True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz) novel Chapter 996

Grace felt her heart pounding in her chest while she stared at Maria in disbelief.

"Mrs. Smith?" Miss Holland noticed that something was a little off with Grace, so she asked loudly, "Are you okay?"

Even Maria was shocked by the way Grace stared at her with her eyes wide open.

"Aunty?" Maria asked timidly.

Grace finally regained her senses and said, "Oh, excuse me. Maria, I wanted to invite you over to my house later. Would you like to come?"

Maria looked surprised at first and then looked towards Miss Holland nicely, as if to seek her opinion. It looked like she was the kind of child who always listened to what the adults said instead of making her own decisions directly.

Miss Holland smiled and said, "Maria, this Aunty here is really sincere about inviting you over to join her children, Little Gary and Ernest, among others. Whether or not you would like to go over, you can just let her know."

Grace nodded and added, "Yeah, you can let me know if you would like to come over, or if you wouldn't want to. Whatever it is, it's alright as you have the freedom to choose. We'll respect your decision no matter what."

Maria hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have to ask for my mommy's permission first."

"Okay, Maria," Grace nodded. "Then let Miss Holland call and ask for you, okay?"

"Okay," she nodded.

Miss Holland went ahead to give Maria's mother a phone call.

"Mrs. Attwood, Little Gary and Ernest's mother would like to invite Maria over to their house this afternoon. Is that okay with you?"

It's unknown what Mrs. Attwood said on the other end, but Miss Holland answered, "Perhaps Little Gary's driver could send her back afterwards. Mrs. Smith, would that be fine?"

"Of course," Grace nodded immediately. "We'll be in charge of sending the children home."

"Okay, it's a deal then. Well keep in contact after school."

After Miss Holland ended the phone call, she spoke to Grace, "Maria's mother said that she has to work overtime later, so please send Maria over later and give her a call after the gathering has ended. Here's her phone number."

"Sure," Grace recorded her number down immediately. "Other students are welcome to join as well. Miss Holland, can you help to find out who else Little Gary and Ernest would like to invite? Whoever they plan to invite, please liaise and coordinate with their parents as well, as Heinz will be able to arrange for transportation."

"Okay, no problem."

Grace chatted with Miss Holland a little while more before she finally left the kindergarten.

She was deep in her thoughts as soon as she got in the car.