The Queen's Back

Chapter 63

Then Albert thought that Maxwell must not have had time to play games at home, so he suggested, "Maxwell, why don

't you play a round to warm up your skills?"

He didn't want Maxwell to underperform just because he hadn't played recently.

Maxwell took out his phone and shook his head. He didn't need to warm up. He usually had a good feel for the game. After his match with Albert that day, Maxwell had downloaded the game on his phone, thinking he might have some time to play a few rounds with Mona, but she had been busy these past few days, so he hadn't opened the app at all.

Maxwell figured he could only play with Albert now. In truth, after every match with Albert, Maxwell felt a swell of pride secing Mona's proud gaze directed at him.

After seeing Maxwell shake his head, Albert opened his own phone and initiated a match against Maxwell. Mona sat beside Maxwell, watching his long fingers move deftly over the screen. Even though it was just a simple action, it made her heart flutter. Maxwell was perfect in every way; even his hands were her ideal type.

After Albert's crushing defeat last time, Mona no longer worried about Maxwell. She believed he would definitely win.

Sure enough, the first game ended in Albert's loss. Albert looked across at Maxwell, whose expression remained calm, devoid of any joy at winning. Albert couldn't help but think that this was probably the level of the top team, wondering if they were even better than Maxwell.

"Want to play again? You've definitely improved," Maxwell said honestly.

Even if you're beating me, I'm still happy." Albert replied excitedly, starting

instinctively went to open it, revealing Polly outside. She looked at Mona and said, "Ms. Clem, the Powers family has arrived and is in

family had come, Mona felt no joy,

Maxwell heard Teddy's name and, startled, hit the wrong button, causing the game to

had been married for a while now. He didn't know why Teddy's family was coming to the Clem family. He thought, Did Teddy regret their breakup? Even though he and Mona's relationship had developed recently,

was worried that

the sun, their longing for light may not be as strong. But once they had experienced sunny days, they couldn't willingly return to

the door, took

blankly at the screen displaying his victory. After a moment of excitement, he recalled Maxwell's

indeed saw Teddy's family standing in the living room, while Mona's parents hadn't offered

and Teddy exchanged glances. Teddy couldn't help but

at the engagement ceremony, he would have been the one holding Mona's hand now, without the worry

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on the rooftop in her past life and how he had deceived her, she felt the urge to confront him,

could this family still have the audacity to come

The

Hannah, Teddy's mother, saw Mona, she was more affectionate than she would be towards her own daughter. She reached out to grab Mona's hand, but Mona subtly avoided her grasp, instead sitting next to Maxwell on the sofa. Hannah felt embarrassed for a moment, and a flicker of resentiment crossed her gaze before she awkwardly

Mona truly considered the Powers family her second home, often visiting them for no reason, even enjoying cleaning up for them. Now, looking back, Mona wished she could slap her past self awake. Surely they wanted to groom her into an obedient woman. That would surely