Chapter 441 - Toxic Aunt
After hesitating for a long while, Lena nevertheless decided to call Lucas.
"Lucas, uh, Tristan Parker, died last night. Do you know about this?" Lena asked cautiously.
Lucas"s voice was calm and without a trace of emotion. "Is that so? That"s probably retribution for his usual misdeeds, but that will nullify your engagement with him forever. Your father won"t continue forcing you either."
Lena froze in shock. She couldn"t tell anything from his tone. In that case, does Lucas have anything to do with Tristan Parker"s death?
She began to contemplate and hesitate, but she couldn"t ask Lucas straightforwardly if he was related to Tristan"s death.
Thus, she could only say, "My father just called me, and he"s really mad. The Parkers are furious too. You… In short, just be careful!"
Lucas casually responded before saying, "Cheyenne is calling me. I think she wants me to get ready to attend her cousin"s wedding. I"ve got to go now. Bye."
Then he hung up.
Lena held her phone in hand and couldn"t calm down for a long time.
Hearing Lucas speak in such a calm tone, she thought, He probably didn"t kill Tristan… right?
In fact, Lena marrying Tristan would have definitely been beneficial to both their families, but it was also something that many people dreaded.
She was victim to several a.s.sa.s.sination attempts before, so she didn"t rule out the possibility that Tristan might have died due ti an a.s.sa.s.sination.
Why should we a.s.sume that Lucas killed Tristan? Lena frowned and sent several text messages to her father.
At this moment, Lucas, in the room next door, had also just spoken to Cheyenne over the phone and learned of the wedding venue.
Although they had an unpleasant time at the Turners" farmhouse villa yesterday, those people were still Cheyenne"s mother"s family.
Cheyenne"s maternal grandparents had a total of three children, with the eldest being Cheyenne"s mother, Karen; followed by Nikki"s mother, Gretchen; and lastly, Cheyenne"s uncle, Alex, their most precious son.
Karen had given birth to Cheyenne and Charlotte, while Gretchen had given birth to Nikki, her only daughter. Meanwhile, Alex had a son, Dylan, who was also the only heir of the Turners.
Eddie had an old-fas.h.i.+oned mindset, and he always thought that only male heirs could carry on the family"s bloodline. So he decided to throw a lavish wedding for his only grandson.
Even though Lucas loathed the Turners, he wanted to rush over to send congratulatory gifts for Cheyenne"s sake. Otherwise, they would end up being criticized for being impolite.
Lucas deliberately put on the gray Zegna trench coat, which had cost $72,000, that Cheyenne had specially chosen for him previously.
After putting it on, he checked himself out in the mirror. He was handsome, das.h.i.+ng, tall, and had good proportions to begin with, so after putting on a designer trench coat, he looked extremely refined and poised.
Seems like I won"t embarra.s.s Cheyenne today.
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Dylan"s wedding was being held in one of the largest hotels in the city.
Although it was only around eight in the morning, the Turners had already rushed to the entrance of the hotel and were ready to receive guests.
From time to time, the Turners" friends and relatives would arrive to send their well wishes and present the wedding gifts. They would then be welcomed into the hotel.
Almost all the guests who came couldn"t help but subconsciously look at a few of the people welcoming the guests.
They were Cheyenne, Charlotte, and the adorable Amelia.
The Turners" relatives all knew that Karen and Gretchen were both quite pretty, which was why they could marry into the somewhat esteemed Carter family of Orange County and Heron family of LA.
Although these two families were second-tier families in their respective cities and couldn"t be considered prestigious, their statuses were much higher than the Turners. So many of their relatives were very envious that Karen and Gretchen could marry into wealthy families.
But all the guests were now even more amazed and shocked to see the gorgeous Cheyenne and Charlotte.
They were both prettier than their mother, Karen, and even Cheyenne"s five-year-old daughter was already much prettier than many child actresses her age.
Gretchen"s face became more and more sullen when she heard everyone praising Cheyenne and Charlotte.
The reason being, her daughter, Nikki, was far less beautiful than Cheyenne and Charlotte. Her face was too squarish and angular, her nose was too flat, and her eyes were a tad bit too small. In short, she hadn"t inherited her mother"s beauty!
Although Nikki was considered pretty with makeup on, she was still far inferior to Cheyenne and Charlotte!
Under normal circ.u.mstances, Nikki would have greeted the relatives nicely and entertained them well. But for some reason, she stood in a corner and refused to smile or greet them today. She seemed to be in a daze too.
She already paled in comparison to Cheyenne and Charlotte and now seemed even more inferior.
Gretchen was disgruntled and furious that Cheyenne and Charlotte had stolen the limelight from her daughter, so she deliberately asked the obvious, "Cheyenne, why do you keep looking around? Are you waiting for someone?"
Charlotte glanced at her and harrumphed coldly when she saw her scheming gaze.
She knew that Gretchen was asking this on purpose, and once everyone looked over curiously, she would start making an issue out of Lucas again. She would even deliberately criticize and undermine Lucas.
"Aunt Gretchen, you"re waiting for someone too, aren"t you? Are you waiting for your husband? Actually, why didn"t he come over with you since he"s a native of LA?" Charlotte deliberately asked.
The smile on Gretchen"s face stiffened for a moment, and she soon laughed while teasing, "Ah, I"ve just realized that you"re a big girl now and almost twenty-six years old. Why don"t you have a boyfriend yet? Take heart that women tend to have a harder time finding a good boyfriend the older they get! Do you need me to introduce you to a few young chaps? Or is there anyone you"ve taken a fancy to here? I"ll help you out with it!"
Gretchen was speaking so loudly that many people turned to look at Charlotte.
In fact, Charlotte hadn"t even turned 24 years old yet and was actually at the prime of her youth. She was naturally pretty and had even become the general manager of the famous Stardust Corporation of Orange County at such a young age. She had a long list of suitors.
But Gretchen was deliberately implying that Charlotte was left on the shelf and was trying to make Charlotte seem as though she was desperate to get married.
Gretchen"s words immediately made many mediocre men develop some ideas they shouldn"t have as they stared at Charlotte with burning gazes.