Madeline looked up and saw a tall man wearing limited edition sportswear with a tote bag strapped diagonally across his broad shoulders. He looked as if he had just returned from exercising.
This man seemed to be in his twenties. His features were defined and resolute, and he looked very handsome too. Nevertheless, this handsome man also looked like a frivolous yuppie. Overall, he looked like an unruly hedonist.
Madeline took another look at the man and realized that the expression in the man’s eyes looked similar to Carter’s.
It seemed that he should be Carter’s cousin.
After a while, the man walked up beside Madeline, curled the corners of his thin lips into a frivolous smile, and introduced himself, as expected.
“Hi, future cousin-in-law. This is the first time we have met. I am Carter’s cousin, Jim.”
Jim Gray.
Madeline digested this name and found that it was foreign.
She stood up with a slight smile and politely extended her hand in a friendly greeting. “Hello, I am Eveline Montgomery.”
“Eveline.” Jim seemed to be thinking about the name carefully, and then, with a cynical grin, he reached out to hold Madeline’s hand. “The name Eveline sounds beautiful, but it doesn’t match Carter’s name very well.”
After saying that with a grin, he let go, started walking toward the woman resplendent with jewels from earlier, and sat down.
The woman looked at Jim with a beaming grin. “ Jimmy, have you finished playing? Are you tired? Have a drink first.”
“Thank you, mom.” Jim thanked her politely.
“ I’m your mother, why are you thanking me?” the woman said to Jim with a smile. The smile on her face was extremely bright.
Oh.
It turned out that this woman was Jim’s mother, so no wonder she had snapped at Carter just now.
It seemed that Carter would not get the position of the royal inheritance so easily.
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