A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 1703

"No need to say more. Arrange a time. I'll be there to meet her." Mckenzie was straightforward.

Charlie's thick brows furrowed. He was a little anxious, "Mom, please hear me out first!"

"There's nothing to talk about. I know what you want to say! There's no need to tell me!"

Charlie didn't want to annoy his mother again. He collected his thoughts. He stood there quietly staring at his mother, and finally, he just said, "Mom, I really don’t want to live my life like this anymore. I feel so depressed, so tired."

Mckenzie glanced at him. She didn't say anything but turned around and went upstairs. Charlie then made an appointment with Grace. The three would meet in a private room at the hotel.

Finally, the three meet. But Mckenzie wanted to talk to Grace in private. Charlie's eyebrows furrowed, and he stood there still.

"I want to talk to Grace alone. Give us a moment. If you don’t allow it, I don't think we need to talk anymore."

Grace and Mckenzie sat across from each other. They both ordered lemonade. Grace didn't say anything, and Mckenzie initiated the conversation. "I know we both have problems with each other, but right now, we need to talk."

Grace nodded her head.

"I've never liked you. Your attitude, your personality, and the way you do things just don't sit well with me. In a word, you're not qualified to be Charlie’s wife." Mckenzie looked at Grace and continued, "But Charlie loves you, and you're Eaton's mother. I have to make some compromises."

Grace waited patiently for Mckenzie's next speech.

"If you and Charlie got back together, then during the seven days in a week, you guys can live in your apartment for four days, but you have to stay at our family house for three days. You can have your career, and I have no objection to that. What do you think?"

Immediately, Grace was amazed. She hadn't expected Mckenzie to say something like that.

"I'll make other arrangements for the restaurant. How about that?"

"Why would you make such a decision?"

"That's my decision. You don't need to know the reason. From now on, we have to do our best to understand each other. It’s best if we can eliminate our disputes. But if they really can't be eliminated, we'd better calm down and work things out."

Mckenzie felt that since she and Grace had issues with each other and Charlie was insistent on being with Grace, they needed to change the way they got along.

Mckenzie saw clearly how much Charlie loved Grace. Although she felt upset with Charlie, he was after all her son, and there was Eaton, his grandson!

Grace responded, indicating that she was OK with that. "Although I don’t know for what reasons you made such a concession, I am not an unreasonable woman. I know my position. I will take my part."

Now that Mckenzie had made such a concession, Grace showed her courtesy.

Mckenzie nodded her head, and then she got up. It was the first time the two of them had worked out a problem so peacefully.

Charlie walked in. The two had finished their talk.

Charlie was anxious. He didn't know what they had talked about.