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.

good match. Worst case, we can skip the wedding gifts and just give the groom a

for him.” She shot Dustin

do you think? If it works for you, we should arrange a time for the families to meet and start making plans. It would be best to move forward with

become unstable, and he couldn’t predict what would happen to the Ballard family in the future. While things were still relatively calm, marrying off Natasha would be one less thing

at the moment, so I can’t commit to anything right now.

to be careless. Plus, he still had matters to discuss with West Lucozia.

are enough to put me at ease. “Simon

Natasha

something happened at home? I haven’t seen Uncle Jonathan or the

shown up. After which, Jonathan, Jensen, and Jovian

a bit of trouble, but it’s nothing serious. Don’t worry about it,” Simon said with

a small issue. If something’s bothering you, why not tell

this, but now it was clear he couldn’t hide them

the future of our family but also the

is it?” Natasha

ill and doesn’t have much time left. However, the selection of the heir has yet to be decided. All capable contenders start making moves-forming alliances and gathering supporters. I

using the marriage alliance to pull our