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.
the act. You wouldn't have agreed if
which could help me find my son, I wouldn't
course, she couldn't
into crescents and her lips lifting into a sweet
triggered a flood of emotions. She used to live in a luxury villa back when the Storm family was thriving when her father and that man
the wistful
he announced, breaking her reverie. Galatea snapped back to reality and stepped out of the
cue. Understanding his signal, Galatea took on
here," a servant announced upon
Galatea felt a twinge of intense nervousness, the most crucial
face as he strode over with unmistakable enthusiasm, his wife, Mrs. Ravenna Nash, trailing
carried himself with a striking
kind face without the air of aloofness one might expect from a lady of
a woman at Alaric's side, both Griffin and Ravenna were momentarily
was a moment that made Galatea
the greetings, Alaric gave a straightforward introduction, "This is
slightly and chimed
another woman. At first, they didn't believe it, thinking Alaric must
had specifically asked Alaric over this time to clear up any misunderstandings, but to their surprise, he brought a woman with
excitement ceased as she caught sight of the woman with Alaric, and
his girlfriend. Come down and say
'Greet his new girlfriend?'
have a seat,"
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