Jacob stood up and enunciated each word slowly. "I will go to the Grants
with Kate to talk about the marriage arrangement in detail."
"Thank you for backing me up, Uncle Jacob!" Kate was overjoyed.
"I'll leave the task to you then, Jacob." Hector nodded at him.
"Wait for our good news, everyone!" Jacob looked around the room and nodd
ed at his brothers before leaving with Kate in tow. Hector seemed deep in
thought as he watched them leave.
Over in Natasha's room, she laid on her bed with her eyes closed as Dusti
n sat beside her, meticulously applying an ointment to her wound. The wou
nd on Natasha's face wasn't severe, and after applying some of Dustin's s
pecial ointment, it was clearly much better than it had been
before.
"Sis! I have good news!" Ruth barged into the room excitedly.
"Oh? What's the good news?" Natasha asked with her eyes still closed, enj
oying the attentive
treatment Dustin was giving her.
"Uncle Jacob suggested that someone else take your
place for the marriage alliance during the meeting earlier on, and Kate s
tood up and volunteered herself! She said that she would take your place
and marry Tyler. Everyone agreed!" Ruth announced with joy.
"Kate offered to marry Tyler?" Natasha sat up in surprise when she heard
what Ruth said. "Are you
sure that you heard right, Ruth?"
"Of course! I heard it loud and clear!" Ruth nodded with certainty. "Uncl
e Jacob and Kate have
already left for the Grants
to discuss the matter. As long as Tyler agrees to it, we'll have nothing
left to worry about!"
"That's great! Kate has always been after wealth and status, anyway. She'
d be the best candidate to marry Tyler!" Natasha was glad.
"That's right! You won't need to suffer; Kate will get what she wants; an
d both families will be at
peace with each other. We'll be getting the best of both worlds!" Ruth sm
iled brightly.
"Ladies, it's too early to be happy just yet. I'm afraid things might not
be so easy." Dustin put a damper on the situation.
"What do you mean? Isn't it a good thing that my sister will not have to
marry Tyler?" Ruth asked curiously.
"Of course it is, but the question is, would Tyler agree to it?" Dustin p
roceeded to explain his view on the situation. "I've only met Tyler once,
but I can tell straight off the bat that he's an arrogant and conceited
person. And people like him rarely accept changes once they've made up th
eir
mind."
The Harmon sisters frowned when they heard that.
"So what you're
saying is that Tyler will not agree to the swap?" Natasha probed.
"He will most likely refuse the notion." Dustin put his ointment away and
handed Natasha a glass of water before stating nonchalantly, "Things wou
ld have worked out fine if he had been the one who came up with the idea
of swapping, but he would never accept it if others were the ones to sugg
est it and mess with his marriage."
"No way, he can't be so stubborn, can he?" Ruth could not seem to believe
it.
"This isn't about being stubborn. It's the sense of superiority that he w
as born with. Simply put, he's the only person who's allowed to be in cha
rge, and no one else is allowed to challenge that," Dustin expounded.
"You say it like it's already set in stone. Well, what if Kate succeeds?"
Ruth challenged.
"Of course, it's best if she succeeds, but all I'm saying is that you sho
uldn't bear high hopes." Dustin wasn't entirely sure either.
"Ruth, go wait in the meeting room. Inform me as soon as you get any news
," Natasha instructed.
"Alright." Ruth nodded and left.
Around dusk, Jacob and Kate finally returned to the Harmon estate. They d
idn't look too pleased.
"How'd it go, Jacob? Did Tyler agree to it?" Trent immediately stood up a
nd asked Jacob the
moment he saw the two of them coming in through the doors.
"Like hell, he agreed!" Jacob was riled up. "Tyler Grant is as stubborn a
s a mule! No matter what I said or what offers I made him, he simply refu
sed to agree! He insists on marrying Natasha, and that's the end of the d
iscussion. He even threatened us, saying that if Natasha did not appear
as his bride on the
day of the wedding, he'd bring his troops in and annihilate all of us Har
mons!" A commotion broke out in a split second.