Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 148

Edward patted Janice on the shoulder. "Come check on the steak with me."

"Alright."

Barbara watched as they walked into the kitchen together, standing side-by-side as they sampled the steak.

She turned to her husband, Robert, and said, "I think he likes this woman."

Robert, however, countered, "She's done you a favor. How do you plan on repaying her?"

Barbara was caught off guard. "...A car? A house? Money?"

"How superficial."

Barbara scoffed. "Then you tell me!"

"You always have a year-end gathering with the other ladies in the capital, don't you? Take her with you and introduce her to them."

Robert's gaze flickered toward Janice in the kitchen. "Edward can't always be there for her. If she needs help, she'd have someone to turn to."

In other words, he wanted Barbara to use her connections to subtly let influential figures in the capital know that Janice was protected by the Moores.

Barbara caught on quickly. "Oh! That works! I was being shallow."

But then something else clicked in her mind. "So, you approve of this woman?"

great. But more importantly, my son likes her.

"Good thing, then."

Robert raised a

the whole 'If you leave my son, I'll make your life

I may be ruthless when dealing with foreign politics and unwavering when it comes to national interests, but

eyes. "You make it sound like my son isn't

is a good thing. But in relationships, those traits aren't so desirable. You should remind Edward not

I overheard something the other

"Is that so?"

Barbara tensed up.

the kitchen. "Edward, I need to ask you

spatula and

pulled him aside. Instinctively, he thought that his father

asked, "When are you

Edward replied, "What?"

said that foreign politicians have their eyes

Foreign politicians?

Barbara returned to the living

way foreign politicial,

a threat to my

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