Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 511

The meal had made everyone in the Langston Family quite nervous. Upon seeing Robert’s attitude toward Caleb, everyone was doubting Caleb’s position.

Because Robert did not introduce Caleb to the Langston Family and Caleb did not make his position clear, the rest of the family members did not know how they should treat him.

On the other hand, even though Heather knew his high-ranking position, she was quite indifferent as it was nothing to her and she had no interest in the military. After all, not only was she a talented businesswoman, she also liked entrepreneurs more than military men.

An outstanding entrepreneur would warrant second glances from her, but sometimes she also wondered why she had her eyes on entrepreneurs. It was as if she had decided that she wanted her future husband to be involved in business.

After the lunch, Caleb showed no signs of leaving, but Heather wanted to look for an excuse to return to her room. However, his occasional glances at her made her swallow her words back even though she was on the verge of saying them aloud.

She extremely hated the feeling as she never had to ingratiate to anyone else. Keeping in mind that Robert had to entertain Caleb even though he was not feeling well, she could not bring herself to find an excuse to leave.

The minute she thought about how Robert had to please Caleb and accompany him even though Robert was unwell, her impression toward Caleb worsened.

Heather tried to understand what Caleb thought when she exchanged several glances with him, but he would not simply reveal his true thoughts to her, so she did not find any breakthroughs.

On the other hand, Blake was unhappy that she had received special attention from Caleb. If they were really planning to have a further relationship, Blake could be oppressed by her for the rest of his life.

Caleb did not like many people around him, so Robert asked everyone to leave after Caleb quietly whispered in Robert’s ears. Heather was delighted to hear that, thinking that she could finally escape from the meaningless socialization. After all, she had no common interests with Caleb.

To her surprise, he had purposely singled her out and asked her to stay while dismissing everyone else, which made her feel rather amused.

Of course, Robert would not leave Heather alone with Caleb, so the three of them stood awkwardly together in the garden while she supported Robert’s left hand.

Caleb was standing to their right, emanating an oppressive aura with his tall figure. He was probably around 1.9 meters tall. Heather wondered what type of food he had eaten to reach such a height that it made her look like a dwarf next to him.

Even Robert seemed short when he stood next to Caleb. As humans grew older, their height would decrease—just like Robert at this moment. He did not even reach 1.8 meters and he looked rather skinny.

Heather liked the garden in the backyard that emanated a floral scent from the flowers that seemed to be constantly blooming throughout the entire year—with the red and white flowers painting a beautiful scenery. Standing amidst the flowers, the floral scent had brightened their day.

“General Moriarty, do you have any important matters to attend to in Bradfort City?”

Upon hearing Heather’s question, Caleb stopped in his tracks and Robert’s expression immediately changed. The three of them seemed to be frozen in their tracks. It was only after a while that Caleb turned his face to address her with a slight flicker in his calm eyes, making it a rather interesting scene.

“My marriage,” he replied without any hesitation.

Robert’s face darkened as he did not expect Caleb to cut to the chase. Back then, the planned marriage between the Langston Family and the Moriarty Family had already failed. Are they going to take revenge on us? With that thought in mind, Robert tightly clenched his fists as he would not allow anyone to hurt Heather.

After being influenced by Robert, she also became slightly nervous as the topic seemed to be referring to her. Just when she was undecided on whether to play dumb or not, Caleb continued to speak.

“For a man to settle down, being in the thirties is a good age, yet I’ve already passed this stage. It’s time for me to think about my marriage now.” His tone turned slightly mellow. When he was speaking about his marriage earlier, he seemed more resentful.

“More people are getting married at a later age nowadays. Perhaps, it’s not a good benchmark to settle down in one’s thirties anymore,” Heather calmly replied since it was precisely at this moment that she needed to keep her cool.

Caleb firmly curled his lips into a slight smile as he loosened his tie. In a nonchalant way, he said, “In that case, do you think that arranged marriage is a traditional idea, Miss Langston?”

As soon as she heard the words ‘arranged marriage’, her heart sank. Sure enough, my foreboding premonition is true!

On the other hand, Robert looked like he was about to collapse anytime soon.

“Are you alright, Grandpa?” She whispered into his ears as she was worried that something could happen to him.

“I’m fine.” His low voice sounded sombre.

After being assured that Robert was doing alright, Heather raised her head to look at Caleb and replied, “It seems that arranged marriage is never out of style.” Of course, she knew perfectly well the words she should say and the ones she should avoid.

Upon hearing her reply, Caleb continued to speak, “Looks like you are not opposed to it, Miss Langston.”

After she heard his words, she felt slightly uncomfortable, but she did not know why he came to such a conclusion. As she thought about it from another angle, perhaps he merely wanted her to accept his answer, so she suppressed her objection..