Chapter 2

"Again, let us welcome the heir of Wilheim Group of Companies—it is no other than Grant Sunday Wilheim!" after the emcee said those words, the crowd clapped their hands, others were shouting, and others were whistling, making Grant chuckled as he walked in the center of the stage beside Winter.

"Nice one, bro!" Chester Dwaien said. One of Grant"s friends and one of the sons in the Catorse Family.

Celestine became confused again as to why crowds were shouting and whistling with so many expressions on their faces. Even Grant was now chuckling, making her think why these people are acting this way.

Later on, Grant offered his hand to Celestine, making the latter look at him with no emotion on her face. She does not show any emotion while looking at him, but Grant knew what Celestine was thinking, so he explained.

Grant smiled at Celestine softly and said, "Hold my hand, please."

Celestine was confused as to why she had to hold Grant"s hand, so she asked, "Why do I have to hold your hand?" she said with so much cold in her voice.

Grant sighed. Here he goes again. Every time he is with Celestine, he always has to ready himself for explanations because Celestine liked questioning things, especially those she was unaware of.

But Grant was an understanding man, so he answered Celestine calmy. "Because we both like to honor the culture of Catorse Family, right?" he said. Celestine just looked at him before slowly accepting his hand to hold.

"Good girl."

When the crowds saw the interaction of Celestine and Grant on the stage, everyone whistled, howled, and screamed. The public is excited to see how these two will turn into once they get married.

"Oh my god! The interactions of you two made all of us feel excited. But well, welcome Celestine and Grant," the emcee greeted Celestine and Grant with a smile on her face.

The staff from backstage gave microphones to them, and the two accepted it. Grant was used to talking in front of other people, so he spoke. "Thank you for your warm welcome, everyone. Thank you for witnessing this event even though the program has not yet officially started," he said.

After giving a short speech, Grants looked at Celestine, who looked uninterested in what was happening around her. She was just standing right there, looking at the crowd without showing any emotions on her face.

By that, Grant had to squeeze Celestine"s hand to make her know that everyone was waiting for her speech. She just looked at him questioningly like she did not know what to do. Grant had to move his hand holding a microphone to show her and tell her that she needed to give a speech.

"Hello, thank you for coming. That is all," Celestine said, plain and simple. No explanation or expression on her face. And Celestine"s simplicity and adorableness made everyone in the Paradise of Luna chuckle and laugh.

The Catorse Paradise of Luna had become one of the most beautiful places in the world. The Paradise of Luna has an infinite shape that connects every family"s land of paradise. As it consists of fourteen families, every island has a flag that signifies its own clan.

From the top point of view, in the daylight, the travelers could see the flags of each and every clan, together with the mesmerizing blue-green sea with clean white sand on the seashore. The plants, trees, and other green scenery are all matched with the picturesque that could make everyone go crazy about this paradise.

While during the night, the view of this island could pass the galaxy way as if this island shines like a diamond. The deep blue-green sea was gone at night, but it was replaced by the fairy lights lurking all over the infinite shape of the island. The fairy lights emphasize the beauty of the Island of Catorse Paradise.

But tonight, the event was held in the small portion island of Wilheim, and all the families were invited in there. The Wilheim-Millstein amalgamation of businesses will become more potent in all families that could benefit not only the Wilheim-Millstein Clan but also the benefit of all the Catorse Family.

The first generation or the parents of the Catorse Family have been friends with each other ever since. All these parents were not rich, did not have a wealthy background, and they really started from scratch. The parents of the Catorse Family experienced living in the street, having no food for three days, and being unable to go to school. They were a bunch of people who experienced discrimination, humiliation, and injustice.

The parents worked really hard, tried to finish their studies, and helped each other until they reached their goals—to become billionaires. And after years of working hard and not giving up chasing their dreams, they were able to create and build a business all over the country that made them become top billionaires in the world.

As a reward to themselves, they bought an Island that they could use as a vacation area once they get stressed at work. Years after working hard for their wealth, they build a family on their own and promise each other that they will honor the friendship by pairing up and marrying their sons and daughters, but in one condition.

The condition was if certain daughters or sons disliked or disagreed to marry one of the Catorse Family"s sons or daughters, then they should not force it. Marriage will be okay if it is consented to by the two individuals, but it is not okay if forced. The sons and daughters can be in an arranged marriage, but if one declines, then no marriage will happen.

Each parent agreed to that one condition, but they made their sons and daughter be closed to each other, for if the time has come to get married, they know who they wanted to be with.

And that was how the culture of the Catorse Family was made, and that promise was about to start now by...