“Am I his wife, or is she?” Luna’s face turned ashen with anger.

“Stay calm,” Amanda held her daughter’s hand, comforting her.

Meanwhile, Charlotte could not sit still as she was worried that Amanda and Luna would be creating trouble for her again.

At that moment, Zachary gave her hand a light squeeze. It was a subtle action, but it strangely had a calming effect on her.

She turned to look at the man. He was focusing on the stage and did not have any kind of expression on his face, but the warmth of his hand set her heart at ease.

She could feel something tugging at her heartstrings; it was a funny feeling…

Dinner was served a while later. That night’s charity auction had a special arrangement where guests could dine and participate in the auction at the same time.

Guests were seated as family units – each table only had guests from the same family.

a French dish was served to her table. The small piece of cake she had eaten in the car previously had

wine from the waiter and

 

well and took a sip of the wine while saying casually, “It’s really generous of you to serve such fine wine

and asked, “You know what wine this

know?” She continued cutting her steak and without looking up, she said, “Aubleener Blanc from S Winery in Arkfield. There’re only 78 barrels in the

familiar with wine,” he replied as his lips curled up. “I’ve actually acquired the entire batch of Aubleener

with my dad eight years ago and tasted it in the wine cellar. My dad was intending to buy a few barrels of it,

When her dad was still alive, he had brought her along on his travels around the world and taught her a

you remembered it after tasting it just once.” Zachary looked at her and

Charlotte listed while counting on her fingers. “I know a bit of all those. I usually go with the

there’s in-depth learning of a particular subject matter since that

that he only wanted me to be happy. I could marry a capable man and let him run

it was because of the wine, but she thought about her dad a lot that

at her and commented, feeling slightly envious at the same

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