The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back (Paisley) novel Chapter 56

Marissa's gracious attitude won her genuine admiration from their old classmates. Back in school, she was the campus beauty. With the Vanderbilt family behind her and Dominick watching over her, she had been the untouchable queen bee.

Now, in the eyes of those same classmates, Marissa, the once-distant campus belle, was about to officially join the Vanderbilt family and become a lady of one of Harrowfell's most prestigious households. Her elevated status was unquestionable. Yet she remained so down-to-earth—it was hard not to admire her.

"Dom, you'll help Sonny and me pick good horses later, won't you?" Marissa asked.

Dominick hadn't bothered to change clothes since he wasn't planning to ride. He was only there to accompany Grayson and Marissa. Hearing Marissa's suggestion, Dominick nodded and replied, "Sure."

Once they got to the stable, Dominick carefully chose horses for both Grayson and Marissa. Grayson had been riding since he was four years old. At Vanderbilt Manor, he even had his own pony. This time, Dominick picked out a well-behaved, high-quality pony for him.

Alexis picked a horse and strolled over to Marissa. Seeing Dominick helping Marissa choose a horse, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of envy. "Marissa, I heard you learned horseback riding from Mr. Larsen?"

"Yeah, that's right." Marissa raised her brows slightly, twirling the riding crop in her hands. "I mentioned I wanted to learn, and Dom arranged for Mr. Larsen to teach me."

Grayson was happily admiring the pony his dad had chosen for him, but hearing Marissa's words made him pause.

He wondered, 'Wait, wasn't Mr. Larsen the coach Dad arranged specifically for me? It was only after Marissa said she wanted to learn, too, that Mr. Larsen started teaching both of us. Well, I guess it's not wrong to say he's her coach too.'

One of the wealthy heirs in their group piped up. "Who's this Mr. Larsen? Is he famous or something?"

Julian walked over, leading his horse, and replied, "He's well-known in the equestrian world—a celebrated athlete from Lynford who's represented the country in multiple international competitions.

"But, he didn't win the international equestrian championship at Lynford last year or this year." If Yohan had won, Axion Enterprises probably would've invited him instead.

Marissa hadn't anticipated running into Paisley here. She had purposely chosen this area to avoid Dominick crossing paths with Paisley. After all, this space was meant to be off-limits to everyone except Dominick.

'How on earth did she get in here?' Marissa wondered irritably. 'Did she use Dominick's name, pretending to be connected to him?'

With that doubt in mind, Marissa looked over to Dominick, and sure enough, his eyes were locked on Paisley. Grinding her teeth, Marissa clenched her jaw in frustration.

Alexis scoffed, "What's with that woman? Does she think she can go wherever she pleases? What are the staff even doing?" Annoyed, she motioned to call someone over to question them, but Marissa stopped her.

"Forget it. She probably doesn't know any better," Marissa said casually while carefully observing Dominick's expression. Seeing that he was only staring at Paisley without any noticeable reaction, she continued, "Let's just go over and talk to her. Ask her to leave quietly. No need to embarrass her too much."

Grayson frowned disapprovingly at Paisley, feeling she was being reckless and out of place. He thought that it was fortunate Marissa was kind-hearted, or Paisley would have made a complete fool of herself.