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?”

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

Sebastian a tentative look

later, Grandma,” Sebastian said in a cold,

the side, his face darkening with every

too, and he decided to take Natalie with

and through winding roads that led to a manor sitting at the foot of a

cars snaked from

a shocking sight

out of the car and onto a red carpet leading inside the

her just why

seen so far, they might very well be a prestigious clan from legends of

offering his hand to Natalie as he helped her out

sleek, all-black suit that

held on to Sebastian’s arm as they glided into the

huge chandelier hung over the main hall, its countless

evening

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

exact, they were fixed

of the room, their

they didn’t really bother to keep

the illegitimate

that dead woman from the

words, she

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

else

cue from him, Natalie mustered her courage and did her best to

where a radiant old woman was sitting on

“Grandma,”

greeted with a

to see that you

before turning her attention to

an arm around Natalie’s shoulders and pulled

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