“Got it.” Silas tucked the files under his arm and asked after suddenly remembering something, “Mr. Shane, the Thompson residence is now unoccupied. Should we send someone to maintain it?”
“No. After Sam's funeral is done, box up all the possessions and seal the residence. We'll hold our annual ancestral prayers there,” Shane replied lightly.
Silas made a sound of agreement and left.
Natalie pinched Shane on his shoulder to get his attention. “Is there going to be a funeral for Sam?”
His body had been transported to a funeral parlor.
Come what may, Sam was still a Thompson. Thus, Shane claimed his body and didn't donate it to a science institution.
Sam was not the same as Susan. He was a blood relation of Shane.
Just like Harrison, no matter how much Natalie hated him, she still gave him a proper burial.
“No, everyone knows what he did to my parents. If I gave him a funeral, I would be a laughingstock. Just a burial is fine.”
“Fair point.” She nodded.
enveloped her in his arms. “Where's my
whether to laugh or
as if he
Let's go to our bedroom.” Natalie pulled him
Thompson Group in the morning, she had the chance to stash the
her into the room, brimming
in but didn't notice
looked the same
small gathering, and she had decorated the room and prepared something
However, there was nothing.
looked at Natalie questioningly, his eyes
the closet.”
strides, a trace of displeasure
the closet open, and what was inside
dressed in a sleek black tuxedo and
sprinkling of tiny rhinestones, creating an illusion of a sheer galaxy. Anyone who laid
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