Yoseph shook his hand away in annoyance. “Archie, don’t be naive. You are the one who talked to them today, not me!”
“Unless you decide to marry Monica, you still have to negotiate with that tigress.” Archie sneered.
Emma laughed when she heard the words tigress. She did not expect Archie to scold people.
Yoseph’s expression was also a little rich, and his tone was slightly cold. “Who made the rule that I want to marry her? I have other love.”
Archie was stunned for a moment, and then he teased. “Aren’t you afraid that the Sandford Family will take out the betrothal token from back then and cause your Wolfleim family to suffer a great loss?”
Yoseph’s body stiffened, and his handsome face darkened. “Our grandfather was really old and muddle-headed back then. How could he make such a joke? If he doesn’t marry the people of Sandford Family, he will have to give up half of his territory to make up for it? Does he really think that our money came from the strong winds?”
Archie also had an unhappy expression on his face. “Even if our money is earned through hard work, as long as the people of the Sandford Family take out their tokens and ask for it, we, the Grafton Family and the Wolfleim family will have to take out half of our property and hand it over with both hands.”
Emma heard these words and felt a chill run down her spine. Her pair of black eyes couldn’t help but focus on Archie’s handsome face.
This man. . . Why did he bet so much? After betting half of the Grafton Family, he still wanted to marry her?
“There’s always a solution. Archie, I’ll leave it to you. If you are my brother, please convince that tigress for me. I will reward you handsomely.” In the end, Yoseph still didn’t want to face the people of Sandford Family head-on. In any case, he had no intention of getting married.
“Yoseph. . .” Archie’s handsome face darkened as he watched the tall figure disappear at the staircase. He gritted his teeth.
Emma also felt that Yoseph was not loyal enough. Both families clearly stood on the same side. Why should he let Archie negotiate alone? If two people went, the bargaining chip would definitely be bigger.
Archie’s handsome face turned livid and ugly. Suddenly, he patted Emma, who was beside him. “Go down and eat something. Don’t follow me.”
“I. . .” Emma’s mind suddenly became chaotic and her beautiful eyes blinked. “Can you go down alone?”
When Archie heard this, his dark face was instantly dyed with a smile. “Don’t tell me that you are now concerned about my situation?”
Emma’s mind was in chaos and she immediately said in embarrassment, “Don’t be too self-righteous. Who cares about you? I just. . . just want to see how miserable your defeat is.”
“Women really like to say things they don’t want to hear. I don’t want you to go over because I don’t want you to get involved. This is my personal matter.” After saying that, Archie turned around and walked towards the door at the end of the street.
Emma stood rooted to the spot, not knowing which direction she should go.
Those strange thoughts that she had just had, no wonder she really cared about him.
It was really too chaotic. Shouldn’t she hate this man? Why should she be worried about his position?
Emma secretly scolded herself for being useless but still walked towards the staircase.
As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Yoseph’s dignified and elegant figure shuttling back and forth among the guests, greeting them with ease.
Emma glared at his back and walked towards the food area.
At this time, there were fewer customers in the food area. Emma picked up a plate and casually picked up some food that she wanted to eat. She carried it and walked towards the leisure chair at the side.
As she was eating with her head down, suddenly, a person walked over from the side. A cup of cold water poured down on her shoulder.
“Ah. . .” Emma let out a cry of shock and quickly stood up. She shook off the water on her skirt and then looked up and saw Emily’s arrogant face.
“Aiya, I was too careless. Seeing that you are so angry that your hands are trembling, are you alright?” Emily immediately put on an innocent expression, but there was hatred in her eyes. No matter how hard she tried to hide it, she could not hide it.
How could Emma not see through Emily’s scheming? Just as she was about to retort, she saw a white-haired grandfather walking over from behind.
Thus, she quickly turned her head and called out to her grandfather.
Emily knew that she did not have the courage to get angry in front of her grandfather. That was why she played tricks on Emma without fear.
Gustav’s gaze swept across Emma’s face with a complicated expression. The doctor’s words kept repeating in his mind.
Dinda had never given birth, so where did this girl in front of him, who had been raised by him in Quinsley Family for 20 years, come from?
“Grandpa, why is she sitting here alone? Where is Archie? Could it be that he left her behind and didn’t care about her anymore? Tsk tsk, what a pity.” Emily could not hold back her anger and ridiculed Emma by the side.
Only then did Gustav recover his senses and asked in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, “Yeah, where is Archie? Why are you the only one sitting here?”
Emma answered softly, “He has something important to do. He’s upstairs.”
Emily’s lips curled up and mocked. “If you are being ignored, then so be it. Don’t give yourself any good excuses. Grandpa, I told you, she definitely wouldn’t be able to deal with Archie. Since young, she’s no different from trash.”
“Stop talking.” Although Gustav berated her, his tone could not hide his love for her.
Emily opened her mouth and pouted. When she saw Emma, there was anger in her heart and she could not help but want to hurt her.
Emma could naturally feel that her grandfather was biased towards private matters. However, since she was young, didn’t she endure it all along the way?
Actually, no matter how much her grandfather doted on Emily, she didn’t dare to have any objections. Who asked her to? She was a poor orphan that her father and mother didn’t love.
She was already very grateful that her grandfather was able to adopt her in the Quinsley Family.
“Grandpa, what do you want to eat? I’ll go and get some for you.” Emma interrupted the conversation.
Gustav shook his head. “No need. I’ll go and greet some old friends.”
After saying that, Gustav turned around and left. Emily, however, stood there and did not leave. Her gaze was poisonous as she stared at Emma and sneered. “Emma, the life of a wealthy family is not bad, right? I wonder if you will have nightmares when you sleep at night and take away everything that originally belonged to me. You will suffer retribution sooner or later.”
Emma could be considered to have endured it for a while longer with Emily. That was right. That was supposed to be her wedding, but could it be blamed on her? She did not want to do this either. Everything was caused by Archie. If Emily did not find him quickly, she should go and find him.
“When did you and Jimmy. . . Have that kind of relationship?” Emma calmly asked her without any jealousy.
Emily, however, took it that she was jealous and proudly smiled, “Are you heartbroken? No wonder. In the past, Jimmy was so good to you. You must think that Jimmy can only pretend to be with you in his heart. But you really do not understand a man’s heart. A beautiful woman, no matter who it is, no matter how firm his will is, will not be able to resist.”