When did they met?

The two had their jaw open now, forming a big 'O'. They cannot believe what just happened. Are they dreaming? Cassandra looked at her mom and saw that they both had the same expression. So this means it really happened.

A couple of questions arise in Cassandra's head. When had Eric and Alice met each other? Did they have a communication when Alice was abroad? And why would Eric sounded affectionate towards Alice?

She has met Eric for a couple of times and although she tries her best to approach him, he would just treat her casually. She has never even touched Eric's hand, let alone have Eric touch her deliberately. Even the arm that Eric has offered just now had his clothes, so there was no direct touch. But to hold that bitch like a man guarding his woman! She won't believe it! Eric is hers! Alice is a disgrace and does not deserve him!

"Mother!" Her eyes shows that she wanted her mother to explain the situation to her.

Cathy still had that dumbfound expression. She then looked at her daughter and knew they are thinking the same thing. She shakes her head. "They have never met after that bitch was abroad, and even if they did, then we should've known." (They really think too highly of themselves.)

"But how do you explain what just happened? My Eric has even called that slut his fiancée!" This man is the most sought eligible man in the current society. How long has she bragged about having a connection with this man to her friends? If this came out, she would look stupid!

Both of them did not know that this is an engagement between the Zhao family and the Chen family. Only Old Master Wu knows and had not tell his wife and son deliberately. Old Man Wu knows that it is the Zhao and Chen's business and he agreed to it because he knows it was also a better option for his granddaughter.

He had informed this to Alice, and Alice never told anyone because of her grandfather's orders. She was never close to the Zhao family when her mother was still alive, but when she went abroad, the Zhao family has helped her grandfather Wu with her living arrangements and education. Not even her father knows about this. So naturally, she knows when Eric talked about the engagement when they met. Though, her memory of him was when they were at school way back when she was young.

Unlike these duo who didn't know anything at all. They had to figure this out before Alice seduce that man and take him away!

"I don't know either. Don't worry. I'll ask your father about it! We cannot let that bitch seduce him!" Cathy decided that she definitely need to ask her husband about this! Why had he never mentioned it to her! Cathy had locked-in this boy for her daughter since she met the Chen family even before she legally joined the Wu household. Though she was never fully accepted in the women's society, she has a couple of tea with the madams of the other households. There were a lot of praises for the young man, and even more so when he has become the President of the Chen household and made thrice the worth of the company.

Eric has been visiting the Old Master in the Main Mansion for a long time now. Though they talk business, it was really not necessary for Eric to visit every time. She knows this because she had great relations with the Old Madam and the latter would tell her that the boy from the Chen household visits the Old Master. Coincidentally, these visits started after Alice was gone. So they never connected it to Alice. The Old Madam has also helped Cathy set up a meeting with the boy and Cassandra. And all along, they thought Eric Chen was visiting frequently because he wanted to ask for Cassandra's hand in marriage from the Old Man.