r, approached, driven by a middle-age
sely. This was all
turned toward Luke hoping to s
sary." His tone was su
ent two years of my life with you. I think
replied, finally turning to look at h
and sped away, the tires kicking up a fine mist of dust. She w
sbelief. "How dare he? I lived with him for tw
stairs in the study of the twin mansi
e murmured, yet his gaze li
handed the telescope back to the waiting s
den lounge. Let's see if the plai
. "Mrs. Rivera Royce. Butler Choi at your s
gious upbringing, no one had ever bowed to her like
the Royce Es
s nice to meet
Choi asked, glancing at t
ving a hand dismissively. "Oh, no. I'm no
would expect her to move in with
ocker at the airport. She'd retrieve it later and t
aid a word. He had been too preoccupied with his
ugged, and held the door open for he
heart of the estate, Rivera stared in awe.
: manicured lawns, sculpted hedges, fountains,
, but the third, a twin mansion, stood apart. It was an architectural mar
onal power. This was the kind of money that didn't j
estate belong to
indeed, M
l me Rivera,
yce would not approve of suc
ne told
thing about the fa
oyce f
me, I only arrived in the city
t-profile individuals in the country. He owns a chain of companies across multiple industries. While his
fear in the butler's voice. Instead, she heard
an who she had decided was evil, selfish and probably gained
would not have spent the past two years working closel
he irony hit her all at once
Italy for business, then his imprisonment must have been kept a se
d a man like that pay five hundred million dollars to cle
twin mansion. A line of the mansi
ion, Mrs. Royce," they ch
p with the names they recited as they introduced themselves. By the time the third m
d surreal. Still, there was som
breathtaking: classic, r
hioned too, like Dad," she whispered to h
ading her toward the rear of the
. Mr. Royce will b
en she faintly heard footsteps from inside. The maids s
up down slowly, her
d was fina
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