said she needed some security. I wasn't using the money anyway, so I gave it to her. Besides," Kyle said sheepishly, "isn't money meant to be spent on my wife?"

"Alright, then. Congratulations," Quinn said.

"Thank you, Mrs. Kennedy," Kyle replied.

Quinn hung up and sped back to Regal Riverside.

She went to Alexander's study to tell him about it.

She talked for a while, but Alexander was so focused on his computer that he didn't even look at her.

Quinn said, "Aren't you concerned about Kyle?"

"He doesn't care himself. Why are you so concerned?" Alexander asked.

"At least check out that girl. What if Kyle is being deceived?" Quinn suggested.

"If he doesn't check, why should I?" Alexander countered.

Quinn fell silent. She stood in front of the desk, staring intently at Alexander.

After a while, Alexander seemed to sense something and finally looked up at her.

He pondered and said, "Alright, I'll check."novelbin

Quinn nodded. "Good, check it out. He's blinded by love right now, and since he's transferred the money, he won't check either." After all, having invested so much, if he found out something he didn't want to accept, he would be heartbroken.

So, he could only unconditionally trust Arabella.

During their time together, Arabella had left a good impression on him. Every time he wanted to give her a gift, she refused.

If she couldn't refuse, she would soon return a gift of similar value.

When they went out to eat, she would insist on paying. When she visited his place, she would help tidy up and never got angry with him.

To Kyle, Arabella was gentle, kind, beautiful, independent, and filial. It was no wonder he fell for her.

They successfully got their marriage certificate. Kyle looked at the certificate in his hand, feeling very happy. He was now a married man. Arabella said to him, "You have to get up early tomorrow. Go back and rest early."

Kyle nodded. "Alright. Oh, here's the key to my house. If you want to stay there, you can. I've also sent the password to your phone." Arabella took the key and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you, honey. I'll go back and pack up before moving in. I'll be waiting for you at home." Kyle's smile widened, and he hugged Arabella tightly. "I'll come back to see you whenever I can."

"Okay, now take us home," Arabella said.

"Let's go." Kyle opened the car door for them and dropped them off at the neighborhood entrance before heading back to pack his things.