Jim waved. “You don’t need to worry about any of that. Just go back, open the safe, and bring the contents to me.” “Yes, I’ll go right now.”

Rachel stood in front of the old Lloyd family estate. She stared at the familiar place. Her emotions were a tangled

mess.

She never thought she’d set foot here again.

She had once imagined that when Jim passed, she might come back briefly. But even then, she hadn’t planned to show herself.

It didn’t matter. Once Jim’s affairs were settled, she would leave again.

Standing tall, she stepped inside.

The moment the maids saw her, their faces turned pale like they had seen a ghost.

One maid held a basin, ready to start cleaning. She spotted Rachel, her hands trembled, and she dropped it.

“Ag–ghost!”

the maids shrieked and ran into the living room in

erupted, her expression serious. “What are you all

now composed, looked at her with nothing but hostility. She lifted her chin and took on the full air of a lady

not even part of the Lloyd family anymore.

him. Don’t worry I’ll leave as soon as I’m done. Won’t even stay a second

Rachel turned to the

to go up,

with a deadly chill that made the maids instinctively shudder. “I said, I’m only here to

don’t need someone who has no blood ties to

“You might still have

all thought you were dead. Since that’s the case, why bother coming back

through them. Now that Jim was gravely ill, the two of them clearly

glanced down and played with

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