Chapter 449

Did someone just send her a Christmas Eve gift?

Herbert.

It had to be him. Again.

Timothy grabbed his phone and called Secretary Allen.

"Go buy 999 gift-wrapped apples and have them delivered to The Gilded Whisper Estates. And arrange for a Christmas tree."

He hung up before Allen could respond.

Timothy picked up the apple sitting on the vanity, meaning to toss it into the trash -but after a moment's hesitation, he set it back down. The last time he'd pretended to throw away that necklace Herbert gave her, she'd been furious. Why was he getting so worked up over an apple anyway?

Was she out to dinner with Herbert again tonight?

Agitated, Timothy pulled out his phone and dialed Jessica.

Meanwhile, Jessica had already bought the gold-plated cutlery and bowls. Carlisle and his crew-five key members in all-were present to witness her officially naming Daisy as her goddaughter.

Just as her phone buzzed with Timothy's call, Jessica glanced at the screen and muted it, choosing not to answer.

Vince beamed at her. "Hey, why don't I take a photo of you and Daisy to commemorate the occasion?"

"Great idea,” Jessica replied.

Jessica get a few

apple vendors lining the street. She'd bought a bunch, and now everyone

media platform. Vince had picked this date for a reason; now, movie teasers were flooding the internet,

on the big screen in their

to catch the start: the screen exploded in a wash of deep-blue waves, only to fade quickly to black. Over the sound of surging

in a bottle,

cord snaked from his abdomen, twisting into a fragile glass bottle. Somewhere, a mother's agonized

ship, moments before disaster. A pregnant woman in labor, her screams splitting the night as a storm raged outside. Just as

...

was transfixed, eyes glued to

in the film, the boy's mother had given him life at the cost of her own. Yet, she found ways to stay

glass bottle umbilical cords exploded into a brilliant starry sky. The deaf boy tipped his head back, and in the silence, it was as if he could see that

read: "Let the umbilical

from the boy's

message: *Message in a Bottle*-coming

the trailer, so

and the

were

movie was

and it was finally

reach the world.

on their faces.

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