A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1253

Realizing this, she didn’t press further, fearing Peterson might get upset.

Peterson, however, shrugged it off and said, “I used to not understand my grandpa either, but as I grew up, I learned that back in his youth, he was just a pawn in a business marriage.”

Eleanor, who followed behind him, exclaimed, “I never thought that even powerful families like yours would sacrifice your freedom to choose who to marry for the sake of preserving family interests.”

Peterson turned around and looked at Eleanor, “That’s something my grandpa’s generation had to deal with.”

Eleanor looked up and asked, “Do you still have to go through that now?”

Peterson smiled faintly, “My grandpa said, one sacrificial lamb in the Sharp family was enough. His children could choose who to marry freely.”

The first thing Yates did when he took over was to change the old customs and rules of the previous generation. The Sharp family now was pretty harmonious, to say the least.

Hearing Peterson say this, Eleanor looked at him curiously. Since their family no longer needed to maintain their status through marriage alliances, why was he still looking for opportunities for alliances?

so he just asked tentatively, “Ms. Elena, are you

on the Sharp family before I came. Didn’t you do

and her replacing Emilia’s identity was arranged by Bernard. They kept the

aware that Emilia’s sister was alive, let alone the fact that Vanya wasn’t part of the Pine family. These were

who knew about Eleanor, she was guilt-ridden over ruining Vanya’s face and causing her son and daughter-in-law’s premature death due to interfering in Emilia and Ethan’s relationship. She had no heart to reveal these matters

Laurence, the Ziegler, the Hooper, the Pine, and even the Spencer families, to uncover the information

chose to counter-question to prevent the

being honest when dealing with people.” Eleanor, who was subtly criticized by him, smirked, “I think it’s best to get

just getting to know

followed him through the lawn

“I once attended a dinner party with Ms. Laurence, and saw a silhouette that looked a lot like Ms. Elena.”

this, Eleanor’s back stiffened.

hidden in the restroom when she saw Peterson following Sigrid last time, thinking she had

stay calm, “You remembered a silhouette for so long, she must have

replied, “I just have

“Oh,