she was still at her house , and hadn't done anything wrong, whe

family approached and greeted h

you here, I didn't know you were comin

ndering if he's really that powerful for her grandfather to act like a scared little dog , an

o are

t", His son answered, afraid he m

e was reprimanded

patriarch of the Hamilton family . Three years ago, he had successfully

which made numerous business groups afraid to offend him in

issues involving the wealthy families of that city, nor how intimidating that man could be , she was only certain

omething I can do for you? he took a step forward

thing that needs

m, which could frighten anyone's heart. Lacey on the other han

cott to come in, I'll prepare so

owing her helpfulness , but also exposing the mediocre reception

right , Mr.

at trouble , I have n

petrified for a few seconds by embarrassment. Ruby saw that and leaned on the door with an amused expres

sed look of the lady in fr

y has returned to the country, so I came personally to

several internal disputes in Prescott family, initially ,that agreement should have only involved the secondary members of the

he was selfish, he just wanted a small relationship with that family to

arrived, this matter still ne

nsider anything?" she quickly re

nally and her grandfather was afraid of causing trouble, so she decided to change the subject of forcing her to

er, leaning forward with a smile on her lips. " Did you come to propose marriage for the young man in your famil

e, where even the sound of a pin dropping could be heard, The Hartwell family panicked, and even Wyatt su

propose marriage to her? Her family at that moment wished to have a muzzle to stop Ruby from saying things she shouldn

the two proposals? Her finger s

in your family, I suggest you turn around and leave," her

ell that man to leave? wasn't she tempting fate? or was she

aughter act in that way, she was almost having a heart atta

is? apologize to Mr. Prescott!" H

o a slight smile, feeling more excited than ever . she could see in that moment how good power was , if you had it, peopl

ily. Didn't they desperately want her to be obedient and do what they wanted? well, she was doing it but not in the way her family wanted. As

eyes under those lenses seemed to see everything tha

propose marr

ically giving in to the young lady's whims, something they had never seen him do to anyone. In the backgrou

eader of a powerful family, so of course, the interests behind it would change. Wyatt was someone who couldn't be

n, understood what was at stake , a

the seriousness of things, I know you are young and you think you haven't had enough fun and that's why you don't

eing , but Ruby knew all well what she wanted, in fact, she just wanted to give a very bad impression of her to

lem? now it's your turn to

You

cy gaze. He slowly took off his glasses , reve

she was joking ,' he replie

ction from that family. He looked up at Ruby, repeat

tion ; if I proposed marriage myself,

een that look before, it wasn't the same icy look he gave her stepmother.it had warmth she didn't understand , but that thought quickly dissipated.

rthy," he replied, unab

eason why Wyatt got involved in the game , and Wyatt was helping her get out of that hous