Sasha who knew her daughter very well, started connecting the dots. “What’s wrong? Why did she suddenly ask you to bathe her?” she asked anxiously.

“Um… The parent-teacher conference didn’t go well,” that man spat out those words stiffly through gritted teeth. He seemed to be a little frustrated in the video call.

Sasha fell silent as many possibilities of what might have happened ran through her mind.

Then, she turned away to suppress her laughter.

Forget it, let’s drop the topic. Otherwise, I’ll land myself in hot soup too.

Sasha switched to an earlier subject, “Connor’s wife opened a hotel in Dragon Valley.”

“Dragon Valley?” He was surprised.

Sasha nodded. “Yup. I’ve been there. It’s not a bad location, quite near to the State Guesthouse.”

“When did she get into the White House social circle?”

Wow, one can’t be more direct than that!

Annoyance laced his icy tone. Sasha could sense the hostility portrayed in his expression over the phone.

She shrugged her shoulders. “I’m not sure. Do you want to investigate further?”

Sebastian rejected

up his shirt. “You don’t have to do

last line sounded

is more important

up the

Within half an hour, more

on the

answer the door. As soon as she opened it, a group of people rushed in

her to Old Mr.

His bloodshot eyes were

to her

around midnight, the news about the hotel being ransacked got to a man in a suburb bistro. Standing behind the curtain, he was so furious that he flipped the table in front of his

going really well? Why did something like this

the day, she went looking for Shirley with the woman from Gossamer Creek. Who knew that fool gave it away…” a man in black reported while kneeling before the curtain. This time, his fingers were fine, and

you referring to the

The silhouette

not deserve a chance to introduce their names to the master,

man behind the curtain let out a devilish cackle. In a pitch dark

do

“Master, you mean…”

her.”

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