Late at night, the Carter Residence was brightly lit.

Xyla was dressed neatly. Sitting at her dressing table, she yawned. A maid was doing her hair.

"So late, and still making a fuss," she grumbled.

The maid, who looked to be in her forties and seemed to have worked for Xyla for a long time, bent down and whispered in her ear, "Mrs. Carter, it's the first time Mr. Sebastian is bringing his girlfriend home. He must be eager for you to meet her."

"He brings a girlfriend home just after a marriage has been arranged for him. How timely." Xyla picked up a diamond hairpin from the dressing table, and put it against her hair. "I'll wear this one."

Xyla went downstairs with her maid's help. Everyone in the living room was seated nicely.

Geoffrey glanced up at his wife, and said indifferently, "Come over and meet Miss Young."

Xyla slowly walked up and glanced at Rosalie, who stood up nervously from the sofa. "Hello, Mrs. Carter."

Xyla looked her up and down. "You're Sebastian's girlfriend?"

bullet, and nodded

from them, as if she wasn't part of the group. There seemed to be some distance between her

Rosalie. "Have a seat.

Rosalie sat down, Sebastian noticed she was tense. He

couple. She smiled at him, pretending they were really together. Geoffrey saw this, and smiled. "I remember you saying you two were just friends, Miss Young. Why come here

looked at them with a half-smile. It was as if he had seen through everything, but chose not to

since I had just gotten divorced. But I didn't expect you to arrange a marriage for Sebastian," Rosalie replied. "Oh, really?" Geoffrey said. "But I told you before if you were Sebastian's

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

about marriage yet. After careful consideration and

hand, faking the intimacy. "So, we hope you

might be difficult, since both families have come to an

necessarily need

cooperation. If a

the interests of both sides might be so entangled that it'd be harder to resolve if there was

believe you?" Geoffrey's voice turned cold. "How do I know you two aren't just trying to deceive me to stop Sebastian from marrying?" "We're not lying to you." It

her hand. He gently rubbed

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