It seemed that there was no emotion in them at all.
However, Terrence had seen his boss look like this before. When Jason had been talking to Grace over the phone, his eyes had been softened with a touch of tenderness. Now, there was not a flicker of emotion to be found.
"Mr. Reed, the car is already waiting outside," Terrence said.
"Let's go then," Jason said flatly.
Originally, he had not been in the mood to go to the engagement banquet of the Stevens and Atkinson families, but now things were a little different.
Sean, the man who had been together with Grace, was no longer in her heart. Even if these two people wanted to get back together, it would be almost impossible.
But...what he wanted was a flawless plan.
He didn't want her to have any chance of having a relationship with Sean, and this was the day to achieve that.
How could this not be interesting?
Grace had finished dinner in the apartment. She hadn't had anything to do, so she picked up her phone and browsed the web.
Today on the Internet, whether it was in the news or the trending searches, everyone was talking about the marriage between the Stevens and Atkinson families. Although it was only an engagement party tonight, everyone knew that such an engagement was equivalent to a marriage merger for two of the richest and most powerful families in the region.
Was a party really necessary to announce this? Did either the bride-to-be or groom actually need any gifts? No and no.
This was all a show. A demonstration of their wealth and influence that would probably bolster stocks, because people still liked to believe in fairytales, and Lily was every bit a celebrity princess. Most likely, after the engagement banquet was over, the two families would immediately begin preparing for the wedding. Which, no doubt, would be an even bigger and more ostentatious show than this.
Money and power.
Packs and privilege.
Grace hated seeing the unfairness of it all.
Her grandfather had lived and died by the old ways. Where honor and pack and loyalty were paramount.
These modern wolves…they cared only for money and fame. With as far as her species had strayed from their origins and ideals, maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing to be human.
She’d found more sympathy and kindness from humans than from other wolves.
They directly said that this was the engagement of the century! It was too romantic!
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