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?"

bit the bullet, and nodded with a

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

turned to Rosalie. "Have a seat. No need to be so

noticed she was tense. He

a 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 so late at night claiming

them with a half-smile. It was as if he had seen through everything, but chose

didn't expect you to arrange a marriage for Sebastian," Rosalie replied. "Oh, really?" Geoffrey said.

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

and discussion, we decided to tell you the truth. We've been together for a long

faking the intimacy. "So, we hope you

might be difficult, since both families have

necessarily need

cooperation. If a marriage

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

from marrying?" "We're not

initiative, held her hand. He gently rubbed her palm with

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