Chapter 1981

He looked like the most precious thing in the world whenever he smiled.

Caprice could not help herself any longer. She propped herself on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his neck to give him a passionate kiss.

Liam was taken aback, but he soon responded by tightly embracing her.

Meanwhile, the doors and windows of the living room were left open, inviting the gentle breeze outside to blow into its interior. It was peculiarly quiet inside.

Sylvia, Odell, Sherry, and John had not spoken a word since they sat down. Ten minutes had passed since.

Sylvia was the first to break the silence as she coughed dryly.

"Ahem." Sherry could not hold it in any longer anymore and mimicked her cough.

Odell and John looked at them.

Both of them wore queer expressions and broke their silence at the same time, ’How long are you going to keep quiet?"

Wasn't the plan to discuss the exact date for Caprice and Liam's engagement?

'State your proposal already!'

turned to John and Sherry. "You two are Caprice's parents, so why don't

mimicked his gesture and supplied, "Since Liam is going to marry into our family, tradition says that your family is the one who should be choosing a date. Make sure

his lips to

his arm and hissed sharply into his ears, "Why does it matter so much to you that Liam marries into our

acting as if his very well-being

What nonsense!

'Those are the terms

if he suddenly withdrew

it. "Just because they agreed doesn't mean we

to marry into, but the same could be said about Liam. If one had to go into the specifics of what the two had to offer by way of status, Liam easily trumped Caprice. Marrying him was akin to marrying the son of an emperor in feudal

agreed to such bizarre arrangements out of politeness, but that did not mean John should insist on

friendship between them, Odell and Sylvia would have very well called the entire thing off and

avoided Odell and Sylvia's gazes. He muttered in a low voice, "You tell

going to embarrass himself by going back on

deep breath.

mumbling about?" Sylvia spoke

Syl, here's the situation. When we talked about wanting Liam to marry into our family, it was only our way of testing his resolution. We didn’t mean it when we said we wanted

silence, then she exchanged a brief smile

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