Winner Takes All novel Chapter 144

Steve was really drunk.

And not just a little.

Jack didn't dare to stay much longer, so he left quietly.

He never thought that a simple meeting with parents would end up in Steve getting himself drunk, and performing an engagement.

This father-in-law, was really something.

The main point was, a couple of million were really not much!

If he was really asking for her hand, then he would have prepared much more, it must be at least what Mr. Ward had mentioned before.

The thing that left him most helpless was, the scene just before, really hurt Amber.

Steve had already pushed the whole situation to this point, Jack was beyond dispute.

Sitting in the car, Jack looked very helpless, suffering.

Mr. Ward and Brent both looked confused.

"Young Master, are you bothered by something?" Mr. Ward asked.

Jack smiled helplessly, "I spend a few hundred million, and made Steve drunk, and then he thought I came to ask for Amber's hand."

Mr. Ward suddenly laughed.

"Asking for her hand with simply a few hundred million? What do they think of the Hughes!"

Jack shrugged, "I wonder as well, and I told him the truth, but he didn't believe me, and now Amber is angry too. It was supposed to be a nice get-together with her parents, but now we parted unhappily."

Mr. Ward smiled, "Actually, you are really in the age now, and you are single, Amber is also single, you are a perfect fit, I think you should give it a thought."

"But right now I just want to make DT bigger."

Jack's eyes flashed.

DT was in a dangerous situation, which gave him the chance to see how powerful the Hughes family really was.

With what he had achieved so far, compared to the Hughes family, he was nothing, and could be destroyed in just a second.

He never wanted to experience the feeling of having somebody holding a knife to his heart, waiting for his own death.

"Young Master, you can wait, but can Amber wait too?"

Mr. Ward said with a smile, his voice was very deep, "She has already waited three years for you, how many more can a girl wait?"

This statement, worked like a knife that slashed on Jack's heart.

It cause him to feel like struck by lightening, his heart skipped a beat.

In that moment, Jack was startled, and is gaze blurred.

The feeling of deep guilt was boiling in him.

Amber had spent three years of her best time to wait for him, but he wasn't ready to marry her and just wait for a great success?

What was that?

Letting her down!

Jack took a deep breath, and said, "Yeah, I was wrong, I need to give her something in return, simply loving her would only be letting her down for her waiting!"

As Jack was speaking, his eyes became determined.

"Get ready to propose to her!"

Mr. Ward smiled and nodded, "That's great, the day Young Master propose to her, I will send you a big gift!"

.....

In the Bamboo Grove.

Steve already passed out due to the alcohol.

Amber was leaning on the fence, the nightly wind blowing in her hair, her eyes were read, and tears were filling them.

She was waiting!

Waiting for three years!

She never thought that this is what she would get in return!

That scene was playing in her head over and over again, paining her.

Even though her father got drunk and made a very uncomfortable scene for Jack.

Jack's answer made her feel adrift, her heart was aching.

"Amber, it's late, you should go to bed, it's too cold, take care, don't catch a cold." Rosie said to her daughter lovingly.

As her mother, she raised her all these years.

She knew what was going on in Amber's head.

"Mom..."

Amber was trying to hold back her sobs, and said, "Why didn't he admit that he wanted to propose to me?"

Rosie smiled helplessly, "Your father was drunk, but are you drunk as well? Jack was pushed by your father, he panicked."

"But wouldn't it be better if he just admitted it?" Amber couldn't understand.

Rosie smiled and came to Amber, and threw a jacket on her shoulders.

She took Amber in her arms, and said with a soft voice, "Do you love him?"

Amber nodded.

"Does he love you?"

Amber paused, then she nodded again.

Rosie raised her brows, "That's it, if you two really love each other, time is not an essence. You need to know, if a person really loved you, he will treasure you like you are the most precious gift, and if he hasn't prepared properly, he will feel that he has failed you."

Amber turned to look at Rosie, "You mean, Jack hasn't prepared well enough, and that's why he said he wasn't here to propose to me?"

This sounded baloney to her.

He had already appeared with a couple of million, he even came with Wang Xizhi’s ‘Calligraphy of Peace’, how can this still mean that he hadn't prepared enough?

Rosie laughed helplessly, "Maybe we think it's enough, but Jack doesn't think so?"

In that moment.

Amber's phone rang.

She looked at it, it was a message from Jack.

The message was simple: Three years of waiting live up to a long relationship, I will prepare the best engagement ceremony for you, on the last day of this month.

Amber trembled, her eyes widened.

She pressed her hand on her mouth, and tried to hold down her cry.

She was so excited that her heart started racing, she handed her phone to her mother to read.

"Mom, you were right!"

Rosie laughed softly, "Jack wouldn't let you down, he loves you, so he didn't want anything to go wrong. And don't forget that your father was drunk and pushed him."

"Thank you Mom."

Amber forgot about her sadness from this evening, and happily hugged Rosie.

She looked at her phone again to read Jack's message, feeling warm in her heart, she was filled with expectations.

Rosie on the other hand couldn't help but to question, "Jack isn't even satisfied with a few hundred million, I wonder how huge the ceremony will be!"

Amber held on to her phone, her eyes were shining with expectations, "Mom, do you think he will be like the Monkey King, attired in a golden corslet, and riding on colourful cloud to propose to me?"

Rosie poked her finger on Amber's head.

"My baby girl, you were crying just a few minutes ago, and now you are just like your father, day dreaming!"

Amber rubbed her head, and complained, "That hurts."

The other side.

When Jack, Mr. Ward and Brent arrived at home, the light in the living room was on.

Was his mother still awake at this hour?

Jack was doubtful, walked into the living room, and saw Sophie on her phone, pacing up and down.

"Mom, why are you not asleep?"

When Sophie saw her son, she rushed towards him, and said, "Jack, Daisy is gone!"

"Daisy is an adult, she probably just went out to take a walk." Brent said.

"Do you go for a walk at 11 at night?" Mr. Ward questioned Brent.

"No, she didn't go for a walk."

Sophie shook her head, and handed her phone to Jack, "This is the message she just sent me, she was still at home a few moments ago."

Jack read the message, and his heart stopped.

Help!

This message was clearly not complete.

Something happened to Daisy!