Chapter 499

Gordon turned his head to look at Sophie. Sophie noticed his gaze and asked with curiosity, “is something wrong?”

Gordon pursed his lips, buttoned up Sophie’s coat, and said softly, “it’s cold. Let’s go back.”

Okay,”

Even though Gordon was wearing a woolen sweater, his face was still pale.

Sophie said in a low voice, “Sorry for dragging this out so late today.”

She should have considered Gordon’s frail health. The weather was getting colder, and the late–night chill was likely to make them sick. She really shouldn’t have asked Gordon to accompany her here late at night on a whim.

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“Curiosity is natural to everyone. If I hadn’t brought you here tonight, you probably wouldn’t have been able to sleep.”

Sophie pushed Gordon’s wheelchair forward and fell silent for a moment before asking. “Mr. Gordon, is the Aldridge family’s ancestral hall similar to ours?”

“The Aldridge family and the Russell family are both locals from

Sophie nodded and said, “Could there be secrets hidden inside the ancestral hall that we don’t

Gordon’s tone

that decades had passed and Gordon had been in charge of the Aldridge family for so long. If there was anything to be uncovered, it would have been discovered long ago and not

but chose not to tell her. After all, Ricardo and the White family were

known some of Devonpon to be

wouldn’t come to Devonport without solid evidence. Mere rumors wouldn’t be enough to entice him. With these thoughts, Sophie suddenly heard Gordon ask, “Where

realizing she had inadvertently pushed Gordon to

so sorry I got

wheelchair hit a stone on the ground, nearly causing Gordon to lose his balance. Sophie silently knelt down, removed the stone, and continued pushing the wheelchair

all this just so you wouldn’t keep quarreling with Colby. For so many years, no one has ever seen the treasure of Devonport. It might just be a myth. Colby might have kept some things from you only because he’s worried about your involvement. He’s afraid of repeating

did Colby’s mother die?”

a few

mean by

from a

Gordon calmly said those words, Sophie couldn’t help but recall the rumors Colby had mentioned before alcoholism,

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