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!"

both bitter

Matthew looked up and swept his gaze across me and

were just about to turn around when the waiter went up to them and asked, “Are you

was here to have a cup of coffee, but your coffee shop is so low-class for serving just about any Tom, Dick, and Harry who walks in.

gave Quinn a purposeful stare,

heads of the people around her. Some said in displeasure, "Who is this woman? She has

The mistress she's talking about is the eldest granddaughter

is over 60 years old now and this mistress looks like 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.

seen as a distinguished family in Salt City. I don't think

don’t fall in love, everything is

us

distinguished lady, Quinn did not say a single word back.

fact that she wanted to put things to rest did not mean

up to stop her and 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 tell us how you seduced Marcus so deeply he

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