Chapter 8 The Work Of The Master
"What did I do now? Who are you calling a thief?"

Maria's brows slightly furrowed but she didn't really panic in the face of Vivian's outright accusation.

"Who else but you!" Pointing a finger at Maria's neck, Vivian almost exploded. She spouted fiercely, "You know what you did! You stole Jadee!"

A bit confused, Maria looked in the direction where Vivian was pointing and found that she was referring to her pendant.

"This thing?"

As if she still didn't care about what was happening, Maria casually took off the pendant, and threw it to Bill.

Not expecting that Maria would do something like this, Bill was startled.

Fortunately, he stretched out his hands in time and managed to catch it immediately. Vivian and Julie also came over to take a closer look and to check if it really was Jadee.

But among everyone else, Lily was the most surprised one.

It was actually good for her that the whole Jenkins family had caught Maria red-handed. But that wasn't the point.

How on earth did Maria have the same precious jade piece as Vivian?

It was supposed to be the work of an extremely famous master. There was no way that poor Maria could possess something like that.

More importantly, it was impossible that Maria was the one who stole it because all of this was just a part of Lily's plan to get back at her. She was the one who had hidden Jadee in a safe location.

others to blame Maria, and it was exactly what happened. The jade

yourself? Why do you have this?" Bill asked straightforwardly, holding his

adopted Maria because he planned to make her marry into

one of the most powerful families in Sheffield,

Bill's social status, he couldn't easily get an opportunity to

family, suddenly came to Bill with a proposal. He wanted his grandson, Anthony, to be engaged to Bill's

families in Sheffield, Michael chose the ordinary Jenkins

something unexpected happened right after the two families

it also meant that they had many enemies. One night, Anthony was ambushed by his enemies, and his legs got disabled because of

sustained collateral damage from the

was so angry that he disinherited Anthony for his

of the company where Vivian was working had suddenly ranked her high enough to

career was skyrocketing, Anthony became a cripple. Naturally, like any father, Bill didn't

family. With that in mind, he

their oral agreement, he only promised to marry his daughter

Bill adopted Maria. Now,

months older than Vivian. As part of the tradition,

Maria did end up being the

the daughter he adopted turned out to be

hand Maria over to the police even though they had conclusive evidence right in

a lesson instead. He wished to purge all the unpleasant characteristics that she acquired growing up by disciplining her thoroughly. Besides, all his effort would be in vain if he couldn't turn

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