Chapter 409 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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“I’m sorry for being late.” Lorelai finished saying that and headed toward Harriet. “Grandma.”

“Lorelai, you’ve grown into such a beautiful girl. Come on over and sit by my side.” Coincidentally, there was another empty spot next to Harriet, so Lorelai took a seat next to Harriet and greeted Anastasia. “Nice to meet you, Mrs. Presgrave, I’m Lorelai.”

“Nice to meet you,” Anastasia greeted Lorelai with a smile.

“Look at them. With these two beautiful ladies in attendance, we’re insignificant next to them,” one of the women said with a smile.

Instantly, the entire room erupted into laughter while Anastasia and Lorelai revealed shy looks on their faces.

Subsequently, the atmosphere of the room became less tense. As everyone chatted about the past, suddenly, someone piped up, “I remember Lorelai and Elliot were very close when they were kids. She used to trail after Elliot every day!”

Lorelai responded graciously, “That happened in the past when we were kids. I don’t quite recall it anymore.”

“Yes. Lorelai was quite a wild child when she was young,” Kendra added.

The woman who had brought up the topic suddenly caught herself as she glanced anxiously in Anastasia’s direction before lifting her tea cup and smiling awkwardly, “I was just mentioning this in passing.”

Harriet immediately tried to lighten the mood. “Elliot has always regarded Lorelai as his younger sister. He was too lonely when he was a kid.”

Anastasia realized that the crowd intentionally avoided any mention of this topic because they must be afraid that she would overthink the situation.

From her memory, Lorelai’s father was one of the extended descendants of the Presgrave Family lineage, and they were quite a well-to-do family. As such, logically, although Lorelai and Harriet had the same last name, Lorelai was completely unrelated by blood to Harriet’s line of the Presgraves.

As such, this became quite a sensitive topic.

“I heard that the bridesmaids in the wedding are some of the younger girls in the family. It’s quite unfortunate that I didn’t come back in time to be one of the bridesmaids.” Lorelai instantly mentioned, quite regretfully.

“It’s alright for not being on time to be one of the bridesmaids. You can join in when it’s time to pitch the bridal bouquet. I’m looking forward to attending your wedding celebration next.” Harriet comforted her.

At that point, everyone started to chime in, “Yeah! We’re all looking forward to attending your wedding celebration.”

Just then, Anastasia had the urge to go to the toilet. Lorelai instantly got up too. “Mrs. Presgrave, I’ll keep you company.”

“Sure, let’s go.” Anastasia and Lorelai went off together in the direction of the toilet.

Lorelai noticed then that there was a piece of leaf that had fallen on Anastasia’s hair, and she instantly voiced out, “Mrs. Presgrave, hold still for a moment. There is a piece of fallen leaf on your hair.”

Anastasia stood still at the mention of that, and Lorelai affectionately reached over to remove the leaf quite gently from Anastasia’s hair. “Done! I’ve removed the leaf.”

“Thanks.” Anastasia was quite grateful for the help.

“You’re welcome. You’re the young mistress of the entire Presgrace Family, so everyone respects you. The same goes to me.” Lorelai looked at Anastasia sincerely.

Anastasia knew the Presgrave Family rule, and she was initially quite astonished by it, but now she had finally accepted this completely.

“I hope we can get along better as friends,” Anastasia told her.

“I want to be your friend too. I’m not sure why, but I have a feeling we’ll hit it off right away.” Lorelai complimented her on her beauty, saying, “You are so beautiful.”

“And you’re just as gorgeous yourself,” Anastasia responded.

“People claim that beautiful women tend to fight with each other. I don’t think this statement is accurate since we can be really great friends,” Lorelai said.

“Yeah!” Anastasia exclaimed, nodding in agreement.

Anastasia went back to her villa after the tea party. Elliot took Jared out to sea for fishing, and they would not be back until later in the afternoon. It was a great chance for her to finish making preparations for the wedding.

When Anastasia was getting ready to take a nap in the afternoon, Adriana came in and said, “Madam, someone named Katrina wants to see you.”

“Please invite her in. Anastasia said after being slightly startled.

Soon, Katrina entered in her sexy attire. ‘I hope I didn’t bother you, Anastasia!” She greeted her warmly and when she looked at Anastasia’s luxurious home, she felt a little envious.

“Not at all. Did you have fun on the island? When is your brother going to come? Anastasia asked.

“He said that he would arrive no later than tomorrow morning.” Katrina sat on the couch and whispered on purpose, ‘Is your husband not at the villa?”

Anastasia responded, “He went out to the sea for fishing”

Katrina sighed with relief. “That’s good.” As soon as she finished speaking, she took out her phone and brought up the video clip she had taken in the morning. “Anastasia, take a look at this. I’m doing it for you. This footage was captured by pure coincidence.”

Anastasia then took the phone, which showed a video recording of Lorelai and Elliot having a lovely conversation. She had never seen a woman having such a pleasant chat with Elliot before.

‘Since she’s a Presgrave, you could perhaps assume she’s Elliot’s sister. Please delete this video clip!” She returned the phone to Katrina.

“A family member of the Presgraves?” After pausing for a few while, Katrina. said, “It seems like I’m overcomplicating things.”

After that, she deleted the video clip from her phone. “Anastasia, I need to ask you a question: do any of the guests here have the last name of Weiss? Would you mind introducing the two of us?”

‘I don’t know Young Master Weiss. He’s Elliot’s guest,’ Anastasia replied with the shake of her head because she could tell what Katrina was thinking.

It seemed to Katrina that Anastasia was harboring a grudge and refused to make the introductions. She sulked and remarked after that, ‘Still holding me responsible for things that happened in the past? Under those circumstances, you are indeed not suitable to be with my brother.”

“I’m done talking about the past now. I am grateful to your brother for his kindness, which I will always cherish.” Anastasia sipped from the tea cup in an attempt to get Katrina to leave the room.

Katrina took the hint and stood up. “Then, I’ll stop bothering you. I’m sorry for what went wrong in the past. Don’t hold anything against me. I hope that when you become the Young Mistress of the Presgrave Family, you will continue to help us.”

Her attitude changed quickly toward those in positions of power to her advantage.

“I’ll take care of your brother at the Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier where he works,” Anastasia responded, indicating that she would support Katrina’s brother rather than her.

Even if Katrina was still resentful, she couldn’t do anything but apologize to Anastasia with a smile. That’s awesome. I no longer have to worry about his future.”

She left the room.

Anastasia held the teacup in her palm, but her mind was preoccupied with the video. Elliot and Lorelai were childhood friends who grew up together. She learned from Old Madam Presgrave that it was best to keep her feelings and anger hidden and not show them.

In the future, she would need to deal with the people and affairs of the whole Presgrave Family, and she should have the most faith in her husband. She did not want to suspect anything and trust in her husband, and there was nothing more important than trusting in someone you care about deeply.

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