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?”

saying this was

and looked at the coffee in it. She said. meaningfully, “You

I hope that you can. give

Jones frowned slightly. She looked up at David. “Have you really made up

he still looked at Old Mrs. Jones with a complicated gaze. “It’s just that you’ve never told me how the engagement between the Johnson family and me came about.”

he reached adulthood, David was aware that he was bound to a marriage contract, but the Jones family had been pretty

understand how the Johnson

major families of Aureliana had always had an

unwritten rule.

not marry anyone outside the island.

more curious about the

the surrounding servants thought that this was the calm before the

decided to annul the engagement, why are you so obsessed with these things?”

you don’t know her identity,”