In shock and surprise mixed in Adrian’s expression, he couldn’t help but ask,“So, you already know you’ve a curse mark over you?” he asked as if in disbelief.The old woman, however, laughed it off as if it were a harmless joke she was laughing at. “It’s nothing serious, my son,” she said.So she’s accepted her fate knowing she’d die soon, and now she just wants to at least see that her grandchild married someone. But why would she want me to marry her own grandchild when she barely even knows me? Is this a formal way of doing things here? Adrian thought inwardly.“I just have only one purpose remaining to fulfil in this world, and that’s to see that my granddaughter Lyra gets married to a perfect man. And I’m lucky to be passing by and meeting you. I bet you’d make a great husband since you mentioned you want a simple life here, right?” the old woman continued to explain and describe just how beautiful Lyra was and every other thing.Things like this were certainly strange to Adrian
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