From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 224

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“What’s the story behind the private school?” Debra asked, her voice laced with suspicion.

Michael shook his head. “I can’t say for certain, but Shelia wasn’t a student at some prestigious private school. Anyone attending Beaconridge High comes from a modest family background. From what I recall, her mother was addicted to gambling, leaving them in a tough financial situation. Our homeroom teacher once pressured her about tuition fees. Although Shelia insisted she could raise the money, she ended up dropping out.”

Debra’s brows furrowed as she listened intently.

‘So, Shelia isn’t an orphan after all,” she thought.

“I know that the private school only accepts girls from orphanages,” she said. “Every year, the Nichols Group and other enterprises sponsor one or two girls from there.”

She remembered how, in her past life, the Nichols Group had sponsored many students, but Shelia was an exception. It all began when Juan caught Shelia feeding stray cats during a sponsorship meeting.

In Juan’s words, Shelia was a gentle and kind girl. Perhaps it was that incident, coupled with Shelia’s innocent appearance, that had planted a seed of tenderness in Juan, a man usually hardened by the cutthroat world of business.

“I’ll have someone investigate this thoroughly,” she added, lost in thought.

reaching out to smooth the crease on

“What’s wrong?”

the world on your shoulders. It’s time to relax a little. Can we lighten

because the information you’ve given me

began to text Ben, asking him to investigate Shelia’s background

and a walter pushed in a food

dishes.

token of my gratitude for such a valuable lead, I’ve ordered the

thoughtful of

glasses, unaware of a figure outside the door capturing the scene

that night, Debra returned to the Nichols, with Michael personally driving her to the

the first floor, Juan watched them,

remembered Michael as an artist from

her voice eager

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Chapter 224