The tall and thin John was a little surprised by his question.

He replied politely, "Mr.Smith, milady's name is Jessica."

Jessica? lan broke into a frown.

"Is she American?"

John answered, "Yes, she is."

She was American! lan's heart thumped wildly again.

He then asked, "Does she go by any other name?"

"Yes, John paused and then said, "She also goes by Queenie Schmidt lan lowered his eyes in disappointment when he heard the unfamiliar name.

He stared at the two gems in his hand.

Suddenly, he pointed at them and asked, "How did she get this?"

John smiled.

"Ma'am said that a friend who has already passed away had given it to her.Since it's that friend's granddaughter's birthday today, she shall return it to its original owner."

A friend who had already passed away had given it to her...

That friend must be Yvette.

lan's disappointment grew even stronger.

He shook his head, feeling like he must have lost his mind.

Although he knew very well that Yvette had already died twenty years ago, the moment he heard a bit of news about her, he could not help but wonder if she was still alive.

He lowered his gaze and put the other gem into the box.

Then, he sighed.

As he had only just recovered, he couldn't stand for too long.

Thus, lan turned, went up the stairs and toward the VIP lounge to rest.

Justin didn't understand why his father-in-law had suddenly become depressed.

He followed after him and asked, "Uncle lan, what's wrong?"

lan waved him off.

"It's nothing.You get back to the party"

Justin held his arm and said, "I'll take you upstairs, and also check in on Nora along the way."

Nora hated crowds the most.

Besides, she wasn't the star today, so she had been hiding upstairs the whole time.

lan nodded.

upstairs, he found that Nora, who should have been resting in the VIP lounge, was not in there? Where

long time, so

other was as though the two of them had become conjoined

he was surrounded by the

was the future heir to the

had grown up with them and also

though he was introverted , the

to them, so he turned and joined the

were celebrating the children’s birthday today, so most of the guests had also

Mia, didn't dare to disturb Cherry and Princess Lucy, so they could only circle around

You really look

out their little

shyly and gave Pete a birthday

a look and see if it looks

it, he found that it was

of the children

was wearing a white organza

wearing a small suit—it was

timid little girl in the

looked at him and said timidly, "Pete, shall the three of us stay

Cherry were staying with the Smiths, they hadn't played with Brandon but only with

of them got

Pete nodded.

"Sure!"

"Cherry!"

you guys are two different people! It's not because you can cut

Everyone:"??"

Pete:"???"

off my little willy without any pain! I'm lucky that I haven't gotten around to

a moment of silence, they

Children's laughter was contagious.

party livened up because of their

one was paying any attention to, Xander

have a single

relatives, there was no one else here

you see? Princess Lucy gave Cherry a diamond hairpin that she made! She's

Pete! And Brandon gave

birthday?

how expensive a gift

amount of sincerity in the little gifts

his jaw.He balled up his little fists tightly.He suddenly wanted very much to go back, return to the basement, and lock

was running wild, a big warm hand suddenly stroked his

Xander was taken aback.

behind abruptly and saw Nora

was very tall and

eyes were

her trousers up a little with her long and slender bandaged hands, and then she slowly

hands, looked at him at eye-level, and said, "Happy birthday,

slowly started

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