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A surprise proposal
William looked at Merida, who was standing on the staircase steps on the second floor with a warm and amicable smile. “Is this woman that capable?”Zara chimed in, “Aunt Merida is indeed very competent. She may seem gentle and nice, just like other wives of wealthy men, but she’s not any less skillful than men. If not for her help, I’m afraid the whole world would have heard about how incompetent Donald Lancaster is by now.”“Yes, my grandfather often says the same. He said that if Donald Lancaster were as competent as his wife, the Lancasters might have become the largest hegemon in Avalon.” William added.Hearing the comments made by Oscar, William, and Zara, William understood that Donald was probably an extremely incompetent person who only looked good on the surface.All of a sudden, William felt sorry for Victor.He hadn’t had much contact with the old man but he could tell he was a competent man.Since his only son was weak and incompetent, and Cecilia was only 20 years old, wh
An incompetent son
After criticizing them, Kobe even deferentially complained about them to Joel like a dog, deliberately fanning the flames.Joel’s face was about to turn pale, but the foolish Kobe actually thought that he was mad at William and Oscar because of his instigation.He even smiled smugly.The rest of the guests looked over and thought to themselves that they were in for a good show!At this moment, the piano music in the banquet hall suddenly changed, and a commotion broke out among the crowd.Someone exclaimed, “Look, our birthday girl is coming out!”With the exclamation, everyone turned to look at the spiral staircase on the second floor.They saw Cecilia, the star of today’s party and the princess everyone adored.She finally made her appearance!Cecilia was wearing a silvery-blue starry dress with a tight halter top cinched at the waist.Starting from her waist down, the rest of her dress began to look like stardust flowing down to the hem at the bottom, with the color of the fabric g
Fanning the flames of conflict
Joel initially thought that William was just a nobody from a poor family who was trying to mingle with them and join the party through connections because he was dressed in extremely plain and ordinary clothes.He reckoned that his outfit probably cost less than a hundred dollars in total.Compared to the large fleet of luxury cars in the parking lot, William’s car seemed extremely shabby too.Yet such a shabby small fry had actually snatched Joel’s parking space, making him extremely displeased.So he had immediately stopped William from leaving and told him to move his lousy car away.He didn’t expect the man, whom he thought was penniless, would be so ignorant as to ignore him and disregard his presence.Joel lost his temper and instructed his bodyguards to smash William’s car to teach him a lesson.But it was now revealed that Oscar, the current helmsman of the Storm family, and Lucas, the scion of the Clement, both actually knew William and were extremely respectful toward him.T
Attracting a lot of attention
“Oscar Storm, you only got to become the helmsman of the Storm family merely because your grandfather is old. Do you really think you’re that capable and impressive?“How dare you reprimand me here? Fine. I’m indeed just a junior of the Prestons now, and I don’t have as high a status as you, but this man standing here is Joel Wallace, the scion of the Wallaces. How dare you be so rude to him? You won’t even greet him. Aren’t you being too arrogant and cocky?”Kobe immediately mentioned his backer, Joel Wallace.Oscar then looked at Joel and pretended to be surprised. “Oh, I’m sorry. So, you’re Mr. Wallace. I really didn’t recognize you just now. I’ve been too impolite. I’m sorry! But seriously, Kobe, since you’re so close to Mr. Wallace, why didn’t you introduce us just now?”Oscar’s words were rather perfunctory, and anyone could tell that he did it on purpose.However, his expression was so serious that it made many riled up, but they couldn’t find any fault with him at all.This ma
Just a Preston
After Zara approached William, Oscar, who attracted most of the women in the room, did the same and even seemed to be extremely respectful toward him, leaving many puzzled.Who exactly was this young man dressed shabbily?William casually glanced around the hall and saw a few people he knew; however, most here were rich children from other cities, so he didn’t know them.At this moment, a few men and women standing in the middle of the hall and chatting suddenly walked toward the corner where William was.“Zara, why did you come over here?”The leader of these people was a wealthy heir of about twenty-seven years old, who was dressed fashionably in an expensive and decent suit.The red segment of hair hanging in front of his head was particularly eye-catching.He then looked at William and drawled in a light tone, “Hey, who’s this? I don’t think I’ve seen him before. Zara, won’t you introduce him to us?”Despite asking for an introduction, he had his head raised high and his nose faci
Misunderstanding
William turned around and saw Zara, who was wearing a black halter bustier dress made of chiffon.She walked toward him smiling.“Zara, you’re here too.” William was slightly surprised and greeted her.“Haha, of course. Today is the birthday of Cecilia, the princess of the Lancaster family. Although my family isn’t very close to the Lancasters, we should still come and show our support no matter what! Even many prestigious families in other cities are proud to receive an invitation to the party!”Zara seemed to be in high spirits, as she was extremely chatty with William.“However, I’m still a bit surprised to meet you here. Given your character, I thought that you might not enjoy attending such banquets!”Zara grabbed two cocktail glasses from the tray in the hands of a passing waiter and handed one to William.William took it politely, but he merely held it in his hand without taking a sip.He said casually, “I happen to be friends with Mr. Lancaster and Cecilia, so I’m just here to
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