“I'm preparing to…” Before Nolan could finish, Halbert suddenly slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table. Eliza watched the cup shatter in two and couldn't help but gasp. “Now I see why you two were acting so strange.” Halbert directly lifted Eliza's hand, saw the sparkling diamond ring on her finger, and frowned. "He proposed, and you dared to accept such a major thing without even checking with us first?" “This is my own business, you're overstepping…” Eliza's confidence faltered slightly, but to make herself seem more justified, she quickly added, “Besides, Tristan has already approved of Nolan and agreed to us being together. Isn't engagement just a matter of time? We're holding the engagement early this time to test Tyson, to see what his relationship is with the person behind him! We're doing this for official business, okay?” Hearing Eliza say it was to test Tyson, Halbert's expression softened, but he quickly realized, “No, even if it's to test Tyson, the engagement is still real. I almost got tricked by you again, you brat!” “Oh, Halbert, Tristan really likes Nolan. And look, I'm already wearing the ring, it would be bad to take it off, right? We'll get engaged first, and then get married when we're old enough. How about that? This time it's really to investigate that person behind the scenes, otherwise, we wouldn't have moved the engagement up so much.” Eliza had recently discovered that Halbert responded to a soft approach, not a hard one. Hearing her put it this way, his expression finally eased. “It's not my decision to make. I have to ask Tristan, Ronaldo, and Christian. If they all say it's fine, then our Sue family will also have to organize this engagement party. We absolutely cannot let my sister be mistreated.” “I will not mistreat Eliza in the slightest.” Nolan gave Halbert a direct answer. Halbert nodded. “I know you wouldn't dare mistreat my sister, but an engagement is no small matter. Wait for me to talk to Tristan, and then we'll pick a date.” “I knew you were the most reasonable.” Eliza grinned cheekily at Halbert, but he couldn't be bothered to look at her. “Cut it out. You wouldn't be talking to me like this if you didn't have a guilty conscience.” Halbert had finished saying what he came to say.After he left, he called Tristan. When Tristan, on the other end, heard Halbert mention Nolan and Eliza's engagement, his tone held a trace of amusement. “You seem very unhappy about their engagement. I just think, Eliza is now the sole heir to the Sue family. Everything the Sue family has is hers. Any man who appears in her life at this time is unreliable.” Halbert rarely worried about matters outside of himself and the Sue family, but now he saw Eliza as his own sister, his family, and he couldn't help but be concerned about her. “Don't worry, Nolan is a good kid. He already called me long before he proposed. Without my consent, he wouldn't have dared to propose to Eliza.” Halbert froze when he heard Tristan already knew. “That kid... he didn't even tell me just now!” Halbert realized that although Nolan looked cold as ice on the surface, he was full of cunning. Halbert took a deep breath and said, “I understand. But for this engagement party, are you coming?” “I won't go. This is just the Westbrook engagement party. I've already had the overseas reporters publish the news. After Eliza and Nolan hold their party in Westbrook, they can hold another one overseas.” “You really dote on Eliza.” “She's my sister. Of course I dote on her.” Tristan had a smile on his face. “I'll leave the matters in Westbrook to you. You must ensure your sister's safety.” “Don't worry, I will protect her.” ... Over here. The Westbrook newspapers had already begun publishing the news of Eliza and Nolan's engagement. Furthermore, the date was set before theirs, just three days away. When Elaine saw this news, she angrily crumpled the newspaper in her hands and threw it on the floor. When the maid came in with breakfast, she saw Elaine's face, twisted with jealousy. “Ms. Elaine…”“Get out!” Elaine's expression grew even uglier. Why? Why did Eliza and Nolan get to be together, while she could only spend the rest of her life with a man who was using her?