Chapter 426



Late at night, the Carter Residence was brightly lit.

Xyla was dressed neatly. Sitting at her dressing table, she yawned. A maid was doing her hair.

"So late, and still making a fuss," she grumbled.

The maid, who looked to be in her forties and seemed to have worked for Xyla for a long time, bent down and whispered in her ear, "Mrs. Carter, it's the first time Mr. Sebastian is bringing his girlfriend home. He must be eager for you to meet her."

"He brings a girlfriend home just after a marriage has been arranged for him. How timely." Xyla picked up a diamond hairpin from the dressing table, and put it against her hair. "I'll wear this one."

Xyla went downstairs with her maid's help. Everyone in the living room was seated nicely.

Geoffrey glanced up at his wife, and said indifferently, "Come over and meet Miss Young."

Xyla slowly walked up and glanced at Rosalie, who stood up nervously from the sofa. "Hello, Mrs. Carter."

Xyla looked her up and down. "You're Sebastian's girlfriend?"

Rosalie bit the bullet, and nodded with a smile. "Yes."

down a bit farther away from them, as if she wasn't part of the group. There seemed to be some distance between

to Rosalie. "Have a seat. No need to be so

was tense. He

remembered they were supposed to be

you saying you two were just friends, Miss Young. Why come here so late at night

at them with a half-smile. It was as if he had seen through everything, but

didn't want to make it public since I had just gotten divorced. But I didn't expect you to arrange a marriage for Sebastian,"

said. "But I told you before if you were

Rosalie chuckled awkwardly.

yet. After careful consideration and discussion, we decided to tell you

the intimacy. "So, we

"That might be difficult, since both families have come to an

necessarily

marriage to continue business

a

interests of both sides might be so entangled that it'd be harder to resolve

problem," Rosalie said.

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