Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 33

Ryan rose with the phone in hand. He walked to the window to answer it. “Yes?”

“sir, there’s news from Sheysea. Two hours ago, Audrey’s foster mother approached the young Frankin heir and was involved in a car accident. She didn’t make it,” Julian reported.

Ryan’s pupils contracted. He gripped the phone tightly. “Understood,” he replied curtly.

After ending the call, he picked up his suit jacket draped over the chair. “I need to leave.”

“Take your time getting to know the third Shaw daughter,” George suggested casually, crossing his legs languidly.

He picked up a chess manual from the table beside him and continued, “The Lambert family will eventually be in your hands. With the Shaw family’s backing, you’ll have a more stable position on the board.”

The subtext was clear. George liked the third Shaw daughter, Cecilia Shaw. Ryan’s feelings were secondary. Ryan knew winning George’s acceptance of Audrey was going to be a long journey.

Wanda, George’s only daughter, was the apple of the Lambert family’s eye. She had suffered terribly at the hands of the Franklin family, which had led to a mental breakdown and multiple suicide

attempts.

of the Franklin family as an enemy, including Audrey

the Lambert family might

Ryan nodded slightly to George.

because you believe you took her place. I never stopped

perusing the chess manual by the lamp. He left

you leaving already?” asked Paige Xenos,

was warm and inviting. “I’ll pack some up for you.

have other matters to

else, but Ryan was already hurrying past her,

puzzled. She carried the soup into the study and placed it beside

this hour.”

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from the chess manual. He chuckled, “It’s

with a smile. “She asked me to make this for you. She even picked out the