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.

stepmother works as a sanitation worker, my father is a vegetative patient in the hospital, and I have a younger brother who does. odd jobs for a

worlds apart from the Russell

a mocking

think you’re deserving of

that I don’t, but since things have come to this point. I will strive to become worthy of

revealing an elusive meaning that Josie couldn’t decipher. “Then a divorce is just

of time.”

Josie remained silent.

gardeners. The sky had turned a deep shade, and the grapes dangling from the vines sparkled with absolute

such devoted cultivation, they were bound to be incredibly

and plucked two grapes, her ring delicately grazing the

Dexter’s finger before. He had explained that the ring served as a means of testing substances for potential

generations of the Russell family, signifying their formidable heritage. Xanthe was worried that the grapes might have been sprayed

the fruits to be non-toxic and safe to be consumed. So, she handed

the grape. Her chest was

weight of the past, Josie harbored a peculiar admiration for

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