"It is quite baffling, but the Seymour Family probably won’t let the young mistress stay here," Harold Chapman spoke. "They’re likely determined to take her back."
"I just don’t get it, where else can they find such a powerful ally like the Quinn Family? It would be better for both families if the Seymour Family simply acknowledged her here, yet they insist on taking lody Thorne back."
This is simply insane.
"Keep an eye on those few people first," Jared Quinn said calmly. "If they dare make any moves, catch them imdiately."
"Alright."
lody Thorne stared at the study upstairs. How could those three people still be in the study after all this ti without coming out?
Surely they don’t intend to act against the Seymour Family, but with Jared Quinn’s shrewdness, that can’t be possible.
Halfway through dinner, Harold Chapman and Leon Rivers finally ca down from upstairs, but they left the villa without any pause.
"What are you looking at? Just eat your food," Jared Quinn obstructed lody Thorne’s gaze.
"I still want to ask what position you put in," lody Thorne huffed. "Not even letting into the study; who knows what you’re doing in there?"
Jared Quinn sat across from her, and the butler served him a al.
"Don’t worry, as long as they don’t act, I promise not to do anything to them."
lody Thorne lowered her head without a word. She also wasn’t sure whether the Seymour Family was planning anything.
The sound of a vehicle ca from the door, strangely accompanied by the sound of an ambulance.
lody Thorne put down her chopsticks and walked outside.
Jared Quinn seed to have already guessed who it was, so he stayed in place without moving, rely casting a glance in the butler’s direction.
The butler shrugged helplessly. The elder only liked lody Thorne as a daughter-in-law, so his actions could be biased.
lody Thorne walked to the entrance of the hall and saw soone being carried off an ambulance. It was an old man with an oxygen mask over his mouth, looking as if he could die at any mont.
She turned around, intending to go back upstairs, having probably guessed the situation already.
"lody, lody," the elder’s soon-to-be-failing voice ca from behind, with two doctors getting out of the vehicle and blocking lody Thorne’s way. They spoke in a pained voice, "Young mistress, the elder is unwell again, and he may not have much ti left. He has so last words for you, please wait before going upstairs."
lody Thorne "..."
"lody," the elder’s voice ca from behind as he was pushed into the hall by the doctors, deliberately lying down in front of her and extending a hand, "lody, grandpa may not make it much longer. I might not have much life left. Could you listen to a few words from grandpa?"
"Grandpa, please speak," lody Thorne had no choice but to oblige the elder.
The elder signaled to the doctors with his eyes, and they handed lody Thorne a contract. The contract stated that lody Thorne was not to leave the Quinn Family for the rest of her life.
"Grandpa’s life is coming to an end, but I’m still worried about the matter between you two. I’m afraid I won’t rest in peace even after death. If you leave, not only Jared Quinn, but Timmy might also end up with an evil stepmother."
lody Thorne looked at a few pages of the agreent the doctors gave her, which included all of the elder’s assets to be given to her, as long as she signed the contract. But the duration ntioned wasn’t just short.
Though she decided to stay with Jared Quinn, the contract’s term was for a lifeti—till death—she couldn’t leave the Quinn Family. Right now, she wasn’t sure if Jared Quinn would treat her this well forever.
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