Engagement party? A wave of loss washed over me. Had they really reached the point of discussing marriage? Had Chloe and Adrian already met each other's families? In my five years with Adrian, I had only visited the Graves family home once. That day, every influential person in the family gave me a sliver of attention. They abandoned billion-yuan projects just to surround me, patiently explaining what it meant to come from different worlds. They had one goal. They wanted me to leave Adrian. I thought they would stick to their family standards forever. But here was Chloe, from similarly humble beginnings, walking through the Graves family's front door. So Adrian did have the power to protect someone. That someone just wasn't me. I looked at the invitation. I had no intention of accep

