You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)

Chapter 24

"You don't need to know."

Skylar answered.

Although he said so, the middle-aged woman did not let him go. She gave Coralie a brief introduction,

"Valerie Rae and Skylar were childhood sweethearts. They were very close when they were young. At

that time, they often role played as a married couple. Unexpectedly, when Grandmother fell ill, Skylar

married in a rush, which was quite a filial act."

Coralie understood what she meant.

She was trying to say that Coralie took advantage of the situation, and that Skylar did not truly love

Coralie, but this girl named Valerie instead.

However, Skylar's reaction just now seemed to indicate this point. This girl named Valerie was an

important person to Skylar.

"Elsa, they were just children playing around back then! And, there was even such an incident between

them. What's the point of you mentioning it now?"

Grandmother Holland interrupted the middle-aged woman directly.

Elsa Holland was the younger sister of Skylar's father. She was Skylar's aunt.

Her husband was a member of the Rae family. It had always been her goal to set up Valerie and Skylar

as a couple.

"Yes, granny, I was wrong." Elsa replied.

Skylar's grandfather had passed away, and Grandmother Holland was now the head of the family. No

one dared to disobey her.

Although she had apologised for her words, Elsa was still glaring at Coralie.

"Valerie is a grown up now. Perhaps she already has a boyfriend abroad." Elsa added.

Valerie and Coralie were of the same age, they were both 25 years old.

"Granny, I have to defend Valerie on this. She has always valued Skylar, having no other thoughts

about other men. I have no idea what she would think, after hearing about Skylar's marriage."

Even though she knew that Grandmother Holland did not want to hear this, she still wanted to say it out

loud.

After all, if the Holland family and Rae family were to unite through marriage, she would be the

beneficiary.

Coralie stared at Skylar the whole time, trying to see if she could discover anything.

However, maybe it was because Skylar knew how to disguise his feelings, except for the strange

moment when Valerie's name was mentioned, there was no change in his cold eyes after that.

"What are you looking at?" asked Skylar.

Skylar also noticed that Coralie had been staring at him.

"Nothing."

Coralie lowered her head.

At this time, Elsa said, "Valerie will graduate in less than a year. After that, she mentioned that she

would come back here to begin her career."

"Less than a year?" Coralie thought.

She did not know why she felt so ironic at this time.

No wonder Skylar said that he was signing a year's contract with her. It was to wait for Valerie's return.

By the time the contract was over, he would be free and single again.

"Got it."

Skylar's voice was faint.

Coralie was not sure if it was an illusion, but she felt that when Skylar heard this sentence, his hand,

which had been holding her, suddenly loosened.

"By the way, Skylar, your good-luck-bride seems to be really useful. Grandmother Holland was able to

be discharged from the hospital in such a short time, it must have been the luck she brought.

Others were only gathering around to watch how the conversation unfolded. Only Elsa was

enthusiastically speaking.

She specifically emphasized on the words "Good-luck-bride.", in order to humiliate Coralie and put her

in her place. She should not expect to be treated well just because she was now married to Skylar.

"I'm very happy to be able to help grandmother feel better," Coralie said.

Coralie, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly shook her head, and her beautiful eyes met

Elsa's eyes. Elsa had heavy makeup and eyeliner on.

Hearing her words, Elsa was a little unhappy. She said those words to hurt Coralie , but unexpectedly,

she took it generously.

"Humph, at least you have some common sense." Elsa shook her hand and asked, "I wonder what do

the parents of this good-luck-bride work as?"

"I have a name. My name is Coralie Chariott." Coralie retorted.

The title "good-luck-bride" was very condescending. Although everyone in the Holland family knew that

she was married to Skylar because of Grandmother Holland's poor health, it was still a nasty thing to

hear.

But everyone saw the emerald bracelet on her hand, which proved that Grandmother Holland had

acknowledged her identity.

She acknowledged Coralie as her granddaughter-in-law.

"Oh, it's Coralie Chariott." the crowd responded.

At this time, Grandmother Holland had been assisted while she moved to sit down by the table.

At this time, those who were watching the fun just now were all standing aside and asking questions.

"Coralie, what do your parents do? Where is their business located?" one of the by-standers asked.

"How could her parents be business owners? What are you thinking?" another guest of the banquet

replied.

"Coralie is so beautiful. She must have had plastic surgery. She has a good figure too, I guess she had

gone through multiple surgeries!" the other guest added.

All the people around were asking questions, and every question was aggressive.

They liked feeling superior, and it was rare for them that a commoner was around. Hence, they had to

interrogate her thoroughly.

"Do you all have any opinions about the wife I chose?"

Skylar, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. He raised his hand and held Coralie in his

arms. He looked at his relatives around him, and his eyes were full of anger.

"This..." the crowd was flabbergasted.

These people thought that Skylar was forced to marry her, but judging by his actions, it did not seem as

if he was forced. He was obviously protecting her.

"She is the one I chose to marry. You are not qualified, nor in a position to question her. If anyone talks

behind her back in the future, I do not care if you are my relative or not, I will not let you off the hook."

Skylar warned.

Skylar stood next to Coralie in a black suit. His sharp gaze seemed to warn everyone who was present.

This was beyond Coralie's expectation.

However, she knew that these people were silent now because they had no idea that she used to be a

divorcee.

If one day her identity was revealed, she could not imagine what would happen to her.

How could a rich and noble family like the Holland family allow a second-hand woman to marry into the

family?

"Thank you."

She always thanked him for standing up for her.

Skylar then held her by her waist and walked towards the round table they were assigned to.

"If they are questioning you, it means that they are questioning me." Skylar said.

Coralie agreed with him.

"Well..."

Coralie wanted to ask about Valerie, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt that she was not in

any position to ask.

"If you want to ask about Valerie, I advise you to shut up. This has nothing to do with you." he snapped.

The voice was cold and terrible.

"I'm sorry." said Coralie.

Coralie bit her lip. She really hated herself for being inquisitive.

Grandmother Holland sat at the table next to them. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Grandmother Holland had always sat with her grandchildren. She always said that since she was so

elderly, she wanted to cherish every chance she had to see her grandchildren.

The younger ones were told by their parents to seize the opportunity to sit near Grandmother Holland.

Everyone sat down, but the seat next to Coralie was empty.

"Hello, you must be my sister-in-law." someone greeted Coralie.

Originally, when Coralie thought that this position would be left empty, a little girl sat over.

Coralie turned her head and saw a girl with short hair sitting next to her. She dressed like a boy.

"Hello."

Coralie smiled.

"I admire you. You are a celebrity in our school. The school auditorium still hangs the photos of you

participating in the dance competition. It's really beautiful." the girl said to Coralie.