Chapter 343: The Ploy.

Katherine swiftly dismissed with a flick of her hand, her face etched with profound disagreement.

"How can you suggest such a thing? If in the next two years you don't marry her and by some chance you decide to part ways with my dear Juliette, then what?"

"If such were to occur, you would've squandered the best years of her youth! Absolutely not! It cannot be so."

"Yet, for now, Juliette and I are not in a position to wed."

Jonathan feigned discomfort, an aura of unease surrounding him.

In a sudden whisper, Katherine interjected: "Even if marriage isn't immediate, there must be some assurance you can provide, mustn't there?"

At this, both Andres and Wyatt, father and son, shifted their eager gazes toward Jonathan.

Juliette inwardly smirked, thinking to herself, 'Mother is starting her games again.'

It was clear the reason her parents were here tonight was solely for this imminent matter.

They hadn't raised a daughter, but rather, it seemed, a mere commodity.

"What assurance d