Chapter 11 You Have Very Mesmerizing Lips
Calista let out a sigh of relief. She removed the thumb ring from her hand and placed it on the table.
This thumb ring signified that she was the next mistress of the Fairchild family, and had rights to 20% of the family assets. This ring was coveted by countless women, but yet when Calista removed it, she- felt much lighter.
“Thank you, Mrs. Fairchild.”
Wanda couldn’t bear to part with her – Callie was so obedient and so mature, it hurt her to watch Callic suffer. She couldn’t help but blurt out, “Even without his engagement, you must come and visit me often…”
Suddenly she had an idea!
“Or how about I adopt you as my goddaughter?”
Calista wanted to reject her at first, but once she thought about how she would benefit from being a goddaughter of the Fairchild family, she hesitated. After all, given her current situation, she would
need some assistance.
So she did not immediately reject, instead saying with a smile, “This is no small matter. Why don’t you. decide after discussing with Mr. Fairchild?”
Then she stuck her tongue out and said playfully. “If I really become your daughter, I might embarrass the Fairchilds though.”
Wanda quickly promised her, “There’s no problem at all! You’re my daughter, how could embarrassment?”
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about it, the more she felt that this would work out. Her husband did not really approve of Callie being his daughter-in-law, but Callie had come to call off the engagement of her own accord today. So if she were to adopt Callie as her goddaughter, her husband wouldn’t say anything anymore!
Calista smiled and prepared to leave as she had to attend to more things after this, but Wanda couldn’t bear the thought of her going back and insisted that she stay and have lunch.
Calista thought, Kallum hates sitting at the same table with me, so he’s definitely not coming down to eat, and agreed to stay.
They chatted for a while more, and Wanda nagged her about many things before finally adjourning to the dining hall.
The Fairchilds were extremely wealthy, nobody could deny this.
This old mansion stood on more than two thousand square miles of land, and even simple things like serving trays exuded luxury
There were many who thought that Calista was merely after the family wealth, so even though Kallurn didn’t like her she held onto this engagement. Perhaps only a small handful of people knew that she
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genuinely liked Kallum for who he was.
Even though she looked down on herself and was bullied by many other young ladies, but there was nothing she could do she really, really liked him. Perhaps liking him had even drained her lifetime’s worth of courage and strength from the weak personality she had, but unfortunately, feelings cannot
be forced.
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After half the dishes were served, Wanda called a servant over. “Call Kallum to come down and eat.”
Calista stopped her, “Mrs. Fairchild, is it ok if it’s just both of us for lunch today?”
Her eyes pleaded with Wanda, “It’s been a long time since I had a good chat with you.”
The loneliness in her eyes made Wanda’s heart ache for her. She’s such a good girl, she thought. This silly son of mine simply says he doesn’t like her, only heaven knows what sort of woman he wants!
“Alright then…” She sighed and then told the servant, Since he is busy, bring the food up to him.”
After giving instructions, she continued chatting with Calista.
They started talking about Calista’s late mother, and Calista listened with a smile on her face, and Wanda finally realized the difference about Calista. She was still that gentle and well-mannered girl, but the timid and shy part was gone, as if she had grown up overnight. Wanda figured the two men last night must have really given her a terrible scare, and she was determined to make sure those two were properly dealt with!
Just when both of them were talking happily with one another, Kallum unexpectedly appeared at the table.
Calista’s smile froze slightly, and even though it was not obvious in her expression, she was definitely gripping the fork and knife harder.
She was still unable to face him calmly he was her reason to live in her previous life, and also of her life that was never reciprocated.
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