Chapter 157

A stock clerk pushing a cart interrupted us, “Excuse me, coming through.”

1 tugged Christine back and asked, “What were you saying?”

“Do you think Margaret could be Albert’s biological daughter?” Christine’s eyes sparkled with the thrill of gossip.

I frowned. “That seems a bit far-fetched. Margaret’s even older than Bryant by two years.”

Even if it were an affair, it wouldn’t have started that early, right?

“Why not?” Christine dismissed my doubt with a wave, excitedly diving into high society scandals. “You know how messy these rich people can get. Marrying one, keeping a few mistresses on the side, isn’t that business as usual?”

“But still…” I hesitated, “If Margaret was Albert’s flesh and blood, and considering how much Timothy despised Margaret, why didn’t Albert tell Timothy?”

That way, Timothy would have been kinder to his granddaughter.

at were

paused, finding sense in my words, puzzled. “Yeah, you’re right. If Albert’s daughter, he

Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s

our business, anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully

Once I got the divorce papers, Bryar and I would be worlds apart, let alone Albert and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they we father and daughter or, just as Christine had bluntly put it, shared

dinner, we chose a cozy restaurant known for its local comfort food, with Christine and me

through the awkwardness and asked, “Mark, Steven didn’t

tag along wherever

the strained relationship between Steven and Christine, Mark hesitated before saying, “He

on a blind date. His family is pushing for

marriage.

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anger, though not completely surprised. I didn’t expect it

Steven was doomed from the

much like mine with

would never have dreamed

I didn’t try to console

up a new topic. “Jane, you

and won first place, but you’ve resigned.

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