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?”

at him, as though they were close brothers who had been apart for quite

shot Sebastian a tentative

later, Grandma,” Sebastian said in a cold,

his face darkening with every step

and he

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

line of luxury cars snaked from

a shocking

moment, she expected to step out of the car

why everyone looked up

so far, they might very well be a prestigious

Sebastian said, offering his hand to Natalie as he helped her out of the

all-black

Sebastian’s arm as they glided

over the main hall, its countless

people garbed in exquisite evening attire loitered

through the hall, Natalie realized that dozens of sharp

fixed on

of the room, their disdainful

among themselves, though they didn’t really

the illegitimate

that dead woman

heard these words, she sneaked a sideways glance

appear to care about the

he ignored everyone else and ushered her

courage and did her best

to an inner room, where a

“Grandma,”

greeted with

see that

before

around Natalie’s shoulders and

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