Chapter 358: She Was Happy
Everything changed after Lady Gina Melrose started conversing with Talia. A crowd gathered around Talia and the mood became lighter afterwards. Talia asked them to address her freely and they started talking about the blast.
One woman asked Gina about Sophia and Gina told them how Sophia was an obsessive stalker type and Talia was surprised hearing some of the things Sophia tried to make Gina do to her back in high school. But Gina somehow escaped the clutches of Sophia.
Talia liked Gina and wanted to help her somehow. The Melrose family is a noble family with no wealth or power in Esteria. They own a small furniture company that used to be very famous, but they suffered a loss. There are some Melrose furniture in the Oakley Castle that were bought during the glorious days of the Melrose family. These days they only make cheap furniture, but the Melrose name is pretty respected by many still.
The Clairmont family tried to buy the Melrose business in the past as the brand name carried weight, but Gina’s father refused to sell the company no matter what since it is their family business carried on for generations. Then there were talks going on that Gina was engaged with Samuel (Sophia’s brother) and that’s why Sophia hung around Gina.
But as far as Talia observed, Gina seemed to be a little more interested in Jordan back in high school although she was engaged with another. While Jordan was following around Sophia, Gina was looking at Jordan.
"Who was surprised to see Talia and Arthur walking hand in hand?" Gina asked and everyone around laughed.
"I was not!"
"I was surprised!" one said as everyone’s eyes focused on her for answers. "... that they announced their relationship just now. I expected them to have at least two children by now"
Her answer made everyone laugh some more.
"They really thought they were keeping their relationship as a secret, but the whole school knew..."
"I thought one of them would be forced to change schools as their family won’t support their relationship, but it seems like they wanted the feud to end after all!"