Soon, the guests began whispering among themselves, though they didn’t really bother to keep their voices hushed.

“Isn’t he the illegitimate son?”

“Oh, the son of that dead woman from the Larson family?”

When Natalie heard these words, she sneaked a sideways glance at Sebastian.

To her relief, he didn’t appear to care about the chatter.

If anything, he ignored everyone else and ushered her in another direction.

Taking his cue from him, Natalie mustered her courage and did her best to hold her head high.

Sebastian led her to an inner room, where a radiant old woman was sitting on a wheelchair.

“Grandma,” Sebastian greeted with a polite smile.

“Hmmm, it’s good to see that you are here.” Nora nodded briefly at him before turning her attention to Natalie.

Sebastian put an arm around Natalie’s shoulders and pulled her forward.

“This is my wife, Natalie.” Natalie acknowledged the old woman by calling her Grandma, then offered her well wishes.

“You look so beautiful,” Nora crooned, seemingly in high spirits.

She nodded wistfully and sighed.

“You got married in the blink of an eye, huh? That’s good.I’m relieved.” Elissa watched the interaction from a distance.

Not wanting Sebastian to steal any limelight that wasn’t meant for him, she signaled at Ritchie.

“Grandma,” Ritchie called as he ambled toward them.

“It’s been so long since I’ve seen Sebastian.Can you give us some time to talk in private?”

slung an arm over Sebastian’s shoulder and grinned at him, as though they were close brothers who had

tentative look and

come and talk to you again later, Grandma,” Sebastian said in

side, his

was invited, too, and he decided to take Natalie

through winding roads that led to a manor sitting at the

cars snaked from the entrance of the venue and past the

shocking sight

to step out of the car and onto

just why everyone looked up

so far, they might

now,” Sebastian said, offering his hand to

all-black

arm as they glided into

over the main hall, its countless crystals glimmering in the

people garbed in exquisite evening

waded their way through the hall, Natalie realized that dozens of sharp

exact, they were fixed on

far corner of the

themselves, though they didn’t really

he the

the son of that dead woman from the

Natalie heard these words, she sneaked a sideways glance

appear to care about

anything, he ignored everyone else and

cue from him, Natalie mustered her courage and

an inner room, where a radiant old

“Grandma,”

with

good to see that

him before turning her

an arm around Natalie’s shoulders and

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