Chapter 213 - The Breakfast Gathering (2)

Jacob was preoccupied with these thoughts during breakfast which J was quick to notice making her anxious. Did something happen? J not able to ask Jacob asked herself instead.

The atmosphere is making her think twice if she should continue making her announcement. But her doubts soon faded when under the table Jacob grasp her hand and squeezed it. With their fingers interlaced, J glanced at Jacob who is now looking at her, aside from tenderness J couldn't read what he is thinking.

After a couple of minutes, everyone had finished and been now chatting with each other. Everyone silenced when they saw J stood up.

"Everyone, I would like to thank you for coming. Ahm... It's been months already since we had a gathering like this. So... I hope that you don't hold any grudges." J smiled. She is not used to making this kind of speeches so she was struggling. She used to hold this kind of gathering in Lodgepole Estate whenever she felt that they need to and she never made any speeches back then, so everyone was surprised and assumed that there is an important announcement. Everyone attentively listens, they all look at her with anticipation which made J more uncomfortable.

J scratched the back of her ears. She would make this short and direct. "Ok, so... yesterday a mare foaled a colt and in just a couple of days, a couple of mares will be foaling as well. And the harvest season is about to end, it was a bountiful harvest. So, thank you for your hard work."

J paused and take a deep breath before she continued. "Also, you have seen him since yesterday, so I would like to formally introduce him to everyone." Upon hearing that Jacob who was watching everyone turned his gaze to J who was standing beside him. He tried to suppress feeling ecstatic but he can't help look at her with a flashing eye. Mrs. Potters, on the other hand, all this time is smiling at J. Since J requested for a gathering this morning out of the blue, she already expected this to hear.

"This man beside me... is Dr. Jacob Parker... he is my husband." J watched everyone as their look turned from anticipation to surprised. The thought of J having a boyfriend is surprising already but her announcement that he is her husband left everyone speechless. Who would've thought that their heiress whom everyone thought has no plan of getting married would suddenly appear in front of them already married? That was something that they were not prepared to hear.

Jacob felt blissful. A smile that reaches his eyes slowly curved from his mouth as he gazed at J with delight. This cunning girl, waiting for the right time amazes me. Does this mean she is starting to consider making their marriage public? Jacob thought. He looked at everyone with an elevated chin as if saying 'Yeah. You heard it right. She's married to me so back off!'

J looked at Jacob, their eyes met. She raised her brow and said, "Aren't you going to say something?"

Jacob stood up with a face-wide smile. "Well... everyone, thank you for your warm welcome since yesterday. I guess you'll be seeing more of me in the future."

"Actually, this is not my first time here in Lodgepole. The first one, I was just passing by... at first glance, I thought this place was like a paradise. Jenny was beside me at that time." Everyone who was listening to him with amazement was even more amazed when they heard Jacob called their heiress Jenny. The last time they heard someone called her by her real name was when Elder Do was still alive. Aside from J's parents whom they believe to have died twenty years ago, it was only Elder Do who called her Jenny.