The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 104

Olivia, feeling anxious and apprehensive, instinctively took a step back upon seeing Claude. She wanted to create some distance between them.

However, Claude, disinterested in stirring up gossip, simply ignored her and remained smiling.

Attempting to maintain a cheerful atmosphere, Ana directed Olivia, saying, “Olivia, get Claude a glass of wine.”

Startled by her name being called, Olivia hurried to a table adorned with glasses of wine and silently handed one to Claude, avoiding eye contact.

As Claude accepted the glass, he briefly glanced at Olivia, his expression revealing nothing. Curiosity buzzed among the guests as Ana failed to introduce Olivia properly. Taking advantage of the situation, Ana addressed the crowd, “This is Olivia, my daughter–in–law.”

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Maisy’s friends and their families were taken aback. Though aware of Tyler and Naomi’s broken engagement, the announcement caught them off guard. When did the future mistress of the house change?

little when he heard that. Wasn’t she Naomi’s sister? Why was she now the daughter -in–law? What was

trembled at the unexpected introduction by

the underlying tension, those who heard Ana’s announcement raised their glass and congratulated Olivia, assuming it was

their well–wishes with a smile.

Olivia.

shadow Ana. However, Maisy’s mood soured

the events unfolding between Maisy and

made her way back to the hall, she unexpectedly encountered Claude.

Claude remarked,

her relationship with Tyler to Sophie.

bump into you here. You didn’t seem to

and pleaded, “Claude, it’s not what you think. I can’t explain right

to lower his head to hear her clearly.