Betrayal At The Altar

Rachel Grey did not overthink it and asked casually. “Is Grandpa asleep?”

“Yes, he’s asleep” Mr. Chadwick said, “Mr. Johnson went fishing with a friend today. He was exhausted after a long day”

Rachel nodded. Just as she was about to go upstairs, she saw Arthur walking out with Lucas “Why are you back?” she asked. in surprise.

“I’m back to discuss the wedding.” Lucas walked over and signaled at her “Shall we go out for a chat?”

Rachel raised her eyebrows slightly. “Do you have anything to drink?”

Lucas pursed his lips and walked towards the wine cellar. “Let’s go.”

The two arrived at the wine cellar.

They sat on a leather sofa under the bright crystal lights that echoed with the expensive wine cabinets around them, the extravagant cellar was decorated and well-stocked.

Rachel dropped some ice cubes into her brandy and swirled the glass lightly. The ice cubes clinked against the glass wall, emitting a crisp, cracking sound. “Have you taken care of Hans Grey?” she asked.

She did not know if Hans would let it go, but Rachel understood Lucas too well. He would not let Hans off easily.

Therefore, she guessed that Lucas wanted to talk about Hans Grey.

However, he looked solemn tonight, as if something weighed on his mind.

Lucas’s dark eyes glanced at Rachel intensely when he heard her question.

Then he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. The nicotine gave him temporary relief and eased him off his weary

mind

“You’ll read in the news tomorrow morning that the Grey family has declared bankruptcy due to debt problems,” Lucas announced.

he would miss the subtle changes on her

looked indifferent to the information, as if Hans Grey was merely a dispensable passerby in her

table, making a slight sound. “So, the person leaving in the car just now was Hans Grey?” she asked knowingly

eyes and did not look at

slightly, and her lips curled into a meaningful smile. “Looks like his wishful thinking didn’t work out. Instead, he stepped straight

Grey family would have been safe and sound if Hans had not treaded into

word; he finished the brandy

over the years, but he is someone who will do anything to achieve his goals. He will

was a

thought of the sufferings she had endured all

Hans chose to believe Lily Grey’s and her mother’s words, Rachel had utterly given up on her father.

have deep feelings for each other, how could they not

she was Hans’s biological daughter, she would have suspected he had

did he not believe her back then and abandoned her

himself to blame for his current

his life comfortably on the Grey family’s wealth if he was not so

much to lead the elderly man to uproot the Grey family against his late daughter’s dying

Lucas since she came to

to follow Rachel everywhere she went. As such,

the two.

each other’s thoughts

this moment, Lucas knew what was on Rachel’s mind

He said calmly, “Hans Grey wanted to make a deal with the Johnson family in which he claimed you were involved. In

status.”

brought him back to the mansion. I was not privy to their

Arthur would not be in such a rage to go against his daughter’s dying wish.

been less than lukewarm to the Grey family all these years as if it did not care about the shameful things Hans had