Chapter 825

The corners of Genevieve's lips lifted into a smile.

She casually plucked the petals of the flowers, one by one. After a while, all that was left of the bouquet of bellflowers were barren stems and lonely leaves. The ground beneath her was carpeted with velvety petals.

“You clearly know he's not dead. In fact, you know exactly where he is! Why did you keep insisting that you didn't know anything?”

“Mrs—Ms. Rachford, I really didn't know where Mr. Faulkner was before this,” Steven said earnestly. “He only contacted me yesterday morning and requested that I collect the gifts that he had prepared.”

Looking straight at Genevieve, Steven added slowly and sincerely, “If I'm not telling the truth, I swear I—”

Genevieve quickly interrupted Steven before

just throw them all away. I can afford to buy myself a hundred airplanes. Do you think I need or want these silly little gifts from him? Now,

those final petulant words, Genevieve turned and huffed her way

to be playing with a puzzle. However, in truth, they were straining their ears to eavesdrop on

when I annoyed her.” Amanda leaned over to her brother and whispered in his ear, “What do you think Daddy has done? Are we never going

tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment. Then, he murmured quietly into Amanda's ear. Her eyes lit

herself onto the bed as soon as she reached her bedroom. She inhaled the woody, masculine smell still lingering on the pillow. Thoughts of Armand and everything that had happened in the

to the closet, pulled out fresh pillowcases,

Genevieve that Swallow Garden was Armand's residence. Shadows of his presence lurked in every corner. What's the point of

and sauntered in with her chubby hands behind her back. “Mommy, aren't you curious why I wasn't upset that day when Daddy didn't show up

Genevieve knew how much Amanda wanted to see Armand. “Would you like

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