Chapter 140

After saying that, Frederick turned to the crowd below the stage and said, "Everyone, I hope you'll be our witnesses. Starting today, Elise is one of us. The Guzman family is her family now. And if anyone dares to call her some backwoods nobody again… Well, they'll have to check with us first." He said it with a joking tone, but it was obvious he was standing up for me. I looked at him, genuinely touched. I hadn't expected him to remember those words that had once been used to attack me. Was that why he did all this? Did he go that far just to stop people from looking down on me? It was clear to everyone watching that he was protecting me. Maybe he was also trying to provoke Jonathan... Jonathan stepped in front of me, blocking Frederick's line of sight completely. The two men stared at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly turned tense. Worried things might get ugly, I instinctively tugged at Jonathan's sleeve. "If there's nothing else, should we head back now?" But Jonathan