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nConrad stared closely at Florence with his sharp, hawk-like eyes and said coldly, “No matter what, I am your elder and your father’s best friend. Do you think I’d deliberately deceive you about this?”

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nFlorence’s face turned sullen, and she said firmly, “Uncle Conrad, in that case, I’ll tell you sincerely that my father has already passed away and I’m now the helmsman of the Howards. It’s up to me to decide my marriage. I don’t care whether you really came to an agreement with my father, but it’s all pointless now!

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n“Moreover, I make my own decisions on my own matters, and I call the shots in the Howards now!”

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nFlorence’s blatant contradiction made Conrad’s wrinkled face even more gloomy.

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n“What if I insist that you marry into the Piers?!” Conrad narrowed his eyes and stared at Florence with a threatening gaze.

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nThe rest of the Howards watched on without saying anything.

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nIn fact, Conrad was already behaving very rudely.

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nIt was extremely impolite and inappropriate to propose marriage at someone else’s funeral. Furthermore, Conrad had shown no respect to Florence, the head of the Howards.

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nThe reason he wanted Florence to marry his son was obviously for profit.

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nThe Howards and the Piers were both among the top eight families of DC, which meant that they were on par.

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nIf someone had dared to speak to the Howards’ helmsman like this in the past and even disregarded them, the Howards would definitely have been displeased and stepped forward to defend the helmsman.

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nBut the new helmsman was Florence, who didn’t rise to her position in a glorious manner. She and Lucas had forced Felix to step down, and many people were indignant about it. Moreover, she was a woman, and many people looked down on her in this chauvinistic family.

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nSo even though Conrad was insulting and forcing Florence, none of the Howards stepped forward to stand up for her, for fear of offending the Piers.

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n“You have no evidence. Why should my mother be forced to marry your son?” A furious voice suddenly resounded in the funeral hall.

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nCheyenne walked out and looked at Conrad with anger written all over her face.

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nShe couldn’t stand it anymore. No matter what, Florence was her biological mother, and she couldn’t stand watching her mother being forced to marry someone!

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nEveryone turned to look at Cheyenne.

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nSeeing Cheyenne standing up for her and even saying the words ‘my mother’, Florence felt her chest tighten as her tears instantly flowed out.

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nThis was the first time she heard Cheyenne acknowledge that she was her mother…

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nMoreover, when no Howard was willing to speak up for her, Cheyenne, the daughter she had never raised, was actually willing to stand in front of her to help her against the Piers’ overbearing forcefulness.

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nIf not for the current situation, Florence would have wanted to hug Cheyenne and cry.

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nBut although Florence was very touched, she knew that Conrad wasn’t a benevolent person. Now that Cheyenne was speaking up for her, she would probably get schemed against by the sinister Conrad.

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nSo Florence immediately said to Cheyenne, “Cheyenne, stop talking!”

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nThere was nothing but anxiety and concern on her face.

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nThe Piers were obviously targeting her, and Florence didn’t want to get Cheyenne involved.

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nBut Adam, standing beside Conrad, finally discovered that the woman he had met at the airport was also in the funeral hall of the Howards. Moreover, the damn Lucas, who had the guts to hit him, was standing right next to her!

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nTension was bound to arise when enemies met. The moment Adam saw Lucas, his eyes turned red in hatred. He clenched his fists, wishing he could immediately charge forward and beat Lucas to a pulp!

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nBut he soon realized that this occasion wasn’t suitable for a fight.

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nAdam’s eyes glowed, and he immediately thought of a good idea for revenge. He inched close to Conrad’s ear and started whispering something.

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nAfter Conrad heard what Adam said, surprise appeared in Conrad’s eyes, and he turned to look at Cheyenne.

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nHe felt that she was indeed a good woman.

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nTo be honest, Conrad’s purpose today was to get Florence to marry his son. Once the head of the Howards became his daughter-in-law, at least some of the Howards’ massive fortune would probably belong to them.

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nBut when he saw Florence’s firm appearance, Conrad felt that it was probably impossible to force her to marry his son.

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nMoreover, if Florence really got married, the Howards would probably re-elect a new family head, which would defeat his purpose.

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nIn that case, since this young woman was Florence’s only daughter, there would also be huge benefits to the Piers marrying her.

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nBased on their interaction, Florence seemed to care about her very much.

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nIn that case, getting hold of Cheyenne was akin to getting hold of Florence, the head of the Howard family. It was also equivalent to getting hold of the Howards.

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nIn that case, having Cheyenne marry into the Pier family seemed to be more beneficial to them.

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nAfter figuring this out, Conrad suddenly asked Cheyenne, “Are you Florence’s daughter? What’s your name?”

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nA look of great interest appeared in his eyes.

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nNo matter what, Conrad was the former head of one of the top eight families of DC, and he was deliberately making himself look more dignified and austere.

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nFacing Conrad, Cheyenne felt some fear.

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nIt wasn’t that she was timid, but rather, she was still too young and inexperienced. She couldn’t compare to Conrad, who had lived for nearly eight decades.

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nSeeing Conrad shifting his interest to Cheyenne, Florence immediately became anxious and stood in front of Cheyenne.”Uncle Conrad, on account that you’re an elder, the Howards will naturally be willing to welcome you if you’re here to give your condolences to my father. But if you have other plans in mind, pardon me for failing to serve you well!”

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nShe had always been concerned about Conrad’s status as an elder and didn’t want to fall out with him. But given the way Conrad looked at Cheyenne, he clearly had ill intentions. Florence would never let the Piers covet her daughter!

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