Because his wife and daughter already welcomed me in, Elizabeth’s father had no other choice but to watch me carry his daughter back inside their house.
During which, he was restraining himself from dragging me by my collar and throwing me outside their gate.
Perhaps, if his wife wasn’t there, that’s what was going to happen.
Fathers were always that overprotective to their darling daughters, after all.
If you haven’t proven yourself to them, then you’ll be in for a world of difficulty in acquiring his approval. Each time you show up to meet their daughter, they will make life difficult for you.
Well, that’s why you should go and court the mothers first. Sometimes they’re the secret weapons to get the fathers to agree.
“Dad, can I bring him to my room?”