"Maybe the Valerius family has forgotten all about it. That would be even better—then I wouldn't have to get married and could stay with you forever, Grandma!" Aurora said with a sweet smile.
Mrs. Sterling shot Aurora a look. "You silly girl, don't talk such nonsense. You can't stay unmarried your whole life, can you?"
"I don't mind getting married, but I don't want to marry the fourth son of the Valerius family. I want to wait until I find a man I actually love..."
The Sterling family was already considered part of the city's upper crust, but even so, they were barely worth a second glance in the eyes of the Valerius family.
