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Chapter 5
Years have passed, and Alexander has matured much more than I remember. Every gesture and movement of his exudes an unmistakable air of elegance.
Everyone present stood up
Over the years, Alexander has expanded his business abroad and has relied heavily on the main branch of the Gibson family in Newwald.
Everyone looked at him, but his gaze only met mine.
I saw Martin standing beside me, and there seemed to be a flicker of darkness in Alexander’s eyes.
I was just about to open my mouth to explain to him, but Martin sudswered the phone and
aid he had to go out to pick someone up.
I looked at Alexander with a slight unease and saw him take a step forward, and the next second he sat right beside me, taking, the spot that was occupied by Martin just a moment ago.
“Everyone was waiting for me and getting hungry, so please go ahead and start eating first.”
He finished speaking and then he sat me down.
Then he started peeling the shrimp for me, and I wanted to explain to him, “Just now, Martin himself sat here…”
“It’s okay, let’s eat first.”
He focused on serving me various meat dishes, and surprisingly, they were all the dishes I liked to
The shrimp shells quickly piled up into a mountain, and the delicious fish meat was completely picked off the bones, with meticulous care taken to the extreme.
My cheeks were puffed up from eating when the restaurant door opened and Nathaly’s artificially cheerful voice came through.
“Hello, uncles and aunties!”
The Gibson family members did not have a good complexion when they saw her.
Nathaly, my uncle’s illegitimate daughter, has always been despised by the upper–class people in
Newwald.
If it weren’t for the little bit of face I have in my family, I wouldn’t even have the qualification to show up normally.
rake Gibson’s face darkened as he reprimanded Martin, “Why did you bring a stranger to our family banquet?”
Nathaly’s eyes turned red, feeling wronged, she hid behind Martin.
Martin was so concerned that he protected her, saying, “Nathaly is Aileen’s sister, which means she is my sister too. In the end, we are all family, so there is no reason why she cannot attend our family banquet.”
After Martin finished speaking, I saw that Alexander was sitting next to me.
His face turned cold in an instant, but he didn’t dare say anything.
When Alexander served me food and poured soup, Martin’s face became extremely gloomy.
I suddenly received a text message on my phone, it was sent by Martin.
“What do you mean? Just because I brought Nathaly in, you called Alexander to act together to annoy me, right?”
I pretended not to see when my phone was upside down.
Martin, sitting across from me, was furious, his gaze so intense it could almost pierce through me.
At this moment, Drake raised his glass and spoke, “Recently, the great news in our family has become well–known throughout Newwald.”
“The family banquet today was held to fully implement this matter.”
“Then we discussed and finalized the arrangements for obtaining the marriage license and organizing the wedding, all of which we also discussed and finalized today…”
Drake hadn’t finished speaking when Martin hurriedly interrupted, “Dad, don’t worry. We have almost taken care of the marriage certificate. We will handle it ourselves, so you and mom don’t need to worry.”
“Did you say it right, Aileen?”
Martin called my name and gestured with his eyes for me to quickly agree.
I lowered my gaze and ignored him.
I didn’t marry him, so there was really no need to respond at that time.
Martin’s face turned cold, and his eyes were filled with anger and disapproval towards me.
⚫ He quickly sent another message, “Speak up! If you keep behaving like this, I will really cancel the
wedding
Aileen, do not challenge my bottom line!
I was so annoyed that I decided to open my phone and block him.
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After Martin discovered it, he stared at me with unbelieving eyes, veins popping out on his hands.
At that moment, Alexander gently held my hand under the table and said, “I respect Aileen’s wishes in all these arrangements. We will do as she says.”
The warmth of Alexander’s palm, which belonged solely to him, reached me, causing my heart to skip a beat.
Martin listened and quickly nodded along, “Yes, yes, yes, Uncle is right! Mom and Dad, anyway, Aileen and I both know in our hearts, so you just wait to attend our wedding!”
Other elders looked at him in surprise when they heard his words.
Drake finally got angry and said, “We were discussing Alexander’s wedding, why do you always interrupt?”
