ter

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oor after taking a

oor and told me to wait f

ide and big, it was looking like the White

f the wall. The Blackwoods are so beautiful, ju

d my name and

on his face. "Hey, you look stunning," he

t. He never ceases to compliment me. "Thank

yes locked on mine. "Shall we go in? Dinn

they barely acknowledged my presence. Max's dad, Henry, was scrolling through his phone, his mom, So

at down, trying to shake off the feeling of them ignoring me. The tension in the

ng dinner. The silence in the room was oppressive, wi

conversation felt forced. His family seemed to be ignoring me,

nry, finally spoke up, his voice gruff. "So,

ise. "Yes, I have my own company,

a hint of interest. "Oh? Wha

othes and I also have 10 workers I pay

looking at me like I was a

make good money from it, but Mrs. Rachel cut me off, her tone dismissive. "T

t for their son begging me, I wouldn't be here receiving insults from his family, I thought sadly and looked as Max's eyes flashed with anger, but he remained

" I said softly.

our family has a certain standard to up

et to me. I smiled sweetly and leaned forward, my voice dr

lize I was applying for a job as a Blackwood fa

pulsing through the air. Max's family was taken aba

t say?" Mrs. Rach

What matters is that I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And that's exa

d. I don't care if Mom and her friends attend. I don't care if Mrs. Rachel decides to sho

ering. "I'm not asking for your approval or your blessing. I'm telling

f sadness and understanding in h

s the one I want, and I'm going to make her my wife. Besides, Dad wants a wife for me.

, it was filled with a sense of resignation. M

in anger and his

ing to happen no

y dad will agree on this," h

dining room again and

d for me to go. I got up and

oom and Mrs.

are both scared for him to marry someone who is totally not in his class. Both his d

mise not to hurt him," I said and my subconscious mind laughed at me bec

not that I hate you, I just want the best

l your will, m

all me mum

tly. She is just a sweet soul, just

out back to t

ting on the sofa in the sitting ro

pprove of the wedding," he said. "My son finally

/dad," Max and I sa

aking place this wee