SWNOVELS Chapter 678
Rickard thought he heard wrong at first, but he frowned when he saw Hestia's frank expression. "Why are you getting married all of a sudden? Is it going to take place in Halwanest... And who are you getting married to?"
Seeing Rickard's anxious reaction, the corners of Hestia's lips inexplicably curled upward.
"It's to Nathaniel Tucker. You should know each other."
Of course, Rickard knew Nathaniel. Hearing this, his expression stiffened and he froze instantly. "Do you know what he did to you before? How could you marry him? What did he tell you...?"
Before Rickard could finish speaking, Hestia had already interrupted him. "No matter what he did back then, we're going to get married now."
Seeing Rickard's upset expression, Hestia felt extremely delighted deep down. "I'll send you an invitation. I sincerely hope that you'll be there."
Before Rickard could speak, Renfrew, who had been extremely quiet on the side, screamed abruptly at the top of his lungs.
"Renfrew." Rickard strode over, hugged Renfrew, and glared at Hestia. After seeing her frown irritably, he lowered his head and tried to calm Renfrew down.
"Okay, now take him out." Hestia sat down and continued calmly, "I'm about to start working now. And just for your information, the final version of the previous proposal has been approved. I admit that I came here in the first place only to make things difficult for your company and force you people into a full retreat, but I can't deny that your employees are skillful. As a partner of your company, I've approved you for the time being."
Rickard did not say anything and just picked Renfrew up and exited the office. This was Hestia's first time feeling that she had been left aside by Rickard. She was taken aback for a split second but then lowered her head without giving off any emotional disturbances.
'Isn't it just not being someone else's first choice? Shouldn't you have gotten used to this kind of thing?'
As the cooperation with Duval Group officially started and went smoothly, all Hestia needed to do was to occasionally work with Nathaniel to decide on some details of their wedding ceremony while Nathaniel prepared everything for the ceremony, causing him to not have time to bother her.
Everything was currently either completed or on hold, so Hestia finally had the time to settle down and think about the affairs surrounding her studio.
It was obvious that she did not know how to do it herself now. However, fortunately, money was way more useful than anything else when one was stuck in such an intersection in life. She found a lot of well- known Halwanese designers and screened them one by one, leaving behind a few who had showcased their ideologies and creativity a lot more than others.
Although she could no longer come up with exceptional designs now, her aesthetic was still there. As for Jessie, she had gotten familiar with the operations of a studio before, as she was the one who had been maintaining the studio during Hesper's disappearance, so handing the studio over to her left Hestia relatively at ease.
Furthermore, even if the management was really bad, it would still be very easy to keep the studio alive just by pumping more money into it, as Rachael had done.
Originally, everything went on pretty smoothly and steadily, at least until Matthew found out that Hestia was going to marry Nathaniel.
"My God, you're indeed a perplexed woman who doesn't know what you're doing now. How could you agree to marry Nathaniel?"
Matthew called Hestia directly, and although Hestia frowned, she still listened to Matthew's nag.
"Nathaniel regards our parents as his archenemies, the ones who killed his father. He even put you under house arrest before in order to make a move on us." Matthew never thought that Hestia would make such a decision. "If it weren't for him, you wouldn't have gone through all these incidents and ended up losing all your memories"
It was obvious that these things were not mentioned in the information that she obtained from the Deschamps, so Hestia frowned.
'Ever since I came to Genecity, the Deschamps informant network, which I've trusted wholly in the past six months, has become more and more cut off from the outside world than I can ever imagine. However, Nathaniel is the only person in this world who could provide me with the answers that I want. So regardless of whether I know about his past or not, I'll still have to agree to his proposal even if I know very well that I'm boarding a pirate ship at the moment.'
"Did you hear what I just said?"
Hestia responded with a hum, knowing that Matthew was only saying so because he was worried about her, so her tone slightly softened too. "It's just another form of business relationship that I have with him. I have my own sense of proportion... So don't worry, Matt."