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“Tsk! Will she be absent? That won’t do! I took this trip just to meet her!” Victor whined. “I won’t leave until she’s here!”
Just then, the butler announced from the entrance, “Mr. Winston! Ms. Alyssa has arrived!”
“She’s right on time!” Winston grinned, his eyes filling with warmth.
Everyone turned to the entrance. Victor’s eyes lit up as he craned his neck in anticipation.
David’s eyes wavered a little underneath his composure. Normally unfazed in any event, he nervously straightened his tie this time.
“Dad, I’m home!” Alyssa’s cheerful voice echoed, instantly brightening the atmosphere. She entered the house with Jameson, who caught everyone by surprise-everyone except Jonah.
Victor and David wore inexplicable looks on their faces. Victor frowned at the sight, while David’s frustration deepened as he absentmindedly tugged on his tie.
“Sorry for running late, Uncle Winston and Dad.” Jameson glanced at Alyssa before greeting the two fathers.
“Jimmy, did you bump into Lyse at the door?” Victor cautiously prodded, his eyes darting between the two young people.
“No.” Smiling, Jameson laid an affectionate gaze on Alyssa’s side profile. “I picked up Lyse and traveled here with her.”
The hall fell into a deep silence. There was a shift in the air.
Alyssa turned around and looked into Jameson’s eyes with surprise. David’s face fell at Jameson calling her nickname.
Winston looked at his dear daughter before turning to Jameson. Still, he calmly remarked, “Oh, did you pick up Lyse? Sorry to trouble you.”
“It’s nothing, Uncle Winston.”
Silas nudged Jonah and whispered, “When did Lyse become so friendly with Jameson? Why didn’t I know about it?”
“Does she need to share every detail with you?” Jonah replied carelessly.
“Did you know about them?”
“Yes.”
“Are you freaking boasting about it?”
“I made Jameson pick her up.”
Silas let out an audible gasp. “How could you push our dear sister into the arms of a random man? You don’t even know if he can be trusted. What if he were ill-intentioned and laid his fingers on her on the way here?”
“Him falling for Lyse is normal. Even gay men would fall for her charm. You don’t have to worry about her safety, though.” Jonah joked, “if Jameson had been acting inappropriately, he wouldn’t have stood here unharmed.”
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“Lyse, be honest. What’s going on between you and Jameson?” Colene wrapped an arm around Alyssa’s waist and went straight to the point.
“Friends, I guess,” Alyssa replied honestly.
“Is he your boyfriend?” Colene asked excitedly.
“Just a male friend!” Alyssa was speechless.
“Eh! Men and women are never ‘just friends’! He’ll be your boyfriend soon!” Colene pinched Alyssa on the waist and proudly exclaimed, “When I saved your dad after he was blacklisted in Northuis by his rivals, he claimed that I was his ‘bro’. Guess what? We’re married now!”
Alyssa was dumbfounded at Colene’s unworldliness. Mandy and Lyla exchanged glances. They weren’t upset in the slightest. Rather, they found the conversation quite amusing. 1
Without Colene, Winston would have been obliterated in Belbanks. Till now, Colene bore the two gunshot scars back from the time she shielded Winston.
“Lyse, it would be nice to date Jameson. You came from similar backgrounds, and your fathers are good friends. The Schmidts will treat you well.” Lyla drifted into a daydream. “Not to mention, Jameson is quite the looker! Your future children would be so good-looking!”
“Wait, why are we suddenly talking about kids? What’s all this nonsense?” Alyssa thought her stepmoms were going off track.
“Lyla, I still believe that there’s more to consider when it comes to Lyse’s potential husband,” Mandy, always the voice of reason, furrowed her brow and analyzed the situation.
She continued, “From what I’ve gathered, Jameson recently returned from Kontina. He has only a small stake and limited support within the Schmidt Group.
“Victor sent Jameson’s mother abroad under the pretense of rehabilitation and rarely paid her attention. Jameson might appear to be a good, match, but in reality, Lyse would be marrying down.
“I even worry that he might be setting his eyes on Lyse’s dowry. Or maybe he’ll leverage her influence to rise in the Schmidt Group.”
“Oh my, Mandy, you’re absolutely right. We need to be careful,” said Colene, who was immediately swayed.
“You’d compare prices when you shop, so why not marriage? It is a serious matter. It is better to remain single if you can’t find the right candidate. Would you reconsider David?”
Alyssa struggled to talk her way out. She covered her ears in frustration as she drowned in the nagging of
At dinner, the Taylor family and the guests enjoyed the feast in harmony and savored the Chateau Lafite
Rothschild that Winston had stored for years.
For Winston and Victor, the dinner was just another ordinary catch-up, like what they always did 20 years ago. The only difference was the presence of their children.
Furthermore, Victor had an ulterior motive this time-to assess his future daughter-in-law.
David sat across Alyssa at the long and wide table while Jameson was seated beside her. Jameson had gained the upper hand because he was closer to her.
David could only stare with envy as his brother attentively cared for Alyssa.
He almost crushed the utensils in frustration as he agonized at starting on the wrong foot. That little prick
Jameson had gained a head start!
Jameson discovered Alyssa’s penchant for seafood, particularly crabs and shrimps, through their previous dinner date. If there had been no time limit, she would have indulged in seafood all day long.
With that knowledge, Jameson patiently shelled the shrimps for her consumption, sacrificing the time to eat.
Everyone at the table was discreetly scrutinizing the two of them. Alyssa was wolfing down the dinner without a care in the presence of her family.
Jameson had a smile on his face as he expertly shelled the shrimp and placed the juicy meat on her plate. The task was not befitting of his status as Victor Schmidt’s son, but he took pleasure in it.
Alyssa ate the shrimp without feeling awkward. She accepted his act of service, something she might have declined if they were alone.
Since Victor was present at the dinner, she wouldn’t miss the opportunity to show off her “flaws”.
Jameson wiped his fingers every time he shelled the shrimp.
David smirked at his brother’s action, knowing that Jameson was a clean freak who wouldn’t re-wear a shirt. Jameson had given his all in the battle for Alyssa’s heart.
“My daughter is senseless! Sorry about that, Vic,” Winston apologized to Victor with a chuckle.
“No worries, Winston. We’re all family. I like how real Lyse is, just like when you were younger! Oh, how I hope I could call her my daughter-in-law and bring her home!”
“Lyse, be honest. What’s going on between you and Jameson?” Colene wrapped an arm around Alyssa’s waist and went straight to the point.
“Friends, I guess,” Alyssa replied honestly.
“Is he your boyfriend?” Colene asked excitedly.
“Just a male friend!” Alyssa was speechless.
“Eh! Men and women are never ‘just friends’! He’ll be your boyfriend soon!” Colene pinched Alyssa on the waist and proudly exclaimed, “When I saved your dad after he was blacklisted in Northuis by his rivals, he claimed that I was his ‘bro’. Guess what? We’re married now!”
Alyssa was dumbfounded at Colene’s unworldliness. Mandy and Lyla exchanged glances. They weren’t upset in the slightest. Rather, they found the conversation quite amusing. 1
Without Colene, Winston would have been obliterated in Belbanks. Till now, Colene bore the two gunshot scars back from the time she shielded Winston.
“Lyse, it would be nice to date Jameson. You came from similar backgrounds, and your fathers are good friends. The Schmidts will treat you well.” Lyla drifted into a daydream. “Not to mention, Jameson is quite.
the looker! Your future children would be so good-looking!”