Chapter 185: Chapter 197: She is My Unexpected Surprise (10) Chapter 185: Chapter 197: She is My Unexpected Surprise (10) Mrs. Smith was won over by Evelyn Osbert. The moment she started laughing and beaming, Evelyn held onto Mrs. Smith’s arm to help her up. She coaxed Mrs. Smith towards the dining room like a spoiled child, “Grandma, it’s getting late. Let’s eat now!”

As Mrs. Smith moved towards the dining room, Sebastian Smith and Amelia Osbert also stood up and followed.

Evelyn’s voice was incredibly gentle, yet each word she said felt like a needle, piercing harshly into Isabel Smith’s heart. Isabel sat stiffly on the sofa, staring dully at Evelyn and her Grandma’s retreating figures. An unspeakable discomfort welled up in her heart.

When did the dearly loved granddaughter in grandma’s heart become Evelyn from Isabel?

Evelyn had always dreamt of becoming the granddaughter Mrs. Smith loved the most, and now her wish was finally fulfilled. At this moment, no one knew how proud and excited she must be feeling inside her heart.

Isabel had been mentally prepared for this for a long time. After all, her grandma once had very high expectations of her. However, she got pregnant before she even turned eighteen, thoroughly disappointing her grandma. She wasn’t present during the last six years and it was Evelyn who stayed by her grandma’s side alone. Evelyn was indeed supposed to be her grandma’s favourite, but when Isabel actually saw it with her own eyes, she felt somewhat unable to accept it.

Isabel sat on the sofa, unable to stand up for a long time.

Looking at Isabel’s pale face, Percy Stanton furrowed his eyebrows. He then reached out his hand, assisting Isabel to her feet, and softly asked, “Are you okay?”

It was only when Isabel heard Percy Stanton that she came back to herself slightly. She gave Percy a small smile and shook her head. She Righted herself and headed towards the dining room.

Percy stood in place, staring at Isabel’s retreating figure. His gaze flickered for a long time before he finally followed suit.

Percy knew that Isabel’s parents died in a car accident, but he found out from the newspapers.

In fact, he didn’t know that when the news was published, it had already been half a year since Isabel’s parents had passed away.

This was Mrs. Smith’s decision. At that time, one of the projects that Isabel’s father was in charge of at Smith Corporation was about to sign a contract with a company in the United States. In order to make the signing successful, Mrs. Smith deliberately delayed the announcement of Isabel’s parents’ death by half a year.

When Percy read about this news in the newspaper, Isabel had already broken her promise to see him for half a year. He wanted to see her, so he went to the Smith residence to pay his respects. But in the end, all he saw was a thirteen-year-old Elijah Smith kneeling in front of the mourning hall. He didn’t see Isabel at all.

It was then he realized that Evelyn was Isabel’s cousin. Therefore, during a future class reunion, he asked Evelyn and found out that Isabel had gone to study abroad in the United States.

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When Percy and Isabel arrived at the dining room, the servants had already set the table with meals.

Mrs. Smith sat at the head of the table. On one side of her were Sebastian Smith and Amelia, and on the other side was Evelyn. The four of them chatted and laughed, looking harmonious and joyous.

Isabel felt somewhat superfluous. She stood at the door for a long time until a servant noticed her, “Miss Isabel, today the housekeeper especially prepared a lot of your favorite dishes. Come try them.”

It was then that Mrs. Smith and the other four people turned their heads to look at Isabel and Percy standing at the dining room’s entrance.

Sebastian’s words fell into the void, causing some awkward laughter among the others. Only then did he follow Percy’s gaze. When he saw Isabel, Sebastian paused before speaking again, “Isabel, what are you dazing about for? Hurry up and join us for dinner with Mr. Stanton.”

Isabel lowered her head in a smile before turning her head towards Percy who was standing next to her. “Let’s go.”