Layla handed Robert's phone back to him. "I believe that you were fooled into doing this. If you really want that kind of service, you
wouldn't call her here to our house."
Robert nodded.
Layla sighed. "It's good that we have you in the mix, | guess. It would be boring if all four of us are smart."
"I think that's an insult, right?"
"Yeah. Can you tell?" Layla bit into her vegetables. "You don't have to be so hung up on this, though."
Robert beamed.
"Because | will remember this for you for the rest of our lives!" she added.
"I guess it's all worth the humiliation if you are that happy about it." Robert chuckled. "Have more meat."
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"I'm gaining weight, and you wantto have more meat."
"You haven't gained any weight at all. The doctors said that having more meat is good for your body," Robert said, before changing
the subject. "Should | refer to Eric as my brother-in-law from now on?"
"Eric hasn't agreed!" Ivy said.
Robert was just as shocked as Ivy was.
"Robert, let's pay him a visit this weekend!" Ivy suggested.
"Sure!" Robert had been planning to do so to show his gratitude to Eric, who had saved his sister's life.
After dinner, Ivy snuck into Robert's room.
"Robert, there's something | need to discuss with you."
Robert had juste out of the shower and was drying his hair. "What is it? Why are you whispering?"
"Layla wants to marry Eric, but Eric won't agree to it, and | want to help Layla out," Ivy said. "Eric hasn't fully recovered yet, so it's
normal that he's a bit sensitive. If we can't convince him with words, we will have to think of something else."
"How can we change his mind, though?" Robert sat down by his bed. "If words won't work, | can't think of anything else!"
"We can be subtle," she suggested. "By buying him a book or something like that."
"What kind of book?"
"Books contain the stories of people searching for true love after having suffered heavy wounds."
"Oh. There are plenty of those. Wait... | think that's more applicable to movies." Robert faintly recalled a movie that he had recently
seen which had a plot right that. "But | can't remember the nof the movie."
"Robert, | will look for books like that, and you can find a movie with that storyline."
"Sure. It's a good idea. We don't have to say anything, but Eric will get our messages once he sees our gifts." Robert was
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"l just don't want to see Layla sad. She wantsto be her bridesmaid, and she wants to get married within the year," Ivy said.
"Wanting something you can't get must be depressing."
"Our ways might not work, though!" he said.
"Let's try! | am out of ideas now," Ivy said calmly. "Maybe Eric wille to terms with Layla's proposal once he gets better."
"I hope so!"
During the weekends, Layla brought her siblings to Eric's house to pay him a visit.
Eric's parents knew that they wereing and had prepared snacks and bought groceries to make lunch for them all.
"Eric, thank you for saving Layla's life. lvy and | are really grateful for what you did, so we got you gifts." Robert handed the gifts to
Eric.
The gifts were wrapped, and Layla had beenpletely unaware that they had bought Eric gifts.
"What did you get him? You even went as far as to wrap them up," Layla said curiously.