Chapter 618
“Grandpa, what are you implying? I’m Marilla’s own sister, how could I ever harm her? Glynnis stammered in defense, a cold sweat breaking out on her back.
Jareth, ever the blunt one, tightened his embrace around Marilla and let out a derisive snort.
Hamilton’s lips curved in a sardonic smile, “I may be getting on in years, but I’m not senile yet. I know full well what’s going on, and so do you. Your sister is about to marry into the prestigious Fairhaven family, becoming the CEO’s wife. Instead of wasting your energy on futile things, you’d be better off toning down that boisterous temperament and let your father find you a respectable match, someone he’d be proud to call son–in–law.”
Glynnis‘ eyes blazed with fury. Was this old man subtly taunting her for being unmarried?
Finally, she snapped back, “My affairs need not concern you, Grandpa. Even if I never marry, I’m still my father’s daughter, the heiress of the Abernathy Group. Now that mother has passed and Marilla is getting married, I’ll be helping Dad manage the Windermere Estate.”
“Why bother yourself with the estate when there are stewards for that?”
Hamilton, with a piercing gaze half–veiled by hooded eyelids, delivered a cutting remark that felt like an execution to Glynnis, “Besides, llana is marrying into our Abernathy family. Windermere Estate is my private property, and I intend to gift it to the newlyweds as a wedding present.”
Evadne’s heart skipped a beat as her eyes widened in shock.
The Windermere Estate as a wedding gift? Grandpa, you’re amazing!
Thaddeus, however, simply massaged Evadne’s back, his handsome features unruffled. Privately, the old man had mentioned this plan to him countless times, even suggesting that once he and Evadne were married, the Windermere Estate would become their love nest, and Frederic could go find his own place to live.
after all, Hamilton’s house, and his
of Windermere Estate. Everyone here will answer to
his gaze remained affectionately fixed on Evadne, his fondness for her growing by the second, “The rest of you need
too many years. His actions were a
no stranger to missteps; she was a bad seed from the start-
bad seed brought into the Abernathy fold by
the demon within her, igniting her
her leaden feet up the stairs, her body radiating malice so intense that even the passing
she thought about it, the angrier she became, until she couldn’t help but call Edith across
You’re interrupting my lunch,” Edith complained
you coming back? If you don’t hurry, that little
sister, and originally my dad was against it. But then Evadne and Thaddeus showed up with Hamilton! With just a few words, Hamilton not only swayed my dad but also sealed their
silence on the other end.
Are you going to say
may seem strong, but they’re full of vulnerabilities. A single slip can ruin everything. Those like Thaddeus and Evadne, who recklessly chase love, are rare in this world. Jareth? Please, what a joke,”
even she couldn’t deny one
love between Thaddeus and Evadne was unprecedented and rare in all
to retort when Edith added, “Oh, and by the way, Mr. Bartley’s son came to Aetheria to visit me. You must be bored out of your mind with no funeral for your mother to occupy you. Why don’t you fly over and hang out with me? If
to
been mocked for being unmarried and now for being penniless. She felt like
as if I don’t know that Mr. Bartley is just your lapdog. Why would
suit yourself then.”
to brew a cup of tea, which she
of them left to oversee Windermere Estate, especially after Jareth had cruelly
Glynnis knocked on the
look, “Miss Glynnis, Mr. Frederic isn’t feeling
to the kitchen and personally made him some
“Let her in.”
Dennis
“Dad!”
room, her voice almost dripping with sweetness
replied without looking up,
No matter what anyone says, my
she’s acting like she doesn’t belong to us anymore. Can you believe it? After all the years you doted on her, the moment she gets a man,
more, his face stormy
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