His Stunning Doctor Wife novel Chapter 1490

After a pause, Clara continued, "In order to shorten the gap between both our families, my father deliberately went to his old friend, Mr. Zheng for help."

"Mr. Zheng is the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern District. Besides, he is also a committee member of the Department of Commence of Zobery District. He has a lot of influence over the political and business industry. If our Moo family can win over the support of the Zheng family, then we have nothing else to worry about. We can suppress the Chai family and eventually become the number one family in Long City."

After hearing this, Fade nodded. He could acknowledge Taufeeq's intention, but he could not understand why he used his daughter as the bargaining chip. He asked skeptically, "In order to get the support of the Zheng family, your father wants you to get engaged to Keith?"

Clara shook her head and answered, "Actually, my father didn't force me. At first, my father never planned for an engagement. But two days ago, after Mr. Zheng and Keith came over to my house, Mr. Zheng proposed this idea to my father the next day." "Mr. Zheng was just giving a suggestion and my dad did not agree to it immediately. He said that Keith and I should spend more time together and get to know each other, then only will we decide if the engagement is official!"

"I don't have any feelings for Keith and I've asked around about his reputation back in his hometown. He doesn't seem like a gentleman at all. What's more, Keith has been pestering me these few days, and he often wants to get all touchy. He's very frivolous. So, I don't want to get engaged to him at all."

"I told my dad about this in private and wanted him to reject Mr. Zheng's engagement, but my dad was worried that it would jeopardize the relationship between our families, so he asked me to wait and only talk about this matter after the Lantern Festival."

"Seeing that my family did not reject the engagement, he thought that we had agreed to it and he even thought that I'm in love with him. He was touching me more than usual, and even wanted to invite me out for a drink last night."

Hearing this, Fade finally understood what had happened.

This so- called engagement was just a verbal agreement between their fathers and there was no confirmation of things.

On the Moo family's side, they took their relationship into account, so they did not dare to reject them immediately. On Keith's side, he was too arrogant. He thought that since Clara did not decline him on the spot, she must be in love with him. Hence, he started to get physical with her.

After sorting out the situation, Fade gently patted Clara's head and said, "Clara, you don't have to do this to yourself. If you have any opinions, don't keep them in your heart and just voice them out. If you find it difficult to talk to your father, I'll persuade him later."

Clara nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Chen, thank you, but it's all right. I'll be fine after tonight."

They continued to walk around. Suddenly, a huge bright firework lit up in the air, attracting everyone's attention.

Clara saw this and said to Fade and the others, "Brother Chen, the lantern festival is about to begin. Let's go back to the wooden building. You will have the best view over there."

Thus, they immediately returned to the wooden building. A bunch of people had already gathered back there, but it was obvious that everyone was still seated according to their social status. The higher their social status, the higher the floor they were on.

Fade and the rest returned to the third floor. Compared to the previous time he was here, the third floor was obviously filled with more people.

The group of people that centered around Taufeeq were mainly members of the Moo family and the distinguished guests that Taufeeq had invited.

On the other end was the Chai family. They mainly consisted of the current leader of the Chai family, Cadmus Chai, and the guests invited by the Chai family.