Since that day, Stewart and Irwin hadn't come by to bother Briony again.

At last, her life had found some peace.

She spent the next few days holed up at home, indulging in a little online shopping spree. Most of what she bought were things she'd need as a mother-to- be—maternity essentials, as well as books on pregnancy and parenting.

Given that she was expecting twins, Briony decided to keep Gina on as her housekeeper.

When Gina heard the news about Briony's pregnancy, she was genuinely happy for her. The guilt she still felt over what happened with Julia only made her more eager to take good care of Briony.

Briony made Gina promise to keep her pregnancy a secret.

She already had a plan for the future.

her shares to a few of the senior artisans who'd been with

and Gwendolyn White would look out for her. That's where she'd spend her pregnancy and have her babies. Most likely, she'd

hearing Briony's plan, Gina smiled and said, "Your mother must be watching over you

picked out names

beamed. "They sound so blessed-happy little ones." Gently, Briony touched her

Gina kept coming up with new ways

the

started pouring in. Originally, Briony planned to reopen after the Lantern Festival, but there was simply too

foreign investor had spent millions at auction on a late 19th-century blue-and-white porcelain

piece was about twenty percent damaged,

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