Upon hearing the other man's question, Oliver was puzzled. “I can name a few, but I'm by no means close to them. My wife does play cards with some socialites from prominent families, though. Why do you ask?”
“You don't need to know the details. Just help me find out if Mrs.
Nightshire of Nightshire Group has her eyes on anyone to be her daughter-in-law.”
“Understood.”
Oliver hung up the phone and relayed the question to his wife.
“Oh, that Mrs. Nightshire... I had the honor of meeting her when I visited friend yesterday. My friend said that Mr. Nightshire initially wanted her son to marry the daughter of the Greenes from Horington, but Susanne never brought it up again ever since the Greenes got into trouble.”
Oliver nodded. He had heard of this in passing.
“That means that there are currently no candidates,” he concluded.
“As far as I know, no. Word would have gotten out if there was such a person, just like it did with Ms. Greene. Since I haven't heard anything about it, I assume there is no potential daughter-in-law.”
Oliver nodded again and immediately called Jacob.
Jacob heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this information. A sense of peace and serenity washed over him.
I knew it! Mrs. Nightshire of Nightshire Group has two functioning eyes. There's no way she would approve of a bastard village girl! It doesn't matter that that girl's a Maxwell University graduate. She can never live up to Mrs. Nightshire's high expectations'.
However, both Oliver and Jacob seemed to have forgotten that Oliver's wife and her friends were only on the sidelines of the socialite group.
With their current status, they would never get the real scoop.
Another week flew by. Susanne often invited Arielle to play chess with her, and they grew much closer as a result.
A day before Arielle departed for Maxwell University, Susanne took it upon herself to pack Arielle's bags.
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