Kate offered, "I've got a proposition for you."

When she said it, I almost burst out laughing. "How could we possibly work together? Weren't you afraid I'd snatch Claude from you?"

She snorted coldly, "Claude can only rise again with the support of my family. If I figure out who's been undermining Claude, my family will go to war against them, no matter the cost."

I was curious. "And what do you want from me?"

"You grew up in an orphanage, didn't you? Coincidentally, my estranged sister, who grew up in the same orphanage, has returned from abroad today. She's engaged to a guy from the Hilton family. But I can't stand her. All you need to do is show up at the Goodwin family dinner and expose her as an orphan. That's it."

I couldn't help but smirk, crossing my arms. "Kate, you're so naive. What's in it for me?"

to see what Kate could offer

for her to attend the best schools abroad. Don't you want to retrieve your

and waved her off. "Don't let the door hit you

would hurt everyone involved. If the Hilton family would take good care of my parents' ashes I could let bygones be bygones. Besides, my parents died trying

her teeth. "Claire, don't be so high and mighty! Even if you don't do it, I know plenty of others from the orphanage who will. Then you'lHose

parents' ashes!"

remember her well. I was too young at the time to have a clear memory. Turning back to my

Max's voice with a hint of warmth. He saw me as he closed the door but quickly turned

a patient's file,

to make my rounds,

where a nurse whispered to me, "This patient is in agony every night. We

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