Chapter 318

Chapter 318 The Peace Before The Storm

After Rachel left, Old Mrs. Jones’s smile faded a little. “Now that she’s gone, just say what you want to.”

Hearing this, David smiled and looked at Old Mrs. Jones with an

unfathomable gaze. “As expected, nothing can escape your eyes.”

Old Mrs. Jones did not buy David’s flattery. She snorted softly. “Stop it. After all, you have a wife.

You’ve got such a glib tongue.”

David touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, “She will be

your future granddaughter–in–law and the next mistress of the Jones family.”

His tone was neither fast nor slow, and there was even a hint of indifference and laziness in it.

However, his words were filled with a resolute and decisive aura, causing one to be shocked.

When Old Mrs. Jones heard this, her expression did not change much. She said calmly, “Isn’t this

already set in stone?”

In other words, saying this was equivalent to saying nonsense.

She picked up the cup in front of her and looked at the coffee in it. She said. meaningfully, “You should

know that this is not what I’m worried about.”

David said, “I know. I’m here this time mainly because I hope that you can. give me the engagement

token from back then.”

Old Mrs. Jones frowned slightly. She looked up at David. “Have you really made up your mind?”

“Of course,” David answered smoothly, but he still looked at Old Mrs. Jones with a complicated gaze.

“It’s just that you’ve never told me how the engagement between the Johnson family and me came

about.”

Since he reached adulthood, David was aware that he was bound to a marriage contract, but the Jones

family had been pretty vague about the origin of the marriage contract.

As a result, over the years, David did not understand how the Johnson family in Seaxas was related to

the Jones family.

It had to be known that the major families of Aureliana had always had an

unwritten rule.

They would not marry anyone outside the island.

This made him even more curious about the origin of this engagement.

When Old Mrs. Jones heard his words, she was silent for a long time. It was so long that the

surrounding servants thought that this was the calm before the storm. They could not help but tense up

and wait quietly.

After an unknown period of time, Old Mrs. Jones said, “Since you’ve decided to annul the engagement,

why are you so obsessed with these things?”

“It seems that you don’t know her identity,” David said.

When Old Mrs. Jones heard this, her gaze on David suddenly became sharper, as if she wanted to see

through his skin and see the depths of his soul.

Suddenly, she chuckled. “Do you take me for one of those pedantic old fogeys?”

There was a hint of mockery in her words.

“Rumor has it that Seaxas’s richest family, the Johnson family, has a granddaughter with a different last

name. However, despite that, Old Mr. Johnson treats her as the apple of his eye.” David stood up and

made another cup of coffee for Old Mrs. Jones. His deep eyes were filled with a bottomless gloom.

He quietly observed Old Mrs. Jones’s expression. The corners of his mouth. curled up into a faint smile

that carried a hint of mystery. “What a coincidence. This person turns out to be Rae–Rae.”

This simple sentence was like a thunderclap that exploded in Old Mrs. Jones’s heart.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and her heart raced uncontrollably.

She had been through a lot in life. Even though she was shocked, she did not show it on her face. She

still looked calm and there was a hint of coldness in her eyes. “You secretly investigated her

background?“