Wesley agreed.
“Okay.”
Larissa stood up a bit out of control, bumping into the tableware in front of her with a crisp sound.
Cecilia did it on purpose.
She was taking revenge.
She wanted to take Wesley away and stop this arranged marriage.
“Wes.” Larissa bit her lip, her slightly trembling hands gripping the edge of the table. “We haven’t finished eating yet.”
She was reminding Wesley that her marriage arrangement with Johan had not yet been settled.
He couldn’t leave.
Cecilia curled her lips. Once again, Wesley chose Larissa.
She let out a sarcastic, mockingugh.
“After all, it’s Ms. Wilburn’s major life event. If you leave, won’t she cry her eyes out?”
“I can go home by myself. You’d better hurry up and finalize your Larissa <b>sister’s </b>marriage, or else she’ll curse me even in her dreams.”
After saying that, she got up, ready to leave.
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But Wesley grabbed her wrist
This marriage alliance was important, and Wesley had his own
choices.
He couldn’t leave, but he also didn’t want Cecilia to go.
“Ci. I’ll take you upstairs to rest.”
Cecilia met Larissa’s secretly triumphant gaze and smiled sarcastically.
“No need. I can go home by myself.”
She had her own hands and feet: it wasn’t as if she couldn’t live without Wesley.
Wesley, still holding her wrist, half–forced her to the lounge upstairs.
He instructed her indifferently, “Wait a bit, we’ll go home together.”
“Wesley, I don’t want to stay here.”
Cecilia didn’t want to wait for him.
Wesley said nothing, only told/the waiter to close the door.
Cecilia let out augh of exasperation.
He was forcing her to wait here.
The room was quiet. Unable to leave, Cecilia could only pass the time on her phone,
Just then, Corrine messaged her. They hadn’t seen each other in a long time and wanted to meet up.
Ceciliained about being locked in the hotel by Wesley.
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Corrine happened to be nearby and decided toe find her.
Downstairs in the private room.
The atmosphere was not very good.
The marriage alliance involved many aspects.
Moreover, Holden was not very satisfied with the marriage between Larissa and Johan.
After all, Larissa was only Wesley’s god–sister, not a member of the Carlton family. Besides, she didn’t get along with Wesley’s woman, and Wesley was clearly partial to that woman.
What he wanted was a one hundred percent guarantee of benefit.
Wesley spoke in a calm voice: “So what Holden means is that Larissa isn’t good enough for Johan? Don’t forget, Larissa was the one who went abroad with Johan in the first ce.”
Holden knew about this. It was precisely because of this that the rtionship between the Carlton family and the Johnson family had dropped to freezing point.
Fortunately, the two family matriarchs got along well and kept in touch privately, which eased the rtionship.
“Dating is one thing, you can do whatever you want, but marriage is different.” Holden smiled broadly. “Wes, you’re a businessman, you should understand what I mean.”
Wesley turned his wine ss and looked at Johan. “What about you?”
The Johnson family was putting on airs, and he wasn’t pleased.
In his eyes, Larissa’s happiness was far more important than the
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benefits brought by the marriage alliance.
Larissa clenched her fingers, anxiously waiting for Johan’s answer.
She was full of hope.
Johan had remained silent, slouchingzily in his chair as if the marriage had nothing to do with him.
Only when Wesley asked did he finally speak slowly: “In my opinion, cooperation doesn’t necessarily require marriage.”
Larissa’s face turned pale, her eyes brimming with tears.
He had refused.
Wesley frowned. He had already noticed that Johan’s feelings for Larissa were not what they used to be.
That was why he wanted the marriage alliance.
It was something he had promised Larissa.
Holden hadn’t expected Johan to think this way and scolded him in a low voice: “Johan, do you know what you’re saying?”
In his eyes, marriage was the most solid form of cooperation.
Johan shrugged. See? No one respected his opinion, yet they insisted on asking what he thought.
He really didn’t want to get married.
<b>Just </b>then, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open.
Corrine burst in.
All three members of the Johnson family stood up at once, looking
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toward the door.
“Corrine.”
“Corrine.”
“Cori.”
Corrine’s expression changed slightly. Why were all the Johnson family members here?
But she quickly pulled herself together.
She anxiously asked Wesley, “Where’s Ci?”
Wesley’s heart skipped a beat. “Upstairs.”
Corrine was panting with anxiety. “Something might have happened to Ci.”
Wesley shot to his feet and rushed upstairs.
The lounge door was wide open at that moment.