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

generous for him.” She shot

of marriage, Dustin, what 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

he couldn’t predict what would happen to the Ballard family in the future. While things were still relatively

I need to take care of at the moment, so I can’t commit to anything right now. But

careless. Plus, he still

enough to put

Dustin and Natasha

happened at home? I haven’t seen Uncle Jonathan or the others,” Natasha

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

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

down for dinner. That doesn’t seem like a small issue. If something’s bothering you, why not tell us? Maybe we

grinned and shook his head. He had hoped to keep 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

only the future of our family

it?” Natasha

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 believe Oakvale is about to be torn

today was about using the marriage alliance to pull our family