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 with a smile.

them, as if she wasn't part

say much either, and turned to Rosalie. "Have a seat. No need to be

tense. He gently

were really together. Geoffrey saw this, and smiled. "I remember you saying you two were just friends, Miss Young. Why come

was as if he had seen through everything, but

public 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

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

thought about marriage yet. After careful consideration and discussion, we decided to tell you the truth. We've been together for a long

we hope you can cancel

Geoffrey said, "That might be difficult, since both families have

necessarily need

continue business cooperation.

be so entangled that it'd

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 love each

hand. He gently rubbed her palm with his thumb to

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