Frederick was sitting in a wheelchair. Although he had become very skinny, his eyes still radiated authority.

He stirred his tea, as he said flatly, “Parents have always been the ones arranging marriages for their children since forever. When did they have the right to make their own decisions? Wenham, you spoil the children too much.”

Wenham smiled and said, “Stella is twenty-six this year, and she only returned to our family a few months ago. I haven’t raised her at all, so how could I have the right to interfere with her marriage? If my late wife knew, she’d probably prefer that Stella never return to us.

“I’d rather she chose a son-in-law I don’t like than to have her hate me because I interfered with her decision.”

Frederick’s gaze darkened.

Clearly, he did not appreciate what Wenham said at all.

He was too used to controlling everything in the Moore family and being selfcentered. Especially with the Moore family’s political background, he looked down on families like the Saun family and Kane family.

If Marshall had not gone overseas to treat his illness back then and delayed his marriage, Frederick would have never allowed him to marry a businessman’s daughter.

had always been bothered by the fact that Marshall did not follow the path set

did not invite Wenham over because he thought that Stella would be a good wife to Marshall. Instead, he just wanted to bring Marshall onto

through marriage.

an engagement between the two families. He did not expect to be

grateful that the Moore family was willing to accept a divorced woman into their

he put down his cup. “Your daughter is

her to find someone as outstanding as Marshall. She’ll only meet men with lesser to offer as she

implying that Wenham should respect the

on Wenham’s face faded a little, as he said, “She can be single if she can’t find someone she loves. I have enough money to support her for the rest of her life anyway. Otherwise, when she’s as old as Irene, she can also find a younger man to

Frederick’s expression turned

Frederick’s old age, Wenham

old man have such double standards with me?!’

conversation ended on

Darcie asked him

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