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 it out," Daniel said softly, surprising

just made a passing remark at the

get it; I'm not lacking

something you like, and

Daniel persuaded, leading

Gloria felt

wasn't all that important, but the thoughtfulness behind

Nicole had arrived at

last night successful?" Lulu asked eagerly as soon as Nicole

worry," Nicole

and asked, "So when can we wrap

is going as

pray it ends soon so we can enjoy some peace for a while," Lulu murmured, clasping her hands together in

Nicole couldn't help but

should be over quickly." "Oh, by the way, the partner companies that had issues before

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

all thanks to

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

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