From afar, Madam Mallory was infuriated by the sight she saw. She gripped the silk table cloth as she tried to suppress her emotions.

She thought that Percy was lying.

She was so sure that Nina's attendance today was Percy's doing.

Yet Old Master Crawford's behavior made it clear that she had assumed wrongly.

Today was an important event, and countless people were trying to find a chance to talk to Old Master Crawford. Still, the old man did not even smile at most of them. Instead, he opted to respond superficially and leave Luke to entertain them.

Even so, he was smiling at Nina now.

Percy naturally deduced what his mother was feeling and said calmly, “So, now do you believe that I say is the truth?"

"Even if Old Master Crawford admits her as his god-granddaughter, your grandfather still won't ever allow your relationship." Madam Mallory wore a slightly wretched expression on her face.

Percy replied calmly, "I don't need anyone's allowance. This is my marriage. I'll choose who I marry myself. Force me again and what happened to the Johnston family will happen again."

Percy reminded Madam Mallory of what he had done before.

The once powerful Johnston family was now in shambles, unable to even sustain the business of one company under their name. Madison had also gone crazy after what he did.

Percy's actions had caused Madam Mallory to be the target of discussion and commentary. People believed that she suggested a marriage union with the Johnston family just to slowly acquire all the Johnston's assets.

As such, no one else agreed to marry their daughters to Pierre.

Madam Mallory's expression soured greatly.

With Pierre's support, Old Master Mallory returned to his seat.

Pierre saw it as a great opportunity to prove himself. Hence,

such, neither of them saw the scene regarding Old Master

Master Mallory took in his daughter-in-law's sour expression and asked,

tell you when we get home, Father," Madam Mallory replied. There was no guarantee if her father-inlaw would make a ruckus if he found out now. A

did not press further and merely

Nina, the grandfather-grandson

was curious, though. Hence, he leaned over to his mother's

home. No more asking about this now." Madam Mallory waved

more curious when he saw his

pester her further. The guests had mostly arrived. With the emcee's opening

dishes were flavorful and rich, though Luca herself could

and asked softly, "Are the dishes

is too tight. My stomach will become bloated if I eat too much, and I'll look weird when I leave," Luca replied

did not know anyone else at the table, so they did not speak too loudly when they

so skinny. Eat more. Don't starve yourself," Nina replied. The situation with the news made her extremely anxious. While her anxiety did not affect her diet, her sleep quality did get affected and she lost

Nina decided that she would eat more and gain back what she had

Luca happened to glance over at Percy's table and saw the man

food." Nina tugged on her sleeve, not daring

afraid of seeing the facial expressions of the

maddeningly against her relationship with Percy. If not for Old Master Crawford, Nina would surely have faced even more

a result, Nina was afraid of the other members of the Mallory

in the Mallory family acted like that, so Pierre grew up in such an environment.

kidnapping to abuse, to even stealing

Luca teased. She did not doubt that Old

admire how smart Old Master Crawford's strategy was. He went all out

table, the Mallory family naturally would not suspect the truth of whether Nina was

talking nonsense," Nina raised her glass of red wine and took a sip. “Oh, right. Are you staying in the country for

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