chapter 196

Kate looked at her daughter who looked beautiful in her ceremony dress for the engagement. "Ah, kathy. You look lovely. Eric will be so mesmerized," she giggled.Kathy shyly smiled. "Mom…" she asked, "Mom, what about Eric? Is he ready too?"She laughed. "I am sure he must have. Already cannot wait huh?"She pouted. "I cannot help it, Mom. I worked so hard for the Old Madam to notice me and approve me for Eric. I cannot wait for the ceremony and finally become his fiance officially!"Suddenly, the temperature dipped in the room as the Old Madam entered. Kathy bowed. "Old Madam."She narrowed her eyes and scrutinized kathy carefully. "Hm. I don't need to tell you how you should behave. Don't talk to the guests. Eric will attend to them. You just have to stand beside him and smile."She nodded.The Old Madam left and as she saw Frank outside, she said, "Where is Eric?"He gulped. "Boss is on his way!"It was too soon to tell the explosive news that there would be no groom tonight. He wanted to delay it as long as possible while Elvis also made preparations for making it unable to trace his whereabouts."He is still on his way?" The Old Madam's gaze darkened. "What is he doing?""Tomorrow is a weekend so he had to sort out a lot of stuff," he anxiously said."The ceremony will start in thirty minutes. Exactly at seven, I want him down and dressed exactly like I want him to. I don't care where he is now. He must be on time."He quickly nodded. "Yes, Old Madam."As she left, Fu Renshu leaned on the wall.Oh, God. How long will I be able to hold onto this farce?---The car stopped and Eric stepped out. He opened the passenger seat door. "We are here."Lucy silently took a deep breath.Okay. Let's do this.As Eric led her the way, she saw a massive mansion. Her eyes popped out of her sockets, seeing such a huge and intimidating structure."S-so huge…But this is not Sunshine Meadows, right…?" She mumbled."No," Eric said. "It's a house I have newly bought for the special celebration."Her shoulders slumped.So nice…That crease woman is so lucky.Suddenly, she felt darkness around. "Ah? Boss, why did you put a blindfold on me?""You will find it once we head inside. Let's go."Eric smiled and walked inside with her. As he stopped, he opened the blindfold and said, "En. You can open your eyes now."Lucy tightened her fingers into her palm and as her heart thudded faster in her chest, she slowly opened her eyes. But the scene she witnessed shocked her out of her wits.The whole mansion was decorated in violet. Violet curtains, balloons and flowers... wherever she gazed at, she could only see everything in violet. There was a small fountain in the garden outside that was arranged with lights in such a way that the water reflected violet light as it gushed upwards. The floor of the mansion had a violet hue in the tiles as well. The chandeliers above cast a golden light with a violet tinge in them.It was so breathtaking that Luct forgot to breathe. Everything was in her favorite color, but at the same time, it didn't look too excessive and gaudy. The shades perfectly matched in sync with all the arrangements."This is so beautiful…"Eric, who felt nervous about her reaction, heaved a sigh of relief as he noticed the visible happiness and gleam in her eyes. Lucy looked at him in a daze and asked, "Boss, what is this?"Instead of answering her, Eric pulled her towards a table at the center of the massive hall and showed her the cake that was also decorated with violet sweet confetti and the icing upon it was plum violet. Lucy widened her eyes. "Cake?"On the cake, it was written - Happy One Month Anniversary!