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?”

Russell family are both locals from Devonport, whereas

there be secrets hidden

tone

and Gordon had been in charge of the Aldridge family for so long. If there was anything to be uncovered, it would have

her. After all, Ricardo and the White family

some of Devonpon to be so covetous.

Ricardo 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 are you

snapped back to reality, realizing she had inadvertently pushed Gordon to the other side of the yard.

so sorry I

his balance. Sophie silently knelt down, removed the stone, and continued pushing the wheelchair forward as

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

did Colby’s

She died accidentally a few years after

do you mean

from a building”

calmly said those words, Sophie couldn’t help but recall the rumors Colby had mentioned before alcoholism, smoking, and eventually drug use, culminating in

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