“Yes,” Mrs. Lafayette said with a smile. “Invite your uncles, aunts, and cousins too. Let’s treat it like a family gathering. It’s been ages since we had everyone together.”
But in truth, she wanted to show off her future son-in-law.
As the years passed and her children remained unmarried, people whispered. Some asked outright about her son and daughter’s marriages. Then came the gossip—that her children were too ambitious, that they’d rather chase success than settle down.
“What’s the point of being so capable,” people would murmur, “if she’s still unmarried?”
Plenty of wealthy daughters in their circle had already secured matches early, growing up alongside suitable young men before marrying them in their twenties. By now, many of them had children, yet still helped run the family business.
Unlike the Lafayette siblings, who only focused on work and money, while their personal lives seemed… barren.
Mrs. Lafayette had heard it one time too many. That was why she longed to see Romina marry someone outstanding, and Donovan find a good wife—if only to silence the whispers.
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