The Wrong Woman

Chapter 214

Nathan walked into the study. He invited Loretta to sit on the lounge. chair and began seriously questioning her.

“Have you seen Chubs at all during the ten years she was abroad, Madam Hoffis?”

“No,” she replied. “She was extremely occupied with her studies and had no time to return to the country. But we do talk on the phone.”

“What about video calls?”

“Those were quite rare.”

“At what point did you notice that she looked a bit different?”

Loretta was puzzled by his questioning. She nervously sat closer to him and asked, “Why are you asking me all this?”

He pursed his lips and thought for a moment. “Just answer me truthfully. I want to know more about Chubs.”

Upon hearing that he was interested in t jranddaughter, she was overjoyed and began telling him everything.

three years ago. We hadn’t made a video call to her in a year or two. When we finally did, her chubby face was so much. thinner. Her grandfather

didn’t like how young she looked, so she went to get some minor procedures done to her face.

was bewildered. “Was your daughter-in-law also in

son, my daughter-in-law, and my adopted son, Oliver. They

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again, “How were their reactions? Was there anything bad? Were they nervous, uptight… Or were they

thought about it for a while before shaking her head. “It’s been too long. I can’t remember.”

of these calls have you guys made?”

was covered in wrinkles. Her eyes watered as she choked, “I don’t know if they knew what was going to happen. Her parents frequently made video calls to me that month. They even

of their deaths. By the time we rushed back

as she spoke.

her some tissues. He couldn’t bring If to make her go through

is a poor child. She lost her parents so abruptly that we couldn’t do anything but

traumatic for her. She became stubborn and depressed. She was indolent and didn’t care for the family