Chapter 818 - 802: Is There Regret Medicine in the World?

Chapter 818: Chapter 802: Is There Regret Medicine in the World?

The young maid received Mrs. Vance’s instructions and hurriedly ran back outside to pass on the message.

However, it wasn’t long before she scurried back in, looking thoroughly anxious. She stammered, "Um, Madam, Mr. Lockwood said he’s in a rush and won’t be coming inside."

Yvonne Tate scoffed. He was in a rush? He wasn’t coming in?

Just as Yvonne was about to lose her temper and order the maid to send Archie Lockwood away, Shannon Vance’s voice rang out. "Is Archie here? I’m heading out right now!"

Seeing her daughter hurrying downstairs with her purse in hand, Yvonne furrowed her brows deeply. "Shannon, you are not allowed to go out!"

A young lady ought to be a little more reserved, but her daughter was clearly throwing herself at the man. If she married into their family like this, how could her mother ever be at ease?

"Mom, why can’t I go out? Archie is already here to pick me up. If I don’t go out, how are we supposed to have dinner together?"

"Shannon, call him and tell him to come inside and get you."

"Mom, Archie went out of his way just to pick me up. Besides, I only have to walk out the front door to reach him. It’s not like I don’t know how to walk or can’t find the way," Shannon muttered in dissatisfaction as she continued downstairs.

Throughout the entire exchange, she was completely oblivious to the fact that there was an outsider sitting in the living room.

Yvonne was a thousand times displeased by her daughter’s words. However, mindful of her status and the presence of a guest, she couldn’t fly into a rage. She could only point a reprimanding finger at Shannon, thoroughly disappointed by her lack of pride. "You’re spoiling him too much. You can’t just coddle a man like this."

Rowan Ross was visibly embarrassed at being ignored. Listening to the conversation between Yvonne and Shannon, she figured out that Shannon had a boyfriend, and his last name was Lockwood.

If it had been any other last name, she might not have been so curious. But since it was Lockwood, she couldn’t help but be intrigued. This was simply because she had a cousin who was previously entangled with one of the Lockwood men. Her aunt had certainly never missed a chance to brag to her about it.

"Shannon, are you heading out on a date? It seems I came at a bad time."

"Huh? Rowan? When did you get here?" Shannon looked up at the sound of her voice, completely surprised.

"I heard you came back to the country, so I thought I’d come over and catch up."

Hearing Rowan’s words, Shannon smiled apologetically. "Rowan, I’m really sorry. As you can see, I happen to have plans today. How about we catch up some other time?"

Ever since they were little, Rowan had always loved to compete with her. Because of that, Rowan was her least favorite person in the world.

"It’s fine, it’s fine! Since you have a date, you should hurry up and go." Rowan actually wanted to see exactly what kind of person this Mr. Lockwood was, and whether he could compare to the infamous real and fake heirs of the Lockwood family.

Shannon’s entire heart and mind were focused on Archie waiting outside, so she completely missed the contempt in Rowan’s eyes when she said that.

The two younger women said goodbye to Yvonne and walked out the door together, chatting and laughing.

Outside the Vance family home.

Archie Lockwood sat in the backseat of the car, staring at the villa in front of him with complex emotions in his eyes. His tone was cold as he asked, "Why do you think Jason Lockwood took a liking to Shannon Vance?"

Whether in terms of talent, looks, power, or wealth, Shannon couldn’t compare to Fiona Vance. It was safe to say that the Vance family’s current standing was entirely built by Fiona’s hard work.

He couldn’t figure out exactly what Jason was plotting. If Jason wanted to rely on the Vance family to consolidate his power and oppose him, the logical target would have been Fiona, not someone like Shannon.

Recalling the background check he had run, Howard Rhodes lowered his voice. "Mr. Lockwood, there is something I’m not sure if I should mention."

"Speak!"

"I believe Jason only chose Miss Shannon because of you, sir."

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. Lockwood, haven’t you noticed? Jason seems to love stealing your things. Take Miss Bishop from before, for example..."