Originally, it was just an unintentional joke by the adults.
Unexpectedly, the moment Natalie heard this, her expression changed.
She turned her head over, stared at that servant strictly and said, “Nonsense! Hmph, what do you think the Foster family is? Even if the person Joel is going to marry isn’t the princess of the Johnson family, she should at least be a daughter from a wealthy family, what is that girl?
“She’s only the daughter of an adjutant, the Old Master valued her father so she’s only allowed to come over to play often. But you know, our family doesn’t deal with the military anymore, so that adjutant is useless now. What can their family do to help Joel in the business field?
“So, don’t let me hear anything like this in the future. The Foster family will definitely not let our son marry a girl of such a low birth, understand?”
The servant did not expect her to suddenly become so serious, so her face became pale out of fright.
She hastily agreed, “Yes Ma’am, I understand.”
Natalie nodded in satisfaction and continued to walk towards the living room.
However, as soon as they stepped into the living room, they saw the little girl standing there and looking at them in slight confusion.
The little girl was not considered that young anymore, she was already nine years old. She could understand what most adults are saying.
Although she did not completely understand, girls usually matured earlier than boys. Even if she was not sure why they were talking about her and Joel becoming lovers, she could tell from Natalie’s tone that she disliked the girl.
At that moment, the servant’s expression changed as she saw her.
The servant ran over to her awkwardly, smiled and said, “‘Miss Katz, You’re here? Why didn’t you say something? We didn’t even notice you.”
Her eyes and actions panicked, and she hurt Lucy when she held the girl’s little arm.
The young Lucy did not show any signs of pain, she just stared at Natalie.
Natalie looked at her indifferently, without any embarrassment or guilt from being caught talking ill about her.
She just stared at her coldly and laughed.
“Since you’re already here, come over to the backyard for a snack, if not your visit won’t be worth it.”
She then turned around and was ready to take Lucy to the backyard.
Unexpectedly, Lucy suddenly spoke carefully.
“It’s alright Auntie Wright.”
She put down all the little toys and arranged them on the table.
Then, she stood upright without fear,stared at Natalie and said, “I’ve played enough today, thank you for your hospitality, I’m going back home now.”
After speaking, she turned away and ran out.
Since then, Lucy had never gone to the Foster household again.
She will never forget Natalie’s disgusted and distained expression when she looked towards her.
That was the first time in Lucy’s life that she felt the malice of this world.
Lucy was a little princess in her parents’ eyes, although Adjutant Katz was not that wealthy, he had been by the Old Master’s side for many years. In the early days of war in the South and North, he had made great contributions and also gained some wealth.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to start a business and buy a house when he took Lucy and her mother to the South.
Therefore, Lucy had a decent family background.
Yet, even that kind of background, she was still disliked by Natalie.
However, no matter how fast her footsteps were, how could she win against a man?
Joel quickly hugged her from behind.
Lucy struggled subconsciously and shouted, “Joel, let go of me!”
“I’m not letting you go!”
Joel hugged her body tightly, his strength was so strong that she felt pain. It was as if he wanted to bind her into his body and merge together.
He rested his head on her shoulders, feeling her trembling body, he lowered his voice and said, “Lulu, I don’t agree on breaking up.”
Lucy was shocked.
Her movements stopped in an instant.
She could not believe it and asked, “What did you say?”
Joel repeated, “I don’t agree on breaking up!”
As he said that, he hugged her even more tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear before his eyes.
All of his suppressed emotions and reluctance could be heard from his voice.
“I don’t care why you want to leave me, or if you actually like me, I just want to tell you that I’m in love with you, hopelessly in love with you. You can either be together with me or just kill me. I can’t bear living without you, I don’t want to see you together with other men.
“The moment I think that you’ll be together with other men, I feel like I’ll go crazy. Lulu, don’t force me, and don’t test my feelings for you. Because I really don’t know what I would do if you do so.”
“Even if it’s out of pity, try being together with me, sincerely, without any biases, why don’t we give it a try? If you don’t want to meet my family, then we won’t meet them. As long as you are happy, as long as you promise that you won’t ever leave me, everything is up to you. If it still doesn’t work out or you still haven’t fallen in love with me after that, then it’s fine, I’ll give up.”
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