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