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.”

returned to the room with Becky in tow, Sophia felt

suggested, his tone decisive. “It might be useful for

sure if it’s necessary,”

with concern. “You and I

she acquiesced, trying to

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

of London passed by outside the window,

casual yet tinged with an underlying edge, “What

instant dislike to her. “I’m digging into the past,” Sophia replied simply, hoping to diffuse

Benjamin into this?”

Sophia paused

We have a long history,” she explained, trying to keep

in tense silence. Sophia couldn’t help but feel perplexed by Becky’s hostility,

Becky, who remained aloof, Sophia rang the doorbell. Moments later, the door swung open, revealing

the woman told her. “My name is Diana. Please

confusion at Diana’s statement. Why would this woman be expecting her, and how did

key to her grandfather’s enigmatic past. Her mind buzzed with questions, each one a thread she hoped would unravel the tangled web of secrets surrounding

and apprehension. “What was your

I were close friends,” she explained gently. “He trusted me with many things,

now to reach out to me?” she pressed, her tone

burden you with his affairs while

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