Me Before You
Chapter 10
As if struck by thunder, John Peter stood there stiffly. His eyes were fixed on Anna Stark.
Olivia Taylor patted him on the shoulder and said, "What are you looking at, son? Don’t you want to say hello?"
John regained his senses, pointed to Anna Stark and said, "Don't tell me that she is my little aunt!"
Olivia Taylor patted him on the back of his head. "Yes, she's your aunt Anna Stark, don't call someone like this."
Normally, John Peter was modest and polite. Today, how can he behave like a fool? He was not polite at all.
Even though Olivia Taylor rebuked her son but she was still worried for her disabled brother. She fears that John Peter's impoliteness will make Daniel Taylor sad. Even more afraid to let Anna Stark misunderstood their Taylor family didn’t warmly welcome her. She didn’t want to make Anna Stark feel scared and angry.
John Peter tried but couldn’t call her his little aunt. He thought of an excuse, "she looked younger than me!"
months younger than
young she looks but she is your aunt! You have a generation gap with her. You have to call her Aunt, and you should do it respectfully." Olivia Taylor really didn't understand what happened to John Peter. Why he suddenly became so
She went close to him and whispered, "Do you want to make your uncle angry?"
was even more worried. He shook his
with a smile, "Anna, don't take it to heart. John is a little shy. He doesn't mean to target you. We warmly welcome you to our family!"
Stark knew the reason why John Peter refused to call her Aunt and she was not foolish enough to go deep into it. After all, it was something between her and John and they were already broken up. It will be embarrassing for them to explain it to everyone. It was better
"Don't worry,
her hand and said, "Anna, you are a good
Anna was much better than that
She didn't expect Daniel Taylor's sister to look like
very easy to get along with. But she thought
they were chatting, his mother and father came out from the kitchen with a lot of dishes in their hands.