In Victoria's backyard.

The room was a spacious forty square meters, with two king-sized beds laid out like in a hotel double room.

Victoria and Harrison each claimed a bed, with a couple of nightstands separating them, a casual gap that nonetheless felt like a chasm.

The room was brightly lit, and as Victoria scrolled through her phone, she suddenly sat up and turned to Harrison. "Why did you help me today?"

Harrison's fingers paused on the page he was flipping, and he looked up with a bemused expression. "You're my wife, aren't you? Who else am I supposed to help, Sophie?

Let's face it, I'm your husband, at least on paper. Our interests are aligned, and besides, we're in this business deal together, right?"

The man gave a small, secretive smile, the lamplight casting twinkling stars in his eyes.

You had to admit, Harrison had a certain charm about him.

No wonder Kaitlyn was completely taken in by him back when he was just a twenty-something.

Victoria would have been defenseless too..

Lost in thought, her gaze still wary as she eyed Harrison, she quipped, "Playing the doting husband now, are we?"

"Well, now that you've seen behind the mask, what's the point in keeping it up?" Harrison's eyes returned to his book without lifting his head.

way, about Richard Ellington, I've

with shock. "Hold on, you-why? How did you even get close to the Ellingtons? Does Richard know who you are? Did

eyes flickered with amusement. "I'm not some Gavin. Why would Richard want to throw me out? I took a strand of your hair and had a little DNA testing

moon to know you're his

to the Abernathy

your father is. As long as you're Holly's daughter, he's willing to welcome you. The doors of the

The lawsuit, my reputation, it's all in your hands now. You wouldn't want a husband who is smeared online as a homewrecker, a white lotus, now would you?" Victoria frowned and shot him a glance, suspecting that Harrison desired more than just a restoration of his

At the Ellington Estate.

had just received a call from Percival while still on her way back to the

the patriarch wanted them home for dinner

she checked on Tyler's injuries and made a quick stop at the lab before

was already waiting in

wasn't just Percival; nearly everyone who could make it

"Vivienne!"

she stepped through the door, Isolde Ellington came running over, beaming. She hugged Vivienne's legs, pushing past Percival by more than a step. "I've missed you so much. You never come home

scolded by the approaching Percival. "Vivienne's been busy, Isolde. Not everyone

puffed out her cheeks. "I do not! I study hard

what you do," Percival teased, making her sound like a

called you here for a reason. Holly's daughter came to see me today, and I want Percival and Vivienne to accompany me to meet her tomorrow. There's going to be a dinner

now."

that, the old man briskly ascended the stairs, as if to avoid any dissent from Vivienne and the others. By the time they regained their composure and thought to inquire further, Richard

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