Betrayal At the Altar by Dolores Delia

Chapter 318 The Peace Before The Storm

After Rachel left, Old Mrs. Jones’s smile faded a little. “Now that she’s gone, just say what you want to.”

Hearing this, David smiled and looked at Old Mrs. Jones with an

unfathomable gaze. “As expected, nothing can escape your eyes.”

Old Mrs. Jones did not buy David’s flattery. She snorted softly. “Stop it. After all, you have a wife. You’ve got such a glib tongue.”

David touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, “She will be your future granddaughter–in–law and the next mistress of the Jones family.”

His tone was neither fast nor slow, and there was even a hint of indifference and laziness in it. However, his words were filled with a resolute and decisive aura, causing one to be shocked.

When Old Mrs. Jones heard this, her expression did not change much. She said calmly, “Isn’t this already set in stone?”

this was equivalent to saying

coffee in it. She said. meaningfully, “You should know that this is not what I’m worried

time mainly because I hope that you can. give me the

frowned slightly. She looked up at David. “Have

David answered smoothly, but he still looked at Old Mrs. Jones with a complicated gaze. “It’s just that you’ve never told me how the engagement between

adulthood, David was aware that he was bound to a marriage contract, but the Jones family had been pretty vague about the origin of the marriage contract.

how the Johnson family in Seaxas was

the major families of Aureliana had always had

unwritten rule.

anyone outside the

him even more curious about

time. It was so long that the surrounding servants thought that this was the calm

period of time, Old Mrs. Jones said, “Since you’ve decided

know her identity,” David