Chapter 447

Lily did not expect to see the young man she had been trying so hard to find in her family‘s backyard. He looked like he did not change much except that there were no more sparkles in his eyes. There was a gloomy atmosphere surrounding him instead.

“Everyone who‘s here today has the same purpose,” Benedict stated as he raised his head nonchalantly and glanced toward the banquet hall.

“Then why aren‘t you inside?” Lily asked.

“You‘re not either.” Benedict looked at Lily.

Benedict looked less happy than his previous self, he

a sudden? You were the one who promised that you‘d handle the job I gave you properly, but then you just disappeared without even a text or a phone call,” Lily could finally voice out her dissatisfaction after keeping it

further clouded. He did not try to explain and just mumbled, “I had my reasons. Also, I‘ve sent you

looked outstanding amid the snowy landscape, his blue jacket

that Lily could take home the special wood he had as a distinctive

it,” Benedict answered

could finish, footsteps came from behind, and a

with a slight annoyance. “Bene...” Just as Derrick was about to call out to Benedict again, he noticed another person standing beside Benedict, so he stopped and

a middle–aged man who looked stern and severe. He looked good for a man his age, very well–groomed, even though there were signs of gaining weight. Derrick had a pair of sharp eyes that could stare into people‘s souls. Lily was initially surprised by his sharp stare

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