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.

name was Lawrence, not Edwards. These things wouldn’t be lost

The car drove away.

insisted on him staying for dinner so she had no choice but to stay temporarily and have breakfast with

were exquisitely expensive. At a huge round table sat Layne in first place, George on his left side and Cheyenne on his right

next to George

at Cheyenne with disgust, but the latter didn’t seem to care. She even flashed 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

they asked Cheyenne and Layne to

her cup of

Cheyenne all these years. Her mother died young and she’s such a poor

on her dumpling after hearing that statement, feeling

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

on the table. In the meantime,

“You should get up and offer

in a low voice, “Why? Don’t I have

may not be involved in business anymore but old Mr. Edwards is still one of the top artists out there. If he takes you under his wing as an apprentice and teaches you painting skills, then getting

foreign artists including professors from renowned

explanation from Malaya, Nora felt intrigued by

many years,

just average among her classmates,

was mocked by many

and directly enter the Royal Academy of Arts? After

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

knew that Nora was Malaya’s daughter as soon as he

all, they looked like they were carved out of the same mold. When it came to differences, Malaya was more experienced than Nora who still seemed

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