S21 54. New Terms

Morris nodded. He raised his hand pointing to the empty seat. “Could you please sit quietly, Ma’am? I can’t focus on reading if you’re standing all the time.”

Melanie quickly took her position. With her hands on her lap, she put on a smile that looked scary. “Please continue, Sir.”

“As we know, the late Rowan Harper had many assets, including

property.”

Frank’s brow furrowed. “Sorry, Mr. Morris. Hadn’t my grandfather sold all his property last year? As far as I know, Grandpa switched it to

stocks.”

Louis’ mouth suddenly rounded. “No wonder Mommy has a lot of

shares. It turns out Grandpa bought it from the sale of all his

apartments!”

Morris smiled at Louis’s chatter. “Not all. There are two left. In N City and K City.”

Melanie’s eyes suddenly lit up. As far as she could remember, th apartment his father-in-law owned was never small. “Are those apartments for me?”

“Based on this will, Melanie Harris is entitled to the apartment in N City with one condition.” Morris emphasized his tone, “She must live there.”

The curve of Melanie’s lips shrunk. “I have to live there?” Her eyes widened.

Morris pointed his finger, indicating that he was not finished with the sentence just now.

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“And manage it. If within three months there is a consecutive decline in price or quality, the asset will be withdrawn and handed over to the next party. And if Melanie Harris leaves the apartment for more than a week or even moves elsewhere, the asset is also transferred to that

party.”

“Who else is the next party?” Louis tilted his head.

“Sorry, Young Master. I can’t answer that now.”

Suddenly, Melanie waved her hand. ‘There won’t be the next one! The apartment was right in my hands.”

Morris nodded. In his heart, he was grateful that Melanie accepted that decision. However, when he was about to take a breath to sp

interrupted him. “What about the apartment in K City?

Philip. The others also looked

Morris? Why are you looking

just that I didn’t expect that you would be full of surprises.”

for Philip?” Their fingers pointed at the

just like her mother’s. “Who is Philip to this family?” the girl

either. It would be complicated if the man turned out to be her brother even though they weren’t blood related.

laughed and waved her hands. “Impossible. On

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father-in-law set aside an

my father-in

not

Melanie Harris could not

fell into the

that?”

were silently waiting for an explanation from the notary, Philip was wide-eyed. His open

words. “Diana Johnson?”

glanced. “You know

took care of our orphanage, the person who

secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, before she confirmed her suspicion was wrong, Morris said, “Diana Johnson is the

sent you here.”

deepened.

what is clear is that the late Rowan wanted you to take his grandchildren and great-grandch to meet Diana Johnson. They will

Jeremy have to come too?”

lit up.

in exasperation.

could. “That would be so exciting! Next holiday, let’s not go to Bali. Let’s meet Grandma

Grandma Diana

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“She could be in this city. That’s not a holiday.”

lips pursed. “Philip, where does

smile. “In K City.”

the place where the apartment located?”

“Yeah, right there.”

pouted. “Mr. Morris, should Philip also live there and

knowing, Barbara held her breath.

dress. She wasn’t

her “new friend”.

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