Hearing that, Charles waved his hand impatiently. "Nah, nah, forget it. We're not taking in a live-in son-in-law. Our Evelyn's exceptional—you'd better go all out for the wedding. Cathedral venue, designer gown, string quartet, the whole nine yards."
Truth was, Charles just wanted to test how sincere Julian really was toward Evelyn. He never really meant for Julian to marry into their family.
Charles wasn't clueless either—Gerald talking about giving Julian a ten percent share of the company right in front of him? That was a not-so-subtle way of saying Julian's gonna be running the Everett family business in the future.
How could you expect a future head of the Everett family to marry into someone else's clan?
Besides, it's not like Charles didn't trust Julian. He'd already h
