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?"

the bullet, and nodded with a

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

much either, and turned to Rosalie.

Sebastian noticed she was tense. He gently patted the back of

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 so late at night claiming to

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

I had just gotten divorced. But I didn't expect you to arrange a

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

We hadn't thought about marriage yet. After careful consideration and discussion, we decided to tell you the truth. We've been together

faking the intimacy. "So, we hope you can cancel his engagement

be difficult, since both families have come

necessarily need

to continue business cooperation. If a marriage

so entangled that it'd be harder to resolve if there was a

know you two aren't just trying to deceive me to stop Sebastian from marrying?" "We're not lying to you." It was Rosalie's first time telling such a lie. She was so nervous, her heart was pounding and her palms were sweating. "Sebastian and I

taking the initiative, held her hand. He gently rubbed her

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