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.

Albert Ferguson, lit up seeing Margaret. “Bryant, I heard Margaret’s working at the company now. You better look after her. That’s only right

to hear that, focusing on

me and

help Bryant to ensure Margaret feels

it up again out of concern that someone

worry. Margaret is my boss now. If anything, I need her

shifted the mood at the

If you’re not happy, I can step down from my position

her, I might have

upset, his

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Do you think you’re entitled to it only because Bryant

“Grandpa…”

I can’t

heard others say that Timothy never truly accepted Margaret. He had fiercely opposed Teresa’s entry into the family

because of that, the Ferguson family’s fortune had been out of Albert’s reach, with only a modest allowance to

all alone in this… Why must

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

but it was the first time I’d seen him call her out in

got up, flustered, “I shouldn’t have come

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