Female Novel
Chapter 104
Samantha curled her lips into a smirk. “Why do I feel like you were going against your grandma?”Armand’s eyes twitched, and his expression was still cold. “Aunt Samantha, you’re overthinking. Ichanged my room that night. Coincidentally, I bumped into Genevieve.” Samantha chuckled. “Yes. Iguess I’m overthinking. Genevieve is beautiful and smart. But then…” Holding a cigarette between herfingers, she picked up her coffee on the table and asked, “How long can she stay by your side?”Armand replied, “As long as Grandma likes her, she can stay as long as she wants.” “Even if Mom likesher, I’m afraid you might not be able to keep her, anyway.” Samantha looked like she had seen througheverything. She shot him a meaningful glance and continued, “She can’t stop what’s going to happen toher.” Armand sensed the meaning behind his words. His eyes twitched again in response. Right then,Mandy, the young housekeeper, walked to the living room. Bowing, she said, “Mdm. Marilyn is notfeeling well. She requested you to go and check on her.” Samantha smiled as she put out herunfinished cigarette on the ashtray. “Great. We’ve just finished talking too. I’m going upstairs to takesome rest now.” Having said that, she stood up and headed upstairs. Armand was still sitting on thecouch with his head hung low. Holding a cup of coffee in his hand, he exuded a cold temperamentaround him. Mandy stood there and waited for a long time. Ten minutes later, she started sweatingprofusely. Left with no choice, she mustered up her courage and said, “Mdm. Marilyn says she hassomething to tell you. Please go upstairs and—” “All right,” Armand replied emotionlessly, putting hiscup of coffee on the table. Meanwhile, Genevieve held Harriet’s arm while walking in the garden. Thepale, silver moonlight shone on the stone pavements, illuminating the path. As they walked, they couldhear the faint rhythmic chirping of insects that sounded from a distance away. Harriet glanced at themoon as she started slowing down her pace. “Vivi, I have an old story to share with you. Do you wantto listen to it?” It seemed like Genevieve had predicted what she wanted to say. Her gaze darkened inan instant. “Grandma, if you want to share it with me, I’ll listen to you,” she replied softly. Then, theywalked toward the bench beside the pavement and sat on it together. Harriet told her a story about apair of lovers who fell in love but were accidentally separated. Fourteen years ago, Armand met thesecond daughter of the Wood family, Marilyn, in a hospital. He fell in love with her at first sight. Marilyn
was quite famous in the music industry during that period. Hence, many young, wealthy men tried topursue her even though she was still a minor. Both Marilyn’s and Armand’s families were equallyprominent and influential. Moreover, Armand was outstanding and capable even though he was stillyoung. Not to mention that Marilyn had feelings for him too. Therefore, they got into a relationship soonafter. After they dated each other, Armand treated Marilyn so well as if she was a treasure. No matterwhich country Marilyn went to organize her concert or attend training, Armand would always go andvisit her every four days despite how busy he was. He had never missed any of her recitals.Furthermore, he would always sit on the most conspicuous seat in the first row of the auditorium. AfterMarilyn finished her performance, he would go on the stage and hand her a bouquet personally everytime. Unfortunately, Armand took over more and more businesses soon after, so he became busier.Besides, Central Group had just been established in Jadeborough during that time. Hence, he had tospend most of his time at work. Because of that, he could not meet Marilyn frequently. Although theyhad to spend a lot of time away from each other, Armand was always caring toward Marilyn. He askedsomeone to custom-make their wedding rings, and he planned to propose to her after returning to thecountry. Sadly, before Armand could finish settling his work overseas, he heard the bad news that theplane his father boarded had crashed. When that happened, the entire Faulkner family broke into utterchaos. Armand quickly returned to the country to settle his father’s funeral and post-death matters withhis brothers. He planned to visit the Wood family to discuss his engagement with Marilyn first. Theywould then hold the wedding after Armand’s father’s funeral. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at theWood family, he noticed that his third brother, Samuel, was also there. The Wood family accepted themarriage between Samuel and Marilyn. Genevieve could not come back to her senses even afterHarriet finished her story. Some days ago, Genevieve forced Patrick to tell her the story betweenArmand and Marilyn. However, the man hardly followed Armand around, so he did not know muchabout the latter’s story. Hence, Genevieve only knew that Marilyn was Armand’s first love, and they hadended up on bad terms before engagement. I didn’t expect the truth of the story to be like this.novelbin