Grayson moved his lips but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

He didn't want to lie to his brothers, nor would lying help him, for they knew each other best when they had grown up together. As if any of them would be able to fool the other!

At last, after a long while, Grayson shied away from Lucas' gaze and nodded slightly.

"No offense, Grayson, but you have horrible taste!" Lucas thought his brother could've done way better. "Of all the women in the world, why Ann? Just what she did to Seb last night is more than enough to show she's far from decent!"

At that, he sized Grayson up with a frown. "No, Grayson—don't tell me you still like her after what she did to Seb."

"I can't help it, Lucas…" Grayson shook his head in distress. "I know it was wrong of her to drug Seb, but it pains me to know that the cops will take her away and she'd be disgraced. I wish I wouldn't like her anymore as much as you do, but my heart's not listening to my head…"

"You—" Lucas glared daggers at him, so livid that he couldn't finish his words.

Lucas was playful and loved idling his life away in pleasure-seeking. Since he barely had any interest in women, he had never been in a romantic relationship even until this day. Thus, he didn't understand the concept of how love could make death a beauty as long as a person was with someone they liked.

He couldn't understand Grayson's feelings for Ann, for he thought love shouldn't be something that would blind an individual and make them go insane.

A woman who could drug a married and fathered man was certainly no decent woman. Since that was the case, Grayson should despise her and stay far away from her. How could he still love Ann?!


Isn't this just a stupid thing to do?!

If it were someone else, he'd just call the man a nutjob, snort at him, and walk away. However, they were talking about his brother here. In actuality, he was more worried than angry.

After all, he couldn't just sit back and watch Grayson jump into a fire pit when it was no secret that Ann was no decent woman.

No way would he want Grayson to have any sort of relationship with Ann, but would the man listen?

There was a saying that anyone who had fallen in love would become fools and madmen. They'd become unreasonable, unwilling to listen to others, and wouldn't turn around even if they hit a dead end. Would Grayson end up like this? Either way, I'm going to make my stance!

At that, he looked Grayson dead in the eye and said, "Grayson, I'm going to make this clear. I refuse to let Ann become my sister-in-law! I will not acknowledge her, nor the children she bears in the future if you do marry her. That's all I'm saying. You figure it out yourself. Don't go around saying I'm heartless and disrespectful when I don't give her any respect after you actually marry that woman."

To that, Grayson smiled wryly. "She won't marry me…"

Since they were now talking things out, there wasn't anything that couldn't be said anymore.

He drooped his eyelids and stared at the ground, speaking with desolation, "The person she likes is Seb, not me. She won't marry me. What you're worried about will never happen."

"I beg to differ." Lucas snorted. "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? I need to think ahead and make it clear to you here and now, lest you say I'm heartless and a person who turns their back on family."

"Lucas is right." Sebastian looked at Grayson, still pulling that half-smile. "Grayson, don't you know that things don't stay the same forever? Ann might not be willing to marry you now, but who's to say she wouldn't change her mind after she leaves the detention center?"

Grayson was rendered stumped. "Seb…"

Sebastian continued, "In the past, she took a fancy to me but despised you, so she wasn't willing to marry you. However, by the time she leaves the detention center—discredited aside—she'd be exiled from the family, and news of her no longer being a cousin to our family will get out. By then, she might be willing to marry you."

"Seb, you…" Grayson's mind was in utter chaos, unsure of what he could or should say.

"Grayson, if Ann is willing to marry you after she leaves the detention center, do you still want to marry her?" asked Sebastian as he fixed his gaze on his brother.

"I…" Grayson couldn't answer him.

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