you never made it past secondary school. Just tell them you grad

sire to bother h

xed her hair and straightened her clothes

f the Willis family had arrived. This was the marriage arrangement she had personall

at accident had never happened, he would be standing next to t

idea of others looking down on her son, yet she disliked the

cted, her voice leaving

ed the handle and st

ica and Isaac immedi

st her forehead. Minimal makeup left her features untouched, but her beauty was impossible to overlook. Among Shoildon's most p

ust stared, surprise and adm

ow furrowe

e from the W

edged her way inside from behind Verena. Wearing an eager sm

with a bright smile. "This i

on. Verena carried Alec's features, and that face was something worth showing off. It

s it?" ask

hing about her matched Bobby's claim that she was "not exactly attractive." If th

a's eyes. She was relieved to find the woman d

xposing Isaac's issues in bed, but she also hoped the girl wouldn't be plain-lookin

t surge of pride. Verena was her own flesh and blood, and when it

is Verena," Laura

t..." Danica's voic

remarks, Verena's attention shifte

sat in a wheelchair with a ligh

tened over his knees, but his expression stayed ste

, she gave him a poised smile. Even in a wheelchair, he was exactly a

Danica motioned for Laura an

ribing a rare gem, stressing her merit

rely satisfied w

y Laura kept pushing her daughter forward. It felt less like introd

ndition, and even though the Bennett family remained wealth

if her daughter ended up looked down upon or mistreated, as long as the marriag

ord between them, it fell on Danica and

Verena, "Miss Willis, your mother told me you hold a maste

g a doctor in the family would make c

tense. She feared Verena would stubbornly deny it, so s

notice, yet both Danica and

a's brows, while Isaac's cold, im

wn with steady hands, and gently dabbed her

its warmth, and Laura's e

as rigid as ever. Why couldn't she think on her

forced herself to hold it in and pre

rena added, "I graduated f

Pine Hill University was one of the most prestigious institutio

ayed steady, her expression s

nown Verena had grown up in a less refined place, but sh

et now she dared to say she had graduated from Pine Hill University? Did Verena really

to Laura's stiff, uneasy face, and in that moment, something

d with another gentle smile. It was warm, invit

, his brows knitting together as a strange wave of self-consciousness washed over him-not bec

ly impressive. You must be very talented,"

the most gifted people in the world, and calli

self to press forward. "Ha-ha, yes, it's very impressive. I must have gott

ining table steeped in

very pleased with Verena, and I'm sure Isaac

in, stopping her bef