I continued, "Instead of pushing me to marry one of these super-fertile women, wouldn't it make more sense for me to find someone whose status actually matches mine? That way, I can get both the business benefits and the kids."

My grandmother let out a helpless sigh and nodded. "Alright. Since you've already made up your mind, then do what you think is right."

Oscar had been sneaking around outside the door. After hearing my whole conversation with my grandmother, he rushed off to tattle to the sisters.

"Kara, I was worried about all of you, so I snuck over to take a look at the banquet, and I… I heard Percy say he doesn't want any of you. He wants to marry that sickly woman, Michelle Cooper!"

Kara gave a cold snort, her eyes full of disdain. "Oh, so he thinks he's too good for us now?"

Charis Jennings glared and snapped, "Percy is such a shameless idiot. He really thinks he's some kind of king who can pick through the seven of us as if we were prizes? I swear I'm going to let him have it."

The other five sisters were just as furious, and the group stormed out together to wait for me outside the hall.

I had barely stepped through the door when I ran straight into all seven sisters.

They were all glaring at me as if they were ready to tear me apart.

The first to speak was Kara, the woman I had married in my past life.

"Percy, don't think that you're a bigshot just because we allowed you to choose from us. You're nothing special."

"That's right. Kara's gorgeous, and you should be grateful she's even considered marrying you!"

Guinevere Jennings chimed in, glaring at me with pure contempt.

Kara lifted her chin proudly and said, "I know you've been in love with me for years. Now that you finally get to marry me, you must be overjoyed."

After that, she stepped closer and said, "I can marry you, but only if you agree that once we're married, we live our own separate lives and don't get in each other's way. Otherwise, I'm not marrying you!"

I stared at her coldly. "The one I'm marrying is Michelle Cooper."

"Michelle? She can't have kids, and she looks like she's about to collapse. You seriously want to marry her?"

Kara covered her mouth and let out a soft laugh. "Even if you marry Michelle, you're not gonna be satisfied. She's so weak that you'll end up sneaking around with someone else sooner or later."

Right then, Oscar rushed to Kara's side, his lips shaking.

"Stop fighting, you two. This is my fault. If I hadn't overheard those things by accident, none of this would've happened."

"Get out of my way!" I snapped. Just as I tried to walk off, Kara blocked me.

She grabbed Oscar's hand and glared at me as if I were the villain.

"Percy, that's too much! Oscar didn't do anything wrong. How dare you talk to him like that!"

The moment she finished, Yvonne Jennings stepped forward and added, "Exactly! You act like you're some big deal. Someone like you doesn't deserve Kara at all."

"You pushed Oscar around before, and now you're doing it in front of all of us? You're just a pathetic suck-up pretending to be important!" Naomi Jennings scolded me harshly while looking at me as if I were dirt on her shoes.

If this were the old me being yelled at by the seven sisters, I would've tried to explain myself and begged them to calm down.

But I wasn't that person anymore.

I stepped forward and slapped Oscar hard across the face. "Since you want to claim I bully you, then I'll make sure it's true."

Oscar froze, his cheek blazing red as he stared at me in shock.

Kara snapped out of it, pulled Oscar behind her, and glared at me with pure rage.

"Percy, get the hell out!" Kara shouted at me.

She had already made up her mind. When I eventually crawled back and begged her to marry me, she would humiliate me twice as hard to pay me back for how I treated Oscar today.

Early the next morning, the Jennings sisters heard that I was holding the banquet again that night.

This time, the event was even fancier than the day before, and the hall was packed with people.

By the time the sisters walked in, most of the guests had already arrived.

They didn't even glance in my direction and headed straight up to the stage.

Guinevere smirked and hooked her arm around Kara's. "Look at all the rich guys here today. Instead of marrying Percy, why not choose someone from this whole group?"

"Percy is manipulative and heartless. I think you're better off staying single!" Naomi agreed.

As soon as Naomi spoke, Pamela Jennings nodded hard. "Kara, they're right. I can't stand Percy's fake behavior either. It makes my skin crawl."

Kara lifted her chin with pride. "Yeah, I don't wanna marry someone like him anyway."

"I think you've made the right choice. People who don't respect others don't deserve to even live!"

Sharon Jennings shot me a look and raised her voice even more. "None of us Jennings sisters want to marry that guy!"

Guests nearby heard their bold remarks and looked at me with pity.

If I had heard this in my past life, I would've exploded with anger and rushed over to confront them.

Even though Kara was the one I liked most among the sisters, I had treated all of them well.

Yet here they were, trying to humiliate me in front of a full room today.

Now, I just gave them a cold stare and went back to chatting with my business partners.

All of this chaos would end today.

Once every guest had arrived, my grandmother entered the banquet hall with the butler, Chad supporting her.

Instantly, the entire hall fell silent.

My grandmother smiled as she stepped onto the staircase and looked across the crowd.

"Today is a wonderful day. The Spencers have something important to announce."

She paused. "My grandson, Percy, is 23, and it's time for him to start a family. After he gets married, I will personally hand the family heirloom to my granddaughter-in-law."

The Spencers had been powerful for generations, and word had it that the heirloom was a priceless diamond worth a fortune.

Hearing this, the crowd burst into excited whispers, eager to see the legendary treasure.

My grandmother continued, "Now, Percy will announce who his bride will be."

Kara stood on stage while watching me proudly, her eyes filled with contempt.

She figured I would still kneel and propose to her today, even though I had said I was going to marry Michelle yesterday.

She decided to pull some kind of stunt to put me in my place when I got down on my knee.

Right then, a wave of gasps swept through the hall as people turned toward the entrance.

Michelle had arrived.

She wore a red evening gown and a soft, calm smile as she walked into the hall with effortless grace.

Michelle's figure was delicate, her skin pale and smooth, like an angel who didn't quite belong in this world.

While everyone stared at her in awe, I snapped back to attention, smiled gently, and announced with a loud voice, "Everyone, my bride will be Michelle Cooper, the CEO of Cooper Corporations!"