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

from them, as if she wasn't part of the group. There

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

was tense. He gently

were supposed to be a couple. She smiled at him, pretending they were really together. Geoffrey saw this,

was as if he had seen through everything, but chose not to expose

want to make it public since I had just gotten divorced. But I didn't expect you to arrange a marriage

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

careful consideration and discussion,

we

"That might be difficult, since both families

necessarily need

to continue business cooperation. If a marriage

it'd be harder to resolve if

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 love each

gently rubbed her palm with his thumb

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