Unfinished Business with You novel

Chapter 107

“Was that all you said?”

“Was that all you said?”

North nodded his head timidly. Upon realizing that she could have frightened her own son, Olivia gradually softened her voice as she continued to speak, “Don’t ask such questions in the future, North. Others might think that we have ulterior intentions otherwise. Uncle Eugene isn’t just a regular guy. He gains a lot of public attention; he has many wealthy enemies and he’s a little more distant with his own family members. I don’t like this, and I don’t want to be part of this. Do you understand?”

North nodded with a rather confused expression on his face.

There were certain things that Olivia simply couldn’t explain to a young child—she heard that after Eugene chose to betray his mother and younger brother for the sake of attaining wealth, his younger brother chose to change his own name after that; his father plotted a scheme to enable him to divorce his wife and be married to his mistress without him having to pay a divorce settlement at all; and someone had attempted to murder Eugene’s grandfather just days ago. All of those incidents—one after another—were utterly shocking. She only wanted a stable and secure life with her son; she didn’t want to be part of their wealthy family feud.

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then noticed something at the compartment in the last page of the document. It wasn’t obvious and was even

grandfather’s precise and meticulous acts, he quickly flipped the papers open to learn that it was a DNA test report. He skimmed through the words until the last sentence caught his eye. ‘Based on authorized appraisals of the

a surge of joy. It explains why Grandpa seems to like North so much—he had always known that the boy is his biological great-grandson. Now that he was alone in the room, he wasn’t concerned about being seen by others and he finally wore a joyful expression that reflected his feelings. Warm tears began to form in his eyes as he laughed, looking at the woman in the picture frame

to the moving company in the middle of the night. It wasn’t merely any moving company—it was the one that Olivia hired. The movers were dazed and their voices muffled as they picked the call up late at night. “Sir, if there’s no rush,

most of it are merely daily necessities. I’ll pay you

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of people who moved things into the elevator as she returned to her lot after throwing the trash. She offered to allow them to enter first before stepping into the elevator once she saw the extra space.

“The 60th floor.”

considered how nice it would have been to move into the highest floor when she first moved to the 59th floor—it would have provided her