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.
so tightly-it almost
has to be a
a gift for Larkin no one
her eyes. Jessica, bring a masterpiece?
making such a
disappointment
a cold snort. "If you're going to bring a gift, just bring it—no need for all this mystery. Let's hope it's actually impressive, or this
on, clearly
paper-cutting before. He'd even dropped hints to his
said, "Jessica, go
He didn't really care about presents —he just recognized the handiwork of her late grandmother and wanted to meet Jessica in
cloth covering the frame. Beneath it was a beautifully mounted bas-relief
mounting it, she'd had the shop paste the delicate cut-out onto fine art paper, so to
banquet hall fell into an awed
stood and walked toward the piece. Adjusting his reading glasses, he bent closer, eyes fixed on
we sure this isn't machine-made?
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