Rebirth Swapped Bride: Married to a Ruthless Cursed billionaire Book2-Chapter 70: Lucas finally introduced Beauty to his family

Chapter 70: Lucas finally introduced Beauty to his family
Beauty followed nervously behind Lucas, pacing with small steps towards the private room.
This was her first time meeting Lucas’s family, she was so nervous that she even felt it was harder to breathe.
The heavy metallic glass door was pushed open, the atmosphere inside was tense.
She swallowed hard twice, her eyes slightly drooping and dared not to look at those people sitting on the sofa.
Realizing her unease, Lucas grasped her slender wrist, leading her forward.
"Grandfather, Grandmother, I have brought Beauty to meet you."
Without paying attention to his father and Emily sitting on the other side, he paced straight towards the elderly man.
Considering the way Lucas previously described his grandfather, she was a bit afraid.
Her hand involuntarily trembled twice before she took a stern breath.
She said with a relaxed face and raised eyebrows, "Grandfather, Grandmother, Beauty should have paid a visit to you earlier.
However, having you both travel a long way to see me, I feel truly sorry.
I apologize to you both."
She was well-prepared.
From her bag, she took out a delicate blue box and handed it to Grandfather with both hands, then took a purple box from the bag and gave it to Grandmother.
Her obsidian eyes were wide with apprehension, her cheeks pale from tension.
She stood there, not moving.
A look of surprise flashed in Lucas’s eyes.
He didn’t expect the girl to prepare a gift.
Can’t help but smirk slightly, he glanced at the two old people with a triumphant look on his face.
Grandmother took the purple box, elated.
She beckoned to Beauty to step forward.
With a beaming smile, she grasped her fair, soft hand and said, "Grandmother and Grandfather have been wanting to meet the girl Lucas adopted, but Lucas wouldn’t let us.
He said he would bring us to meet you when you turned twenty.
Indeed, you’re beautiful just as jade is clear and chilly, very likable."
The tense atmosphere immediately evaporated after Grandmother’s words.
Rather, it was as if she saw her own family. She held her grandma’s hand and beamed with sweetness: "I’m not sure what Grandma and Grandpa might like.
I understand that you, as elders, probably lack nothing.
This small gift is a token of my sincere affection.
I hope that you and Grandpa can appreciate it."
As she spoke, she turned her face to the side, glanced at Grandpa with a faint smile, and then dutifully stepped back.
At this moment, Emily’s face was exceptionally unsightly, her cold gaze sinking.
But considering that the elder was present, she didn’t dare to say much.
Everyone knew that the current head of the Marson family was this elder, and she didn’t dare to provoke the patriarch now.
William Marson coughed slightly with a stern face.
Understanding what that meant, Beauty immediately introduced another box with a full-face smile.
It was a delicate wristwatch.
Although the price was not particularly expensive, the workmanship was incredibly delicate and fine.
"Uncle, this is a small token of my affection, I hope you like it."
William Marson took a casual look at her, slightly tugged at the corner of his mouth, and received the gift.
A faint smirk crossed his face, "Thank you, Beauty, you are quite thoughtful."
It was only a courtesy, but Beauty laughed like an innocent child.
Although she knew the parents of Marson’s family didn’t like her, especially since they wanted to send her away from Lucas before.
But out of respect for the two elders and Lucas, everyone played along with the act, at least nobody was angry.
Beauty smiled and walked over to Emily with her skirt held up, handing her the box with the beautiful brooch.
She waited a full minute before , Emily half-lidded, reluctantly accepted the box.
"It seems you indeed have some tricks up your sleeve.
No wonder Lucas is so protective of you.
But I don’t think you can bribe the family elders with just these little gifts."
Emily showed no respect to Lucas, looking at the box in Beauty’s hand with eyes full of contempt.
She raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Buying people’s hearts with Lucas’s money, you quite clever, aren’t you!"
Upon hearing this, Beauty’s face stiffened and she retracted the box she had been holding.
As the saying goes, one doesn’t hit a hand that’s extended for a handshake.
Now, Emily obviously intended to embarrass her in front of everyone, but she was not the kind to take things lying down.
Licking her lips, she tried to squeeze out a smile, "Auntie, I think there has been a misunderstanding.
I bought these gifts for the elders with my own money.
Although they aren’t of great value, that’s what I am capable of now.
If you don’t find them good enough, you’re free to reject them."
Her words rendered Emily speechless, her face red and ears steaming, teeth almost clenched, and her eyes burning into Beauty.
"Emily, since she is giving you this with all her heart, you should accept it!"
declared Beauty.
Seeing grandma Marson’s displeasing face, he gave Emily a glance and reminded her.
Left with no choice, Emily seized the box from Beauty’s hand, her face filled with dissatisfaction.
Without even glancing at it, she put it into her bag, her face as pale as a sheet.
Her trembling arm was firmly grabbed by a large hand, which seemed like a pacifier for her uneasy heart, calming her down.
A deep voice echoed in the room, causing a stir, almost everyone looked incredulously towards Lucas, their faces full of shock.
He grabbed Beauty’s hand without a change in his expression and declared, "I have one more thing to announce.
From today, Beauty will be my girlfriend.
So, you all don’t have to worry about my lifelong matter anymore."
The room fell silent for a few seconds, Emily’s face became a color palette, from red to purple, and then from purple to black.
In the end, all the colors mixed together, creating chaos.
Suddenly, there was a slam on the table. William Marson shouted at him with worn-out patience, "Do you know what you’re doing?
She’s the little girl you adopted, and you are her guardian!
Lucas, are you out of your mind or just confused!"
William Marson’s face flushed with fury, his eagle eyes seemed to burst into flames any moment, he stood up from his chair in a huff.
Emily beside him turned pale as a sheet.
Beauty was scared by William Marson’s outburst and just as she wanted to pull her hand away from Lucas’s, he held on tighter.
He glanced at her and she immediately let him hold her hand obediently while her heart pounded like a frightened deer.
"I’m serious.
Yes, legally I am her guardian, but in real life, she can become my woman.
After all, that contract will expire sooner or later, I won’t need you to meddle in my marriage matters anymore."
"Lucas, you are not in your early twenties anymore!
You’re thirty now, can you act a bit more responsibly in your words and deeds!
Can a girl like her become the daughter-in-law of our Marson family?"
Beauty’s eyes reddened, and she looked at William Marson.
It would have been fine if he just looked down on her.
After all, she never really hoped to become their Marson family’s daughter-in-law.
But the last part of his words was too disrespectful!
What kind of girl was she?
How was she not worthy?