"Isn't Eleanor suitable?" James Lockwood retorted, "She's got the looks and the culture, and she's deeply devoted to you. You and her brother are best friends, wouldn't a marriage alliance be perfect?"
"Do you mean only through a marriage alliance would they agree to the projects you want to cooperate on?" Caden Lockwood seemed to find it amusing, "Is Chairman Lockwood getting old? Has he lost confidence?"
"Caden Lockwood!" James Lockwood raised his voice, "Every descendant of major groups maintains tighter relations through marriage, and our family and the Keaton Family are long-time acquaintances. Your marriage to Eleanor was decided the day she was born! Even if you don't marry her, you would marry another family's heiress!"
James Lockwood emphasized the word "heiress" particularly strongly.
The underlying meaning was a reminder that ordinary people shouldn't think of marrying into the Lockwood Family.
