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After parking the car, the butler led the four people into the main building.
In the splendid living room, Old Madam Lyons and her third daughter, Valerie, sat on one side. Old Master Lyons and several men chatted over tea in the tea room on the other side.
When the four entered, everyone looked over.
Cate, who was wearing a black retro and chic jacket, was the most eye-catching. Her lips were smeared with red lipstick and her long black hair was curled over her shoulders. Her delicate three-dimensional facial features were small with her straight nose and willow-like eyebrows. She had delicate skin, and her beauty was elegant and charming.
Next to her, Melanie looked small and pure. Everyone knew that she was the main character tonight, but she was too plain.
Old Madam Lyons had heard Melanie mention Cate before and did not like her already, but now, she disliked her even more.
“Mr. Yule, my dad and brothers are over there. You can go chat with the men if you’re not used to staying with us women here.” Valerie smiled.
“Then I’ll go over there.” Joel was indeed feeling uncomfortable. After greeting them with a smile, he glanced at Cate and went to the tea room.
Once Joel left, Queenie Lyons curved her lips mockingly. “Melanie, is this… your elder sister? She’s really beautiful. Tsk, look at all the jewels and gold embroidered on her clothes. I remember seeing this when I went to Paris for Fashion Week a few days ago. One set costs six to seven million. I couldn’t bear to buy it.”
Nicola smiled graciously. “Cate suffered a lot in the past and it wasn’t easy bringing her back here. I wanted to buy her something nice to make it up to her.”
“Why do you have to make it up to her? You didn’t give birth to her,” Valerie said in a lazy tone. “Look at you. Melanie and Shaun’s matter might be settled today, so you should have dressed Melanie up beautifully instead of letting someone else overshadow her.”
Melanie smiled. “It’s okay, I’ve worn a lot of bright and beautiful clothes when I was younger. I think that wearing something plain will make me look younger.”
The implication was that Cate had never worn such clothes because she was a country bumpkin, and the clothes she wore looked old-fashioned.
After listening, Cate squeezed out a humble smile. “It turns out my clothes are so expensive. I didn’t know that. Today is also the first time I’m wearing this. I’ve never worn such extravagant clothes before. Thank you, Aunty Nicola.”
When she finished speaking, she carefully touched the pearls on her clothes, making her look like a shocked country bumpkin who had on expensive clothes.
Everyone exchanged looks. There was a lot hidden between the lines in Cate’s words. First, she had not worn expensive luxury branded clothes before today. Second, today was the first time she was asked to wear luxury branded clothes.
Everyone present were elites from influential families, and they all knew the crooked ways among them. They suddenly understood what was happening.
Nicola became anxious and forced a laugh. “Cate, what do you mean this is your first time? Didn’t I buy you lots of luxury clothes before? They’re all over your wardrobe.”
“Is that so? I didn’t know,” Cate said shyly, “No one told me when I wore those out.”
Everyone came to the same realization. If no one had pointed it out, that meant that they were all clothes that were already out of season.
Nicola’s face and neck flushed red. She never thought that Cate would be so cunning to ruin the image she had painstakingly built for so many years.
Old Madam Lyons took a sip of tea. She had felt that Nicola was not too bad before, but it seemed that she was actually a little unbecoming. Fortunately, Joel Yule was a true gentleman. “Enough, I don’t understand all this talk about luxury brands and it’s making my head hurt. I just want to settle the matter of Shaun’s marriage quickly.”
Melanie blushed.
Nicola quickly said, “Eldest Young Master Lyons is a giant among men. If Melanie could marry him, it’d be an honor for the Yule family.”
“Well, do the bride and groom want to?” Valerie laughed. “Since everyone is here today, why don’t we just get the rites done?”
“I was thinking the same thing.” The old madam turned to the butler. “Go and bring me that bracelet.”
Her daughter-in-law, Yvette Gardner, asked in jealousy, “You mean that bracelet that has been handed down from the ancestors?”
“Yes, Shaun is the heir to the Lyons family, so the bracelet should naturally be passed on to his future wife,” Old Madam Lyons said with a smile.
Cate lowered her eyes as a bitter look flashed in them.
At the side, Melanie and her mother had already taken several deep breaths of excitement.
Soon, the bracelet was brought over, and Old Madam Lyons called Melanie over. Just as she was about to raise Melanie’s hand and put it on her, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside.
Everyone looked over as Shaun walked in. He was wearing an expensive gray suit with a silk jacquard tie. There was a low-key luxury watch clasped around his wrist. His entire person looked like a walking spotlight—noble, elegant, and extraordinary.
“What are you doing?”
Shaun saw all the people in the living room and even some from the Yule family. His gaze paused for two seconds on Cate without moving before he finally spotted the jade bracelet in the old madam’s hand.
Valerie explained with a smile, “Your grandmother wants to pass the family heirloom jade bracelet to your future wife.”
Shaun’s handsome brows raised as he walked over with his long legs. He reached out to take the jade bracelet from the old madam’s hand to play with it.
“Be careful. Don’t drop it,” the old madam said.
Queenie smiled. “Grandma, Shaun wants to give the bracelet to Melanie personally.”
“That’s true. It’s more meaningful if the boyfriend is the one who does that,” Valerie teased.
Melanie became nervous and hung her head shyly, her face already red.
Cate looked away and lowered her head, pretending to look at her phone.
Shaun glanced at Melanie and suddenly smiled before putting the bracelet back into the box. “Since it’s a family heirloom, it’s better to treasure it and wait for the day of my wedding before taking it out. After all… Who knows when my wedding will be, or… whether my bride will change or not?”
His cello-like magnetic voice was warm, but after he spoke, the entire hall fell into eerie silence.
Nicola and Melanie’s smiling faces seemed to freeze over, and they were unable to speak even after a long time.
Melanie’s eyes were red as tears welled up in them.
Old Madam Lyons held her hand with a somber expression and glared at Shaun. “Change the bride? Who do you want to change it to? You were the one who picked Melanie, and everyone outside already knows that she’s your girlfriend. Did you think about the girl’s feelings when you said that? I’m telling you, I’ve already decided on my granddaughter-in-law. It’s her.”
Shaun seemed not to have heard it and picked up an orange indifferently before peeling it.
Everyone watched his every movement except for Cate, who was playing with her phone since the beginning.
“Shaun, did you hear what Grandma said?” Valerie reminded, “Melanie is a good girl. Don’t let her down.”
Nicola gritted her teeth and said, “Eldest Young Master, if you don’t like Melanie, then just say it straight instead of playing her like a fool. Melanie is the apple of the Yule family’s eye.”
“What? Do I have to agree to marry her today?”
Shaun casually threw the orange peel on the table. His dark eyes were bottomless. “It takes at least half a year to a year of dating for others to start talking about marriage, but you’re forcing me just a few days after I met her. Is the daughter from the Yule family that special? I wouldn’t have dared to mess with you if I knew this beforehand.”
His handsome face was expressionless, but people familiar with him knew that this was a precursor to an explosion of anger.
The younger generation held their breaths in fear, and the elderly did not dare to speak carelessly. Nicola flushed in anger. “That’s not what I meant—”
“Enough, save it.” Valerie shot her a look. “We were indeed too anxious. You first have to understand each other’s personalities and hobbies. You two should have more dinner dates and go watch movies together. There’s a private cinema at home, so you can go watch a movie after dinner later.”
“Yes, that’s a good idea.” Old Madam Lyons also changed the subject and talked about the fresh ingredients that Shaun had specially commissioned to be flown in from abroad.
After finishing the orange, Shaun did not participate in the chat with the women and turned to leave.
Not long after he left, two more young men came in. One was Willie Lyons, who Cate had met before, and the other was wearing a dark blue suit. His inky hair hung across his forehead, and his handsome brows gave him an air of arrogance.
Old Madam Lyons waved at them to come over. “Liam, why are you so late?”
“I was delayed by something at the company. Here, Grandma. This is a holiday gift for you.” Liam held out a beautiful piece of jade.