The Pater family now had two Warrior Sect members and were not afraid of the Mclean family.
“You don’t have to do that, Winston. You go and find out what Jayden wants first,” Jason said after thinking for a moment.
Winston nodded and replied, “Okay, Jason. I’ll go meet with Jayden.”
Ten minutes later in the villa’s living room:
“Mr. Mclean, you’re quite a rare guest here. What wind brought you here?” Winston looked at Jayden with sarcasm in his tone.
Due to disputes over interests, the Pater family and the Mclean family did not get along well with each other and rarely interacted.
Jayden pretended not to hear Winston’s sarcasm and smiled as he said, “Mr. Pater, I came here this time because of good news.”
“Oh? Where did this good news come from?” Winston raised an eyebrow.
Jayden looked around before saying, “This good news is something I want to personally tell Jason Pater.”
At his age, how could Winston not know what tricks Jayden was up to? He just wanted to see how Jason was doing currently.
Winston directly refused by saying, “I’m sorry Mr. Mclean but Jason is currently unavailable for visitors. If you have any business, please tell me instead.”
Jayden expected this refusal from Winston which meant that Jason’s situation wasn’t optimistic at all.
“Mr. Pater, what I’m about to say concerns both our families’ futures so…”
“Are you saying that as an elder of the Pater family, I don’t have enough weight or decision-making power?” asked Winston furrowing his brows in response.
Jayden waved his hand and smiled, “What kind of status do you hold? How could it not be enough weight? Well, let me tell you about this joyous occasion.”
“Go ahead,” Winston said, curious to see if Jayden could speak convincingly.
Jayden cleared his throat and tried to make his expression more sincere. He then said, “Today, I deliberately brought my son here to propose a marriage alliance to your family. Do you consider this a joyous occasion?”
“Propose a marriage alliance?” Winston’s face first showed astonishment, then it turned serious.
The Pater family and the Mclean family had been enemies for hundreds of years. Jayden unexpectedly came to propose a marriage alliance. Could it be that he had taken the wrong medicine?
“Yes, it is a marriage proposal,” Jayden nodded. “My son has fallen madly in love with Nicola. He has reached a point where he can’t think of anything else, so I have shamelessly come to propose.”
“Once our families form an alliance through marriage, it will not only resolve the long-standing grievances between the two families but also be a great event of strong cooperation. It will bring immense benefits to the future development of both our families.”
As Jayden spoke, he placed an exquisitely wrapped gift box on the coffee table and continued, “This is a small gift prepared by my family for Miss Pater.”
Jayden opened the gift box, revealing a beautiful jade bracelet inside.
Winston only glanced at it and recognized that the bracelet was made of glass-type imperial green jade. Although glass-type imperial green was rare and valuable, it couldn’t catch the attention of the Pater family, who had been engaged in the jade business for generations.
A marriage proposal accompanied by a gift of glass-type imperial green jade bracelet.
Winston had almost figured out Jayden’s true intentions-taking advantage of the family head’s injury, using a marriage alliance as a means to swallow the Pater family.
“My family is being polite. In matters of marriage, I, as an elder, cannot make the decision,” Winston said coldly.
“Since you cannot make the decision, I came to the Pater family in person. Please invite Mr. Pater out for a detailed discussion,” Jayden circled back to his previous statement.
Winston replied in the same tone, “I said earlier that my family head is not available to receive guests today.”
The smile disappeared from Jayden’s face. “Isn’t that inappropriate? In terms of status and power, my family is not inferior to your family. Today, I came here in person to propose a marriage alliance, but your family head refuses to see me. What does this mean?”
In Jayden’s eyes, the more Winston evaded, the more precarious Jason’s situation seemed.
However, seeing is believing, and Jayden still wanted to see Jason with his own eyes.
Winston didn’t give Jayden any face and bluntly said, “If you truly want to meet our family head, then make an appointment and come back when our family head is available.”
“As for the marriage proposal, I will inquire about the opinions of the young lady and our family head, and I will give you a response tomorrow or the day after.”
“Make an appointment?” Jayden’s face darkened, his voice turning cold. “I think your family is underestimating my family.
Seeing the defeated expression on Jayden’s face, Winston laughed triumphantly, “Yes! With the help of a noble person, I have broken through to the Warrior Sect Realm!”
Jayden reluctantly withdrew the oppressive aura and revealed a gloomy smile on his face. He said, “In that case, I should congratulate you.”
To Jayden, Jason’s severe injury was a golden opportunity to deal with the Pater family. But at this critical moment, Winston unexpectedly made a breakthrough. Could it be that the Pater family’s luck hadn’t run out?
Fortunately, Winston had just broken through to the lower level of the Warrior Sect Realm, and he was not Jayden’s match. As long as Jason died and his son married Nicola, controlling the Pater family would just be a matter of exerting a little more effort.
“Your breakthrough to the Warrior Sect Realm is a great joyous occasion. My proposal for marriage is also a joyous event. Why don’t we celebrate both together? What do you think?” Jayden smiled again.
“A double joyous occasion?” Winston paused for a moment, surprised that Jayden would say such words.
“Let me be direct with you. My family will not and cannot agree to this proposal for marriage,” Winston directly crushed Jayden’s idea.
During Jason’s period of injury, the Mclean family, together with two other families, had relentlessly oppressed the Pater family. Now, out of the blue, they came with a marriage proposal. No one would believe there were no ulterior motives.
Jayden didn’t expect Winston to give him such a lack of face, and a dark cloud immediately covered his face. “Winston, although you are the elder of the Pater family, does everything revolve around you? If something goes wrong with your unilateral rejection, can you bear the responsibility?”
“Jayden, when it comes to the matter of the marriage proposal, Winston’s decision is my decision!”
Just at that moment, a hearty voice sounded, and the door to the reception room was pushed open. A tall figure walked in from outside.