Chapter 14

Neil thought he had misheard. Before Neil recovered from his surprise, Gabriel hung up. “Did the brat wise up?” Neil thought. ‘Well, whatever.‘ Neil looked at Gina with a smile. “Call me Grandpa, Gina. Mr. Jackson is too formal.”

Gina couldn’t bear to refuse. T’ll call you Grandpa Neil.”

“Sure,” Neil said.

They chatted for a while until they were interrupted. Ethan had brought Olivia to Neil. Ethan said, “Grandpa, Olivia had a gift for you.”

Olivia placed the gift box on the table.

Neil didn’t bat an eye. He asked, “Couldn’t she give it to Isaac?” Isaac Hills, the butler, usually handled them. Presenting it to him was an attempt to curry favor.

Olivia felt awkward. Did Gina speak ill of her to Neil? She adjusted her mood and smiled. “Grandpa, I just want to wish you a happy birthday in person.”

Neil eyed Olivia. “Grandpa? I don’t remember I’ve such a granddaughter.”

Olivia sucked in a breath, her face stiffening. She signaled to Ethan.

Ethan stepped up. ‘Grandpa, Olivia went into a lot of trouble for this gift. Take a look.”

Neil was unfazed. “Go on then. Open it.”

eat. ‘How pretentious, Olivia thought. When she returned home, she would tell her

took the painting from the box and presented it to Neil “Mr. Jackson, this is Gena’s latest

it

painted. Whenever a piece was created,

manage it? Neil was surprised.

change in Neil and felt triumphant. She wasn’t afraid of Gina badmouthing her when she had this trump card. She eyed Gina

and examined it. “How much did you spend

“No need. It’s a present. You don’t need to pay me

Because it’s worthless. The

words shocked

face changed instantly. However, she suppressed her anger and pretended to be wronged “Cina, I know you dislike me. I can overlook the things you did to me before. However, you

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spoke vaguely about “the things Gina did“, as though she was giving Gina a way out

you think it’s true because

retreated into Ethan’s embrace, crying pitifully.

glanced at Olivia. Olivia always used this weak and harmless demeanor to gain sympathy. The Miller family was particularly

wasn’t the Miller family.

Ethan, “Shunt up.” Neil asked Gina, “Why do you say it’s a fake? I’ve collected works by Ms. Gena.

so nice to her? What trick did

produced any works in the past year,” Gina

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