"Your grandfather’s impression of me isn’t good as it is," Stella explained patiently.
"He might have agreed for us to get married, but I still want to leave a better impression on him… The
fact that he asked me to meet him must mean he’s giving me a chance.If I hesitate and bring you along
with me, then I’ll never get another chance to get his approval."
"If he gives you any trouble," Weston replied while stroking her face, "just tell me, and I’ll handle it."
"Okay," she nodded.
"You should probably cover up your neck a little…" Weston said as he adjusted Stella’s collar to hide
the bright red hickeys he’d left.
"And whose fault is this?!" she scolded him.
"I told you to stop this morning, but you wouldn’t listen!"
"Alright," Weston chuckled and massaged the red marks on her skin.
"I’ll pick you up this evening."
The manor Warren Ford lived in was a reasonable distance away from the city.
When Stella arrived, it was already late afternoon.
Warren had just woken up from his midday nap.
Noticing that she was here, he smiled kindly to her and said, "Come in!"
Stella nodded.Then she saw a man walking out of the study.It was Chris Ford "He came here to play
chess with me,"
Warren explained while brewing a fresh pot of tea.
"He was just about to leave."
He paused and sighed before continuing, "As you get older, finding a companion who’d spend the day
with you gets harder."
Usually, Warren would spend a lot of time with an old friend of his, but even he had a piano shop to
look after, so Warren often found himself in unpleasant solitude whenever he felt unwell and lonely. It
was times like these that Chris Ford became useful again.
"What’s so strange about me being here?" he asked.
"I’m your son, after all! It’s only natural that I’d be spending time with you!"
Chris acted differently when he was with Warren than when he was with Weston.He almost seemed
like a petulant child.
The truth was, while he often indulged his sons, Warren’s relationship with Weston was rather cold and
almost professional in nature.
This was due to the high hopes and expectations that he placed in his talented grandson, which had,
for better or worse, altered his attitude toward him.
But Chris Ford was different.
Warren seemed to be aware of this too, which was why he would mostly hand over the crucial tasks in
the company to Weston while leaving the most trivial matters to Chris.
It wasn’t merely due to their different personalities either.
Warren clearly saw the potential that Weston displayed to achieve great things.
Warren picked up the pawn in the chess box and tossed it at Chris.
"Save your breath!" he barked.
With a laugh, Chris caught the pawn in his hand and complained, "Oh, so you’re kicking me out now
that she’s here, are you?"
"Get out!"
Warren yelled, though still flashing a smile.As Chris walked past Stella, he stopped beside her and
gave her a strange look.
"Not bad!" he sneered.
"I’ve really underestimated you!"
Stella looked ahead and ignored him, having no desire to take his words to heart Once Chris was gone,
Warren and Stella were the only two people left in the tea room.
He told her to take a seat and poured her a cup of Pu Er tea.
"Actually," she suddenly spoke up after a long silence, "I don’t really like tea that much."
"I know," Warren replied, smiling.
"In a few days, you’ll finally be able to escape this life you hate so much."
Daily New Latest Chapters Stella searched the old man’s face.
"Does that mean… you would still fulfill the promise you made me?" she asked
"Of course," he responded.
There was not the slightest change in his expression.
"You getting married to Weston is the last thing we want."
"But you haven’t even done anything so far," she argued with a frown.
"Are you sure that I’ll be able to escape on the wedding day?"
Warren picked up his teacup, took a sip, and slowly placed it back down.
"Do you remember? my instruction to keep the wedding as simple as possible?" he asked.
Stella nodded.
"I hear your wedding party will be held near a cliff by the sea; is that correct?"
Stella thought about it for a while before answering, "I guess so She had not been paying much
attention to the details since she never wanted to get married to Weston in the first place.”
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