Sasha who knew her daughter very well, started connecting the dots. “What’s wrong? Why did she suddenly ask you to bathe her?” she asked anxiously.

“Um… The parent-teacher conference didn’t go well,” that man spat out those words stiffly through gritted teeth. He seemed to be a little frustrated in the video call.

Sasha fell silent as many possibilities of what might have happened ran through her mind.

Then, she turned away to suppress her laughter.

Forget it, let’s drop the topic. Otherwise, I’ll land myself in hot soup too.

Sasha switched to an earlier subject, “Connor’s wife opened a hotel in Dragon Valley.”

“Dragon Valley?” He was surprised.

Sasha nodded. “Yup. I’ve been there. It’s not a bad location, quite near to the State Guesthouse.”

“When did she get into the White House social circle?”

Wow, one can’t be more direct than that!

Annoyance laced his icy tone. Sasha could sense the hostility portrayed in his expression over the phone.

not sure. Do

need!” Sebastian rejected the idea

phone and sat down in front of the camera without buttoning up his shirt. “You don’t have to do anything. Just come back tomorrow, and

line sounded like a

important than her

up

unannounced at Shirley’s newly opened hotel. Within half

knocking on the door woke Shirley

soon as she opened it, a group of people rushed in at

and bring her to

His bloodshot eyes were

to her wits

a man in a suburb bistro. Standing behind the curtain, he was so furious that he

really well? Why did something like this happen all of a

looking for Shirley with the woman from Gossamer Creek. Who knew that fool gave it away…” a man in black reported while kneeling before the curtain.

Are you referring to the woman who couldn’t

The silhouette bowed even

to introduce their names to the master,

behind the curtain let out a devilish cackle. In a pitch dark

around him away. Now, we do

“Master, you mean…”

of her.” the

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