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?”

nodded, not wanting to delve deeper, but Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still off. It

It’s none of our business, anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully and handed her a

and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they we father and daughter or,

comfort food, with Christine and me arriving first. When Mark showed up

the awkwardness and asked,

used to tag along wherever

Christine, Mark hesitated before saying, “He

went on a blind date. His family

marriage.

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feeling a sense of inevitable anger, though not completely surprised. I didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

with Steven was doomed from

like mine with

dreamed of marrying into

of Mark, I didn’t try

brought up a new topic. “Jane, you represented

and won first place, but you’ve resigned. What

jointly-designed?”

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