It was early the next morning when Alice finally woke up. Though she had drunk a lot of red wine the night before, her heart was throbbing instead of her head. Shaking it off, she took in a deep breath as she attempted to sit up. Before she could do so, however, she immediately sensed that something was wrong. Pulling her blanket to the side, she instantly shouted, startled by what she was seeing! “Hillary! Hillary!” “What’s wrong, Alice…?” replied Hillary rather groggily, awoken by Alice’s shouting. “I was wearing my other set of clothes when we were drinking last night, right? Look! Why am I in my pajamas now? Were you the one who slipped them on me?” asked Alice. “…No, I don’t think so… I was out cold after drinking so much last night… Are you still half-awake…? Who else could’ve slipped you into your pajam- …Hold on, if someone else really did help you change, then they’d have to remove all your previous clothes first, right?” said Hillary, now starting to feel nervous
Naturally, Noah never had the audacity or courage to ask the Fendersons about things regarding his son’s marriage. After all, the Fendersons were still the Schuyler’s main affiliate family. However, since such a massive event was taking place today, Noah took the initiative to finally ask about it, just to see how the old master would reply. In response, Bryson frowned. With a wry smile on his face, he then said, “Are you proposing a marriage between Jasmine and Yael?” “Well, I’m afraid that it all boils down to what Jasmine has to say about the matter. After all, marriage is the personal affair of young people! You should allow the younger generation to deal with this matter on their own!” Hearing this made Noah slightly upset, as he knew that his proposal had just been indirectly denied. After all, Bryson’s granddaughter clearly didn’t have any interest in Yael at all. “As parents, we’re naturally our children’s matchmakers. Lord Fenderson, I truly believe that as long as y
“While Daryl hasn’t shown up for quite a while, that doesn’t mean that the marriage contract ceases to be valid. In fact, even though Dylan had been extremely hostile toward the Fendersons, he hasn’t sent anyone over to formally end the contract. As long as the marriage contract isn’t called off, then it’s rules still apply till the day the Crawford family chooses to acknowledge it!” explained Bryson before looking at Noah. “Do you understand what I mean now, Noah?” “…To think that the Crawfords and the Fendersons had such a history… However, since both families are still disputing against each other, then the marriage contract should, by right, be automatically called off, should it not, Lord Fenderson?” replied Noah rather reluctantly. “While it’s true that both Dylan and Daryl had a huge conflict back then, I don’t think his son would actually have the courage or audacity to privately amend or go against the rules set by his father!” “…Very well, Lord Fenderson. I’ll just pr
In the blink of an eye, many people had already gathered at the event. The two Fenderson brothers were in charge of greeting and entertaining the guests outside. “You’re here early, Mr. Schuyler!” said most of the guests who immediately went over to greet Noah as soon as they saw him. It was evident that to the guests, the two Fenderson brothers were nothing compared to Noah. Seeing that, the second son of the Fenderson family could only wave his hand in indignation. It was at that moment when someone suddenly yelled, “The Long family from Yanken has sent a white jade statue here!” “…Huh? The Longs from Yanken?” Everyone was astonished to hear that. Why would the Long family come all the way here just to attend such an event? While the two families had been on good terms, with the Longs even helping the Fenderson family before, both families hadn’t interacted much with each other for quite a long time. The Fenderson’s old master himself had mostly only invited direct me
Gerald was now frustrated beyond words. The initial plan to make use of the Fenderson birthday banquet to rescue Queta was now at stake. To think that he would meet both Alice and Xavia back to back! There were simply too many unexpected issues popping up at the same time. If either of the girls recognized him, then the situation would definitely take a turn for the worst. What more, Gerald had just broken a wine glass and many people were already looking in his direction! D*mn it all! Gerald was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head and began picking the broken glass shards off the ground. “…Eh?” While Gerald managed to quickly clean up the mess and make his hasty escape, he seemed to have also attracted another girl’s attention. The girl in question was standing right next to Jasmine. It was Mindy! ‘…Why did that young man look so similar to Gerald? This doesn’t make any sense at all! Why would that silly boy even be here at the Fenderson birthday banquet?’
Seeing how well-dressed Mindy was, the celebrity instantly knew that she was a member of the Fenderson family. Thus, instead of continuing to act presumptuously, she smiled brightly before saying, “Beautiful young lady, please don’t get me wrong, but this young man here is just a handyman who does odd jobs for us!” “A handyman? Are you even that worthy? What exactly is going on here, Gerald?” asked Mindy in a puzzled tone. She knew for a fact that he was a dignified, rich heir so why would he even need to serve and do odd jobs for these minor celebrities? “I’ll… Explain everything to you in the future! For now, I really need to use the bathroom so I’ll be taking my leave first!” Gerald could feel like his head was going to explode! If he kept dallying here then Xara’s plan was definitely going to fail because of him! “Stop right there!” shouted both Mindy and the celebrity in unison. Mindy could tell that Gerald was hiding something from her and she wasn’t the kind of per
Gerald himself was wondering the same thing. It looked as though some sort of conflict was going on. Everything seemed to be going fine before this. How did things end up this way? As Gerald stared at the scene in bewilderment, he could see a middle-aged woman kneeling within the crowd. The members of the families affiliated with the Fendersons seemed to be filled with rage and even Lord Fenderson himself had an ugly expression on his face. “It’s her! It’s that sinner’s maid from back then! Hurry up and tell us where Xara is now! If you speak the truth, we’ll consider sparing you!” “Remember! The Crawfords and the Fendersons only got into a huge fight back then because of her! We, the affiliated families, were the ones who had suffered the most losses because of that battle! How pitiful my son was for having to grow up in such turmoil because of her! Lord Fenderson, if you’re hiding Xara anywhere, we demand that you hand her over to us!” “That’s right! Hand her over so that y
It was obvious that Xara clearly had more power compared to Jasmine’s father back then. Even if Xara’s assets were to be equally distributed among the affiliated families now, it wouldn’t be as simple as the families being able to gain equal footing with the Fendersons anymore. This was probably what Noah and Yael had intended for to happen this entire time. “You can all continue to dream on…” replied Jasmine angrily. “Step aside for the moment, Jasmine. You don’t need to get involved in this!” said Bryson, a gloomy expression on his face. Not daring to go against her grandfather’s words, she immediately stood aside. Bryson then personally began negotiating with Noah. While this was happening, Mindy suddenly began shouting, “Jasmine! Over here!” Frowning, Jasmine then walked over to Mindy before realizing who else was with her. To her surprise, Gerald was present! “Why are you here?” “Let’s not bother about him for the moment. More importantly, what on earth is goin