I smiled at him. The scandal about Fuller Corporation had spread like wildfire in K City. Many people in the industry heard about it, so I’m not surprised that he knew it too.

He waved at the waiters and asked them to serve the dishes. As we chatted away, all the dishes were served. The man looked at me and said, “It seems like the Lavelian Village project can’t be completed anytime soon. Are you going to stay here or return to A City after this?”

I shrugged. “I haven’t thought about it. I’ll see how things go after I go back during the holiday.” Thinking of Nora, I glanced at him while asking, “I thought you would bring Nora along this time. “

He smiled without answering me. “Did you bring the box here?”

“Of course I did, but there’s something I need to ask you first.” I had been pondering it for so long, yet I just couldn’t get to the bottom of it.

“Go ahead.” He nodded.

 

“The box that you put up for auction back in J City… was that your grandpa’s?”

The man nodded his head in response.

 

Pausing briefly, I questioned, “Did someone give him the box? Can you help me ask him whether he knows someone named Winona?”

My questions wiped the smile off his face. In a split second, his expression fell, giving off a hint of indescribable coldness. The temperature around me seemed to have dropped. I couldn’t help rubbing my arms.

on him, I asked

seconds later, his expression turned solemn as he looked at me and said, “Is

of him standing in front of my Grandma’s tombstone in the cemetery in J City

making up excuses, he stared at me and nodded. “Yeah, before we met

was dumbstruck. Not wanting to talk further about the past, I steered the conversation back to my grandma. “So Mr. Murphy and you

head, he gave me a faint smile. “Yes. On top of that, they’re quite

my brows slightly, waiting for him to go on, but the man seemed to have no intention of telling me more about it.

my desire to ask him more about my grandma, I bit my tongue since he

I thought I did. Most of the time, he was an approachable and amicable man. Even though he was from a wealthy family, he was nothing like the other rich kids. He

when I felt he was distant and out of our reach. The man had too

a brow raised, he glanced at me. “I don’t know much about your Grandma. I only want

head, I replied, “He

together. The man seemed puzzled as he said, “Didn’t he say

staring at him. “Why? Is there

shrugged and

drove home straight away. As soon as I reached home, Ashton called me. His voice was

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