Winnie was stunned by the three men's words.She didn't know what to do. In fact, she believed that she caused Yolia to waste away a decade of her youth. "Are you done?" Just then, Marcus yelled loudly. He retorted in annoyance, "All ancient families in the capital are led by men, right?""So what?" Huston replied. "Marcus, stop diverting the topic.""I'm not changing the topic." Marcus shook his head. "Wallace probably decided to arrange that marriage back then! What goes around comes around. If you want to annul the marriage, you should ask Wallace directly!"Why did you find us instead?"After hearing that, Huston, Zud, and Yves looked at each other. How could they look for Wallace?That would be very dangerous. Everyone knew that the marriage was decided by Wallace. If the man addressed the issue, the problem would instantly be solved.However, no one dared to look for Wallace despite that. They would be courting death by doing that. Besides, he recently became

Shye had just risen to the second spot on the Top 50 Bachelors in the Capital list.With his intervention, Marcus would have no choice but to agree.Besides, Shye had long been infuriated by the fact that Yolia was burdened with an arranged marriage contract all these years. However, no one dared to vent their frustrations on Wallace. He was the head of Merania's most prominent family, after all. Who would dare question his decisions?"That's right!" said Shye. "Mr. Yallop Senior, Mr. Yates, as Yolia's grandfather and father, it's indeed inappropriate for you to accompany her to Prudence County. "Once Yolia and I reach Prudence County, we'll make the bastard rip the engagement contract into pieces. After that, my father and I will formally ask for Yolia's hand in marriage."I promise to make Yolia happy for the rest of my life!"Shye's words made Yolia blush, making her appear more beautiful and charming. For a moment, Shye was captivated by her. "Shye, I have high hopes

Elijah, too, took a deep breath before continuing, "Just like Marcus, I had an arranged marriage with a girl. Initially, everything was set for a wedding. "My family even went to ask for her hand in marriage as we prepared for my wedding. But this is where everything changed."I got drunk on the night of the wedding. When I woke up, I discovered that my bride was in bed with my cousin. "In a fit of anger, I beat up the adulterers. But I never imagined I'd accidentally hurt my bride. "My cousin immediately gathered all the family members, accusing me of hurting my wife on our wedding night. To make things worse, they threw me into prison with a baseless accusation."At that point, Marcus and the other three generals exchanged glances. All of them found it somewhat unbelievable."Elijah, your situation seems quite bizarre," Sebastiana expressed her doubt. "Are the elders in the Steele family all fools? "How could they believe your cousin's flawed lies?"Elijah let out a soft

Yolia even felt that such a situation was likely to happen. After all, Wallace teamed up with the second most prominent family in the capital to marry Daphne, the most beautiful woman back then. And just like that, he abandoned Marcus' mother, Winnie.Even though the main reason was that the Colemans had interfered, Wallace's attitude played a crucial part.Moreover, Marcus was his illegitimate son. So, it was normal that he would carry on with his father's "admirable tradition". Just as Yolia was overwhelmed with worries, Marcus chuckled and said, "I heard you're ranked first among the Four Top Beauties in the capital.""Yes, I am." Yolia nodded proudly. "It's just how the people there show me their love."Marcus agreed, "Yes, indeed. You seem to lack something in comparison to my wife, Vivian."Yolia was rendered speechless upon hearing that.How dare he belittle her like that? What Yolia found most infuriating was that Marcus said she was not as good as his wife. I

Yolia and the rest returned to their accommodations.They spent a long time thinking, but they still couldn't understand why Marcus made them apologize.They belonged to top aristocratic and royal families, and they were used to getting their way. They always had their noses in the air in front of people from lower statuses. They thought the people from a small place like Prudence County had to bow down to them.That's why they couldn't understand it after racking their brains.Yolia was the only one deep in thought as she stood alone."Guys." As everyone was squabbling nonstop, Yolia asked, "Maybe it was because we were too hard on that bastard son? Was that why he was pissed off?"She then asked Huston, Zud, and Yves, "I heard that the three of you criticized his mother right in his face. Is it true?""Uh." Huston, Zud, and Yves looked at each other when they heard Yolia.When they thought about it, that really seemed to be the case."Maybe that was really why that bastard