Chapter 153

"Keep dreaming, Rufus!" Diane replied coldly as soon as she heard that. Manuel's complexion turned ugly in an instant, and he said to Diane, "Why would you say that, Diane? We are a second-tier family. You'll be one step up the social hierarchy if you marry my son. You should've been grateful that he still fancies you even though you've been married once and had already given birth to a child. Where did you get the nerve to say tell my son to 'keep dreaming'?" After making that remark, Manuel turned his head to Rufus and said, "You're a disappointment, Rufus. You could've chosen any woman in the world, and you just had to choose her. You're my son, after all. Don't you have hordes of women to choose from?" Rufus pouted. "But Dad! The woman I truly like is Diane! It just has to be her!" Catherine thought for a while before taking a step forward and saying to Manuel, "Severin did beat your son up today, but I trust that Severin wouldn't've gone so far as to hit him if your son didn't