An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

At the Ballard estate, Dustin was warmly welcomed to stay after dinner. This was the first time Natasha had brought her boyfriend home, so the Ballards made a big deal of it.

Simon personally accompanied the young couple and invited them to the study to chat over tea. With his sharp eye, Simon could tell Dustin was no ordinary martial artist. His manners, speech, and broad knowledge set him apart from most people.

“Dustin, I fully support your relationship with Natasha. Your background or status doesn’t matter. What matters most is that you two are happy together.”

Simon paused and said earnestly, “I want you to understand that she’s been pampered all her life and hasn’t faced much hardship. Now that she’s with you, I hope you’ll take good care of her.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Ballard. I would never let her down,” Dustin replied sincerely.

Though they had known each other for some time and hadn’t yet taken their relationship to the next level, they had already made their feelings clear. Natasha had shown him unwavering devotion, and he had no intention of letting her down.

“Grandfather, you don’t have to worry about that. I have a sharp eye for people and would never pick the wrong one.” She smiled proudly.

“You rascal, I’m not worried about you being mistreated. But what I’m concerned about is Dustin-what if he starts picking up your bad habits?” Simon teased.

“Grandfather, why are you so negative? Aren’t you worried I won’t find someone to marry?” Natasha pouted, clearly displeased.

has trouble finding a good match. Worst case, we can skip the wedding gifts and

him.” She

a time for the families to meet and start making plans. It would be best to move

to the Ballard family in the future. While things were still relatively calm, marrying off Natasha would be one less thing for

I can’t commit to anything right now. But I promise, within three

the Dracan essence, and with the nation’s fate on his shoulders, he couldn’t afford to be careless. Plus, he still had matters to discuss with West Lucozia. Since it was a meeting between both families, he would also

to put me at ease. “Simon

Natasha would be able to marry

Grandpa, has something happened at home? I haven’t seen Uncle Jonathan

were dining, people from the Mosey family had unexpectedly shown up. After which, Jonathan, Jensen, and Jovian left and

it’s nothing serious. Don’t worry about

looked troubled since we sat down for dinner. That doesn’t seem like a small issue. If something’s

the family out of this, but now it was clear he couldn’t hide them anymore. Natasha was sharp and full of ideas, so he figured she might just have a

the future of our

is it?”

of the heir has yet to be decided. All capable contenders start making moves-forming alliances and gathering supporters. I believe Oakvale is

using the marriage alliance to pull our