Chapter 212

"What are you talking about, Kane?" Sheila chided gently. "Jessica is Timothy's wife. The only reason Yates and Vince treat her well is out of respect for Timothy. You really shouldn't say things like that."

Yates didn't comment.

The three of them made their way into the ballroom to wish Larkin a happy birthday.

Jessica had just signed for a delivery when Vince appeared beside her.

A few moments earlier, Jessica had stepped out to use the restroom, and when Vince saw her heading back toward the ballroom, he began searching for her, worried she might have trouble speaking up for herself.

Jessica quickly typed a message on her phone: "Mr. Zimmerman, could you please ask two people to help me carry something in? It's a birthday gift I prepared for your grandfather."

Vince immediately called over two of the staff members stationed at the entrance to help move the present.

Together, they walked inside.

with guests presenting gifts to

had intended to complain about Vince in

was, she had no choice but to swallow her grievances for the time

Sheila, Kane,

Sheila, her

strictly between the Lawsons and the Howards. No one else knew the full

the Howard family's

representing their own families,

the gentleman, escorted Jessica forward. Most

She couldn't understand what had

that Larkin had a fondness for smoking a pipe, Sheila had commissioned a custom one as her gift. She presented it with a warm

carved from a piece of rare jade my father's treasured for years. I found a craftsman whose family has been in the trade for nearly a century to

Even a small piece

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