Chapter 86

Charisse suddenly looked up at him. Elliot remained expressionless. "Surprised?" "How did he find out?" Charisse had been in Draycott for a while and never once heard any gossip about him. Everyone just called him Mr. Grant in Ravenshollow. Not a single word about him being raised by a nanny. She didn't believe no one ever tried to dig into his past—clearly, they found nothing. The Grants had scrubbed it all clean. But Clayton… Right, he's family. Makes sense he'd know. Still, a weird feeling settled in her chest. "Did your uncle find out about our past and now he's trying to marry me to get back at you or something?" "He doesn't have that much free time." "Then why?" She honestly couldn't figure out what part of her caught Clayton's attention. Elliot shot her a cold look. "You're asking me?" Charisse: "…" "Why overthink it? As long as he wants you, isn't that enough? Don't you like him a lot? Shouldn't you be thrilled to marry someone you actually like?" Thrilled? That's funny. She'd