Chapter 23 Ready to Meet the Folks?
"As an impostor, you only need to know this much, don't ask questions you shouldn't!" Alaric reminded her with a cold voice.
Galatea cursed him silently before snapping the file shut, replying with assurance, "I've committed all these details to memory. Don't worry, I won't let you down." "Good," said Alaric. "Now it's your turn."
"My turn for what?" she asked, feigning ignorance.
"Don't play dumb with me."
Was he talking about her background? The one filled with stories she could never share with the world?
"It's pretty simple. My parents died, and my husband passed away when I was pregnant. Now, it's just me and my children," she divulged.
'Both parents dead? And a deceased husband?' Alaric thought with disbellef.
Galatea couldn't help but let out a mischievous laugh at his shocked expression, taunting, "Scared? If you think I'm cursed, you could always find someone else. Despite your flaws, you've got money and power."
Before she could finish, Alaric lunged at her, and she instinctively retreated, her back slamming against the car door.
"You're too inexperienced to scare me. Remember, if you don't want to end up dead, you'd better behave," he warned her.
He was a miracle of medicine, having woken up from a three-year coma after a severe injury.
"Pervert!" Galatea shoved him away, swiftly smoothing out her clothes.
act. You wouldn't have agreed if it weren't
help me find my son, I wouldn't
she couldn't voice
lifting into a sweet
residential neighborhood, and Galatea gazed out the window. Seeing the lavish homes triggered a flood of emotions. She used to live in a luxury villa back when the Storm family was thriving when her
wistful look in her
breaking her reverie. Galatea snapped back to reality and stepped out of
a subtle cue. Understanding his signal, Galatea took on the
here," a servant
moment, Galatea felt a twinge of intense nervousness, the most crucial
spreading across his face as he strode over with unmistakable enthusiasm, his
aged man, carried himself with a striking posture and
face without the air of aloofness
woman at Alaric's side, both Griffin and Ravenna
was a moment that made
a straightforward introduction, "This is
courtesy, Galatea tilted her head slightly and chimed in, "Hello, Mr. Griffin
Alaric had another woman. At first, they didn't believe it, thinking Alaric must have been speaking out of anger
Alaric over this time to clear up any misunderstandings, but to their surprise, he brought a woman
But her excitement ceased as she caught sight of the woman with Alaric, and her complexion changed dramatically.
his girlfriend. Come down and
'Greet his new girlfriend?'
a seat," Griffin urged the
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