Chapter 340
“Mr. Harvey, Ms. Madison:
The maid greeted Harvey and Madison, with their arrival, the lively living mom instantly became quiet.
Everyone shifted their attention right away.
Rebecca was the first one to get up. She was delighted when she said, “Harvey, you’re backd quick, help me lock some sense into Stephen. Before this, he promised he’d be back before my birthday, but he only came back a few days later. Hmph! He doesn’t care about me at all”
After saying that, Rebecca wrapped her arm around Madison’s arm and said, “Maddie, come q quick. call him Stephen Stephen, this is my baby sister, Madison.”
e introduce you to Stephen Riordan. He’s my fiancé. You
Let me
Stephen nodded at Madison. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt underneath. A matching tie was wrapped around his neck. When he stood up to greet everyone, he showed that he was both tall and handsome. His ann looked as muscular as a marble statue’s. Madison shook his hand gently. That was when she felt the hold on her a tighten a little.
Rebecca let Madison o
at the very next second. She hagged Stephen lovingly and complained, “Now that my entire family is here, you’ll have to apologize! Stephen looked exasperated but in love when he said, “I’m sorry, my princess. This is my fault! I promise there won’t be a next time. There really was an accident.” After saying that, he tumed to Harvey and said, “Harvey, I didn’t attend the birthday party because something happened with my family, and I couldn’t return in
time
William smiled and said, “We understand. There are a lot of corporate matters to take care of, and you’ve just taken over everything in the Riordan family. There are simply too many things you have to tend to in person. The important thing is that you make it up to Becky after. Everyone else understands.”
After saying that, William shot a look at Madison. He was signaling her, telling her not to cause a scene today.
Tanya was also a little worried about Madison making a scene today. She stepped forward and hugged Madison. After that, she said, “Maddie, come to the kitchen with me! Let me show you what amazing food we’ll have for today.”
Tanya pulled hard and dragged Madison toward the latchen.
Madison followed Tanya’s pull and entered the kitchen. As soon as they were in the kitchen, Tanya let go of Madison’s arm. She sighed softly before asking, “Did you rush home today because you knew that Stephen would be here?”
Madison shook her head and answered, “I didn’t know he’d be here.”
Tanya didn’t care if Madison was lying. She simply said, “We can look past all the times you caused a scene before this. But you must not cause any trouble today. Becky is in love with Stephen, and they’re engaged They’ll be married in a few years.”
and reply, “I won’t cause a scene.”
Madison stared at Tanya, noticing how worned and on edge she was. That prompted Madison to nod and reply, “I w “That’s good to know. Let’s go! We should head out.”
The living room was filled with happiness, Stephen had other matters to tend to, so he stood up to leave after lunch Before he lett, be retrieved a velvet box and handed it to Madison. He said, “This is the first time we meet, and this is a gift to c He was polite but distant
commemorate that.”
Madison accepted the gift and replied, “Thank you.”
Only after that did stephen bid goodbye to the rest of the Lockes. He turned around to leave afterward.
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