Chapter 256

The classroom was silent as a grave.

Hayley glanced at the riches scattered across the floor-maybe a dozen or twenty gems, each as big or bigger than the one Cordelia was holding. A riot of colors sparkled under the sunlight, suggesting a value of millions.

Could it be real?

That was the thought buzzing in everyone's head.

Even though the class was filled with kids from Greenmeadow's most prestigious families, none of their families were known to casually wear a box of gems as accessories.

Yet, the quality of those gems, shining and translucent under the sunlight, didn't seem fake at least, they would still be worth a fortune even if they

were.

Everyone gulped, and Daniel finally broke the silence, "Cordelia, those gems of yours... they're worth a fortune, right?"

Cordelia shook her head, "Just a box of rocks, really."

The class was dumbfounded.

then drifted towards Juliana's finger. The 50-carat gem that once

quietly slid her hand into her drawer, removing the ring with

these gems? And to showcase them right when she flaunted her ring-it had to be a deliberate slap

of thoughts around her, bent down to gather her gems back into the

attention back to the ring, planning to return

and sitting down, Cordelia reached for her phone and messaged Skyler-since their last case together, they had exchanged contacts for easier

your system to look into a car accident

the message, she thought of Mr. All-Round, who had introduced her to Skyler. Hence, she sent another message to him: "I'm asking Skyler to look into something for me, is

All-Round replied instantly: "Feel free to use

choice of words "use"

replied quickly, Skyler

saw Skyler's reply, mentioning he was on a flight and would check as

over the names of

records are encrypted, beyond the

when Skyler immediately added that he had managed to decrypt them but couldn't share the

All-Round's permission was needed to discuss the details

Skyler promised to get

irked by the

nheless felt relieved when Yates messaged her, thanking her and suggesting they

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