Chapter 511
The meal had made everyone in the Langston Family quite nervous. Upon seeing Robert’s attitude
toward Caleb, everyone was doubting Caleb’s position.
Because Robert did not introduce Caleb to the Langston Family and Caleb did not make his position
clear, the rest of the family members did not know how they should treat him.
On the other hand, even though Heather knew his high-ranking position, she was quite indifferent as it
was nothing to her and she had no interest in the military. After all, not only was she a talented
businesswoman, she also liked entrepreneurs more than military men.
An outstanding entrepreneur would warrant second nces from her, but sometimes she also
wondered why she had her eyes on entrepreneurs. It was as if she had decided that she wanted her
future husband to be involved in business.
After the lunch, Caleb showed no signs of leaving, but Heather wanted to look for an excuse to return
to her room. However, his asional nces at her made her swallow her words back even though
she was on the verge of saying them aloud.
She extremely hated the feeling as she never had to ingratiate to anyone else. Keeping in mind that
Robert had to entertain Caleb even though he was not feeling well, she could not bring herself to find
an excuse to leave.
The minute she thought about how Robert had to please Caleb and apany him even though
Robert was unwell, her impression toward Caleb worsened.
Heather tried to understand what Caleb thought when she exchanged several nces with him, but he
would not simply reveal his true thoughts to her, so she did not find any breakthroughs.
On the other hand, ke was unhappy that she had received special attention from Caleb. If they were
really nning to have a further rtionship, ke could be oppressed by her for the rest of his life.
Caleb did not like many people around him, so Robert asked everyone to leave after Caleb quietly
whispered in Robert’s ears. Heather was delighted to hear that, thinking that she could finally escape
from the meaningless socialization. After all, she had nomon interests with Caleb.
To her surprise, he had purposely singled her out and asked her to stay while dismissing everyone
else, which made her feel rather amused.
Of course, Robert would not leave Heather alone with Caleb, so the three of them stood awkwardly
together in the garden while she supported Robert’s left hand.
Caleb was standing to their right, emanating an oppressive aura with his tall figure. He was probably
around 1.9 meters tall. Heather wondered what type of food he had eaten to reach such a height that it
made her look like a dwarf next to him.
Even Robert seemed short when he stood next to Caleb. As humans grew older, their height would
decrease—just like Robert at this moment. He did not even reach 1.8 meters and he looked rather
skinny.
Heather liked the garden in the backyard that emanated a floral scent from the flowers that seemed to
be constantly blooming throughout the entire year—with the red and white flowers painting a beautiful
scenery. Standing amidst the flowers, the floral scent had brightened their day.
“General Moriarty, do you have any important matters to attend to in Bradfort City?”
Upon hearing Heather’s question, Caleb stopped in his tracks and Robert’s expression immediately
changed. The three of them seemed to be frozen in their tracks. It was only after a while that Caleb
turned his face to address her with a slight flicker in his calm eyes, making it a rather interesting scene.
“My marriage,” he replied without any hesitation.
Robert’s face darkened as he did not expect Caleb to cut to the chase. Back then, the nned
marriage between the Langston Family and the Moriarty Family had already failed. Are they going to
take revenge on us? With that thought in mind, Robert tightly clenched his fists as he would not allow
anyone to hurt Heather.
After being influenced by Robert, she also became slightly nervous as the topic seemed to be referring
to her. Just when she was undecided on whether to y dumb or not, Caleb continued to speak.
“For a man to settle down, being in the thirties is a good age, yet I’ve already passed this stage. It’s
time for me to think about my marriage now.” His tone turned slightly mellow. When he was speaking
about his marriage earlier, he seemed more resentful.
“More people are getting married at ater age nowadays. Perhaps, it’s not a good benchmark to settle
down in one’s thirties anymore,” Heather calmly replied since it was precisely at this moment that she
needed to keep her cool.
Caleb firmly curled his lips into a slight smile as he loosened his tie. In a nonchnt way, he said, “In
that case, do you think that arranged marriage is a traditional idea, Miss Langston?”
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As soon as she heard the words ‘arranged marriage’, her heart sank. Sure enough, my foreboding
premonition is true!
On the other hand, Robert looked like he was about to copse anytime soon.
“Are you alright, Grandpa?” She whispered into his ears as she was worried that something could
happen to him.
“I’m fine.” His low voice sounded sombre.
After being assured that Robert was doing alright, Heather raised her head to look at Caleb and
replied, “It seems that arranged marriage is never out of style.” Of course, she knew perfectly well the
words she should say and the ones she should avoid.
Upon hearing her reply, Caleb continued to speak, “Looks like you are not opposed to it, Miss
Langston.”
After she heard his words, she felt slightly ufortable, but she did not know why he came to such a
conclusion. As she thought about it from another angle, perhaps he merely wanted her to ept his
answer, so she suppressed her objection..
“I’m neutral about it,” Heather responded with a smile to feign nonchnce.
Robert wanted to add a statement, but he did not open his mouth in the end. Since everything had
reached this point, he did not want to furtherplicate things.
After they had finished with their walk around the garden, she no longer felt happy—no matter how nice
the flowers had smelled. Not wanting her to hang out with Caleb anymore, Robert found an excuse to
return to the living room. Once they were back indoors, he assumed that Caleb would not find any
more excuse to continue with his stay.
Sure enough, after they had returned to the living room, he did not create further excuses to extend his
stay. Instead, he left almost immediately. It was only after he had left that both Heather and Robert
heaved a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their chests.
She followed him into his study after staying in the living room for a while. He decided to be frank with
her about what had exactly happened. After all, judging from her intelligence, he felt that it was no
longer necessary to continue to hide it from her.
Heather did not like such a situation and the study contained an oppressive aura that made her feel
suffocated. Robert beat around the bush for a long time—he wanted to open up to her a few times, but
he suppressed his urge in the end. In fact, she would rather that he revealed everything in a
straightforward manner as she felt helpless upon seeing him deferring the topic.
“Heather, what are your thoughts on General Moriarty?” After thinking for a long time, he finally blurted
out such a question.
She did not understand what he actually meant by asking that question, which made her feel rather
awkward. She did not understand why he asked her such a question and it seemed quite blunt.
Nevertheless, Heather replied with honesty, “Not too good. He has a harsh air around him and I can
almost smell the blood that dirtied his hands.” In conclusion, she did not like anything about him and
even wondered whether he was a violent person.
“You don’t like him at all?” Robert asked again.
She shook her head. Her expression had clearly revealed everything—it was almost impossible for her
to fall for Caleb. Robert had no idea what kind of reply he expected from her, but he was determined
not to sacrifice her happiness.
“The arranged marriage that he mentioned earlier was with our family too?” Heather immediately
voiced her question. As there were only both of them in the room, they couldpletely speak their
minds.
“Yes,” he replied firmly as he thought about how the Langston Family had promised the Moriarty Family
back then. I guess we can’t break all ties because of that incident.
“Is it with me?” She pointed at herself incredulously. After all, she had never expected to be rted to
something that was impossible.
“That’s right,” Robert replied arduously. He wanted to exin everything to her, but he did not know
where to begin.
“It’s impossible,” Heather firmly said. It was impossible for her to have an arranged marriage with
another man, let alone with Caleb, who did not leave a good impression on her at all.
“Don’t worry. Unless you are willing to do so, I won’t force you.” Robert sided with her as he did not
think that Caleb was a good match for her anyway.
“Grandpa, is there something about this that I don’t know about?” As observant as she had always
been, Heather could tell that there were hidden conspiracies in this event on top of being sure that
there were many twists and turns about this too.
Robert wanted to speak, but he immediately stopped. How should I exin it to her? I haven’t even
thought about what to say.
“I have to begin with the grudges in my generation.” He sighed. I’m so embarrassed to admit that our
grudges even implicate our next generation.
“With the Moriarty Family?” She had a feeling that the connection between the Langston Family and
Moriarty Family was not that simple. She had no idea whether it was good or bad, but she suspected
that there were many secrets that she had no idea about.
“You can put it that way. Back then, the Moriarty Family was our family friend.” Robert recalled what
had happened back then when the Moriarty Family had not even migrated to Leisfeld.
“Family friend?” Heather looked at him inquisitively as she could not imagine how they were once so
close with each other.
He nodded seriously. “The Moriarty Family migrated to Leisfeld back then. They are not locals there.”
With that being mentioned, she became even more confused. He’s an immigrant in that country, but he
manages to be a general in their military. I wonder what kind of extraordinary talent he has.
“Let’s head to the hospital first, Grandpa.” She did not want to continue to listen to him and he looked
pale, so she wanted to bring him to the hospital.
Robert waved his hands in dismissal. “There’s no need. I understand my own body well.” Even though
his body condition deteriorated and he was not as healthy as he used to be, he knew that he had not
reached his limit.
“Grandpa, I would like to return to my room first.” Heather wanted to return to her room to calm herself
down and she did not want to listen to the rest of the story. After all, there were many things that
happened one after another recently.
It’s difficult for her too. Robert nodded heavily. It’s also fine not to tell her everything now. I just hope
that Caleb doesn’t quickly take any action and buy me some time instead. This will be better for
Heather to deal with it too.
The conversation had made him realize something new about her. It turns out that her reaction is
different from what I’ve imagined.
Even Heather herself did not expect that she would choose not to continue listening to him. If this had
happened in the past, she would want to understand Caleb, who suddenly appeared in their lives. In
fact, when he arrived, she thought of using her own methods to investigate this man who emitted a
certain danger around him.