Chapter 260 What Qualifications Do You Have?

On New Year’s Day, an unexpected visitor appeared. Josie received a text message from an unknown sender saying, ‘Meet me at the nearby park.”

Her heart skipped a beat as she tried to guess the purpose of the meeting. Dexter couldn’t accompany her as he was occupied with social obligations.

And it turned out to be Xanthe, who wanted to have a conversation with Josie in the park.

Xanthe lit a cigarette and stood in the wintry solitude, feeling lonely and cold. Her gaze was filled with disdain as she stared at Josie.

“Hi, Ms. Quorn. In case you didn’t know, my name is Josie,” she forced a smile.

Xanthe glanced at her from head to toe, extinguished her cigarette, and said, “Come take a walk with me.”

Though their relationship was strained, there was no pretense. Xanthe didn’t act superior or condescending, and their words and actions were on equal ground.

“I’m an orphan. My stepmother works as a sanitation worker, my father is a vegetative patient in

hide or lie about her family. Maybe her background was worlds apart from the Russell family, but so what? Different circumstances shouldn’t give anyone the

a

think you’re deserving

but since things have come to this point. I will strive to become worthy of

Josie couldn’t

of time.”

Josie remained silent.

was an extension of Mason Garden, with fruit trees planted and nurtured by devoted gardeners. The sky had turned a deep shade, and the grapes

devoted cultivation, they were bound

grapes, her ring delicately grazing

similar to that on Dexter’s finger before. He had explained that the ring served as a means of testing substances

Xanthe was worried that the grapes might have been sprayed with

consumed. So, she handed one to Josie.

Her chest was trembling with mixed

past, Josie harbored

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