In the ancestral hall of the Casey family estate.
Alice hesitated briefly, then said, "By the way, I suppose Grandma called me back today about my engagement to Zachary Hawkins, didn't she?"
Eleanor was taken aback—clearly not expecting Alice to guess it so precisely.
Of course, Alice hadn't experienced this exact situation in her past life. Back then, last night's incident hadn't occurred, nor had today's media storm. Her insight now came solely from knowing that the elders of the An estate had long been secretly colluding with the Hawkins family, plotting behind the scenes to seize her father William's inheritance rights through them.
Now that Alice had embarrassed the Hawkins, naturally Eleanor had to step in and reprimand her on their behalf.
She just hadn't expected Alice to be s
