She let out a cold laugh. "Grandfather? Are you kidding me? I don't even have a mother, so where would I get a grandfather, let alone some marriage contract! Let me make one thing clear: there's nothing between us but business. Are you going to leave or not?"
Zephyr Mercer hadn't expected her to be so resolute, or for her attitude toward the Lowell Family to be so cold. He immediately grew indignant. "And after Aunt Cynthia worries about you day and night, and Grandpa Lowell sighs constantly over you... For you to say something like that is just too heartless! It's not like they intentionally..."
He was in the middle of his impassioned speech when a powerful force suddenly struck from the side!
He threw up a hand to block Marcus Monroe's fist, only to hear the man say coldly, "What she does is none of your business. If you don't want to tarnish your Mercer Family's reputation, you'd best go back where you came from!"
