A Spoonful of Sugar: Don’t Beg for Love

Chapter 296

What Nathaniel mentioned was their agreement to cancel the marriage agreement.

There was no reason to hide this from Matthew, but seeing how curious he looked, Hesper became

playful and winked at Nathaniel. “What could we hide from you? Right, Nate?”

“Yeah.”

Matthew didn’t believe them one bit but just shook his head.

“I don’t want to know. You’re just teasing me.”

The party was in full swing. Hesper had a set of chess made from jade. It wasn’t something unique, but

since Arthur loved to play chess, he would usually use top-quality chess pieces. It wasn’t something

that was rare, but Hesper had to get it custom-made for his birthday.

Hesper put a lot of effort into the present. Even though it wasn’t the most expensive gift there, it was

the one that he loved the most.

Arthur loved it so much that he asked Theodore to play a game with him after the party.

Hesper knew her gift was definitely not the most expensive, but Arthur’s love for her gave the gift a

different meaning, and the recognition made her eyes well up.

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what she had was more than she deserved, so she shouldn’t wish for more.

However, Hesper looked over when Theodore was mentioned. There was a familiar yet unfamiliar man

standing next to him, and that was Shawn Lane.

Hesper admired him for bringing his illegitimate son home. However, he wasn’t exactly illegitimate.

Yolanda just never had the chance to marry into the family when she was alive.

Shawn saw her and paused then nodded as a greeting to her.

Did he know her? Hesper paused but Shawn looked away. Hesper looked in his direction with at

confused expression and only looked away after a long time.

If Shawn knew her, he wouldn’t be the one spreading the rumor.

But why didn’t Shawn go see her during the competition? Hesper wouldn’t know that his person existed

if it wasn’t by chance.

Before she could think about it any further, the gifting session was over.

There weren’t any outsiders during the party, so everyone talked to each other casually. Hesper

listened to an hour of family gossip before she finally couldn’t take it anymore. She saw Matthew

leaving, so she followed along.

The air outside was better than inside. Hesper socialized with people a lot, but she didn’t feel

comfortable during the party because she had to keep smiling.

Matthew and Hesper stood on the balcony and snow fell.

Hesper stretched out her hand to catch some, but the beautiful snowflakes would melt in her

hands quickly. It was like the happiness that she was currently experiencing. It would one day

disappear.

“It’s cold outside. Put on a coat.”

Matthew lit up a cigarette. Hesper rarely saw him smoking. When the cigarette between his fingers

turned red in the dark night, Hesper shook her head. “I don’t want to go back in there.”

They stood there quietly until Matthew finished smoking.

“Alright. Let’s go back.”

Matthew snubbed the bud and turned around but realized that Hesper was looking at him with.

clear eyes.