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.

down a bit farther away from them, as if she wasn't part of the group. There

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

she was tense. He gently patted the back of her

were really together. Geoffrey saw

It was as if he had seen through everything, but

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

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

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

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

thought, Geoffrey said, "That might be difficult, since both

necessarily need

cooperation.

that it'd be harder to resolve if

stop Sebastian from marrying?" "We're not lying to you." It was Rosalie's first time telling such a

He gently rubbed her palm

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