Chapter 20

“Adah, you forgot your cash!” Daly instructed the maid to deliver the money.

Adah glanced back with defiance, swearing for the first time. “We don’t need your stinking. money! Consider this cash as a head start on your funeral expenses!”

Daly couldn’t help but burst into laughter, clapping his hands. “Well said! That’s some spine!”

If the Christensens had swallowed their pride and shown a bit of humility, Daly might have been moved to mercy when they found themselves homeless, wandering the streets with no place to call their own.

But it seemed unnecessary!

They were a bunch of ingrates! From here on out, whatever happened to the Christensen family was of no concern to him.

Supporting Karen, Adah stepped outside.

A discreet minivan was parked at the curb, its license plate conspicuously absent.

Seeing Adah and Karen, the driver quickly got off and opened the door. “Lady Karen, Lady Adah.”

no emotion, stating, “Back to the mansion. And tell Laird

come.

here,” the assistant in the front

family had prepared many expensive gifts for this family alliance, dispatched directly from Capital City by the estate manager, Laird.

by the timing, they were

them to

was taken back for a moment before replying.

tension in the car thick enough to

Adah, helping Karen inside, vent her fury. “How dare he! I cannot believe Daly would

little upstart Rebecca is not even in the

Rebecca was attractive, she was no match for the polished

kill to be in Sherman’s favor, yet Rebecca couldn’t see the diamond she had in front

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her ground. “Karen, I should’ve thrown that money in Daly’s face to see if it knocked some sense

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