Chapter 1581


Chapter 1581:

Carl’s eyes stayed on the ornate boxes being carried across the room, his thoughts clearly elsewhere. Since returning from the restaurant, something had been weighing on him. Corrine couldn’t quite place it, so she called again, her voice calm, “Grandpa?”

Snapped from his reverie, Carl blinked. “What?”

“I made you some coffee.” She nudged the cup toward him.

He accepted it without much attention, sipping slowly. Then he glanced at her. “Corrine, how do you really feel about being engaged to Nate?”

Without hesitation, she reached for an orange, her slim fingers moving carefully as she peeled it, section by section. “If I had a problem with it, I wouldn’t have agreed in the first place.” That was undeniably true.

Still, even with the engagement party behind them and the gifts received, Carl couldn’t shake the gnawing thought of calling the whole thing off. Especially after hearing Evelyn’s thoughts, the urge had only grown stronger. Just then, Leland approached with a document in hand. “Miss Holland, here’s the list of engagement gifts received today. Please review it.”

took the paper,

everything else

Leland replied before turning to relay the instruction to the

anything else, Grandpa,

“Go ahead.”

the hairpin nestled in her hands. A

is back,” a servant announced from the


more at

Jules wave in greeting and bolt up the stairs

room. Haven’t you learned any manners?” Carl slammed

flinch. “I always

a perfunctory knock and

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