Through his ex-wife, Preston Monroe was already familiar with the Thorne family, and this wasn't his first time meeting Jonathan Thorne, either. They had first met at his daughter's 100-day celebration, when the Thorne elders had personally brought their two grandsons to offer congratulations.
Back then, the Thornes had even mentioned the marriage agreement between the two families.
One that betrothed Jonathan Thorne to his daughter.
Preston Monroe had specifically sized up the boy at the time. As the eldest grandson of the Thorne family, he was naturally impressive, but he looked far too serious and prim—like a little old man at just eight or nine years old.
'He was no match for my soft, sweet daughter at all!'
'First of all, the age gap was too big!'
