His words take everyone on the table by surprise, even me, and I glance up at him with widened eyes.

“What?! You can’t marry her?!” If I thought my eyes were wide, I just realised the woman before us was bigger and they were about to pop out.

“Please listen, everyone, are we here for dinner or are we here to make a scene?”

Not waiting for their answer, he pulls me towards the table where he makes me sit beside him. He also takes his seat and takes one of the many dishes on the table and serves me and later serves himself. His mother walks back to her...