Aaron added, “That’s right. If Zoey didn’t agree to it, she’ll already be kicking up a fuss. But look. She’s nowhere to be found, so that means she agrees to it.”
The Black family were lying through their teeth.
Jennie was keeping an eye on Zoey and making sure that the latter could not even get a chance to speak.
“Is that so? I’m relieved then. We’ll have the engagement on the day after tomorrow at Stardust Hotel. My family will come too,” Landyn replied.
“Of course. We’ll meet again on the day after next.”
Meredith and the others could not keep their smiles off their faces.
Soon, the shocking news spread across South City.
The grandson of Kurt, Landyn, was marrying the granddaughter of the Black family.
As Kurt’s grandson, Landyn was instantly placed under the spotlight.
After all, Kurt was a prominent figure in the South Hampton corporate world.
Every neighboring country had heard of his name.
He was the president of the South Hampton Chamber of Commerce.
He was the man who ruled over the economy.
The Gates family were like royals.
They owned hundreds of private banks.
Zoey, too, was in the spotlight.
She was married for six years before she divorced, and her ex-husband had been in jail for six years.
Essentially, it was as if she had never married.
Furthermore, the Blacks had intentionally slandered Levi’s reputation. They told the public that Levi was a horrible man who had left her after receiving ten million from them. Not to mention, Levi had refused to admit that he had taken the bribery from the Blacks.
With that, many were cursing at Levi.
Soon, the entire South City found out about Zoey and Landyn’s engagement.
Even the citizens of South Hampton had found out about it.
A commotion broke out in the upper echelon society in South City.
The reason being Kurt would be attending his grandson’s engagement the day after the next.
For a man like him to come to South City was as though God himself was arriving.
Anyone who managed to build a relationship with Kurt would have a bright future secured.
Many upper-class families began to envy the Black family. They could barely believe their good luck in having a union marriage with the Gates family.
The Black family was destined to be a powerful family in South City. In fact, it was likely that they would rise to become the wealthiest family there.
In the course of just one afternoon, dozens of significant figures came to visit the Black family.
Once upon a time, these people looked down on the Black family.
Both Meredith and Robert were beyond excited.
From now on, the Blacks would have connections with people in the military, corporate, and political world.
They had Russell in the military world, Logan in the political world, and Zoey in the corporate world.
The Black family was about to rise to the top.
Even Caitlyn and Aaron were sighing in disbelief at the consequences of Zoey and Levi’s divorce.
The fact that they were going to be Landyn’s future parents-in-law stunned them.
From now on, they were free to do anything in Quebec and even South Hampton.
They dared not imagine this in the past.
“You’re still too inexperienced. If Zoey had been by my side earlier, this would have happened long ago,” Meredith lamented.
Aaron flashed her an embarrassed smile. “Mom, you’re definitely much better at planning than us.”
“Hahaha! Of course!”
Meredith and Robert were proud of how things had turned out.
Just then, Zoey ran over to them.
She had just found out about her engagement with Landyn; the Black family had never told her about it.
She could not believe that the entire South City had heard about it but her.
“Grandpa, Grandma, why did you arrange a marriage for me without asking for my opinion? Why did everyone find out about the engagement before I did?” Zoey seethed.
“Zoey, your marriage has been decided. This is all for your own good.” Meredith waved her hands dismissively.
“No! I don’t agree with this marriage. I don’t even love him!” Zoey rejected.
“Then who do you love?” Meredith asked in a grave tone.
“The one I love is Levi Garrison!”
