True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 2233

Sebastian's body stiffened and his brows furrowed, yet he replied calmly, "No problem."

He returned to his seat and sat down. When he lifted his eyes and looked at Claudia again, he realized that she was holding the drink that he gave her and staring at it blankly. She seemed to be thinking about something.

Heinz, who was sitting on the other side, also looked at them. He did not speak, but his gaze was distant and deep.

Grace and Sylvia also looked toward Claudia and Sebastian.

Sylvia could not help but worry for Claudia when she saw Claudia looking so pale.

After Sebastian gave her the drink and addressed her as "Madam Loris", the color had drained from Claudia's face immediately.

She also thought that Sebastian was being too cruel. Even if he did not like her, he did not have to address her in such a sarcastic manner.

Why did Sebastian do it? Sylvia wondered.

By addressing her as "Madam Loris", he was clearly drawing a line between them.

It was too insulting for Claudia.

Sylvia could not help but glare at her brother.

Sebastian looked back at her with indifference. Then, he lowered his head and no longer looked at anyone.

Grace was also worried when she saw the situation.

In reality, under normal circumstances, it was not wrong for Sebastian to call Claudia "Madam Loris" since she was Mr. Trevino's cousin.

However, the problem was that Claudia had addressed Heinz and Grace as her elders, thus positioning herself on the same generational step as Sylvia and paving a way for Kendrix.

In the future, if Kendrix and Sylvia's relationship ended up well, then they would not have to change the way of addressing each other.

In fact, regardless of the age difference between Kendrix and Sylvia, it was reasonable for Claudia to address Heinz and Grace as her elders.

The only thing that was unreasonable and jarring was that Sebastian actually addressed her as if she was an elder to him.

A little annoyed, Sylvia wanted to stand up for Claudia. "Sebastian, Claudia already addressed our mother as 'Aunt', so how can you call her 'Madam Loris'? Isn't that a little inappropriate? We've talked about this before, so why are you still acting like this?"

"Miss Loris doesn't have any objections, so why should you?" Sebastian asked indifferently.

"It's because I feel that it's unfair for Claudia. Don't you think you've gone too far?" Sylvia replied in a low voice.

"How so?" Sebastian asked coldly. As if that was not enough, he even looked at Claudia and asked indifferently, "Madam Loris, do you think it's too much for me to call you 'Madam Loris'?" Claudia looked up at Sebastian. She knew that Sebastian was deliberately behaving like that.

"Don't you think you're going a little too far?" Claudia smiled and said calmly, the bright light shining down on her face and deep eyes. "I think Sylvia is right. I've addressed Uncle Jones and Aunt Smith as my elders, yet you still insist on making me seem like an elder to you. It's a little... Hmm... How should I put it?"

Claudia frowned and seemed to be thinking hard, wondering how to word it.

Sebastian's gaze became sharp as he glanced at Claudia. He was about to speak when Claudia looked at him.

As their eyes met, Sebastian was a little taken aback by Claudia's sharp gaze. He immediately forgot what he wanted to say.

Claudia smiled faintly. "I don't know if you're protesting the fact that I'm treating your parents as my elders. Or could it be that you're not confident enough in yourself? You feel that you're too young and that's why you're insecure about it. So, perhaps you need to regard me as your elder to support that mindset of yours. Is that it?"

Sebastian's chest tightened, and he cursed inwardly. How dare Claudia mock Sebastian like that? Sebastian fumed.

She was truly gutsy!

How could she talk to him like that in front of his own parents?

Sebastian smiled coldly. It seemed that he had been too polite.

He should have been more sarcastic earlier.

He swept a sharp gaze over her and was about to speak when Claudia interrupted him.

"If that's the case, I think it's not a

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bad idea for you to call me that." Claudia looked at Sebastian, who was cut off just as he was about to speak. Seeing the furious yet speechless look on his face at getting interrupted, Claudia felt smug.

Sebastian was seething with anger at getting interrupted. He no longer felt anxious.

He continued staring at Claudia with a piercing and terrifying gaze.

However, Claudia was not bothered at all.

Deciding to switch things up, she

continued with a smile, "But to make

it less awkward for all of us, you

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might as well call me your sister. After all, I regard Uncle Jones and Aunt Smith as my elders. If you continue to treat me as an elder, Wouldn't Uncle Jones and Auntie Smith feel awkward?"

"They wouldn't feel awkward," Sebastian replied in a low voice while glaring at Claudia.

"This is probably just your wishful thinking, right?" Claudia smiled and said, "Why don't we ask them what they think?"

Heinz nodded and said, "It's indeed a bit awkward."

The moment those words came from his mouth, Grace immediately shot him a glare.

Sebastian was also dumbstruck. A hint of a smile flashed across his eyes. He looked at Claudia again, a trace of pride in his eyes.

Claudia glanced at Heinz with embarrassment. It seemed that both father and son were siding with each other. After all, she was a mere outsider, so she should not have said these words overconfidently. It was just too embarrassing.

Claudia lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "Well, it seems that I have to call you both 'Mr. Jones' and 'Mrs. Jones' then."

Seeing that Claudia was looking dispirited, Grace quickly looked at Heinz angrily.

How could Heinz be so cruel as to put Claudia in such a situation? Grace thought to herself.

"That's not it." Heinz smiled slightly and explained, "What I mean is that we think that you're young and about the same age as our son. You should be of equal seniority as him. It would be a little too awkward for Sebastian to regard you as an elder."

Claudia blinked, staring at Heinz and Grace somewhat awkwardly.

She could not believe her ears. Had she heard wrongly?

The so-called awkwardness Heinz mentioned was not directed at Claudia but at Sebastian instead?

She looked suspiciously at Heinz, then at Grace. There was a lot of doubt in her eyes.

Heinz looked at Claudia and said, "Sorry, Claudia. I apologize. I was unclear and caused you to misunderstood me."

After Heinz apologized, Grace felt relieved.

Sylvia also breathed a sigh of relief.

Sebastian frowned as he had not expected things to turn out that way.

Claudia immediately shook her head. "That's okay. It's not a big deal. However, I have to say that you're really very open-minded."

Heinz smiled and said with a sigh, "Of course. We must be more open-minded. There's no other way since I have so many sons. In the future, they'll have to look for wives. If I'm not open-minded, they may not be able to replace one."