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?

Eleanor was thinking, so he just asked tentatively, “Ms.

“I did my research on the Sharp family before I came. Didn’t you do

death of Emilia was arranged by Ethan, and her replacing Emilia’s identity was

the fact that Vanya wasn’t part of the Pine

was guilt-ridden over ruining Vanya’s face and causing her son and daughter-in-law’s premature death due to interfering

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

prevent the truth from

even evasive on this topic, Peterson couldn’t help but smirk, “I never dig into people’s pasts. I believe in being honest when dealing with people.” Eleanor, who was subtly criticized

I was just getting to know Ms. Elena, but you seem to be very

by his remark and stopped responding. She followed

Ms. Laurence, and saw a silhouette

Eleanor’s back stiffened.

in the restroom when she saw Peterson following Sigrid last time, thinking she had done a good job,

bit nervous, but tried to stay calm, “You remembered a

replied, “I just have a good memory.”

laughed awkwardly, “Oh,