Chapter 18 – Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family

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“Martha, the Collins and McMillian families are engaged, but we both know… that engagement actually belongs to my sister… I’m just a foster daughter.”

Serena seemed slightly swayed by her words.

“Now is the time, while the McMillians are still in the dark about Ms. Bennett. Serena, make your move. This is your best shot!”

Martha had watched her grow up over the years and didn’t want to see her in such a state.

With Mr. McMillian by her side, she could make a name for herself nationwide!

“Ms. Bennett is of high status and won’t have trouble finding a good family to marry into. But you’re different! You don’t have parents or a powerful backing. You’re just a foster daughter of the Collins family, and who knows if they’ll still acknowledge you in the future! You know how high society works. As a foster daughter, marrying well is a tough sell! If you don’t marry Mr. McMillian, you’ll be overshadowed by Ms. Bennett for the rest of your life, always inferior to her!!”

Upon Martha’s persuasion, Serena took out her phone and pulled up Romeo’s WhatsApp. There were messages she had sent before.

The messages were things like “Are you asleep?”, “Are you busy today?”, “Goodnight”, but Romeo had never responded to any of them.

The last time she made contact was yesterday, when she had just returned and asked him if he was there. He didn’t reply.

“Miss!”

Martha said a lot more, and Serena finally stopped resisting. She opened the chat and sent several messages in a row.

[Romeo, are you there?]

[I heard your grandpa is sick and in the hospital. Let’s go see him, okay?]

[When are you free today? Can you come pick me up?]

[If not, I can have my driver take me. It won’t be any trouble for you.]

[I’m really worried about Grandpa Phillip!]

On the second floor.

Mirabella arrived at the spacious balcony and admired the view.

As she was looking, the noticed two figures in the distance apparently discussing something.

She was too far away to hear the contents, but the could tell that those two were Serena and Martha Serena was sitting in a white wicker chair, and Martha was standing next to her, seemingly persuading her about something

Mirabella wasn’t bothered, and after admiring the views bit more, she went back inside, leaving only Serena and Martha in the garden, nervously staring at the phone

Unlike before, a new message alert quickly appeared on Serena’s phone screen

Serena’s heart nearly pumped out of her chest. She looked closely, and sure enough, it was from Romest

Romeo had replied

Romeo had finally repled

But his response was toy No need]

Serena’s burning heart felt like it had been doused with cold water It went cold in an instant

Une Martha’s bad influence, Serena sent a few more messages, saying she was really worried about his grandpa, and knowing he was sick, he’d probably appreciate someone visiting She was just looking out for Grandpa Phillip on behalf of the Collins family

By the time lunch was over, Serena still didn’t hear back from Romeo

She had a hunch that Romeo on the other side was probably not gonna reply

Meanwhile, Mirabella was sitting on the couch with her phone in hand, sending out orders.

Look up the cause of the fire at Mercy Hospital on September 10th, eighteen years ago for me”

Jeff Boss? Are you pulling my leg? Mercy Hospital??”

That was located at the intersection of three cities, with a hella big and complicated population, and so much time had passed, that place was long gone

Jeff Boss, why are you looking into this? Does it have something to do with your past?”

Mirabella “Mhm”

Mirabella always felt that the fire was fishy Everything was fine one moment, then suddenly there was a fire?

Her mom told her it was a rainy night. Even if someone accidentally started a fire, it shouldn’t have spread that fast.

In the end, the entire medical center was reduced to ashes.

They always had a hunch that someone had set the fire on purpose.

Jeff said, “If I find out that the fire was intentionally set to make your life difficult at the Melton family, I won’t let them off easily.”

After chatting for a while, Mirabella saw that it was almost time, and Kelly should be arriving at the agreed place soon. So she went downstairs and said, “Mom, I’m going out for a bit.”

Louisa wanted to ask where her daughter was going, who she was meeting, and what she was doing, but she didn’t want to disturb her, so she just smiled and asked, “Should I have Aiden drive you?”

“Mom,” Serena couldn’t help but speak up, “I just told Aiden that I’m going somewhere, meeting a friend later…”

Louisa furrowed her brow, “Can Pete drive you then?”

“Pete has a habit of taking a nap around this time. If I wake him up now, I’m afraid he won’t be in a good mental state, and it won’t be safe for him to drive…” Serena said and then pretended to understand as she glanced at Mirabella, “Bella, if you have something urgent, I can call my friend and cancel, and then Aiden can accompany you.”

“No need, I can drive.”

But the Rolls-Royce had already been damaged in a collision with a truck and had been sent for repairs. Mirabella thought for a moment and asked, “Are there any other cars at home?”

Louisa replied, “Of course we have other cars! Let the driver take you to the garage, and you can choose whichever car you like to drive!”

Just pick one?

Mirabella was also surprised.

Louisa lightly pressed the intercom on the wall and directly connected to the driver, “Aiden, come here and take Bella to the garage.”

The garage had three floors!

There were various supercars, limited edition sedans, luxury RVs… all in different colors.

“What does our family do?” Mirabella was shocked by the luxury cars in front of her and finally asked.

“Miss Mirabella, don’t you know?” The driver was also surprised. He thought everyone would recognize Kenneth when they saw him since he was the wealthiest man in the country. After all, who wouldn’t know the richest person in the country?

“The Master has been the wealthiest man in the country…”

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