Chapter 990

Jackie probably had his own reasons for staying in Bassburgh,

Maisie suddenly remembered bumping into Zeta at the restaurant and that the latter had said she was going to meet a friend. “Were you the friend Zeta met at the restaurant that day?”

Jackie turned to look at her. “Why?”

Maisie crossed her arms and said it was nothing, then added, “Zeta was someone Madam Knowles arranged to get close to Mr. Knowles. Did you… not know?”

After saying that, she raised her brows and smiled. “You didn’t get involved in the affairs of the Knowles, nor did you ask why Zeta borrowed your car. You might be pretending to be ignorant, but since you lent her your own car without question, it means that you were very close.”

cars to the people they trusted and had a good relationship with.

chuckled. “Are you

Maisie shrugged.

the tree while Jackie stayed quiet and

years in high school or after getting into the University of Yaramoor, he had had good grades but had been self-conscious about his looks, so

asked if his father or

explained that they had a rule in their family. To become a rightful heir, they had to become independent once they turned 16 and were not allowed to just rely on

as a boy turned 15, they had to go out and survive by their own means. They were old money, but everyone knew how tough it was to get there and would appreciate their riches more. It was very different from other

 
 

the family. His father had climbed up from the slums, and when it was his time,

why everyone had been in the dark about Jackie’s identity in the three years they were in the same

on top of his scholarship, he had had

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