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.

let's go check

made a passing remark at the

if we didn't get it; I'm

you like,

look," Daniel persuaded, leading Gloria away from the

down, Gloria

necklace wasn't all that important, but the thoughtfulness

had arrived at the

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

Nicole

good to hear," Lulu blinked rapidly and asked, "So when can we wrap this up?"

going as

able to wrap up this operation soon." "Ah, let's pray it ends soon so

gesture, Nicole couldn't help but

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

replied with a slight smile, having

all thanks to

many prominent families, they'd be foolish to end

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