Falling for a Lie: My Stepbrother's Hidden Revenge

Chapter 226

Chapter 226

“What era is it now? Everyone already has the freedom to decide their own marriage. How could you setup

without asking for my opinion

Sylvia quickly stood up, furious.

Ethan was speechless. He weakly reached out to pull her arm, but she avoided him.

He withdrew his hand and stroked his beard instead.

“My dear, I've already made the reservation. Why don’t you wait until you see Eder himself? He's really not bad.

He's five years older than you. You know I'm picky about people myself, but | got to like him, so I'm sure you'll

like him too.”

“Five years older is too old! | don’t like it!”

Sylvia wasn’t having it.

She had no intention of ever re-entering a relationship in the meantime, let alone getting engaged and married.

She couldn't even think about it!

“Yes. He's only twenty-eight years old. Is that really old? Isn't your ex-husband five years older than you too?”

Sylvia choked, “This is different! This matter is not negotiable. You have to cancel this immediately!”

Ethan's voice beceven more hoarse. “I can’t go back on my words. | already made the appointment

yesterday. And Mr. Grant and | agreed to announce your engagement at a banquet in three days.”

Sylvia took a deep breath and controlled her anger.

“I don’t care what kind of banquet you want to hold. You can’t revoke this marriage, can you? Then I'll do it

myself!”

She slammed the door angrily and left.

Ethan looked at her angry back and shook his head helplessly.

She was becoming more and more like her mother who had the sexact temperament. She had to have a

man who could ther!

Sylvia went straight out of the garden.

The bodyguards were waiting at the door so she avoided them for now.

She was really angry and needed a few minutes to cool off. Eventually, she cleared her mind and was reminded

that her father was sick and his legs were not good. As his daughter, it was her duty to accompany him since she

was now there.

So after a few more minutes of fresh air, she called a few bodyguards to go back to the hotel and pack her

luggage. She planned to move to the villa temporarily.

She stood at the door and thought about how to deal with the engagement.

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After thinking about it for a long time, she noticed Uncle Lloyd standing beside her.

Sylvia called him over, “Uncle Lloyd, do you know where the Grant family’s house is?”

“Of course, Miss. May ask who you are looking for?”

Sylvia muttered with a dark tone, “Eder Grant.”

Uncle Lloyd noticed her mood and he did not delay any more. He quickly wrote her the address.

Sylvia looked for it according to the address.

The Grant family’s old housekeeper, Uncle Alfred, knew about Sylvia and Eder’s engagement, so he was very

happy to welcher in.

It was the first tthat Sylvia had ever visited the Grant family.

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The Grant family’s land was just as large, but unlike the Smith family, which was located on a mountain, it was

more like they had bought a plain. All the villas and houses were uniformly decorated in a retro style,

They even had bamboo forests, waterside pavilions, creeks, and rockeries,

The Grant family had always had the impression of that scholar like sophistication, so coupled with their

traditional architecture, it seemed like they were one of the families who were still very connected with their old

ancestors’ traditions and ideologies.

Sylvia felt as if he had walked into the mansion of an ancient rich man.

She followed Uncle Alfred around and finally cto Eder’s private villa,

Uncle Alfred only led her there and left.

Sylvia sat on the sofa in the living room and waited. It took a long tfor a bodyguard to rush down and say,

“I'm sorry, Ms. Smith. I'm afraid Mr. Grant can’t cto see you.”

She frowned slightly,

Ever since she entered, no servant had cto at least offer her water. This bodyguard could only mean for her

to leave.

It seemed that Eder was just as unhappy as her about this marriage.

Good thing that was exactly what she wanted.

“| see. But it doesn’t matter. | have plenty of ttoday. | can wait.”

“Ah, but...”

The bodyguard looked embarrassed. “I'm afraid he'll be busy all day. Why don’t you... cback another day?”

Sylvia was a little unhappy. “Since | chere personally, | believe | have no reason to go back without seeing

anyone at all.”

She suddenly stood up and went upstairs, avoiding the bodyguard.

“Miss Smith, are you aware of what you're doing?”

“Since Mr. Grant has already arranged the marriage last night, then | must talk to my fiance. Do you have any

opinions?” Sylvia asked with cold eyes.

“I- No“”

She asked in a deep voice, “Which floor and which room is he in?”

“On the second floor, go to the innermost study room on the right.”

Sylvia was able to locate it easily when she went up because there were bodyguards at the entrance of the

study.

She approached and was stopped yet again.

“Miss Smith, Mr. Grant is currently busy, and you can’t casually enter the study.”

She was about to speak when the door opened from the inside. It was a man.

He had a large stature and was a little handsome, but he had a more mellow aura.

Sure enough, she noticed that he wore a uniform that was the sas the other two bodyguards. He wasn’t

Eder.

It was only when he moved aside respectfully that she was able to get a clear view of the whole study.

There was a layer of amber bead curtains in the middle of the room. Behind it was a desk, followed by a neat

and orderly bookshelf. The entire room was all books and dark tones.

A man sat on the office chair. The back of the chair was facing her, and she could only vaguely see the back of

his head, but she could still feel the cold aura he emanated.

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Sylvia wanted to go in but was blocked by the bodyguards,

She let them block her and didn’t force an entry. After all, she was only there to talk about being the may

contract, and the wanting property to have the right to break in.

The man in the study coughed and cleared his throat before saying in a hoarse wire, “Miss Smith cover

today What's the NAT

This voice was as unpleasant as swallowing coal.

While on the road, Sylvia had already checked information about him.

He was tyrannical, cold, and cruel. It was rumored that he had a special hobby of abusing women and that he

had a disfigured face

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She didn’t care whether the rumors that Eder liked to hit women were true or not. If it happened to her, the dart

tow whown ping to be wha

However, just listening to his voice, she already had a vague idea of what he might look like,

It wasn’t that she was discriminating. She just really had no interest in this marriage.

Not to mention, it was with a man she didn’t know and had zero relations with.

She rationalized her thoughts and asked another bodyguard to bring her a chair. She sat at the door of the study

and taked with Eder.

“It’s not really a big deal. | just want to know if Mr. Grant already knows a lot about me.”

Eder did not say anything.

He was holding the coffee mug in one hand with well-defined knuckles and making the crisp sound of a spoon

stirring

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Sylvia looked at the back of his head and said sternly, “I believe that with your power, you must have already

investigatedand found out that | was once a married woman.”

“So what?” Eder took a sip of his coffee.

Sylvia was slightly puzzled.

‘Does that mean you don’t mind?”

Could it be that this man really had strange taste and liked married women?

She felt both spooked and disgusted that she began to talk nonsense in a serious voice:

“Mr. Grant, if you were able to investigate something, there is one matter my father must have kept from you.

When | was a child, we visited a fortune teller. According to him, | was born to be unlucky. If you heard about my

ex-husband, then | must tell you that | was the cause of his death.”

“Pfft...cough cough...”

Eder, who was drinking coffee, began choking, and his coffee spilled onto the brown carpet.

The bodyguard in the room quickly handed him a tissue.

Seeing such a strange reaction, Sylvia felt compelled to continue:

“You are the pillar of the Grant family, so | really don’t want to harm you. Our marriage is not suitable. Why don’t

we talk this over with the elders in our family and have it terminated?”

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