Sonia squinted ambiguously as she made a mental note to visit the doctor later. She wanted to know what was wrong with her health to the point where it made Tina so concerned.

“Suit yourself then.” Upon noticing Sonia’s insistence, Rose decided to give up trying to persuade Sonia even further.

 

Jean coldly grunted and said, “Mom, I think she must have forgotten her place.”

“Shut up!” Rose berated Jean, who shivered in silence when she heard Rose’s harsh response.

Despite her old age, Rose was still feared and revered for her status. Therefore, Jean had never dared to openly defy Rose, but only complained and grumbled behind her back.

“By the way, this is for you, Sonia.” Rose suddenly raised her hand and took something out from her pillow, which turned out to be a bunch of keys dangling in the air with a red thread.

 

“Is this what you said you wanted to give me, Grandma?” Sonia curiously held the keys in her hands.

valuable, they instantly lost their

 

replied, “Yeah, your father gave me this six years ago and told me to give them to you one day. I should have given

he ask you to hand them over to me instead?” It was at that

grandpa and my old man used to be military brothers back then. Thus, when he couldn’t locate you six years ago, he entrusted me with the keys because I was the only one whom he could trust in

stepmother who siphoned their fortune. If I hadn’t gone after that woman, I would’ve been by my father’s side

tissue paper and said, “Your dad told me the keys are for you to access Reed Residence, where there is something extremely important for you there. He also mentioned that it was a necklace that you must locate and retrieve because it holds a huge secret, but nonetheless,

Thanks, Grandma.” Sonia rubbed her nose with a tissue paper and

“It’s getting late now,

Sonia answered. “I’ll make a move first then, Grandma.” She then grabbed her purse and walked toward the door without even bothering to look at Jean and

Jean mocked, “How rude!”

for a while before she chuckled and left the room in an unfazed manner. When she was about to reach the elevator, she suddenly heard someone

stopped in her tracks and turned to look at the lady. “What’s the matter, Miss

have a word,” Tina said with a

Sonia raised her eyebrows

“That’s right.”

don’t think there is anything we

there is really a lot we can talk about,” Tina answered with

more than a month ago when Cynthia managed to stalk and take some photos of Sonia and Toby entering the same room for a long time. Since those two were alone, Tina believed that they must have likely shared an intimate moment together. Furthermore, Sonia’s nauseous reaction when she smelled the chicken soup had

now, Sonia must be thinking she is just feeling unwell, but if she finds out she is pregnant in the hospital, she may confront Toby with her child and hold him responsible for that. At the thought of that, Tina clenched her fists and swore that she mustn’t allow Sonia to

Tina’s evil intention. “Fine, let’s talk.” She looked down. “I’m curious

okay with it, you should probably come with me.” Tina’s eyes narrowed as she

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