Chapter 1173: Two Broken Engagements by Two Brothers
Seeing the young lady approaching, Zoey immediately stuck out her tongue and admitted her mistake.
“Sorry, Lady Natalia, I… I was just worried about what if he turned out to be a bad person? Lady Natalia, you’re so kind and innocent.”
“Hmm? Are you saying I’m easy to deceive?”
Zoey smiled awkwardly, thinking to herself: Lady Natalia, you are indeed easy to deceive. Even strangers on the street can borrow money from you.
“Alright, Zoey, go about your business. Organize the books I brought back from Fustroydor, don’t miss anything.”
“Yes.”
At that moment, she came into the light, worthy of all the tenderness in the world.
Upon seeing the young lady, Declan knew he was deeply captivated. No one had ever made his heart race like she did.All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.
Declan just stared blankly as she walked towards him, his mind suddenly going blank, unable to remember anything.
The silly look on the man’s face made the young lady couldn’t help but laugh.
Her laughter revealed two adorable dimples on her cheeks, enhancing her already stunning appearance.
“Why have you been staring at me without moving your eyes?”
At these words, Declan realized how rude his behavior had been.
A rare blush spread across his dark face, and his voice, when he tried to explain, sounded unusually hoarse and unpleasant.
“I… I’m sorry, it’s just because, Lady Natalia, you’re so beautiful.”
Afraid of scaring her away, he quickly closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Fortunately, Lady Natalia was more understanding than he had imagined.
She didn’t treat him like those low-class outsiders; she didn’t look down on him because of his poverty.
“Alright, I understand. I just came to check on your injuries. Since you’ve just woken up and your body hasn’t fully recovered, take your medicine and rest well.”
“Okay.”
“Then I’ll leave you to rest.”
As she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, turned back, and said softly with a breath as fragrant as orchids:
“I’m Natalia Cunningham.”
“After recovering from my injuries, your mother pitied me for being alone with nowhere to go, so she let me stay.”
He promised Natalia not to insist on revenge anymore, and she arranged for someone to handle the murder case on his body.
From then on, he stayed with the Cunningham family, and the police, hindered by the Cunningham family’s power, dared not pursue him further.
“But at that time, I didn’t know anything except driving a cart. She said I could stay and be her coachman.”
“I had a crush on her. Would I be a fool to refuse such an opportunity?”
Hearing his father’s candid words, Pearl admired him and gave him a thumbs-up.
“Your old tricks are still deep. What happened next? Dad, did you really become a coachman for my mom?”
A coachman and a young lady?
This… doesn’t sound right at all. Would the Cunningham family agree to this?
Declan proudly said that without a bit of strategy, how could he have been with her later?
“In fact, by that time, the Cunningham family members were already using small cars for their outings. Who needed a cart like that? She said that just to make me stay.”
Knowing the truth, Declan felt both surprised and ashamed.
He was surprised by her kindness towards him, which strengthened his feelings for her.
He also felt ashamed because as a grown man, he shouldn’t have let a woman take care of him everywhere. If he couldn’t do anything for her, wouldn’t he be useless?
“So I went to find a driver and exchanged a cigarette for driving skills.”
Once he could drive, the elderly driver was dismissed.
“I thought I would just be a humble driver, watching her figure every day, listening to her voice, feeling her breath, staying by her side to see her happy.”
“Who knew that a year later, something happened in Zheemond that changed my cowardly thoughts.”
“What happened?”
That was – Lady Natalia got engaged!
Her fiancé’s surname was Lucas.
The Lucas family was in Chulae, and the Cunningham family was in Tondende, originally having no relation.
“For some reason that year, the Lucas family suddenly came, saying they wanted to propose to Natalia on behalf of their eldest son.”
“The matchmaker said they were classmates abroad, a perfect match of talent and beauty.”
“At the time of Chulae’s economic reforms, the Cunningham family also wanted to return to Chulae to seize opportunities. It was the right time for the Lucas family’s proposal, and your grandfather agreed without hesitation.”
“The eldest son of their family…”
Sam lowered his head, not expecting to hear the love story of Miss Pearl’s mother, the lady of the Cunningham family, from someone else. It turned out that for the person they truly loved, the father also considered giving up the marriage alliance. The mother’s love wasn’t just a one-sided crush.
Perhaps there was a moment when they sincerely considered giving up the struggle and living a simple life as a family of three.
Unfortunately, later on, the head of the Lucas family suddenly passed away, leaving a will to hand over the position of heir to Uncle Channing, who had left the family.
Sam’s father, who had devoted so many years, felt aggrieved and thus hid the news of the head of the Lucas family’s death.
While restoring the engagement with the Cunningham family, he also sought out Channing to eliminate him completely.