Chapter 214
In short, Mr. Smith looked utterly unconvinced.
"She is, in fact, my wife."
Timothy repeated the words, his gaze steady and earnest.
Mr. Smith had known Timothy for a decade. He was well aware that Timothy wasn't the type to joke about such things.
So, despite his surprise, he had no choice but to believe that the beautiful young woman really was Timothy's wife.
"Tim, you're a lucky man to have such a beautiful wife. Congratulations."
A faint smile tugged at Timothy's lips.
Before anyone could say more, their attention was drawn by a commotion from
Larkin's group.
tightly-it almost looks like a
be a
for Larkin no one would show up with something
rolled her eyes. Jessica, bring a masterpiece?
making such a show of her gift. Surely Timothy
pang of disappointment tugged
cold snort. "If you're going to bring a gift, just bring it—no need for all this mystery. Let's hope it's
on,
He'd even dropped hints to his grandfather about wanting one of her
and said, "Jessica, go ahead. Open
glanced at the gift. He didn't really care about presents —he just recognized the handiwork of her late grandmother and wanted to meet Jessica in
the red cloth covering the frame. Beneath it was a beautifully
cut-out onto fine art paper, so to the
hall fell into
Adjusting his reading glasses, he bent closer, eyes fixed
this isn't machine-made?
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