Standing up with a smile, Nicole said, "Mom, we should be going now." "Oh, alright, be careful on the road," Gloria cautioned Jared and Nicole.

"Don't worry," they assured, leaving together.

The house quieted down again.

Gloria turned to Daniel.

"Why aren't you leaving today?" "Dad's been alright these past few days, so I'm not going anywhere," Daniel replied.

"I see," Gloria shrugged and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Daniel asked, holding her back.

"Back to my room," she said, planning to return to her room to read since there wasn't much else to do.

Daniel also stood up, taking Gloria's hand.

"Why not join me for a bit outside?" "Where to?" Gloria asked, intrigued.

'If he's not going back to Benjamin's place, does he have someone else he needs me to go with him to meet?' "I've reserved that limited edition necklace you liked but couldn't get last time.

said it would arrive today; let's go check

passing remark at the

get it; I'm not lacking

find something you like, and

look," Daniel persuaded, leading Gloria away

Gloria felt

wasn't all that important, but the thoughtfulness behind the gesture warmed

had arrived at the

did it go, was Patricia's mission last night successful?" Lulu asked eagerly as soon as

don’t worry," Nicole replied with

to hear," Lulu blinked rapidly and asked, "So when can

is going as

soon." "Ah, let's pray it ends soon

Nicole couldn't help but

should be over quickly." "Oh, by the way, the partner companies that had issues before have all agreed to cooperate with US and won't

good news," Nicole replied with a slight smile, having never really worried about

It's all

prominent families, they'd be foolish to end their partnership

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