Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau-Chapter 436 - 238: Secret Engagement

Kenneth Osborne was also taken aback for a moment.

However, in his view, as long as Lawrence Winters agreed, that was what mattered.

As for Gabrielle Winters and Nick Zeller, he would convince them after Lawrence agreed.

Otherwise, if Lawrence hadn’t agreed, what was the point in going to Gabrielle and Nick?

It’s not like ancient times, where parental orders and matchmaker’s words mattered, and a woman’s opinion was irrelevant.

But he knew well that Lawrence particularly reveres her mother and her uncle.

If by any chance her mother and uncle felt he was being impulsive with his proposal, it could spell trouble for him...

Thinking about this, Kenneth stood up and said, "How about we go together to talk to Auntie Wyn and Uncle Nick, and the old celestial as well?"

Lawrence Winters blinked and said, "Is that a good idea? If they’re upset, but with you present, they might hold back on expressing it..."

"No worries, it’s meant for me to handle personally to show sincerity." Kenneth took her hand, smiled, and said, "I’m just worried in the ten days I’ll be home for New Year, someone might snatch you away, so I’m making sure to secure it early."

Lawrence also pursed her lips with a smile, saying, "Kenneth, you really have a way of thinking. People nowadays can marry and still divorce, let alone just get engaged?"

"No saying such things on our special day." Kenneth suddenly leaned sideways and kissed her lips. "From now on, each time you say that, I’ll seal it with a kiss, ensuring our good fortune isn’t canceled by your words." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Really? Kenneth, you also play ’sealed with a kiss’..." Lawrence looked at Kenneth in surprise and said with a smile, "That’s truly romantic."

"This counts as romance?"

"Yes!" Lawrence nodded vigorously. "It’s like that type of romance from ancient times between a man and a woman."

"Back then, just one word between them could keep them devoted for life, staying together without separation."

"And now..." Lawrence spread her hands and sighed, "You could make oaths promising everyone’s lives in the family, yet still inevitably end up at the marriage registry for a divorce one day."

Kenneth had no choice but to bend down again and kiss her lips, saying, "If you keep talking like this, I’ll interpret it as you wanting more kisses."

Lawrence: "..."

Alright, this was indeed a bit awkward and embarrassing.

She could only cover her lips with the back of her hand and said, "Okay, I know, Kenneth, I won’t say it anymore. Let’s go find my mom and uncle, and also my Sect Grandmaster Grandpa."

The two of them walked hand in hand into the living room.

The family had already finished their dinner, and the kitchen was tidied up.

At this moment, the whole family was sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Gabrielle Winters held the remote control, changing channels incessantly, trying to find a channel for binge-watching dramas, but all channels seemed to have reality shows, which she didn’t particularly like.

Nick Zeller was sitting next to her, scrolling through their Celestial Path Sect’s APP on his iPad while occasionally glancing at what channel Gabrielle was watching.

The old Daoist, however, was sitting alone on a nearby double-seater sofa, occupying it wholly. He sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, neither watching TV nor browsing his phone, computer, or iPad.

Lawrence Winters and Kenneth Osborne walked up to them and stood firmly before them.

Lawrence said nothing but stretched her left hand adorned with a big diamond ring in front of her mother, shaking the ring slightly.

Gabrielle immediately, with a woman’s sharp instinct, caught that flash of rainbow light.

Her gaze shifted from the TV to the source of the rainbow light.

"...A Tiffany Princess Cut Diamond Ring?!" Gabrielle, both surprised and delighted, looked up to see Lawrence standing beside Kenneth, the two of them cozily, showing a picture-perfect couple. She beamed, "...You’re engaged?!"

"What?!" Nick Zeller had been lounging and scrolling through the Celestial Path APP; he lacked a woman’s intuition and hadn’t noticed what new thing was added to Lawrence’s hand earlier.

Now with Gabrielle’s call-out, Nick was startled, and so distracted that he forgot to put down his crossed leg, trying to stand up, ending up tumbling off the sofa edge and rolling onto the floor, right to Lawrence and Kenneth’s feet.

Lawrence: "..."

Kenneth: "..."

The two exchanged a look and couldn’t help wanting to laugh.

Lawrence reacted quickly, immediately squatting down, extending her hand towards Nick and saying, "Uncle, look at this diamond ring. Isn’t it beautiful? I always said I wanted this kind of ring when I was a child, and Kenneth really remembered!"

Nick stared at the diamond ring for a long time, unable to find a single flaw, begrudgingly rising from the floor and sitting back on the sofa, saying with a stern face, "What’s this about? How come you went off and got engaged privately?"