Chapter 18

Seeing my silence, Seraphine cleared her throat.“7 PM. If you don’t come, you’ll only get 100 million.” Without waiting for a response, she hung up.

I lowered my phone, thoughtful. I recalled Sherry’s warning… What was Seraphine up to? She never liked me; she’d despised my background and prevented me from moving into the Shaw residence for four years. She was consistently cold and sarcastic whenever I visited her. Beyond that, she hadn’t done anything else. This meeting was likely a final attempt to insult me and finalize the compensation agreement.

I’d been considering whether to go or not, but an hour later, Gary sent me another message:“Ms. Frost, will you come?”

I pursed my lips. Why was he pressing me? I wish I could give the suit to the building manager and asked him to give it to Evan; after all, he lived upstairs.

Ignoring him would be bad, and offending Evan would be detrimental. Perhaps I should go there to return the suit and see Seraphine?

I replied to Gary: Fine, what time works?

He quickly replied:8 PM.

After applying light makeup and changing, I went to my parents‘ place. The Ocean Rose thing had made me aware of the stalking. There was a suspicious car outside the villa for the past few days, which confirmed my guess.

While I was driving, Julian called.“Are you napping?”

Hah, he was trying to set me up.

I scoffed.“Nah. Going to my parents‘ place.”

“To deliver the suit?”

“…Yes.” I glanced at the suit in the passenger seat.

Hearing no lies, Julian hung up, but he told his man to keep watching Olivia.

my parents‘ house. They were retired university professors. My mother was surprised to

cold and took a day off.” I touched my throat, feigning a

Has Julian been treating you badly??” My mother touched my face. No matter how I tried to hide it, she could

him.” I joked. My mother

after it was finalized.

I changed clothes and left. I told my parents I had a meeting with a friend and would return

the elevator, wearing a mask and hat,

interior was understated elegance. I left the suit at reception and called Seraphine

fetch me, leading me through winding corridors

fragrant with incense, tea, and jasmine. Seraphine, in a dark green silk cheongsam,

She gestured with her

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were here to sign the compensation agreement. Where

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