“Reenie, you’ve been married to Geoff for over three years without giving him a child.

Do you know how people judge him?

Consider others‘ feelings–don’t be so selfish.”

Selfish..

Maureen laughed bitterly inside. Who was truly selfish?

When she’d been childless before, why hadn’t this woman questioned her own son?

“I’ve said it–take this up with Geoffrey. It’s not that I refuse to leave.”

Heather hadn’t expected such defiance. She marched toward Maureen. “Is this how you speak to your elders?”

Her palm shot toward Maureen’s face-

But Maureen seized her wrist mid–air.

“Compose yourself, Ms. Gu.”

Maureen flung her hand away.

Heather staggered backward. Long after leaving, she couldn’t reconcile this steel–willed woman with the meek daugh-

ter–in–law she’d once known.

After stepping outside, she picked up her phone and called her private secretary.

“Find out what Geoff has been doing lately.”

Though Heather was Geoffrey’s mother, she couldn’t fathom his thoughts.

He claimed not to love Maureen, yet kept her at Pearl.

What was wrong with him?

Lately, she noticed Geoffrey often seemed distracted.

If this continued, other Sutton Family branches would exploit the weakness.

After hanging up, Heather anxiously called Wayne and Geoffrey’s secretaries, fishing for information about him, but learned nothing useful.

Inside the villa.

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to the departing car, her

about children, but the Suttons

Noelle, she’d

a grandson, praying Geoffrey wouldn’t tell her about

Outside Pearl.

in a mask and

driver he was playing with friends, and his friend’s driver would take him

a taxi alone to

allergy was doing, and find out if that

back without catching sight of

taxis here–he’d have to trek a kilometer

blankly out the window, her gaze snagged

child doing

signaled the driver to

into kindness the instant she

what brings you

other homes

Jacob froze–no time to

Heather. I got

an inexplicable familiarity, dissolving her foul

“I see.”

of hope

before recognizing him, she’d imagined her son might’ve sneak her

What a pity…

didn’t suspect the child, came up to Jacob,

take

surprised Jacob

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mentioned this grandma to

the Gu family heiress, was an

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