After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

Nora was stunned.

She realized that her illness over the years had put a lot of pressure on Stella.

Eric looked at Stella with concern:

"No, it's not...

"Whether it's father, mother, Leo, Florin, or me...we all treat you well because we love you!"

When everyone was silent, Stella suddenly forced a smile:

"It's okay. Maybe I've been under too much pressure over the years."

Eric gritted his teeth.

Except for Stella, the Impes members thought so more than once:

Except us...

There will definitely be other people around Stella in the future.

Although this person may not be perfect, he may be as taciturn as you, or he may be narrow-minded and average-looking.

But he can stand up for you when you are vulnerable and find a solution for you when you are in trouble.

Maybe he doesn't care about your identity, he just thinks you are nice.

"Stella, many people love you. You deserve to be loved."

Come to think of it, Stella’s mate requirements might increase again.

The rest of the Impers members sat in the lobby.

There was collective silence.

Florin held her head and said helplessly:

"Those idle ladies just saw that Sister Stella still has no partner and laughed at her. Little did they know that they were touching the reverse scale of Impess."

Leo nodded, he was also quite helpless:

"But I have to say that it's really hard for my sister to find a partner because of her personality - and she has to take on the task of giving birth to Impes' first child... It's really too..."

Alas, it’s mainly because there are too few men who are good at scheming and socializing.

After Stella turned 20, her marriage did attract a lot of attention from her confidants.

Eric, who was leaning against the wall, actually didn't want to get involved in this topic.

Because every time he talked about this topic, he would think of the person who had stayed in the Duke's Mansion and was tolerant of Dalia, who was absolutely different...

Sheen.

“He might be someone who can tolerate Stella, he’s someone I know well.

If he wasn't the son of Haines, this matter might have been settled!"

Besides, Sheen is dead...

(End of memory)

Now is the darkest moment:

There was an outsider who saw Stella's childhood portrait! And he probably guessed that Stella was Nora's child!

The Black Dragon Cursed's left hand carefully picked up the portrait and held it in his hand.

Eric's eyes followed the portrait all the time, especially when he saw Ivan pinching the portrait with his left hand that could secrete venom, he felt his heart in his throat.

“Something bad has happened… There is actually an intact portrait of Stella in here. And Ivan got it!”

But think about it, this may be the only remaining portrait of Stella as a child.

Ivan finally asked a fatal question:

"How did Stella's portrait appear in Madam Nora's private space?"

...

Eric stood up and looked at Ivan blankly with his eyes half open.

In an instant, that sentence seemed to filter Ivan:

"He doesn't care about your identity, he just thinks you're good..."

"Mother knew about Stella's existence when she was four years old." Eric answered calmly, without any trace of lying on his face.

"Oh,"

He certainly didn't believe Eric's lies, but unfortunately Eric didn't know that Ivan and Eve were the same person, and he didn't know that Eve and Stella had contact information.

Ivan held the portrait in both hands and continued to study it, pretending to know nothing:

"Maybe the reason why Madam accepted her was to solve the marriage problem? I heard from the grapevine that many men wrote marriage proposals to Impess. Now I understand."

Eric could only continue to tell this lie:

"Ah, yes. Stella does look a bit like my mother.

"Although, her personality is not that cute and well-behaved. In fact, she is similar to Scott..."

Ivan couldn't help but tease, "Then there shouldn't be any man who really likes her, right? I heard that nobles like the type that are petite and cuddly."

"Why are you so rude..." Eric wanted to roll his eyes at him.

But it was true—those men really were only after Stella’s money, and if they were really brought in, they would only be a hindrance!

"Imperts doesn't want another guy who has to talk and can't do anything!"

Ivan held the portrait in his right hand and muttered:

"You're right, your family is all about force. Plus, she has never been exposed to the public, so she definitely hasn't experienced the viciousness of the aristocratic circle.

"Although I don't know if it's appropriate to say this, but... I feel like I want to date her."

what?

When Eric heard this, he looked up at Ivan.

Let’s take a look at Ivan’s left hand, which is cursed by the black dragon:

He's not bad looking, and he was able to fool Haynes a lot, so he should have no problem dealing with the vicious people in the social circle.

And apart from this incident (the plums gave Scott a stomachache), it seemed that Ivan was quite protective of Scott.

in other words...

Ivan is a dark-hearted, manipulative, and stern young man. He is a social king that everyone fears. But he has never done anything to hurt Stella (Scott), which shows that he has his own principles.

"This is the way we get along with each other, respecting each other, right?"

"Uh..."

Eric asked Ivan, who was still looking at the portrait.

"do you like her?"

"what?"

Ivan stared at Eric blankly, his expression full of question marks.

Eric's thoughts wandered a little:

"But Ivan doesn't know that Scott is Stella, so he may not realize that his words and actions reveal his love for her, right?"

"I haven't even met this person, how do you know if I like her?"

Ivan continued to mutter, "Could it be that Impes also wants to follow Haines' example and use me as a live-in son-in-law?"

Eric's eyes were full of watching the show - he almost forgot that Ivan had this dark history...

"Uh..."

Eric suddenly closed the box containing the portrait at lightning speed.

"No, you must have seen this person. Since you like her, I'll let you keep this portrait - after all, no one will notice if one portrait is missing."

"Ahhh?"

Ivan held the portrait in his hands, standing there in bewilderment.

"I just said that I have a crush on you, but I didn't mean to take the painting away... Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? This is your family's thing!"

Ivan watched as Eric quickly took out at least four locks from his pocket and locked the box with a click. Then he leaned over the box containing the portrait to prevent Ivan from opening it.

He lay on the box and said to Ivan in a half-joking tone:

"It's okay. Since you want to date her, then take this painting and find its owner! This way it can be considered as returning the property to its original owner. It doesn't count as taking Impes's things."

Ivan's red eyes were blank:

"Dude, did you misunderstand what I said..."