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After a warm and pleasant lunch, they all returned to the living room.

Old Morrison and Old Riley sat on the three-seater couch, seriously discussing their upcoming reunion tonight. But it wasn't long before their conversation turned to talk about Scarlett.

The friendly chat turned tense and made Scarlett sit on the other side, with Xander surprised to hear her name being mentioned.

Scarlett tried to hear their conversation. Soon, her expression gradually changed, but what she heard was still unclear. She needs to ask Xander.

ραпdα nᴏνa| сom However, when she saw Xander's expression, she was stunned. Then, she looked at Rex, who was sitting opposite.

Her brows furrowed, looking confused.

What has happened? Why does Rex also have the same expression as Xander?

'Geez!! Why do these two men look like they are fighting in silence?' She took a long sigh.

When she wanted to persuade her husband not to be angry, she heard Grandpa Morrison ask her.

"Scarlett, how long have you known Xander? And can you tell me why you suddenly married him?" Patrick Morrison's eyes stared at Scarlett thoughtfully.

For a moment, she maintained the look — why are you asking me about this again? Hell, I'm not going to answer it! — but in the end, Scarlett accepted her fate and answered it calmly. She explained again the plot she had engineered with Xander about how they met.

But of course, someone nearly choked after she finished her narration. She glared at Rex to warn him not to say anything else, or she might get angry!

"Hahaha... That sounds so romantic, Scarlett." Patrick laughed, but it was clear the laughter in his mouth failed to reach his eyes. Because when his gaze fell on Xander, he said, "...Xander, you are one lucky guy!! You got Scarlett's heart, mind, and soul. Even though I had been eyeing this little girl to be my daughter-in-law before she met you!"

Xander, "..."

Scarlett, "..."

Before Scarlett and Xander could say anything, Patrick Morrison turned his gaze to Rex and said in a displeased tone, "And you stupid brat! You were so slow to let Xander steal Scarlett from you!!"

Patrick Morrison couldn't help but scold his lazy grandson. If only this brat had made a move since Scarlett was in university,  this beautiful and talented girl would have become part of their family, the Morrison daughter-in-law!

"Bwahaha... Old Patrick!! Don't you dare steal my granddaughter-in-law? The beautiful Scarlett married Xander because they love each other.  Not because someone forced her. Throw away your idea to steal her from the Riley family!" Walter Riley can't let Patrick intend to take Scarlett from his family.

Scarlett was amused watching these two elders offend each other. She laughed inwardly as she saw these two old men, the same as their grandsons. Gosh!

"Tsk! Tsk! Walter Riley, you think I'm a kid? How could I do that?" Patrick narrowed his eyes at Walter Riley. Then, a second later, he looked at Scarlett with a loving smile. He said, "...unless our beautiful Scarlett and Xander separate, I will gladly accept Scarlett into my family!"

Rex was speechless hearing his shameless grandpa. This old man opened Rex's wounded heart right when he started to graciously acknowledge Scarlett and Xander's marriage. And not only that, but his old man also squeezed lemon on it.

At that moment, Rex wished nothing else but to teleport from the room instantly. He couldn't bear to hear their words.

Scarlett glanced at her husband and she was shocked at how ugly his expression was now; His facial expression dropped, looking like he had just witnessed someone spit in his food.

She couldn't help but comment on Grandpa Patrick's words. She said, "G-Grandpa Patrick... Please don't jinx my marriage! I love my husband, and nothing can separate us but death..." She smiled awkwardly at Patrick Morrison. While her hand was squeezing Xander's hand as if she wanted to tell him to be patient and ignore Patrick Morrison's words.

"Hahaha, little girl. I know! Please let this poor old man say nonsense, well, it might not be nonsense, either. Who could guess the future, right?" Said Old Patrick with snorts and laughs while looking at Old Man Riley.

"Oh, you wish, Patrick!! You wish! Over my dead body, old fool! It would never happen. I will never allow that!" Old Riley said in a displeased tone.

"Grandpa Patrick, Grandpa Riley, please stop talking about me. Let's talk about something else, shall we!?" Scarlett tries to divert their conversation as she realizes that listening to these two old men talk about her love life with Xander was tiring.

****

Meanwhile, at the same time, in the Capital.

In one of the luxurious villas of the Harris Family residence, Ella Harris was pacing in her father's home office. Her face looks agitated.

Since yesterday they had not heard from the people her father had sent to ruin Ocean Group's reputation. Not only that, the gangster they paid could not be contacted. They've been trying to get that person on the phone since this morning, but his phone seemed not to be working. It was as if the man had just disappeared.

What made Ella Harris even more panicked was that there was not a single piece of news about Ocean Group on the internet or business news. None! This is very strange!

She began to realize that their plan had failed. Or, those bastard gangsters steal their money but don't do their job correctly. They run just like that!

If they did that, she would not remain silent. She would do anything to make those gangsters regret causing trouble with the Harris Family.

"Ella, could you stop pacing? Sit here! We need to discuss what we should do now..." Paul Harris snapped. His head suddenly dizzy seeing his daughter pacing before him —  like a stressed person.

Ella's feet suddenly stopped, and she looked at her father. There was apparent confusion and annoyance in her eyes.

Paul took a deep breath seeing the anger rising from his daughter's expression. He said, "I know how you feel, Ella, but we can't do much now other than wait." His voice sounded gentle, and he did not want to increase his daughter's anger.

Seeing her father look calm made Ella calm down a little. "Father, that man betrayed us!" She said after sitting down opposite her father.

Paul Harris's fists clenched. He was also suspicious that the person had run away.

"Are we exposed?" Ella's eyes widened as the thought crossed her mind.

"What do you mean? The Ocean Group is a small company, and RAS is a foreign company. There's no way they have an underground network in this country, right!?"

"Father, have you forgotten who the person behind the woman is?" After realizing this, Ella Harris felt she had lost half her soul.

"Who?" Slowly Paul's eyebrows rose slightly, confused by Ella's sentence, but a second later, his face turned pale. He continued, "I just remembered, your grandpa is now on B island. He's having a reunion with his friends. One of them is Walter Riley!"

"Brother Xander must be on the island too..." Ella Harris whined, almost crying. "W-We are in trouble, Father!"