Chapter 10

As autumn crept in, the days grew shorter and the nights longer.

When the car rolled into the driveway of the Ferguson Mansion, dusk had already wrapped its arms around the estate.

Colored lamps hung around the house, setting a festive mood that seemed out of a storybook.

I parked the car and stepped out with my bag, leaving the world behind me.

I had warned him over the phone, yet Timothy, stubborn as ever, was waiting in the yard.

for us.

Over the phone, I could hide my feelings, but in person, Timothy saw right through me. “Did that-rascal give you trouble again?” Timothy’s mustache twitched with concern, ready to jump to my defense.

“It’s nothing.” I didn’t want to get him worried, so I pulled him inside. “It’s chilly out here. Didn’t the breeze give you a headache?”

Though I tried to cover for Bryant, Timothy’s face darkened the moment he saw Bryant and Margaret step out of the car one after the other.

But with all family members there, Timothy held back his temper.

hand, my father-in-law, Albert Ferguson, lit up seeing Margaret. “Bryant, I heard Margaret’s working at the company now. You better look after her. That’s

to hear that, focusing on my

at me and said softly, “Yeah,

should help Bryant to ensure Margaret feels

like Albert brought it up again out of concern that someone at the company might

“Don’t worry. Margaret is my boss now. If anything, I need her to look

mood at

not happy, I can step down from my position anytime,”

might have seemned a

upset, his words

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with! Do you think you’re entitled to it only

“Grandpa…”

me. I can’t bear it.” Timothy

say that Timothy never truly accepted Margaret. He had fiercely

that, the Ferguson family’s fortune had been out of Albert’s reach,

in this…

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

knew Timothy wasn’t fond of Margaret, but it was the first time

a ghost, Margaret got up, flustered, “I shouldn’t have come today. I’m sorry for ruining the

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