Chapter 469: Marriage Talks About Seraphina (Part 1)

Chapter 469: Chapter 469: Marriage Talks About Seraphina (Part 1)

Seraphina Sterling wore a candy-blue sleeveless cocktail dress. The gentle curve of her shoulders was quite lovely, and a wide, cream-colored belt cinched her waist. A few sparkling rhinestones were the sole embellishments on the entire dress! Her tall, slender figure was particularly eye-catching. Her black hair was styled in an updo, pierced by a single milky-white hairpin. Her aura was elegant, her bearing as noble as a princess!

Ordinarily, a jade hairpin wasn’t quite suitable for someone Seraphina Sterling’s age. Girls her age usually wore diamonds and platinum! Only older women, tempered by the passage of time, could truly bring out the unique charm of jade! But Seraphina was different. She seemed to possess a magical energy that allowed her to perfectly interpret both the classical and the modern, blending the two together in seamless harmony!

Walter Sterling was delighted. He had intended for Seraphina Sterling to pick out some jewelry befitting her status, but in the end, she hadn’t chosen anything at all. Instead, she wore the jade hairpin he had given her! This was the first time Walter had seen Seraphina wear a piece of jewelry he’d bought for her at a public event, and his affection for his granddaughter grew even deeper!

Just because Seraphina Sterling hadn’t picked out any jewelry didn’t mean Walter Sterling bought her nothing. On the contrary, he bought even more, nearly cleaning out the entire jewelry counter at the Sterling Mall and bringing it home! He couldn’t help it. He felt that since Seraphina had no father, if he, her grandfather, didn’t protect her within the Sterling Family, she would be bullied to death by his second son’s family!

It had to be said, Walter Sterling doted on his granddaughter. Perhaps because he had tasted the pain of a white-haired elder burying a black-haired youth, he had transferred the love he had for his eldest son onto Seraphina Sterling! Or perhaps it was because Seraphina was simply that outstanding. Walter had an eye for talent, and his sharp gaze had already discerned Seraphina’s flair for business!

But he was old, after all, and his energy was limited. He couldn’t possibly watch over every little thing. However, the moment he discovered that Seraphina Sterling was being wronged or that her position was threatened, he would absolutely step forward! Just like today!

Owen Sterling had arrived representing the Sterling Group with his wife and daughter, but he made no mention of bringing Seraphina Sterling along! It made the outside world think that the Sterling Family only had one young lady—Faye Sterling! Many people didn’t even know Seraphina existed!

This displeased the old man. They were both young ladies of the Sterling Family, so how could their treatment be so different! That was why Walter Sterling had taken matters into his own hands and brought his granddaughter here himself. ’Seraphina’s birthday party is in a few days, but she doesn’t have any good friends in this circle. Her birthday can’t be attended only by people of our generation! Even if there are guests her age, she doesn’t know them well. How boring would that be!’

Walter Sterling’s intention was to let Seraphina meet more people her own age. ’In the future, the business world will belong to their generation! Some connections can only be forged by them. The relationships of the older generation are ultimately unreliable. In this society, people drift apart as soon as the tea gets cold!’

Seraphina Sterling was unaware of these thoughts in her grandfather’s mind. She had come today with only one purpose—to watch the show! But this show wasn’t so easy to watch. As it turned out, watching the show came with a price! The show-watcher, Seraphina, had first become the show herself!

"Seraphina Sterling! What are you doing here? The urgent matter you had this afternoon was to attend a birthday banquet? Is my grandfather’s birthday banquet something a person of your status can attend?" Shelby Fenton stood there in a floor-length gown, a massive, sparkling diamond necklace around her neck that could practically blind someone! It was just that her arrogant expression greatly diminished her beauty!

"What’s wrong with my status? Why can’t I attend? No matter how bad my status is, it’s still far better than the supposed ’Eldest Miss’ of the Fenton Family—a title that’s neither legitimate nor proper, right?" If this were anywhere else, Seraphina Sterling might have endured it, but not here. She was the Eldest Miss of the Sterling Family. Many of the older generation here, the ones she would call ’uncles’ and ’grandfathers’, already knew her identity. If she backed down and allowed herself to be mocked, it would be the same as letting the Sterling Family be mocked! It would be letting others walk all over them.