Chapter 223 Nowhere To Hide

Suspicious thoughts raced through Gwendolyn’s mind.

Valentino was still speaking when she snapped out of her thoughts. “Cedrick’s really fallen for you. By the way, you’ve been back for a few days already, right? Have you two met yet? What’s your first impression of him?”

“I haven’t met him yet, Old Mr. Jenson,” answered Gwendolyn.

She then seized the opportunity to continue, “I’ve been sending people to meet him these days, but he’s been avoiding me. So, no. I haven’t met him yet.”

The look on Valentino’s face grew serious. “Did that really happen?”

He then asked Logan to enter and ordered, “Get Cedrick here this instant. What’s he avoiding her for?”

“Yes.”

In the meantime, Gwendolyn kept her smile while chatting and having coffee with Valentino.

Ten minutes later, Logan returned.

“Old Mr. Jenson, Mr. Jenson isn’t coming tonight. He’s on a mission.”

“What kind of mission’s so urgent that he has to bail his fiancée’s party? Ugh. This rascal!”

Valentino stomped his cane on the ground and tried to stop himself from being too harsh with his words. He assured her, “Don’t worry, Gwendolyn. I’m going to bring him here, even if it means kidnaping him.”

Instead of rejecting the suggestion, Gwendolyn smiled obediently. “We’ll follow your lead.”

Valentino cast her an affectionate gaze, but it darkened when he shifted his gaze to Logan.

“Tell that rascal to kneel in the ancestral hall for three whole days until his legs break if he doesn’t show up on time today.”

With that, Logan left.

Ten minutes later, he returned again to report gloomily, “Mr. Jenson says he’ll… carry out his punishment in the ancestral hall once he returns from his mission.”

Hearing that, Valentino lost it!

He’d rather get punished than attend his fiancée’s party, huh? He’s dead set on going against my words.

“The punishment doesn’t scare him, huh? Very well. Tell him he’ll get whipped a hundred times

“One hundred whips? Are you being serious,

cane on the ground and turned

Mr. Jenson is. He’ll definitely go to the ancestral hall to receive his punishment if he’s decided to

countenance. He

darted between the two men’s

as simple as I thought. Can a hundred whips really kill

be too embarrassing for him to go against his promise, but he could not bring himself

the room

keeping

she said gently, “Old Mr. Jenson, this whipping punishment sounds really terrifying. It’s just a party, anyway.

“You’ve got such a big

okay, Old Mr.

her generosity only made

find a way to

the party

become the center of

her

night was

and made a wonderful speech about returning to the Harris

Marcus went upstage to announce her engagement with Cedrick while the

not show up, Marcus decided to simplify his speech and skipped the important parts to distract

had finished toasting to the guests and found a table in the corner to

alone. Hence, he

get engaged with Cedrick, do

said nothing and swirled her

How could he be absent on such an important day and make you put up

apart

the crowd. Gwendolyn, I regret not letting my parents talk to him about asking your hand

Ferguson. I don’t

Do you really

said solemnly, “I don’t like him, nor will I marry him. Similarly, I only see you as a friend. We’ll never get married. I hope

at a loss

who had been hiding near the

before getting into

had been waiting in the car for a long time, asked, “How

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