Mr. and Mrs. Newman wanted to ask the Marshall family to mediate for them.
After Callum left, the Newman family walked into the hotel under the guidance of the staff.
Callum was merely making an excuse earlier, but unexpectedly, he really did see someone familiar.
Josh came with his fiancée, Jasmine.
His car stopped in front of the hotel. He got off with Jasmine before telling the driver to park in the basement parking lot.
Josh had always used to drive himself, but he got a driver tonight so he did not have to worry about driving under influence.
Josh was as handsome as ever, and Jasmine was all dolled up. She brought Serena to the banquets held in previous years, so she was familiar with the environment.
After getting out of the car, Jasmine lifted her gown to enter the hotel.
She wondered if Serena and Elisa had arrived.
“Jasmine.”
As soon as Josh got out of the car, he saw his fiancée leaving him behind and was about to enter the hotel by herself. He quickly stopped Jasmine. If he spoke up a little later, he would become a pitiful man left behind by his fiancée.
Jasmine turned to look at him and asked, “What is it?”
Josh was speechless. “Don’t you have to wait for me…?”
“You know the way. This place should be as familiar as home to you.”
Josh quickly walked over, wrapped an arm around Jasmine’s waist, and whispered in her ear, “Ms. Sox, you must remember that you’re my date tonight! Important things should be repeated thrice. You’re my date. You’re my date. You’re my date!
“How can you go in by yourself without waiting for me? Hold my arm. Don’t you see other couples doing the same?”
Jasmine pulled away his hand that was holding her waist, then took his hand and intertwined their fingers. “Let’s go. I’ll take you inside with me.”
She had to do this lest he act bitter.
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Wiltspoon Hotel was owned by York Corporation. Josh was the administrative executive and came in and out of the hotel every day, but he still wanted her to take him inside.
Josh said, “You don’t have to rush in. Your friend hasn’t arrived yet. I didn’t see his car parked at the entrance.
“It’s not just Zack. I didn’t see the Stone family’s car either. They’re not as punctual as I am.”
Jasmine was not convinced. “Maybe their cars are in the underground parking lot.”
“If you don’t believe me, just ask the lobby manager.”
Jasmine pursed her lips and let go of Josh’s hand to take his arm instead, saying, “Okay, let’s go inside.”
Josh contentedly took Jasmine into the hotel.
Callum, an old acquaintance, was left standing at the entrance of the hotel. Josh did not say a word to him.
Callum was speechless.
Oh, the woes of being a bachelor.
No matter how close a friend was, once the said friend had a partner, they no longer cared about you.
Fortunately, he was just making an excuse.
It was not that he was not charmed by Camryn. He just did not want Mr. and Mrs. Newman to notice that he cared about her.
He returned to the hotel.
He noticed that Mrs. Newman and his fiancée were chatting with the other ladies. Many guests were surprised that Mrs. Newman appeared with Camryn.
Smart people soon figured out why.
Camryn was twenty–six years old and was at the age to get married. Mrs. Newman suddenly appeared with Camryn because she hoped to choose a husband for her daughter.
Camryn looked pretty, but she was treated like she was invisible by her family. Furthermore, she was blind. In order to keep on living, she opened a flower store by herself and earned money to eke out a living.
The ladies disliked such conditions. No one was willing to marry their son to Camryn.
Most importantly, she was blind.
Callum found his mother in the crowd and whispered a few words to her. The woman looked at Camryn, who was being led away by Mrs. Newman, and said to her son, “Go handle your business. I’ll take care of my future daughter–in–law.”
If those ladies learned that Camryn, a blind woman they looked down on, had long been.
designated as the second missus of the York family, their eyeballs would pop out of their sockets and roll on the ground.
“I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. York will appear together,” someone piped up.
Another person echoed, “We’ll know when Mr. York shows up later.”
“Maybe Mrs. York will come with Mrs. Stone again. If that’s the case…”
That person trailed off.
It seemed they were waiting to watch a show.
If Serena, the missus of the York family, showed up on an occasion tonight with Mrs. Stone again, it would be a slap to Zack and the York family’s faces.
“No matter how ignorant Mrs. York is, she can’t be that ignorant, right?” someone muttered.
“Why not? She grew up in the countryside and doesn’t know what the world is like. It’s normal for her to be afraid. Mrs. Stone is her aunt, so she won’t have to be afraid if she follows her aunt. A person like her won’t think that far.”
The person who said those words was obviously hostile toward Serena.
The same person also looked down on Serena’s background.
A country bumpkin sprinted up the social ladder just because she saved Old Mrs. York.
There were so many elders in the York family, but no one raised an objection and allowed a country bumpkin to become the eldest missus of the family. She would be the lady of the family in the future. Was the York family not afraid that Serena’s incompetence would disgrace the family and make them the laughingstock of others?
If Serena had married another son of the York family, she might not have attracted that much jealousy.
“You’re right. I also think that Serena isn’t insightful enough. She doesn’t think things through and is too impulsive. She takes advantage of her husband’s status and doesn’t show respect to many people, so she casually meddles in other people’s business and makes enemies for Mr. York.”
This time it was Mrs. Newman who spoke.
“Exactly. Serena is really meddlesome. You’re Mrs. Newman, right? I remember Serena meddling with your daughters‘ business during the Dowlings‘ party back then. I called Tania out of the kindness of my heart and told her to watch her daughter–in–law, but she scolded me and blocked my number.”
It was Mrs. Walker, who was full of hostility and dislike for Serena after Tania rebuked and blocked her.
Mrs. Walker had been furious. She had meant well, but Tania snubbed her.
If Serena were her daughter–in–law and dared meddle in other people’s affairs and cause trouble for her son, she would have told her son to divorce immediately and marry a compliant wife.
Even if Tania wanted to protect her daughter–in–law, she should have taken into consideration the situation. Protecting Serena like that would only cause Serena to get into more trouble in the future.
The York family would be ruined in the hands of Serena sooner or later.
Their reputation would be destroyed by her.
“Tania has arrived, and she came with her son and daughter–in–law.”
While Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Walker were running their mouths about Serena, someone suddenly raised their voice.
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