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!"
"Katniss, just say what you want to eat. We've got plenty of money. From now on, everything Maximilian earns is yours. Spend as much as you like!" Spend as much as she likes? No way she
had to be
she and Maximilian knew about the fake marriage deal. The two elders treating her like their
Maximilian under the table and leaned
him
the tea and moved it
To everyone else, my grandpa's right. What's mine is yours.
shifted
looking handsome and elegant, the other bright and youthful, like
a wheelchair, he
had mentioned the groom's health wasn't great. He thought it meant he was just
was marrying
grandpa." Samuel stood up and greeted them warmly, closing the distance
shook hands with
in front of him, Wesley suddenly felt he
guy on TV. He was pretty famous and had even been in a
really was the guy from TV,
not a fan of show-offs, walked over, trying to be as polite as possible. "Hello, I'm Maximilian's grandpa, Carlton
sounded familiar too, like someone he'd heard about on the
to Micah, "Check on your phone if Samuel and Carlton are the ones
turned serious as he silently handed his phone to
at the pictures and long bios
handed the phone
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