There were already people whispering. “Who is that? She’s beautiful!”“I don’t know, but I think she’s a guest invited by the Jennings family!”Nell was still young when she left the Jennings five years ago. Her facial features had not matured then and she spent most of her time studying, so very few people had seen her before.So much so that now that she had reappeared, no one seemed to recognize her.However, even if no one recognized her, Celine did.Celine was surrounded by a group of people when she saw the woman walking in from the entrance. She could not help but be stunned too.That was Nell Jennings?In her impression, Nell was always either dressed in professional attire or ordinary casual outfits.Although she looked clean and crisp, it was also plain and boring. If people looked at her for an extended amount of time, they would feel that she lacked femininity.Furthermore, she did not like to use make-up and did not take care of her hair either. Her long black hai

Mrs. Jones shook her head, heartbroken.“Nelly, your mother entrusted you to me and asked me to take good care of you, but when that incident happened, you went abroad without saying a word. I couldn’t contact you at all, but that’s due to my negligence. However, I never thought that you’d go on such a crooked path!“It doesn’t matter if you want to be with a man like Isaac Collins, but you should have told me honestly! Even if I don’t agree, if you insist on marrying him, I’d still accept it!“Even if this trash wants to bully you, with the Jones and Garrett families by my side, he wouldn’t dare to even touch you! But instead, you kept it secret from me and still refused to confess after repeated questioning. Just what do you take me for?“Am I still your most respected and dearest elder? In those five years where I didn’t hear from you, I worried day and night that I was letting your mother down, but what about you? Is this how you repay me?”Nell’s face went white.She opened

The Jennings family, including Isaac Collins who had tried to escape, were eventually brought under control.The banquet was naturally scattered and the guests left confused and stunned by the sudden farce.However, with Gideon Leith present, no one dared to ask anything.They could only guess all sorts of speculations privately.Who was Gideon Leith?He was the heir to the Leith family magnate; the man who held the lifeblood of the whole Chinese business community.It was not an exaggeration to say that a man like him would be able to marry a princess if he so wished.Furthermore, the Leith family, along with Graham, Garrett, and Foster, were known as the Four Great Clans. They could be considered the founding fathers of China, and members of these families rarely had the right to decide on their own marriages. Most of them were political marriages.How could the Leith family allow their most outstanding successor to marry a commoner’s daughter?The crowd could not stop talki

#Nell’s straightforward answer made Gideon surprised, but he immediately lifted the corner of his lips.“But I have conditions.”“Say it!”“First, we’re not allowed to disclose our relationship to the public before I give consent. Second, no touching me without my permission!”The smile in Gideon’s eyes cooled a little. “Is there a third?”Nell thought for a moment but did not think of anything else, and shook her head. “No.”After a pause, she added. “I’ll think about it later.”Gideon said in a low voice. “So you want me to be a monk?”Nell was startled.“Mrs. Leith, I’m also a man. If you never allow it, won’t I have to abstain for the rest of my life?”His body approached her as he spoke, and Nell could only try her best to shrink away.“T-That’s not what I meant…”The reason why she put forward these conditions was because she subconsciously thought that this marriage would not last.So much so that she did not even consider what would happen in the future.Gideon sc

Isaac turned around and looked at Gideon with a fawning expression, and said quickly. “President Leith, it’s true that I didn’t know Ms. Jennings before, but I have heard of her name, so when this old hag sent someone to me to discuss this matter, I was indeed tempted.“I arrived early tonight and they told me the specific plan after finding me. They told me to put drugs in Ms. Jennings’s cup, then they would tell the public that we were involved with each other, and then they would take her away while taking advantage of the chaos.“What was done cannot be undone. This way, she would have to admit it even if she doesn’t want to. The reason for doing so is because Ms. Jennings’s original boyfriend is Jason Morton!“The second miss of the Jennings family stole her own sister’s boyfriend, but this old hag is too biased, so she came up with this vicious plan to mute Ms. Jennings’s mouth!”“I was just a pawn in her hand the whole time. I had nothing to do with the planning process!“A