Chapter 157

A stock clerk pushing a cart interrupted us, “Excuse me, coming through.”

1 tugged Christine back and asked, “What were you saying?”

“Do you think Margaret could be Albert’s biological daughter?” Christine’s eyes sparkled with the thrill of gossip.

I frowned. “That seems a bit far-fetched. Margaret’s even older than Bryant by two years.”

Even if it were an affair, it wouldn’t have started that early, right?

“Why not?” Christine dismissed my doubt with a wave, excitedly diving into high society scandals. “You know how messy these rich people can get. Marrying one, keeping a few mistresses on the side, isn’t that business as usual?”

“But still…” I hesitated, “If Margaret was Albert’s flesh and blood, and considering how much Timothy despised Margaret, why didn’t Albert tell Timothy?”

That way, Timothy would have been kinder to his granddaughter.

at were

Christine paused, finding sense in my words, puzzled. “Yeah, you’re right. If Albert’s daughter, he wouldn’t just sit back and watch Bryant get involved with Margaret. That’s incest, right?”

delve deeper, but Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still off. It

poked her forehead playfully and handed her a

I would be worlds apart, let alone Albert and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they

for its local comfort food, with Christine and me arriving first.

and

along wherever

Mark hesitated before saying, “He was caught up

date.

marriage.

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a sense of inevitable anger, though not completely surprised.

relationship with Steven was doomed from the start

mine

have dreamed of marrying into a family like

I didn’t try to

new topic. “Jane,

place, but you’ve resigned. What

jointly-designed?”

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