Chapter 128

“What is a bad thing?”

Annie focused on the road ahead, her hands firmly on the steering wheel, her gaze resolute. “To me, anything that goes against morals, the law, or ethics is a bad thing.”

Noella chuckled softly. “I feel the same way.”

Annie sighed in relief, grateful that Ms. Noella shared her views. It gave her the courage to share her troubling discovery!

“The guy Yvonne was playing cards with seemed a bit too close for comfort. I checked Yvonne’s accounts, and the money coming in recently was either from Ashlyn or that guy, and it wasn’t chump change. From their chats, it looked just like a normal business relationship. At first, I thought he was some relative of the Schnabel family, but he wasn’t. That’s why I kept an eye on them.”

Annie believed that anyone giving away large sums of money for no apparent reason was definitely suspicious!

“The thing is…” Annie hesitated, clenching her teeth as if struggling to speak, “Yvonne, she calls the guy ‘Dad‘.”

The chat logs gave Annie the creeps.

She thought she’d stumbled upon something bizarre, but it turned out this guy really acted like a dad to Yvonne. Yet, she’d never heard of the Schnabel family adopting godfathers for their

kids.

Noella nodded, understanding that if someone was that close to Yvonne and giving her so much money, he was probably her biological father.

If she remembered correctly, Ashlyn publicly claimed that Yvonne was an orphan. It seemed they might have been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes.

“What’s his background?”

“He’s a businessman, but from the Gruber family. We can’t really probe further.”

The Gruber family held significant sway in Imperial City. Though they didn’t quite match the Pollack or Schnabel families, they still held influence. Digging into Gruber affairs wasn’t simple.

Annie did right not to pry deeper.

“I see. Thanks for the ride. Go home and rest; we can talk more after you’ve slept.”

Noella noticed the dark circles under Annie’s eyes – a clear sign of lack of sleep, probably from the hectic days with Yvonne.

Noella ask

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Chapter 128

What kind of

watching Noella enter the gallery, reluctant

with her every day. Oh, how she longed to

jobs!

have abruptly cut ties with us, and we have an exhibition scheduled – the invites are already out. If we can’t proceed

was on the verge of tears.

gallery, her tone even, “When is

late to retract the invites, but those

in her office chair and

A coincidence?

the Gruber family or related businesses. Essentially, all were industries

pieces are

we still need to set up an exhibition hall. We can’t get the materials – there’s only

the exhibition hanging by a thread.

Noella look worried? Perhaps she was overwhelmed by

for the exhibition hall. Leave the artwork

If it

a sterling reputation. We don’t use subpar materials, and they’re not good for our guests‘ health…”

for the main frame. Change the venue to an oil painting theme, based

could work, but the space frame

If finding a suitable space frame supplier were easy, he wouldn’t

10:05

phone and called Beckett “Beckett, I need

have them delivered ASAP,”

in Travis’s evest

other than Ms. Noelta from the Schoolbel tamily What material could the Schnabel

many paintings, let alone Master

have a plan. Don’t worry.”

say more, but seeing Noella’s calm demeanor,

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