Chapter 41

Kris dropped Alden off at his company before driving to his own, Miller Textiles.

“Sir, your mother is inside waiting for you,” Millie, his secretary, informed him when he arrived at her desk. “1 told her you didn’t say when you would come back, but she insisted on waiting.‘

“Thanks, Millie,” Kris nodded before making his way into the office.

As soon as his mother saw him, she got up to give him a hug. “Oh dear, I really don’t like it when you’re upset with me.” 1

Kris sighed, hugging her back. “I don’t either, Mum.”

“Will you forgive me for not telling you the truth?” his mother asked once they pulled back from the hug “1 thought I was doing what was best for our family.”

For her sake, Kris flashed a smile. “You know I can’t be mad at you for long.”

They hugged again before his mother said, “But that’s not the only reason I came here.”

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. Kris went to sit in his chair as his mother also sat down in one of the visitor chairs. “Why are you here then,

Mum?”

A knock sounded on the door, and Millie entered with a folder in hand. “Here’s the report you requested earlier,

sir.”

While Millie was placing the folder on the table, his mother continued speaking,

“Son, I’m really worried about how our stocks and sales are falling. And now there’s a portion of the internet that has turned against me because of the video that lowlife posted.”

Kris felt his nostrils flare at the insult directed at Thalassa, but he reined in his temper.

what do you suggest, Mum?” Kris asked with a sigh, He was honestly exhausted and could think of nothing at the moment.

“I’ve decided to accept the invitation for the Silverline charity function, which is in two days.”

Kris was surprised. “You’ve never accepted their invitation before.”

the bad person that woman is manipulating them to

to Millie. “You’ve already brought

speak to her like that,”

before walking out of the

she pulled

you. Oh God, I can’t wait to finally

temporary house help Zeke hired during their stay in Baltimore three years ago. The last time Thalassa and Luisa had seen her in person was on the day they

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year ago that Thalassa had decided to reach out to her again. She’d wanted Luisa to take a job

that she’d been desperate for a job, and when she landed the position at Miller Textiles, it had

quit her job if that was what Thalassa wanted, but Thalassa told her not to because she would need

of information about the moves Kris and his mother were making to save

ahead of them to continue sinking their company. She couldn’t have

that night when she

they engulfed each other in

after they pulled back from

bemused look. “Bad different?”

Millie chuckled, then turned to Luisa. “You also look so wonderful, Luisa. Is there something in the weather in

rolled her eyes. “You also look

again,” Luisa smiled, engulfing them in

rang.

me he was coming over,”

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suddenly let out a

Luisa went to get

her head. “No. Everything is alright.”

is that you?” Zeke exclaimed when he saw

her in a hug. Millie stiffened but could only let out a desperate sigh. It had been three years. How did the man still

once they broke the hug, pausing to think

but blush.

all these years,

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