Chapter 89
Katniss was caught off guard for a moment. She only knew about the engagement between the Manners and Boleyn families, and that was it.
Back in the day, she was too young to think about asking all these questions.
"Arranged by my grandpa? Did you know him?" Katniss's eyes sparkled with curiosity. When she was brought back from the countryside, her grandpa had already been gone for years. During her time with Aurora, she barely heard anything about her grandpa.
Seeing Katniss's curious look, Carlton's old eyes had a touch of nostalgia, "Didn't your grandma ever talk about him?"
Aurora had raised Katniss for so long, but never told her anything about her grandpa, Ezekiel Manners.
Katniss shook her head. "No, my grandma doesn't talk much. She's always busy with her herbs and rarely mentions him. She said he died catching a thief."
In that moment, a lot of thoughts raced through Katniss's mind.
Years ago, the Manners family wasn't even a big deal. How could her grandpa have set up a marriage with Carlton?
"Is that what Aurora told you?" Carlton said, sighing a bit. "I don't admire many people, but your grandpa was something else. It's a shame he passed too soon."
Katniss was stunned. She'd seen photos of her grandparents together. Her grandpa looked like he was in his forties, kind and gentle, with gold-rimmed glasses that gave him a youthful vibe. But his clothes made him look like an average guy.
Why did Carlton say her grandpa was remarkable?
Katniss was even more puzzled.
Seeing Katniss's focus on Carlton, Samuel clicked his tongue and grumbled, "Why are we talking about such gloomy stuff? Today's about Maximilian and Katniss getting engaged. Let's keep it happy!"
just say what you want to eat. We've got plenty of money. From now on, everything Maximilian earns
had to
she and Maximilian knew about the fake marriage deal. The two elders treating her like their future
under the table and leaned towards
him
picked up the tea and moved
whispered in her ear, "Just act natural. To everyone else, my grandpa's right. What's mine is yours. Spend as
pressure shifted
the other bright
moment Wesley saw Maximilian in a wheelchair, he
great. He thought it meant he was just a bit weak, but now he was in a
and now she was marrying a disabled guy.
up and greeted them warmly, closing the
hands with
front
TV. He was pretty famous and had even been in
was the
as polite as possible. "Hello, I'm Maximilian's grandpa, Carlton Boleyn. Please, have
twitched again. That name sounded familiar too, like someone he'd heard about on the financial
on your phone if Samuel and
serious as he silently handed
at the pictures and long
the phone
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