Chapter 642

Murray instructed his driver, "Turn around, head to Crystal Court Mall."

"Right away, Mr. Sherwood."

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The dinner, orchestrated to be a relaxed affair by Grace, was fairly enjoyable.

The only hiccup was when Murray ordered a bottle of red wine.

By the time the wine was finished, he was visibly intoxicated, his eyes blurry with drunkenness.

Seeing this, Grace had no choice but to help him into the car.

The driver was a bit surprised, "Mr. Sherwood is...?"

Grace replied, "He's drunk. Could you please take him home?"

Suddenly, the driver asked, "Grace, would you like to come along?"

Grace paused for a moment.

"Don't get me wrong. At this hour, Sadie would have already left, so there won't be anyone at the mansion. But with Mr. Sherwood in this state, he'll need someone to look after him. If you don't mind..." Grace responded, "Of course, I don't mind. Let's go then."

that, she also got

driver dropped them off and

helped Murray inside, and just as the driver had mentioned, the house was dark, and no

onto the living room couch before finally letting out a sigh of

seemed restless in his sleep, his eyes shut tight, and his

in discomfort, Grace started to remove his jacket and

seemed to make him a lot more

he wasn't

light clattering, came out with a glass of warm water, which she placed on

sure he wasn't

of the door closing echoed

soon as she left, the man on the couch suddenly opened

Murray wasn't drunk

was merely a test

said she "didn't want money," Murray's

doesn't want money might want something far

Like affection?

perhaps, marriage, or a

and, looking back, unnecessary, Murray still felt it was

get involved

for now, Grace seemed fairly

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