Mountain Springs

After the death of Jocelyn's mother, her father brings home his mistress who then becomes Jocelyn's stepmother. Gradually, she becomes the least favorite person in the family. Her stepmother is mean and her younger sister always bullies her, taking away everything that belongs to her. Meanwhile, the family business is on the verge of bankruptcy due to her father being a gambler and her stepmother and sister being spendthrifts. At this time, they receive an invitation from the Brown family to a bouquet that is intended for the young master of the Brown Family to choose his future fiancee. The news excites Jocelyn's family a lot because if Maria could marry into the Brown family, the family wouldn’t need to worry about money anymore! The stepmother says to Jocelyn, &quot; If your sister could attract Master Aren, even you, a motherless girl, would also be a beneficiary. By then, a lot of boys would fight to marry you to get into our family.” Father says to Jocelyn: &quot; Your sister is so beautiful, I think she will be Mrs. Brown! Maria, let me see your face, the face of the future Mrs. Brown!&quot; At the moment, Jocelyn is glad to be ignored by her family. She just wants to get away from this ridiculous wife-picking affair, but fate seems to be leading her towards… The first time they meet, Jocelyn has a one-night stand with Master Aren. The second time they meet, Master Aren gets out of the car in front of Jocelyn's family and grabs her wrist. &quot; Do you think you can run away from me again?” Later, Mr. Brown announced that his future wife will be—Jocelyn.


Contracted Bride Is Trapped By Her Husband

Instead of staying here and killing time with these two women, what was more important to him was to find Jocelyn, present the flowers in his hand to the beautiful Jocelyn, and ask her to introduce him to Aren.

Although tobacco, wine, and casino business were very profitable, who would dislike having more money?

Most of the casino business in the Yates family was in the East Side. But recently, for some reason, the person in charge of the East Side started to crack down on the Yates family. This caused the casino business in their family to plummet. The turnover in the past three months was far inferior to before.

The Yates family needed to seek new businesses, but New York only had this many markets. Compared with other completely unfamiliar places, Bevis preferred to expand his businesses in the South Side controlled by Aren. After all, he knew Jocelyn here and she was Aren's fiancée.

Bevis Coming to See Jocelyn