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.

as he continued, “But what’s all this treasure talk you did before? Does it have something

Frazier family, the Houston family, and the Osborne family. The Nichols family rose to power later. But recently, when I went into the

did he

question. Ancestral halls were typically off–limits to

just took

narrowed, a glint of suspicion flickering behind

not the point. The point is, while we were in the

frowned. “Isn’t it

ancestral hall has plenty of them

head. “These were different. The plaques were for Juan’s great–grandparents. Juan mentioned that the Nichols family didn’t originally make their fortune in Seamar City. They moved here later. He didn’t

that powerful a hundred years ago, there’s no way they wouldn’t have had a seat among the

his legs 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

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rolled her eyes. “I think the Four Families thing is just a glorified business alliance. They banded together to monopolize the market.