Chapter 251

The day after

Three hours before the charity auction, Jeannie and her makeup artist rushed to the Chadwick family’s quaint cottage, heading straight for the master bedroom.

“Gwendolyn, I’m here,” she called out as she pushed open the door, “Where’s Howard?”

Fresh from the shower, Gwendolyn was towelling off her damp hair as she emerged, “He’s swamped at the office, and he’ll be back later to pick us un.”

Tonight, the entire Chadwick family was expected to make an appearance at the charity auction.

“Talk about a corporate slave,” Jeannie sighed, “Let’s get you dolled up first, yeah?”

“Sure.”

With a moment of hesitation, Gwendolyn asked, “You know about the annual Luxe Legacy Bidding, where everyone’s supposed to bring something to auction off. Do you think this will do?”

She pulled out a jade from her vanity drawer, the one Gemma had given her.

“A jade?” Jeannie, with her broad knowledge of fine things, recognized it as a treasure at first glance.

the touch, a pure hue. The teardrop shape has

pricey she wore was usually a

clouded with complexity. “It was from Gemma, she said it was mine. It’s no

Jeannie remarked, “The Luxe Legacy Bidding is quite the event.

That’s a relief.”

Gwendolyn felt assured.

Jeannie added, “The Lopez family is sure to be at the auction,

there some connection?”

was a kid. The Lopezes are superstitious, thinking

it curious but remembered how her own family had clung to every superstition when Howard was in his

empathize with their desperation.

the sake of a loved one, they’d believe anything, no

in a small wooden box and tucked it into

o’clock, a knock came on the

own.coma.

a look that held little respect and merely polite decorum,

“Alright.”

a chic blazer,

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