Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 498

Chapter 498

Suzan thought Shepard's expression was a little odd, but she kept her patience

and explained, "No, she hasn't been producing or selling it. She only gave some to Mitchell's mother, Adeline, for her own use."

Only then did Shepard finally relax.

Suzan ventured, "Dad, is something wrong?"

Shepard shook his head. "No, nothing's wrong."

Once Suzan skipped out of the room in high spirits, Vera turned to Shepard. "Honey, do you think that snake, Adriana Spencer, is holding something back?"

Shepard's face tightened, and he nodded. "That's exactly what I'm thinking. You know, the whole reason I've always sold just the raw ingredients and never the finished product is because we never had a good formula. Rather than wasting time on blind trial and error, I wanted to focus on making the best product possible. Now, after so much experimentation, we've tried to reconstruct the whole formula, run all these tests, and yet the results still aren't as good as I expected..."

in encouragement. "Don't worry. Your product is already excellent. I can guarantee you there's nothing on

Vera and Adriana had been classmates. Whatever Adriana knew, Vera

Vera's words

I probably wouldn't have managed to finish this batch so quickly,"

We're in this together, for

grinning. "You're the

ever, and toyed with her soft, fair hand -his thoughts drifting somewhere

about Effie's twisted ankle and stopped by to check on her When she saw Effie was perfectly find she

a massive line here today?" Effie asked, eyeing the long queue outside the designer pop-up

"There's a new collection

checking on me just to

sheepishly. "Come on, you have your brother's platinum

Fidelia led Effie up to the entrance and asked, the staff told them that since it was launch day, not even a global VIP

choice but to obediently join the end of

You could come