The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 131 Their Plan to Set Him Up From the Beginning

"Grandma, if Victor and Diana had been responsible, I wouldn't have had to send you to the nursing home in the first place," Natalie said softly. "If you go back, it might be better to stay at the nursing home."

She continued, "I probably won't return to Amberton. Let's give up on the Langleys, okay?"

Grace stubbornly shook her head. "I don't want to stay in Dithoria. I want to go back to Amberton, where my home is."

Grace begged, "Nattie, please take me back home."

Grace grabbed Natalie's hand tightly, the joy she had before vanishing completely. "Why don't you marry Marcus right now? If you marry him, I can live with you both."

She then turned to Marcus and asked, "Marcus, what do you think? You're Nattie's boyfriend. Would you marry her?"

Marcus' expression didn't change. He simply glanced at Natalie, then gave a faint, almost imperceptible smile. He picked up his water cup and took a sip.

First, he was asked to pretend to be her boyfriend, and now Grace was pushing him to marry her. The speed of it all was almost unbelievable.

At this point, Marcus was sure that Grace and Natalie had set him up from the beginning. First, Natalie asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend, and now Grace was pushing him to marry her. Their plan hadn't changed from the start.

Marcus stood up and said to Natalie, "Ms. Walker, I'm sorry, but I have to leave for something urgent."

Turning to Grace, he continued, "I need to clarify—I'm not Natalie's boyfriend, and I won't marry her. I'm just helping her out by pretending to be her boyfriend. However, when it comes to marriage, it's better to be clear." Marcus's expression remained as calm and composed as ever, with no extra expression. He finished his words without a hint of emotion, then gave Natalie a slight nod. Ignoring the growing tension on her face, he walked away.

"Nattie, didn't you say he was good to you? Aren't you two a couple? Why did he say it's

on Natalie's face faded, and she picked up her cup of water, taking a sip. The cold water jolted her back to reality, and she managed to

saw no point in continuing the act. Pretending to be happy and in love was

you to feel at ease. I don't need Langley

would be alone and unable to support myself. However, Selena is threatening suicide, and Langley Group

don't think it's worth it." Langley Group had become Amberton's leading enterprise, but it wasn't solely her doing. Internal conflict was the greatest threat in a large company where the family held the majority of the

trying to stir up trouble

be my boyfriend because you once said Marcus was the grandson-in-law you picked for me. If he were my fiancé, he would be a better match than Selena or

longer treated Grace like a child. Instead, she looked at her

"Nattie, don't you want me anymore?

haven't forgotten, Grandma," Natalie

Grace's tears fell, and she sighed quietly in her heart. This situation wasn't

shares to them." Grace sobbed, her tears

child, leaving Natalie at

years, but this was the first

It was wrong of me to lie to you," Natalie said apologetically. "I won't trade the shares for guardianship. I won't let

Why won't he marry

cracked with desperation as she said, "Nattie, maybe I should just go back to Cedar Hill Nursing Home. You've found your birth parents, and who am I to stay at your house? The

"Nattie, does Marcus not like me? Does he think I'm a burden? Did you not win him over yet?

man, she should take drastic measures. However, that was something Natalie

the chance to be with him both times. Yet, she didn't like him, and she would never take advantage