Chapter 361:

“I step away to rest for a bit, and here you are, charming my fiancé!” Cathy snapped.

Belinda nearly chuckled at the accusation. “Kristopher is your fiancé?” She recalled how, just the previous night, Kristopher had used Fred’s safety as leverage, pressing her to persuade Anthony to consent to their engagement. Earlier that day at Cox Manor, Kristopher had also reminded her of their arrangement.

The so-called engagement with Cathy wasn’t even confirmed, yet Cathy was already claiming him as her fiancé?

With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Belinda raised an eyebrow and turned to Kristopher, her tone dripping with irony. “When did you two manage to seal the engagement? Why wasn’t I informed?”

Kristopher caught the edge of mockery in Belinda’s voice. He furrowed his brows, averted his eyes, and muttered to Cathy, “Please, don’t spout such nonsense.”

“How can you say I’m talking nonsense?” Cathy, frowning, hooked her arm around Kristopher’s. “Kristopher, have you forgotten your promise from last night? Even if we aren’t officially engaged yet, you’re still my fiancé, and we’re going to be married.”

her head proudly as she addressed Belinda, like a victorious general surveying the

two are already calling each other fiancés and plan to marry in the future,” she began, turning her teasing gaze towards Kristopher, “Maybe I shouldn’t bother convincing

filled with a mix of surprise and accusation. “Kristopher, did you… Did you really ask her

slightly as he nodded. “Grandpa tends to

glance towards Belinda. “Of course, as you mentioned, you could choose not to seek grandfather’s help. But if you do, the deal

𝖀𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 g⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗲𝗅𝘀․𝗰𝗈𝗺

her eyes dismissively. “Miss Miller already said that even without an engagement, you two are


impatience, and Kristopher’s voice dropped deliberately. “Cathy isn’t you. I

couldn’t help but feel a pang of hurt at his words. She bit her lip, balling her hands into fists at

lacked everything. No engagement, no ceremony, no church vows, no

a staunch refusal to Anthony’s plea for a

yet it had turned into a farce due to a date mix-up, witnessed only

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