Chapter 2703

The Tanners were certainly not so down on their luck that they couldn’t afford the loss of a mere bracelet. Imogen must have lost her mind, bringing up a lost bracelet at such a time!

Francis forced a smile and said, “Agnes, it’s just a bracelet, nothing to fuss over. We’ve all had a hearty dinner, and it’s getting late. Why don’t we all head home and get some rest?”

All he wanted was to get rid of the onlookers so they wouldn’t gossip about the Tanners the next day.

But to his surprise, Imogen, with a sob in her voice, stood up and said to Agnes, “It’s true what they say; women understand each other’s hearts best. That bracelet was a keepsake from my mother, a memento to remember her by. I wouldn’t have made such a scene otherwise. I know none of you are short of a dime, but perhaps it was merely misplaced. Everyone’s here, maybe we could all help look for it. Two heads are better than one, right? Francis, isn’t that reasonable?”

Imogen was determined to have the guests stay.

Francis, with a genial smile that betrayed nothing, simply warned her, “Keep it together.”

would have been rude

sharp individuals, and even if they didn’t care for Imogen, they had to save face for Mrs.

sipping on a glass of champagne, staying out of the center of attention and hoping to

she had entered the Tanners’

front of Francis, Imogen

Imogen had smiled and told her, “You’re the girl with the dead mother. Be smart

member of the family, but she never expected to hear such wicked words from Imogen.

she knew Imogen was not a kind person, nor someone

blind to it, and her distance was

Tanner family’s second daughter, enough to fool anyone

why she

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