“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.

the open hand before her, all she could see

a warm, comforting glow that reminded Ashlyn

help reaching for the red jade and clutching

she was

Can I still feel your warmth on it? Oh, but it’s too late now. If I had known this belonged

Ryan’s eyes. “Please sell this to me, Mr. Yates. What do you want for it? One hundred million? Two hundred million? Feel free to name

the auction hall, everyone turned to her in

in the hundreds of millions! That’s a lot of money, yet she said it

any price you want,

low and deep

crowd. After all, no one could believe what

piece of red jade? Lucas

deceased and sell it to us for five hundred million?”

say, Hera was green with envy as she glared at Ashlyn. Five hundred million isn’t a small sum! Is Lucas only doing it to make Ashlyn happy? If that’s the case, he’s nothing more than a foolish spendthrift! Argh! What’s so great about Ashlyn,

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