No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 296



Because of the love Herschel and Jacqueline showed my family, I was terrified it would all be a joke.

I thought, 'But can I trust a word Lord says?'

I know it was no good to be suspicious, but we were talking about the loss of my parents' lives. I didn't know how to ask again, so I stayed silent.

"Felicia, you might not know this, but Herschel has a safe in the bank," Lord revealed, catching me by surprise.

"Heh," he chuckled. "Don't get it twisted. Herschel and I are not the same."

I couldn't help but smile at that.

So, Lord was aware of his reputation. The inte was rife with tales of Lord's countless lovers, but it also mentioned that, despite his many affairs, he only had one child, Allen.

a great relationship,"

reaction, before continuing, "Herschel's safe is quite the opposite. It includes all profits from a certain contract

under your dad's name, which means

these years at the Wagner Group, I had no idea about it. Herschel had never mentioned

did. So, he put all the profits from that project in your dad's name. He also said that when you got married, it should serve as your

of guilt spread through my chest. After all that Herschel had done for my dad and me, I

sternly, "Herschel did nothing wrong by your

blamed himself for that contract, so he'd been more than generous to me,

than to his son.

a shame," Lord

words, but my mind was too preoccupied

I bowed deeply

after driving off, and I sat there, deep in thought. Moved by everything Herschel did, I still

to verify it myself.

the police station to request the

schedule an appointment in