From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 164)

Edna gently patted Delle’s hand. The weather’s been dreadful letely, lots of rain. Your arthritis must be acting up, do take care

Okay, Delia nodded, her face shrouded in a thick veil of concem.

Their emotions remained unspoken, yet understood.

Delle no longer resisted accepting Edna’s gift, reminding her, “It’s getting late, be careful driving home.”

Edna nodded in acknowledgment.

After Edna left, Della didn’t immediately depart. Instead, she stood there, watching the taillights of the sedan vanish into the night before she tumed and made her way back to the estate.

After Sarah left, Anthea busied herself at home, tinkering with microchips, eager to get her temperature–regulating clothing line on the market

She then picked up a few gigs on GlobalGigaNet.

With her hands full, Anthea decided not to help out at the diner that evening

The next moming, after a run with Tanya, Anthea was just approaching the entrance of her neighborhood when a stretch Lincoln suddenly blocked her path.

The car door swung open, and six uniformed men stepped out one by one, lining up in formation. All in black suits and sunglasses.

a movie, depicting the grand

So cool!

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silver–haired lady emerged, basking in the attention like a star among

was taken aback,

was a

enveloped Anthea in a

struck by how stunning she looked–more beautiful

surprised? Thought you saw

“A little, yeah”

smile, Karen teased, Tve told you we’re

believe it

Christensen’s family didn’t just have a mine, they might

mint

is quite the

“What do you

having an elder is like having

more true. Karen was just like a playful child at heart.

“Mrs. Christensen, it’s boiling out here. Let’s go inside and

her bodyguards, “Bring