Chapter 103

Adrian was used to having nice things, so he didn't care much.

"It's fine, Giselle. If you like it, just take it-it's only a piece of jade."

His mom's instructions had long been forgotten; to him, it was just a trinket.

His house was full of them.

Every year, his grandmother would gift him various emeralds, gold, and jewelry— so many that he couldn't even play with them all, and they just gathered dust at home.

As for his great-aunt's sentiment?

She was just an old lady he'd met once. His dad had told him that his mom's relatives didn't count as family and could be ignored like strangers.

He wouldn't have come today if it wasn't to make up for his mom fainting.

Since Giselle liked the jade someone else gave, it was better to let her have it than to explain to his dad later-it was less of a hassle.

the boy's nonchalance about the gift from Mila's side of the family and gave Adrian a

"Thank you, Adrian."

deftly just before it

what you get for meddling in someone else's love life. The thought of the jade

...

time at the hotel with her great-aunt, chatting about

drove to the mall

job, her great-aunt advised her

a few days. It was the perfect time to

as she parked in the underground

an unknown

immediately came through, "Sis, you finally picked up! I've sent

It was Hugo.

but he was nothing if not persistent,

she prepared to

"Sis, don't hang up! Just hear me out this time! I'm not

Mila snorted, "Yeah, right."

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