Madeline Crawford and Jeremy Whitman

"You probably have something to say to me, right?" Fabian asked directly.

Jeremy smiled faintly. "Let's talk downstairs."

As he spoke, he turned around and Fabian followed him afterward.

It was already very late, so Fabian asked the servant to make black tea and some snacks, leaving him and Jeremy in the living room.

Fabian knew that Jeremy had something to say to him, but Jeremy had been drinking tea at the moment, and he did not seem to want to speak. Eventually, Fabian could not stand it anymore.

"Jeremy, you don't actually want Lily to stay with me, right?"

Jeremy took a sip of the black tea leisurely and then put down the teacup unhurriedly. His sharp but gentle gaze fell on Fabian's face lightly.

"Are you saying that you can't take care of Lily well?" Jeremy asked rhetorically.

Fabian was taken aback. He hurriedly explained, " Jeremy, you know I didn't mean that."

"What are you trying to say then?" "I..." Fabian was stunned.

"Fabian, I have a question. How did you and Carter meet?"

"He was the one who contacted me. " Fabian did not try to hide anymore. "He knows a lot about the Stygian Johnson Gang back in the days, and he also knows about my brother and Lana's deaths. He led me to misunderstand you and Eveline, so... You know what happened afterward."

Fabian did not say anything anymore. He believed someone as smart as Jeremy should have already figured it out.

"I had been really blindsided at first. My brother had always been very good to me. Although he was cruel to the outsiders, he cared for me meticulously. He deserved to die, but in my heart, he is still my dear older brother."

Fabian recalled, closing his eyes in slight annoyance. He then leaned back on the sofa. "Actually, I knew in my heart that they deserved it, but..."

However, they were his closest family members.

Jeremy understood what Fabian wanted to express. After a moment of silence, Jeremy said solemnly, " Fabian, as a father, I'm willing to entrust my only little princess to your care." Fabian's eyes lit up suddenly. "Jeremy, I will take care of Lily. I promise."

"How long will that guarantee last?“

"As long as Lily is willing, I will do my best to take care of her for the rest of my life and give her the best care."

"You're saying that someday in the future, you want to take my daughter as your bride?"

Fabian was stunned. He did not expect Jeremy to ask such a blunt question.

He never dared to think about this, nor could he think about it. After all, Lillian was still an ignorant child.

However, he could not completely deny how he felt in his heart.

Seeing Fabian's silence, Jeremy pulled the corners of his lips into a deep smile. "You can be my son-in-law, but it's not easy to please me as a father-in-

law."

When Jeremy's voice fell, Fabian had an urge to give this a try.

However, Jeremy continued, "Fabian, time can change many things, including feelings. My daughter is still very young. She has grown up being

sheltered since she was a child, and I don't want her to be harmed anymore. Moreover, your age..."

"If our age is the reason you want to reject me, then listen to me, Jeremy, age is not a problem at all!

Time can change a lot of things, but it will only deepen my feelings for Lily, just like all this while, you never forgot about Eveline, whom you had only met once in April Hill."