Chapter 15 – A gift from his wife
Grandpa Aristotle smiled at her after pulling away from the hug. With eyes filled with rare affection, he gazed at her and spoke softly. "Call me grandpa."
Joanna was stunned, glancing at Alex, who was equally taken aback by his grandpa’s strange behavior and utterances.
Was he not the same person who threatened to harm Joanna if Alex refused to marry his betrothed? Alex’s confusion only increased when the old man held Joanna’s wrist, lifting it to eye level.
"I was there when you were born. I can never get it wrong with this birthmark, and you, where did you get that ring?" He questioned the man in the wheelchair as if he wasn’t his grandson.
Joanna’s emotions were all over the place as she reminisced on the old man’s words.
Alex had warned her to keep conversations minimal because his family might not like her, but what she was seeing and experiencing were completely different.
Everyone knew Grandpa Aristotle to be cold, and Joanna had only seen him on the news, so the warmth emanating from him was strange yet welcoming to her.
She had not noticed, because of their earlier argument, that Alex was wearing the ring she gave him until her attention was drawn to it by the old man’s observation.
"Grandpa, this ring is a gift from my wife, so what is going on?" Alex asked proudly. The atmosphere changed suddenly as all attention was drawn to him and Joanna.
Fiona was cringing from where she sat, unable to guess the relationship existing between her ex and the powerful old man.
Whereas Joanna felt like Alex deserved a gold medal for his acting skills merely from his responses, but the old man smiled, surprising everyone with his next words.