Chapter 22 Little Fish

“Leah, your grandma isn’t wrong. When it really matters, you’re the one we can rely on!”

Valda’s face lit up with pride. “Exactly! Leah is our lucky charm. With her around, everything always works

out!”

Leah’s smile widened at the compliments, her pride álmost impossible to hide.

Charmaine gave Rex a few tasks to take care of. During that time, the Reads called twice. Charmaine glanced at the phone and blocked the number without hesitation.

Just then, there was a knock at the door, and a servant’s voice came from outside, “Mr. Emyr’s pets need to be fed daily. The trainer’s on vacation, so you’ll have to handle it today.”

Charmaine mumbled under her breath, “Emyr is such a creep, and yet he actually has pets?”

When she stepped into the massive garden in the back mountain, designed to resemble a tropical

rainforest, and laid eyes on the enormous crocodile, at least six feet long, lying completely still in the pond with its mouth wide open, she felt disgusted.

I doubt that Emyr has a heart.

That’s as absurd as thinking Milo could ever grow a brain!

A servant nearby pointed to a small wooden bucket in the distance and gave her an encouraging look. “That’s where Little Fish’s breakfast is. You have to bring it right to its mouth, or it won’t eat.”

Charmaine thought she heard it wrong. “This thing is called Little Fish?”

named

injured, he started to raise

birthday gift when he was seven, from Old Mr.

Unbelievable!

twisted since he

him–won’t eat unless

disgrace to

sleeves, opened the small iron gate, and carried the bucket of fish

a small villa. An international conference was projected on

the screen, subordinates were fiercely debating

his hand casually resting on the armrest, listened with an air of detachment.

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a servant approaching the butler, Alfred, to say something. Alfred looked worried, glanced at

monitored the surveillance feed from a small window, showing the tropical rainforest garden.

crocodile stood in stark contrast to

in

sense of territory, and after Charmaine entered its exclusive area, its amber

and cautious. Instead of slowing down, she approached steadily, step

and a half feet away, the crocodile clearly

and tossed a small fish

merely glanced at the fish, remaining

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