Nadine turned around and saw eight youngsters—both men and women—walking into the courtyard one after another.

One of the young men’s names was Louis Gardner, her cousin. In fact, most of these youngsters were Nadine’s cousins from the Gardner family.

“What are you all doing here?” Nadine asked curiously as she watched Louis and the others walk in.

Louis smirked when he heard this. The group stood before Nadine as he said, “I heard from Aunt Carlene that you brought your boyfriend today. This is him, right?

“Felix was furious when he heard about it. After all, you clearly know he’s been trying to pursue you, right?”

As Louis spoke, the others next to him were carefully scanning Adrian from top to bottom. Nadine frowned and turned toward a young man next to Louis. The man was Felix, hailing from the Yale family—one of the ten most vital families in Southrive.

Felix had always been among Nadine’s list of romantic suitors, even spending ridiculous amounts of effort in doing so. Howe