From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 546

“This is the treasure you brought back?”

Randy and Erica leaned over the suitcase, peering through magnifying glasses at the contents

Debra sat off to the side, sipping on her tea. She had already seen everything in the suitcase earlier. Except for the sapphire ring, there were no noteworthy Items

Erica rubbed her chin thoughtfully. “Based on my knowledge of jew ir,, Melody’s collection here is worth at least 300 million dollars.”

Randy stood up, shaking his head. “Not quite. If you add in the Debra is wearing, it’s at least 1.3 billion.

“Leaving 1.3 billion just lying around at home? She sure knows how to live,” Erica said with a touch of

sarcasm.

“No kidding.” Randy agreed, slapping the table lightly.

continued, “But what’s all this treasure talk you did before? Does

set her teacup down. “According to what Andrew told me, the four prominent families back in the day were the Potter family, the Frazier family, the Houston family, and the Osborne family. The Nichols family rose to power later. But recently, when I went into the ancestral hall

did he take

question. Ancestral halls were typically off–limits to outsiders, only reserved

let out a nervous laugh. “He just took

glint

her throat, quickly changing the subject. “Anyway, that’s not the point. The point is, while we were in the hall,

frowned. “Isn’t

in. “Our ancestral hall has

here later. He didn’t go into much detail,

the Nichols family was that powerful a hundred years ago, there’s no way they wouldn’t

thoughtfully. “My parents mentioned the Four Families a few times, but they moved overseas a long time ago. They don’t care about that stuff anymore. Now I’m the only one left running the family business. My grandparents

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Families thing is just a glorified business alliance.