My Extraordinary Wife

“Alice Chapman is my youngest daughter and also Ashlyn’s biological mother!” Bob replied as he held his tears back. “This red jade belonged to Ashlyn’s mother, yet the poor girl had never seen it before. Mr. Yates, I understand you’ve made up your mind and have no intention of returning the jade to us. In that case, I’d be grateful if you could consider my request.”

“What is it? I’ll think about it as long as it’s within my power,” Ryan answered. Mr. Chapman may have moved me a little with his words, but there’s still no way I’d give the red jade away. It is, without a doubt, from our family. That said, I can’t explain how the Chapmans got their hands on it…

“Can Ashlyn take a look at it before you keep it? Please?” Bob begged, his gaze steady and earnest.

Ryan was no cold-hearted man, so it wasn’t surprising that he couldn’t stand a man of his mother’s age looking at him so pitifully.

The next second, he walked up to Ashlyn. “Ms. Berry, since your grandfather has requested it, you may have a look at the jade.”

As it turned out, Ashlyn hadn’t moved from her seat the entire time. I-I finally get to see what Mom left behind, huh?

She had heard the disagreement between Bob and Ryan and Mary’s seemingly innocent explanation.

Now, she could feel everyone’s eyes on her as they chattered among themselves.

hand before her, all

exuded a warm, comforting glow that reminded Ashlyn of a mother’s

enough, she couldn’t help reaching for the red jade and

then, she

on it? Oh, but it’s too late now. If I had

up and stared into Ryan’s eyes. “Please sell this to me, Mr. Yates. What do you want for it? One hundred

in the auction hall, everyone turned to her in wide-eyed

in the hundreds of millions! That’s a lot of money,

it at any price

then, a low and deep

uproar in the crowd. After all, no one

piece of red jade? Lucas Nolan

thought for the deceased and sell it to

isn’t a small sum! Is Lucas only doing it to make Ashlyn happy? If that’s the