Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1172

"But honestly, knowing my dad, if there was a family heirloom, he'd probably stash it away himself."

"Why?" Sophie asked, puzzled.

Adler shook his head. "Not every family ends up like Uncle Alex and Gwen, where lovers find their happy ending."

Sophie was taken aback by this.

Jenna leaned in and whispered to Sophie, "Adler's parents had a business marriage. Before they married, Adler's dad was in love with another woman, and I've heard Ms. May had someone she loved too."

"Wow... that must have been tough," Sophie murmured, thinking how a family like that could still raise someone as genuine as Adler.

Adler chimed in, "How about this? I'll go home and ask my dad about the gem. If we can find it, then the Burke family's piece is definitely part of the Russell family's legacy."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

these four rings are symbols of the four great families. What's

peace, so they were well-respected here. As the new country stabilized and everyone went into business, it's said the secret the four families protect is tied to the Devonport treasure, and their wealth comes from it. But I've lived a long time without ever

really existed, my father would've told me about it. It doesn't make sense to keep such a big secret from your own kids,

his reasoning

about it, this so-called treasure probably just means wealth. What else could make people so

to invade Devonport

Cloude family in Bloomsbury

no treasure in Devonport, what had they been

but if the treasure was something valuable, my father

mind raced. Lennon's

the Devonport treasure was truly valuable, why didn't anyone from the four great families know what

treasure was just a rumor