Chapter 271

As expected of Quinn, very quickly after less than a minute of grief, she recomposed herself and went back to looking elegant and dignified again.

However, something was still off with her countenance, and her smile looked forced.

"Let's go home, Quinn!" I suggested, knowing she was only pretending to look calm.

"Okay." She got up and walked out, her back tall and straight, though her footsteps were a little heavy. This news had come as a huge blow for her. No matter how hard she tried to pretend to be calm, it was not enough to hide the grief and disappointment within her.

Before we even managed to walk out the door, we were stopped in our tracks by the sight of a certain two people walking toward us.

Nancy and Matthew!

The two of them, walking one in front of the other, were coming into the shop and bumped right into us.

When Nancy saw us, her smile immediately disappeared and she turned around to say to Matthew, "Son, let's go somewhere else. What rotten luck!"

sounded both bitter

Matthew looked up and swept his gaze across me and Quinn, frowning and nodding.

were just about to turn around when the waiter went up to them and asked, “Are you here to have a cup of coffee?

looked Quinn over with a disgusted expression and said in a high-pitched voice, "I was here to have a cup of coffee, but your coffee shop is so low-class for serving just about any

she gave Quinn a purposeful stare, her

heads of

know her? She's the Nietzsches' daughter, the ex-wife of Zimmer Corporation's president. The mistress she's talking about is the

she's only a little over 30, right? She’s a gentry's daughter and really rich, so why did she marry an old guy?" "Why else? She's doing it for the money, of course. One is in it for the money, while the other is in it to get the beautiful belle. Like-minded people like that will hit it off easily. His ex-wife isn’t wrong, you know! That’s how all men are.

the Grants are seen as a distinguished family in Salt City. I don't think she needed to become

love. Adults don’t fall

discussion around us grew louder and

a single word back. She simply

wanted to put things to rest did not mean others

said smugly, "If you have the guts to sin, then don't be afraid of hearing others talk about it. Since everyone is so curious, why don't you

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