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

bit farther away from them, as if she wasn't part

turned to Rosalie. "Have

noticed she was tense. He

instinctively wanted to pull back, but then remembered they were supposed to be a couple. She smiled at him, pretending they were really together. Geoffrey saw this, and smiled.

looked at them with a half-smile. It was as if he had seen through

you to arrange a marriage for Sebastian," Rosalie replied.

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

marriage yet. After careful consideration and discussion, we decided to tell you

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

Geoffrey said, "That might be difficult, since

necessarily need

cooperation. If a

that it'd be harder to resolve if there was a problem,"

sense, Miss Young, but why should I believe you?" Geoffrey's voice turned cold. "How do I 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

taking the initiative, held her hand. He gently rubbed her palm with his

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