The Pinnacle Of Life

Phoebe’s expression changed abruptly. “Impossible, absolutely impossible!”

“Hehe, I’m just saying. I, too, think it‘s impossible!” Alex smiled.

“Hmph!”

Phoebe stomped her feet. “Is the boat I gave you before still there?”

“That broken boat is so ugly…” Seeing Phoebe’s cold yet stern expression, he immediately said, “I think it’s still there!”

“Now we’re talking! Sigh, who would have thought the little boy in my imagination has turned into a jerk like you. All the beautiful illusions belonging to my childhood are shattered.”

Alex scoffed. “Touché! Get back to Michigan!”

Phoebe gritted her teeth. “Hmph, I’ll bite you to death if you ever dare to mistreat Cheryl.”

Grace, who was walking in front of them, deliberately stayed away for a while. Seeing them whispering to each other, she couldn’t help but think of something. ‘Since Bro William has passed away, it’d be perfect if these two kids could tie the knot. It’d be considered to be fulfilling a promise of the past.’

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on

suddenly asked, “Mom, I still don’t know what you did before this. How could you be a colleague of Alex’s father? I heard my

head and said, “That’s just an illusion. I couldn’t talk about my original job because of confidentiality. But now that the department has been shut down, and I am already retired, it doesn’t hurt to tell you about it! Our original department was known as Hidden Dragon, a special operations unit.

“Huh?”

about this matter for the first time. “Mom, were

the team leader of

“Huh?”

Bond immediately surfaced in Phoebe’s mind. “That

met during a mission. He was involved in a dispute that year. We thought he was the mastermind, but we found out that there were discrepancies in the facts. That case was complicated and involved lots of confidential information… In the end,

the details, but Grace refused to speak while citing the principle

Phoebe could not help asking, “Mom, William Rockefeller was a genius and had great capabilities. He must have been popular

really worried that

nonsense are you talking about? When William and I met, we both already