Chapter 778 Love a Goody Two Shoes Like You?

“That reminds me.” Something seemed to have hit Benjamin as he lifted his head back up, looking stern. “You’re not still with that guy you brought home last time, are you?”

Benjamin was referring to Anastasia’s first love, the culprit who worked with Adelpha to kill Anastasia.

“Of course not,” Elise affirmed. “You can rest assured that I’ve already pulled back from the brink, Grandpa. I won’t make the same mistake again after knowing just what sort of a man he is.”

“You’ve finally come around.” Benjamin heaved a sigh of relief. “Anyhow, I just have one demand for the man you choose: anyone but a heartless rat like your father. Do you hear me?”

“Don’t worry, Grandpa. He’s really reliable and unlike most men.” Elise had Alexander in mind when she spoke.

“You still have to bring him over some other day and let your uncles and I take a look. You’re still socially inexperienced, after all. I worry you’ll fall for another man’s tricks,” Benjamin appealed.

“I will, Grandpa…”

Meanwhile, in the garden, Jamie showed up late for the party. As he barely knew anyone here, he went straight to a less crowded spot after grabbing a glass of champagne.

Finally, after finding an empty area with an open view, he stopped wandering and took a sip of the champagne while drifting his wary gaze across the guests.

Though the Kellers had some influences within Tissote, they had never involved themselves in the literary world. He honestly couldn’t understand why the literary legend would invite him over when they had no connections whatsoever.

meeting at the last minute and rushed

you, Anastasia White! Why can’t you just

hell dares cuss Anastasia like that on such an occasion?! Jamie walked in the direction the sound came from and bypassed a rose bush half his height to find a young woman in a lolita dress kicking the patch of lawn

flowers drooped weakly, already

could he allow someone already so wicked at such a young age to continue behaving

that, he switched on the recording function on his phone and put it back into his pocket before approaching the young woman. “Say, miss, you

Adelpha snapped in a fit of rage but stopped immediately when she realized it was a handsome young man talking to her. With that, she quickly fixed her

usually like this.” Adelpha tucked a lock of errant hair behind

held on tenaciously, chuckling awkwardly. “Haha, I can tell. Let’s come back to the topic. I

say ‘too’?”

so lofty that she trampled me to feel like two cents when I tried to win her love.

instantly upon hearing so and echoed angrily, “You’re right. Anastasia White is the phoniest b*tch in the whole world. And her grandfather, that old Joslin gaffer, acts all chummy with you when you’re useful to him but

is Old Master Joslin’s granddaughter, huh? No wonder she has such

even get over her today. Who knows if I’ll ever be able to open up and love another woman…” Jamie suddenly sulked, acting like he was an infatuated man with a broken

a pack of tissue from her bag and handed one to him.

hand and turned her down. “Thank you, but men are usually fixated on the first woman they take a fancy to. Anastasia might have trampled me to the ground, but I still can’t stop thinking about her. I guess

nice as you think she is. You still haven’t found out, have you? She’s already married. In fact, she got married with a pregnant belly. Worse than that, she’s already a few solid months into her pregnancy when we

her. I get you, but I won’t trust a word you say.” Jamie turned

everything I say!” Adelpha went to his front and disclosed her identity. “I’m Anastasia’s sister, and everything I said is true! Anastasia doesn’t deserve devotion from a hunk like you. So why cling to her when there are so many women for

Jamie dropped his smile and leaned his face close to her with

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