Bring Over All My Stuff or I Will Cry

Isabella blushed, as if she felt shy before the patriarch, "Grandpa, sorry that I did not pay a visit to you earlier."

Charlie thought for a moment. "Smith Design?"

"Though not a big company, it has been thriving in Peace City during the past few years. It has undertaken many design projects, including some from my Global Group."

Joseph explained.

"Mm, so Isabella is a girl from a respectable family..."

Charlie sized up Isabella again and probed, "Then how did you and Joseph get to know each other? Why did you come here tonight?"

"I met him at a b...!"

Just as Isabella was about to speak, she felt a fierce pinch on her waist where Joseph placed his hand.

She shot Joseph a glance and changed her tune, "I met him at a chateau. I was there to sketch from nature, but got into trouble. Then Joseph helped me out, so he and I.... Without us even know it, we...."