Carrie squinted her beautiful eyes and muttered, "Finally."


    Nigel asked seriously, "Ryan, I heard from Justin that you have already informed Chairman Hoffman about your marriage to Carrie. Is that true?"


    Ryan immediately replied, "I have also informed the whole family. My grandfather agreed explicitly, and my mother did not oppose it."


    Be and Justin exchanged a knowing look. They understood that Ryan was sharing the good news but omitting the struggles. The process of convincing Logan must have been tough. As for ire''s opinion, i did not matter much since Ryan held the power in the family.


    "Well... That''s good." Nigel nodded in satisfaction, smiling with relief. "Soon, find a time to arrange a meeting between me and Chairman Hoffman. Since both families have agreed to this marriage, it would be improper for the elders not to meet and discuss it. If possible, I will find a good date for the engagement ceremony. Once that is done, our families will be formally united by marriage."


    Upon hearing the word "engagement", Ryan became so joyful that he did not know what to do with his hands and feet. Carrie snuggled next to him, blushing with shyness. Her eyes were brimming with tears of happiness.


    Throughout the conversation, they discussed everything whilepletely excluding Gregory, who was the head of the Salvador family.


    In a trance, Gregory was taken back thirty years. Back then, his father and younger brother were as close as friends, despite their age difference. They always had endless topics to talk about, while he sat silently like an outsider, feeling invisible. His father truly loved his younger brother. If it were not for thetter''s early death, how could the Salvador Corporation have fallen into his hands?


    Nigel''s timely intervention settled Ryan''s and Carrie''s marriage.


    Carrie was now Ryan''s legitimate fiancée. Ryan was so overjoyed that he took the four steps of the staircase in one stride, like a yful boy. Gregory had already stormed upstairs in anger, but he still adhered to etiquette and asked Bethany to see Nigel off.


    Bethany dared not disobey, and she had to follow reluctantly. As the group walked ahead, she trailed behind like a maid, not daring to catch up. However, her gaze on Carrie was as venomous as a snake, flickering with a stinging cold light.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    "Bethany." Nigel suddenly stopped.


    "Yes, Grandpa!" Bethany hurriedly stepped forward, cing her hands in front of her, presenting a picture of a well-behaved girl.


    Nigel spoke coldly without looking at


    her. "Bethany know you made many foolish mistakes because Shannon raised you, and you failed to see what''s right and wrong clearlyBut now that the venomous woman is dead and you are still young, I can understand some of the wrong paths you took, sol will not pursue past matters."


    "Grandpa, it is not what you think, I..."


    "But you know what kind of person I am. I cannot tolerate the slightest bit of filth. Now that the biggest tumor in our family has been removed, I hope there will be no more trouble in the Tideview Manor. Don''t make any trouble for me." Nigel''s icy gaze finallynded on her pale face. "If


    you behave yourself, vace. "If


    will still be my granddaughter. If not, do not me me for being merciless. I do not wish for Shannon''s malignant influence to linger even after her death."


    Bethany''s heart pounded in fear, and she could not help but defend herself. "Grandpa! What have I done wrong? grew up by your side and spent most of my time with you, no less than that of Justin or Carrie! What have I done that you say such things to me?"


    Justin and Be watched her perform with cold, piercing eyes.


    "Do you know what one of the ugliest thoughts in the world is?" Nigel suddenly asked in a deep voice. Bethany stood there, dazed and bewildered.


    "It''s the inability to stand seeing others live better than yourself, even if that person is your own sister."