Chapter 20: Does the Windsor Family Have Another Daughter?
Alexander stayed with Felix for a while, then got up and walked out of the hospital room.
Outside the room, Esme looked at Alexander eagerly.
"Alexander, let's go have dinner together? I know a really good restaurant, perfect for couples. It's so romantic. Esme has always wanted to go there with you."
Alexander didn't even glance at her. His profile was like an ice sculpture, flawless, his eyes sparkling like diamonds.
"Get lost."
The bodyguards around him blocked Esme, preventing her from getting close to Alexander.
Esme stamped her feet in frustration!
Once Alexander knew how excellent she was, he would definitely fall in love with her!
He kicked her out because he must not know about their engagement.
After thinking it over, Esme pulled out her phone and made a call.
"Hello, I want to buy a trending topic about the engagement between the Windsor family and the Howard family!"
Alexander sat in the doctor's office, thinking about Felix's poisoning.
Gavin rushed into the office, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
"Mr. Alexander Howard, I've carefully checked Mr. Felix Howard's prescription. There's no problem with it, but some of the medicines Felix took had been switched. I examined Mr. Felix Howard's body - the surgery was very successful! Luckily, whoever performed the surgery on Mr. Felix Howard was highly skilled!"
Alexander relaxed a bit and asked, "Highly skilled? Esme said she did the surgery."
Gavin cursed.
"I took her to a class yesterday. She can't even tell different types of scalpels apart, and she can do surgery? Whoever operated on Mr. Howard is definitely an expert, a genius-level one! The technique looks a bit like George's."
Alexander nodded.
"Thank you for looking after my grandfather."
"Of course. I'll go make my rounds now."
Gavin was still thinking about the incision he'd seen - it was handled so beautifully!
If Felix weren't so important, he would have taken photos to study it carefully.
George was a famous genius in the medical field and Marcus's grandson.
If he happened to be there, it wasn't impossible that he performed Felix's surgery.
He heard Felix had his episode right in Marcus's hospital room.
Maybe Felix was confused after the surgery and got it wrong!
A bodyguard walked in from outside with a phone, saying quietly, "Mr. Howard, Esme bought a trending topic about you."
Secretary Annie screamed and quickly pulled out her phone.
Number one on the trending list was clearly about the century's alliance between the Windsor family and the Howard family!
The post even described Alexander and the Windsor family's daughter in detail, specifically stating the Windsor family only had one daughter!
Below were comments from netizens, including something Charles had said at a previous event: "I only have one sister, and the Windsor family will forever only have one daughter!"
The comment section was already buzzing with gossip.
[Esme looks like an excellent woman, a perfect match for Alexander.]
[When's the wedding?]
Annie was shocked!
"Good thing there's no photo of you! Is this Esme crazy? She even posted so many edited photos of herself - she doesn't even look like that!"
A cold smile appeared on Alexander's lips, his whole body radiating an icy aura!
Those who knew him well could tell - Alexander was angry!
His dark eyes showed a sharp, cold glint.
Alexander spoke coldly: "Delete the post, find who's behind this, bankrupt these marketing accounts, and take them to court."
"Yes!"
"Prepare two gifts to send to the Windsor family."
Annie got excited: "Mr. Howard, did Ms. Windsor's reminder make you remember your engagement with Ms. Windsor? Are you going to fulfill the engagement?"
The assistant standing nearby spoke up: "Are you stupid? If Mr. Howard was going to fulfill the engagement, he wouldn't have told Esme to get lost earlier. And Esme bought this trending topic - how could Mr. Howard fulfill the engagement now?"
Right, Alexander had just called Esme an idiot!
"Then what is Mr. Howard going for?"
Alexander looked dignified, his nose bridge straight, speaking lightly: "One gift for George, to thank him for saving my grandfather. One for Bethany and Aurora - I'm breaking off the engagement!"
Annie almost bit her tongue!
"Mr. Alexander Howard, Mr. Felix Howard just woke up and you're already breaking off the engagement? If Mr. Felix Howard finds out, won't he get upset again?"
The assistant chimed in: "You're being dumb. With Esme acting like this and buying this kind of trending topic, if Mr. Alexander Howard doesn't break off the engagement, that's what would upset Mr. Felix Howard to death."
The assistant handed over an iPad: "Mr. Howard, the Windsor family does have another daughter, Juniper, currently doing research in Tranquil County. That case last year that shocked the nation about making chickens fly came from Juniper's lab."
Alexander took the iPad.
A photo of a girl with an expressionless face came into view - Juniper in a white lab coat, holding a test tube, looking detached from the world.
Annie said in surprise: "I didn't expect the Windsor family to actually have another daughter. This Juniper is a genius too - an 18-year-old postdoctoral student. She really looks like a Windsor family daughter!"
"Are you breaking off the engagement with this Juniper too?"
Alexander fell silent.
He didn't have an engagement with every Windsor family daughter!
"I have an engagement with the Windsor family, not with any specific woman. Prepare the gifts. I'll go break off the engagement in a few days."
The assistant knew Alexander's decisions wouldn't change, but wanted to try one more time.
"Mr. Howard, the Windsor family sent an invitation saying their daughter's birthday is next week. Why don't you attend first, then talk about breaking off the engagement? After all, the two families go way back. This way is too disrespectful to the Windsor family."
Alexander nodded. "Let's do that. I'll announce the broken engagement at the birthday party."
Annie thought to herself that the Windsor family would probably be furious.
That Windsor family daughter better pray for herself!
"Birthday party?"
Catherine was eating when Bethany and Aurora mentioned throwing her a birthday party. Her first instinct was to refuse.
She didn't like being high-profile. When she was with the Smith family, she never got gifts on her birthday. Only Clara got birthday cakes.
Celeste wouldn't let her be extravagant, but would buy expensive cakes for Clara.
All in the name of compensating Clara so she wouldn't feel bad.
Aurora cupped her face, looking at Catherine carefully.
"Catherine, I'm sorry. We haven't celebrated your birthday all these years. This time we want to announce your existence to the whole world! Tell them the Windsor family only has you as their daughter!"
Bethany kept nodding beside her.
He had looked into it - Catherine never celebrated birthdays at the Smith family.
How shabby!
Thinking about how wronged Catherine had been before, Bethany wanted to cry.
Catherine had it so hard!
They had to make it up to her!
"Baby, don't worry. We'll celebrate all your birthdays from now on and make you the happiest princess in the world!"
Charles, George, Richard, and Philip also nodded continuously.
They even started planning the birthday party on the spot.
Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Catherine didn't have the heart to refuse and agreed.
Charles gently touched Catherine's hair and smiled: "Don't worry, you don't have to do anything. Just show up in front of everyone. We'll handle everything else!"
"Right, we'll definitely give you the grandest birthday party!"
Sitting on the sofa, Esme was twisting her handkerchief so hard it was about to tear!
Why should Catherine get to live so well?
She was also a Windsor family daughter. When she celebrated her birthdays, no one was this enthusiastic. She didn't even get gifts.
Was blood relation really that important?