Chapter 379 No Family Background
No way, right?
This was quite a shock for Kennedy.
Her elegant and refined Stefan had such peculiar taste, finding himself such a... large girlfriend.
Just as she refused to believe that the Seraphina walking toward them was Stefan's girlfriend...
Stefan, who had already spotted Seraphina, walked over to greet her with a gentle smile on his lips.
Kennedy fell silent.
Stefan took Seraphina's hand and walked up to Kennedy. He introduced her, "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Dione."
Kennedy looked at Seraphina and forced a smile.
Seraphina smiled warmly, politely nodding to Kennedy in greeting, "Hello, it's nice to meet you."
Although Kennedy didn't understand why Stefan's taste was so poor, she maintained her good manners, "Hello, Stefan mentions you often."
Jane stood to the side. When she heard Seraphina's fake name, she instinctively felt even more disgusted with the Seraphina before her.
Jane said with an unwavering smile, "Ma'am, Mr. Hensley, I won't disturb you any longer."
Kennedy, thinking of the earlier mistaken identity mishap, nodded awkwardly.
She watched Jane's noble figure walk away in high heels, secretly sighing with regret.
Seraphina didn't know about Kennedy's earlier mistake, but she keenly sensed Kennedy's dislike for her.
In the private room.
Stefan had formally introduced Seraphina to Damon and Kennedy.
Seraphina smiled and politely greeted Damon, "Mr. Hensley, hello."
She handed over the meeting gifts to both Damon and Kennedy with both hands.
Damon smiled and accepted it, "Thank you, this is the gift we prepared for you."
He handed Seraphina the gift they had prepared in advance.
"Thank you, Mr. Hensley." Seraphina obediently sat down after receiving the gift.
Kennedy casually placed the purple gift box on the table without much care.
Someone from a middle-class family like Seraphina, what good gift could she possibly buy?
Looking at this box, it probably contained a necklace. If the necklace was too cheap, Kennedy would never wear it.
Seraphina noticed Kennedy's casual attitude with the box. She smiled gently, her eyes warm.
Damon said with a smile, "Dione, don't be nervous, just think of it as having dinner with family."
Seeing Damon's good attitude, Seraphina felt relieved. At least one of them was easy to deal with.
Kennedy glanced at the casual clothes Seraphina was wearing, her smile very forced.
Kennedy's cold attitude made the entire dinner atmosphere somewhat heavy.
Stefan naturally noticed Kennedy's dissatisfaction. Under the table, he held Seraphina's hand to ease her pressure, "Dad, Mom, Dione is the person I want to spend my life with. We've decided to get married."
This was to confirm his relationship with Seraphina to Damon and Kennedy.
Damon spoke gently with a smile, "Since you've decided to be together, when should we arrange for both sets of parents to meet and discuss your marriage?"
Hearing Damon say this, Kennedy got a bit angry and stepped on his foot, telling him not to talk nonsense.
Today was just to meet Seraphina, why talk about marriage! They could discuss this later, why bring it up now.
Damon, whose foot was stepped on by Kennedy, fell silent.
Seraphina freed her hand from Stefan's grip. She didn't want to be seen holding hands by the parents.
Stefan standing on her side put her in a good mood, "Mr. Hensley, I'll go home and ask my parents about their schedule."
Kennedy picked up her teacup, took a sip and asked, "Dione, I'll call you that like Stefan does. Where does your father work now?"
Seraphina smiled lightly and replied softly, "My father isn't working anymore."
Kennedy wanted to ask more, but Stefan added food to her plate, interrupting what she was about to say, "Mom, try this restaurant's dishes."
Kennedy knew Stefan was protecting Seraphina, and she felt even more dissatisfied.
What was this? Was she, Kennedy, going to bully Seraphina? She just wanted to ask some basic questions.
"Mom, let me peel shrimp for you." Stefan wiped his hands and peeled shrimp for Kennedy.
He didn't help Seraphina peel any because he knew Seraphina didn't like eating shrimp.
Seeing Stefan peel shrimp for her but not for Seraphina, Kennedy felt a bit better and her expression softened slightly.
Stefan's dignity still needed to be maintained. Since that was the case, she wouldn't make things difficult for now.
After dinner, Seraphina and Stefan accompanied Damon and Kennedy on a tour around Border Ridge City.
While Seraphina and the others went to buy entrance tickets, Damon lowered his voice to advise Kennedy, "If you keep putting on that face, you'll scare Dione away."
Kennedy replied, "If she gets scared away, then she gets scared away."
That would be even better.
Damon didn't know how else to persuade her, but this matter would need Stefan to discuss with Kennedy himself.
Kennedy complained of being tired, so after walking around for a bit, they ended today's meeting.
Stefan first drove Damon and Kennedy back, then took Seraphina home.
In the car.
Stefan held Seraphina's hand, his eyes apologetic, "Dione, I'm sorry. You had to put up with that today. I'll talk to my mom."
Seraphina smiled, "It's okay, I understand your mother's feelings. I'll try my best to change your mother's opinion of me."
This last sentence was just something Seraphina said for the sake of saying it.
Anyway, if they really got married, they wouldn't live with Damon and Kennedy after the wedding.
Stefan suddenly pulled over, "Dione, wait for me."
Seraphina didn't know what he was going to do. Through the car window, she saw Stefan get out and enter a pastry shop.
Before long, Stefan came out of the pastry shop carrying a cake box, opened the door and got back in the car.
Seraphina asked curiously, "Why did you buy a cake? Whose birthday is it?"
Stefan smiled. He opened the cake box and handed the cake to Seraphina, "Dione, this is for you."
On the top layer of the cake was written: Only Want to Marry Dione
Seraphina took the cake, her face slightly flushed. She actually hadn't taken Kennedy's slight dissatisfaction to heart, but Stefan coaxing her like this made her happy anyway.
"Should we find a place to eat the cake first?"
Seraphina felt embarrassed to bring this cake home for Elizabeth and Timothy to see.
The cake wasn't very big, just right for two people.
"Okay, let's go to the park."
Elizabeth and Timothy had been waiting at home for Seraphina to come back and tell them about the meeting.
Timothy looked at the time and muttered, "Why isn't she back yet?"
Elizabeth looked at the message Seraphina sent, "Seraphina says she's almost home."
Soon after, Seraphina arrived home.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home. I'm so tired."
"Tell me, how were his parents?" Elizabeth had Seraphina sit down.
Timothy also looked at Seraphina, listening intently.
Seraphina organized her thoughts, "His mother isn't very satisfied with me, but his father's attitude was good."
Elizabeth and Timothy exchanged glances.
Seraphina was very open about it. She smiled playfully, "Mom, you don't need to worry about me. I haven't married yet. Oh, by the way, Mom, Dad, when are you two free? I need to arrange for you to meet his parents."
"Tomorrow works." Elizabeth decided.
At this moment, Stefan had returned home and was also talking to Damon and Kennedy about Seraphina.
"Dione has a great personality. Mom, we can't judge people just by their appearance." Stefan probably knew where Kennedy was most dissatisfied with Dione.
Kennedy frowned, "Stefan, she has neither looks nor family background. In the future, when she represents the Hensley family at social events, and when you take her out, won't you feel embarrassed? If she had a good family background, that would be one thing, but she doesn't even have that."