After the Divorce: Crushed on My Lawyer Ex-wife

Chapter 217

#217 “Come With Me.”

“Your grandfather made me purchase a flat here in London in my name, where he used to stay,” Audrey revealed, her tone tinged with a hint of nostalgia and apprehension.

“An apartment?” Sophia queried, her curiosity piqued.

“I didn’t want anyone to associate it with him, so, to make it difficult to trace, I bought and registered it in my name. The money he was sending me was meant for the taxes on the apartment and also for Benjamin’s care.

“What kind of apartment has a tax of twenty thousand dollars?” Sophia’s disbelief was palpable.

“Well, ten, the rest was for me,”

Audrey corrected with a gentle smile. ”

However, Christopher always had a taste for the finer things, and style comes with a price tag.”

“Could you take me there?” Sophia inquired eagerly, her mind already racing with possibilities.

“I can provide you with the address. There’s no need for me to accompany you. There’s a maid who has been looking after it all these years, and she’ll be able to assist you with anything you need.”

Benjamin returned to the room with Becky

go,” Benjamin suggested, his tone decisive. “It might be useful

of resistance. “I’m not sure if it’s necessary,” she began, but Benjamin

you were in London?” he reminded her, his voice tinged with concern. “You and I

Fine,” she acquiesced, trying to push aside

herself in a bad situation because she had gone alone. Now it wouldn’t hurt to take reinforcements with her, and he owed it to Benjamin

by outside the window, but inside the car, tension hung thick in the air. Becky’s presence only added to Sophia’s discomfort, especially when the young woman

casual yet tinged with an underlying edge, “What brings you

to have taken an instant dislike to her. “I’m digging into the past,” Sophia

into this?” Becky snapped, her

Sophia paused

it affects him too. We have a long history,” she explained,

tense silence. Sophia couldn’t help but feel perplexed by Becky’s hostility, unable to understand what she had done to

imposing building. With a quick glance at Becky, who remained aloof, Sophia rang the doorbell. Moments later, the

expecting you, Miss Johnson,” the woman told her. “My name is Diana.

surge of confusion at Diana’s statement. Why would this woman

her grandfather’s enigmatic past. Her mind buzzed with questions, each one a thread she hoped would unravel the tangled

a mix of eagerness and apprehension. “What was your relationship with my

“Christopher and I

nodded, absorbing Diana’s words. “But why wait until now to reach out to me?” she pressed, her tone betraying her

a private man, Sophia. He didn’t want to burden you with his affairs while he was alive. But now that he’s gone, I believe

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