Mr. Nelson Winning His Ex-wife's Heart

Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Edmund was actually having dinner with Philip Stevenson, Diane's father at that time. The two of them were at a high-end exclusive Japanese restaurant.

Philip took a sip of the exquisite wine that had been served and looked at Edmund with a kind smile. "How have you been doing recently, Edmund? Diane tells me that you two haven't seen each other for days."

Although Philip was annoyed with Edmund's indifference when it came to Diane, he couldn't let it show. He didn't want to lose such a powerful potential son-in-law because of something like that.

Aware of the meaning behind Philip's questions, Edmund resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He lowered his eyes to hide annoyance from the older man.

"I've been busy." His tone was bland but his words were enough to tell that he wasn't explaining himself any further.

Philip placed down the glass in his hand and glanced at Edmund. He went on calmly, "It's good for the young to be busy while they still have time. I will explain it to Diane later. At your age, you should probably focus on your career. Only when you have a successful career can you give your loved one a better life, right?"

Edmund also took a sip of the wine in his glass but did not respond. He couldn't care enough to do it.

Philip then sighed, "But Diane is not young anymore. And she is my precious only daughter. I hope that she can get married as soon as possible and finally settle down. That is every father's wish."

Edmund placed down his glass and looked up at Philip with eyes that exuded only indifference.

Philip was also an important figure in Vertoak. The foreign bank he worked in was among the top ones in the financial industry, and many people often tried to be on his good side.

Moreover, Philip had a special connection to the Nelson family. One that involved a huge stain in their lives.

When Jaime had an affair with another woman many years ago, it was Philip who had helped the Nelson family settle it as quietly as possible.

As for what had happened at that time, Edmund wasn't sure of the details.

He had only just been of age and had been studying abroad, oblivious to what was going on in the family.

The only thing he knew was that Jaime wanted to divorce his mother for that other woman. And in the end, Jaime left the Nelson family and was now living abroad.

Although Edmund's parents still hadn't gotten a divorce, they had no feelings whatsoever for each other, except maybe bitterness and hatred.

In the beginning, Edmund hadn't known about the connection between Philip and the Nelson family. It was only after he was together with Diane, that Alena told him about it.

And he had met Diane after he took over the Nelson Group. She had just sat next to him at one fancy charity event. When the dinner ended and they were about to leave, the shoulder strap of Diane's

dress suddenly broke. And Edmund, being a gentleman, took off his suit jacket to help her out. Then one thing led to another and the two of them ended up in a relationship.

Later he took Diane home. That was when Alena told him that Philip had once helped the Nelson family.

Back then, he saw nothing wrong with it, and anyway, he had liked Diane very much.

It was not until recently that he realized that the favor Philip had done for the Nelson family had become a large weight that was constantly pressuring him to have a relationship with Diane.

If he insisted on refusing to marry Diane, Philip would obviously be offended.

Of course, if it was Diane who didn't want to marry him, then things would have been fine.

But judging from Diane's attitude recently, she was deeply obsessed with marrying him.

But anyway, he had already made up his mind. He had had enough of them.

So he said in a serious tone, "My marriage with Diane is something I have thought about carefully. I think in all honesty that, it's not something we should be considering. We're not suitable for each other."

"Oh?" Facing the sudden and shocking words, Philip neither showed any sign of anger nor dissatisfaction.

Then he asked in what seemed to be innocent confusion, "Haven't you two been in love for so many years? Why do you suddenly feel that you are not suitable for each other?"

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