Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 681

At this moment, a fierce gaze was directed toward them, making Leon feel even less like staying. Since it happened every time the family gathered, he was sensing that his cousin would very soon come and cause trouble for him. There was no way this time would be an exception.

Unfortunately, Heather failed to understand and only advised him patiently, “It doesn’t seem appropriate for us to leave so early. Why are you so eager to rush home?”

“There are some things I can’t explain to you right here,” he answered uneasily. While he didn’t care if his cousin caused trouble for him alone, he didn’t want to drag her into things.

The fact that his cousin had left him alone for so long this time was likely solely because of her presence. No doubt, the man was observing them for now so that he could attack them after he had a general understanding of her personality. Leon was loath to imagine what that man had to be thinking, for his cousin’s gaze was growing more and more unfriendly and even strayed to Heather from time to time.

“Alright,” she relented after seeing the anxious look on his face. “If you think that’s for the best, we’ll do as you say.” After all, she didn’t know his family well and had no reason to insist they stay behind.

Instantly, he let out a gratified smile. It soothed his heart to be so well-understood by her. And so, Heather pulled him to his feet and they both walked toward Dave.

Meanwhile, the cousin noticed their actions and immediately rushed off the dance floor to reach Dave’s side. With great interest, the former stared at Leon.

It was a provocation in Leon’s eyes but despite knowing that was no good news, the cousin persisted in walking forward. Many times, he wished he could hire someone to murder this troublesome man. It was only logic that stayed his hand.

Acting as if he only just noticed Leon and Heather approaching him, Dave looked toward them with an expression that suggested he knew what they were there for.

“Grandpa—” Leon started, but Dave quickly interrupted him, “Ah! Good, you’re here. Come with me to the study.”

The sentence thwarted whatever Leon’s cousin had been about to do, and he remained at a loss even as they left the room. He never even got the chance to say a single word.

Dave always did whatever he wanted to and right now, no one was providing a different suggestion. Originally, the cousin was about to wait for Leon to say something stupid before he jumped in to fan the flames of the discord between Leon and their grandfather, but the present situation didn’t play out that way at all.

For the whole night, he had looked for opportunities and finally found one, but it turned out to be fruitless, anyway.

Meanwhile, the study was silent, as Dave had summoned only Heather and Leon. Even the butler and servants were forbidden from entering.

Heather was immensely familiar with studies, for it was the part of the house that Robert summoned her to whenever he had something important to discuss with her. It seemed Dave and Robert behaved in largely similar ways.

However, their studies were very different. Heather found herself looking at a study so luxuriously decorated in a European style that she had to wonder if it was overly opulent.

“You don’t have to stand. Sit down on the couch,” Dave told them now before sitting down in his own chair.

Naturally, Heather and Leon gave each other a questioning glance before sitting down on the couch close to each other. The latter was feeling somewhat nervous but Heather, who was used to having such discussions in the study, was relaxed and at ease.

“I heard Leon has pursued you for a long time, Miss Langston,” Dave said abruptly, startling her so much that she was slow to react.

Here she was thinking he had some other important matter to address, but it turned out he was curious about their relationship. As she didn’t like it when her elders interfered in her love affairs, all thoughts of a more intelligent answer fled her mind as she said somewhat awkwardly and unnaturally, “Uh—he has.”

Next to her, Leon contributed, “I fell in love with her the moment I saw her. She’s always been a goddess to me.”

Of course, that only made Heather feel even more awkward. How could he possibly seize this opportunity to speak from his heart? She had no idea what to say next.

“Are you sure of your relationship?” Dave asked, dropping another bomb on them.

Instantly, she felt guilty, but Leon helpfully stepped in and answered, “We only just got together, Grandpa.” It was a lie that fooled even himself.

“Yes,” Heather quickly added. “We don’t have any plans to announce our relationship yet.” She assumed Dave wanted to know when they intended to announce their relationship to the public.

In truth, that wasn’t his intention; what he wanted to determine was whether they were actually a couple. And so, he dismissed them by saying, “There’s nothing to announce. It’s not necessarily a bad thing for you young people to keep your personal lives private.”

“But of course, Grandpa,” Leon answered smoothly. He couldn’t believe he was so slow to catch on. All of a sudden, he sensed where this conversation was going.

Ironically, this was the moment Heather lost the ability to think on her feet and could only nod along dumbly with Leon.

“When are you going to get engaged?” Truly, Dave’s questions were only becoming more and more pointed. They couldn’t believe he was already thinking of engagements, to say the least.

“We’re not in a rush to get engaged,” Leon answered so naturally that it was as if he had already come up with solutions to these questions.