She Became Rich After Divorce by Georgina Lane

Chapter 28: Stepmother Suddenly Becomes Passionate

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Looking back now, that missing toy that Selah talked about was probably the pair of jade lions. Selah saw them as especially important and when they went missing, she was upset for days.

George felt shocked at this memory and his wrist shook unconsciously while pouring tea. He didn’t even notice the scalding hot water spilling onto his handback.

George’s peripheral vision scanned Malaya wondering how she managed to take the jade lions from Selah. He knew that Malaya and Selah had never given each other presents. The only possibility was that Malaya stole them from Selah.

The thought nade George feel sick, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask. After all, family secrets were meant to be kept hidden.

Layne was a shrewd person and could tell from their reactions that something was off.

Layne decided to let it go and make a new pair for Cheyenne when he had time.

To ease the tension in the room, Malaya put on her role as a dutiful wife and mother, warmly greeting Layne, “Mr. Edwards, you must be hungry since you came so early in the morning.”

“I’ll go to the kitchen and give some instructions,” she said, getting up and walking towards the kitchen as if escaping.

Cheyenne was about to say that it wasn’t necessary, but Malaya had walked away. She couldn’t help but furrow her brows. ‘Is Malaya trying to please my grandfather?”

After about half an hour, all the valuable antiques were finally loaded onto the car. George watched as they were secured and gave an embarrassed smile.

Lawrence, not Edwards. These things wouldn’t be lost even if they were stored in the Lawrence Villa. He didn’t understand

The car drove away.

leave with her grandfather, but George insisted on him staying for dinner so she had no choice

restaurant had a retro European decoration style; even the plates were exquisitely expensive. At a huge

to George as second

a sweet smile at Nora, which only made Nora more angry and think indignantly, ‘With old Mr. Edwards backing her up, it’s no wonder she is so smug today. She’s just annoying to look at! Her mother has been dead for over a decade and now there is no relationship between the Lawrence family and

that they asked Cheyenne and Layne to stay for breakfast, which

lifted her cup of

all these years. Her mother died young and she’s such a poor thing,” said Malaya with

hearing

Malaya. “Cheyenne is my granddaughter–in–law, it’s only natural for me to take care of her. In fact, I should

a sip of his tea and placed the cup back on the table. In the meantime, Malaya nudged Nora with her elbow while Layne was talking

whispered softly, “You should get

and asked in a low voice, “Why? Don’t I have

still one of the top artists out there. If he takes

foreign artists including professors from renowned

felt intrigued by this opportunity

many years, hoping to become a

years, she was just average among her classmates, even

by many

couldn’t she take a shortcut and directly enter the Royal Academy of Arts? After some simple

respectfully, she said, “Grandpa, let me offer you a cup of tea. I wish you good

Nora was Malaya’s daughter as

mold. When it came to differences, Malaya was