True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 1891

Hearing that, Heinz became a little calmer.

He still had Sebastian to talk with when he was going to be home.

However, Heinz still looked anxious.

After all, he was still concerned that Sylvia might be falling for the wrong guy, and he just couldn't get over it.

"Look at how anxious you are." Gary laughed. "Just wait for Sebastian and don't rush things. Beside, it does seem that Sylvia is acting a little different from the usual now, if something is really to happen because of you, you will only regret it."

Heinz had to agree that Gary was indeed mature in handling matters like that.

He was somehow convinced. He glanced at Gary and then changed the topic.

"When are you planning to change your last name to mine?"

Gary burst into laughter as he shifted his gaze. "Oh boy, why are you bringing this up again? I thought we've decided to leave this behind long ago."

"You might have already put this behind, but I can't. I care about this too much," Heinz said bluntly.

"Do you?" Gary chuckled. "I thought you only cared about Sylvia."

"Don't change the topic. I'm talking about your last name now," Heinz said in a low voice.

Gary looked awkward as he rubbed his eyebrow. "You're the one who changed the topic, aren't you? We were talking about your most beloved daughter."

"You're my son too. Of course, I care about you the same," Heinz said solemnly, "Your mom is also considering changing her last name back to Yarbrough."

"Is that so?" Gary was truly surprised. "Did my mom say that?"

"That's why you should probably change your last name back to mine too. Otherwise it will just be plain odd in the future," Heinz said with a smile as he looked at Gary.

Gary was startled and asked, "When did she decide this?"

"Not long ago. Back on that day when you called me dad. She figured she should probably set an example herself and change her last name to Timothy's before expecting you to follow mine." Heinz finally sounded confident talking about that. "There's no logic in that. It's her freedom and right to change her last name, and I'm perfectly fine with using Smith as my last name. Moreover, it's a lengthy process to change my last name. Anyway, it's been on my ID for so long, and I'm comfortable with using Smith. I might actually not be able to get used to it if I changed it suddenly," Gary said.

"You'll slowly get used to it," Heinz said.

"Forget it, I think I won't be changing mine," Gary said deliberately as he took in and judged Heinz's expression.

He knew very well that Heinz would never move on from that.

"No." Heinz frowned. "You can't use Smith as your last name. You have nothing to do with them."

"It is still mom's adoptive family's last name," Gary said.

"These are all just excuses." Heinz snorted. "Why don't you tell me why you wouldn't follow my last name?"

"Let me think."

Gary blinked his eyes and said to Heinz, "Well, if I have to give a reason, I prefer being called Gary Smith over Gary Jones. I think it sounds better. Is this a good enough reason for you? I can't decide on anything that goes against my preference."

Heinz sneered. "Is this a joke to you?"

"Not at all." Gary laughed. "Why would I be joking around? Come on, dad, let's not get too hung up over this last name issue. I really don't think it's a problem."

"It is not a problem with you, but it is with me," Heinz said in a deep voice, "I am very upset about this. It bothers me deep down."

"You're making it sound more serious than it actually is." Gary laughed again.

Heinz glanced at him. "How is this not serious? You don't even know how it feels to be me."

"I will understand if you tell me," Gary said.

"You are our eldest son. It only makes sense for you to follow my last name," Heinz said.

"This is because of your male chauvinism, isn't it?" Gary asked.

Heinz knew that it wouldn't be that easy to convince Gary, hence he asked instead, "Gary, if Celeste gave birth to your child, would you let them follow Celeste's family name instead?"

Gary pouted. "You're really good at this."

"See, you won't like that to happen either. Try to put yourself in my shoes, then you'll understand how I feel." Heinz felt like he could finally be hopeful about it.

However, Gary said, "I still think we should just forget about this. I hate putting myself in another's shoes. I'm fine in my own shoes."

"Are you trying to irritate me?" Heinz was annoyed.

"How can you blame me when you're so easily irritated yourself?" Gary asked.

"Get lost. I am already having too much on my plate lately. I don't need you troubling me any further." Heinz looked at him. "Gary Jones is a nicer name. Just change it."

"Let's talk about it again some other day," Gary replied.