After becoming husband and wife, Lianne and Kai went to greet Stephan.
"Well, welcome to the family," Stephen said gruffly.
"Thank you, Sir," Kai began, then Lianne poked him in the ribs, "I mean, er…"
"Papa," Lianne helpfully told him.
Kai swallowed a bit first before calling his father-in-law for the first time, "Papa."
He was just not used to it.
The Shengs were rather rigid and formal, thus terms such as 'Mama' or 'Papa' seemed alien to him. It was 'Mother' and 'Father', then 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' to others. It would take him some time to familiarise himself with using the terms.
Luckily, Stephan wasn't the 'hugging' type so he didn't need to do that at least.
Lianne leaned close and whispered to Kai, "At least it isn't Daddy."
Kai shuddered upon hearing that, even though his face didn't show any change of expression.
Lucky indeed.
"And thank you for the ring," Kai said.
*cough*
Anyway, the flashback was something added in due to the request of readers akikai and Unieprincess, who wanted to know what happened at the Club when Stephan was told.
And oh yes.
A special shout-out for hexxe to anyone who can help her countrymen in Cagayan, Philippines ie the victims of the typhoon Sendong #HelpCagayan
Stay safe everyone.