Charlotte shivered with fear.
How could she dare to talk carelessly about him?
But when faced with Vivian’s curious and earnest expression, Charlotte bit her lip and still said, "Sir... is reticent, gloomy... he should be a very lonely person."
Vivian Sinclair: Reticent? Gloomy?
Julian Thorne is a lonely person, she can feel that.
But those two words above have no relation to him at all!!
Julian Thorne has quite the sharp tongue.
He always manages to hit the mark with his words.
And his insights are unique, always able to pinpoint the essentials.
Does this have anything to do with being reticent?
"Forget it, seeing how terrified you all are of him usually, you probably don’t know what he’s really like."
Vivian shook her head, giving up on understanding Julian Thorne’s thoughts.
Charlotte replied, "Miss Sinclair, we really are all quite afraid of him."
"Because he used to co ho every day, and aside from seeing the young lady, he barely talked to anyone."
"Even Matron Turner and the forr Butler Turner only occasionally received a few words of instruction. The rest of us have never seen him as he is now."
Vivian was a bit surprised and looked at Charlotte, waiting for her to continue speaking.
Charlotte thought, Felix the butler ntioned that Miss Sinclair is a very special guest at Crestfall Villa, so everyone’s requirents should be t as much as possible.
Regarding matters about him, even if she spoke, it wouldn’t be considered a violation, would it?
Moreover, she didn’t say anything else; it’s sothing everyone in the manor knows.
Even if she didn’t say anything, if Miss Sinclair asked around, she would still find out the sa information, wouldn’t she?
Fulfill every requirent, which ans cooperating with all efforts.
Charlotte understood this sentence well, nodded at once, and continued, "Sir beca the family head of The Thorne Family when he was seventeen."
"That was ten years ago, and I hadn’t joined The Thornes yet. I just heard that at the beginning, Madam still lived at ho, and Sir would talk about work and the young lady when he ca back every day."
"Later, they often quarreled."
"After Madam moved out of the villa, it was just him and the young lady in this house."
"It’s said that since then, you rarely hear Sir’s voice in this household."
"At least, in the three years I’ve been here, the tis he spoke at ho... are fewer than during the ti you’ve been here."
Vivian Sinclair pointed at herself, "?"
Charlotte’s tone beca sowhat lighter, "Yes. Just you, Miss Sinclair!"
"Didn’t you know?"
"Since you arrived at Crestfall Villa, there’s been a significant change in this household!"
"Firstly, everyone has witnessed the young lady’s gradual improvent."
"Then, there’s Sir, who used to always eat alone in the dining room, and the young lady rarely joined him at the table."
"Now he not only has soone to eat with, but he can also talk with you at the dining table."
"The fact that it could happen with Sir, who is heavy on rules in this villa, is simply incredible."
"Sotis when we see you two together and Sir seems more alive, we get so excited."
Charlotte might have realized she was too excited, so she cleared her throat first, then stabilized her emotions before continuing, "Miss Sinclair, all of this happened because you ca."
"So in your eyes, perhaps he is not really a reticent, gloomy, and reclusive person."
"But these changes happened because of you."
After Charlotte left, Vivian Sinclair was still pondering over her words.
Julian Thorne used to be... so lonely?
Eating alone in such a large dining room.
Returning ho without speaking.
In such a large villa, he was as lonely as a shadow...
Vivian thought of her own year and more of marriage to Austin Grant, living alone in that villa, and often not seeing him for ten days or half a month.
He was busy with work, always making excuses not to co back.
Vivian had felt in those years the loneliness of eating alone, living in a house alone, having no family to return to, no career, no relatives, no friends, as if she’d been abandoned by the whole society.
For her, it was just over a year, but it was enough to taste the unbearably long pain.
He had ten years of that...
After eating, Vivian Sinclair washed up quickly.
After changing into clean clothes and heading downstairs, she was just about to ask where Stella was when Felix handed her a file.
"Miss Sinclair, this is what Sir prepared for you."
"He said to give it to you for your perusal when you ca downstairs."
Vivian took it and found it was the agreent she had previously signed!
She took it but didn’t open it imdiately and instead looked at Felix, "Thank you."
Felix had been craning his neck, hoping to watch her reaction.
It seed she didn’t want him to see it now.
Feeling a bit disappointed, Felix retreated. Vivian went to an empty parlor and then opened it.
The blank agreent had beco a "Marriage Agreent"!!
Vivian almost choked on her tea.
She abruptly closed the agreent and cursed in her heart: Julian Thorne, it turns out you planned this all along!
However, seeing this marriage agreent, Vivian’s heart unexpectedly cald down.
Julian Thorne wanted to marry her, likely considering the babies in her belly.
The Thorne Family cannot have an illegitimate child scandal.
So, it must be a legitimate child.
Vivian Sinclair wants to keep the baby in her belly, and he must give a legitimate status.
It was only after a night’s sleep that Vivian Sinclair woke up and figured this out.
Now that there’s a marriage agreent, maybe he wants a hidden marriage.
Even if the child’s matter is exposed in the future, the fact that they had a marriage would legitimize the child.
As for obscuring the child’s age, it shouldn’t be difficult with his capabilities.
So, his desire to marry her, to be her husband, should just be an agreent marriage?
Vivian Sinclair steadied her nearly unsettled emotions, put down the teacup, and then closely examined the marriage agreent.
The agreent is short.
But the content is clear at a glance.
Vivian Sinclair wishes to have the baby in her belly and wants to raise the child together with The Thorne Family, the only condition being that she and The Thorne Family must have a legitimate marriage!
But the more she read, the more Vivian Sinclair realized sothing was off.
Isn’t this supposed to be an agreent marriage docunt?
Why isn’t there a set duration for the agreent marriage?
Nor did it include an obligation not to disclose, not to ntion private boundaries and other stipulations.
Did he write too little?
According to The Thornes’ legal team, it’s impossible to make such mistakes!
On one sheet of paper, it stated the conditions, followed by the property arrangent given to Vivian Sinclair.
The woman’s premarital property remains solely hers, while post-marriage, the man’s property is jointly owned.
Everything of the man is available for the woman’s enjoynt.
Bride price: Crestfall Villa!
Vivian Sinclair, startled, trembled and closed the docunt heavily once again.
Julian Thorne, are you crazy?
Is there such a ridiculous marriage agreent in this world?
Does he understand how to protect his Thornes’ interests?
Is this a test of Vivian Sinclair’s character?
Vivian Sinclair took out the new phone Felix had just given her and dialed Julian Thorne’s number.
However, he seed to be busy and didn’t answer.
Just as Vivian Sinclair hung up, Julian Thorne’s call ca through again.
Vivian Sinclair hesitated for two seconds before answering.
"Mr. Thorne, I’ve read the marriage agreent."
"Did you write it wrongly?"
"Since it’s an agreent marriage, aren’t the terms unfair?"
Julian Thorne seed to chuckle on the other end of the phone.
He dismissed everyone around him, and only after the large conference room was empty did he get up and go to the floor-to-ceiling window.
"No mistakes in writing."
"I just want you to know that marrying you is sincere on my part."
"Miss Sinclair, marriage is a lifelong matter."
"So, although it’s a marriage agreent, my intent in writing it is to provide assurance for you, not to... really engage in an agreent marriage with you."
Vivian Sinclair finally understood his aning.
This marriage agreent is his promise.
But it’s not a limitation on her!
He genuinely wants to get married!
Vivian Sinclair hung up the phone with a snap.
Without even saying ’goodbye.’
Julian Thorne raised an eyebrow and muttered at his phone: "Scared?"
He knew he acted a bit too quickly.
But he really didn’t want to wait any longer.
Otherwise, he feared that even when the child was born, she would still be ’Miss Sinclair.’
Leo Linden saw the call had disconnected before he knocked on the door.
"Master Julian, the surprise prepared for Miss Sinclair in three days has been arranged."
"I have canceled all your scheduled activities after four o’clock that afternoon."
"Do you have any other instructions?"
Julian Thorne: "How’s the diamond ring arrangent?"
Leo Linden: "A custom order would take too long."
"But in your private collection, a fifty-million diamond has been found. It’s very suitable for a proposal."
Julian Thorne: "Let review it first."
Leo Linden smiled and adjusted the glasses on his nose, replying: "Yes."
This was the first ti he had handled emotional matters for Master Julian.
Leo Linden quietly resolved: I must do this well!
This is Master Julian’s first ti ever.
If he doesn’t succeed in impressing Miss Sinclair, it would be a catastrophic mistake, and how could he continue to remain by Master Julian’s side?
As Leo Linden was about to withdraw, he suddenly rembered another matter: "Oh, by the way, Master Julian."
"A big news just broke on the internet."
"President Grant was caught on a live stream."
"Now the entire internet is buzzing... with a spring video of him and Miss Monroe."
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