“Let’s go. You’re overthinking this!” Mindy dragged Gerald out of the room directly. Gerald was quite curious too. ‘Why? Does Mindy want to meet me? What is this about?’After they entered the room, Mindy signaled for Gerald to shut his mouth. “Mindy, are you back?” At that moment, they heard Jasmine’s voice from the bathroom. After that, Jasmine opened the door and walked out of the bathroom. The next moment, Gerald was stunned by what he saw. He saw Jasmine’s black hair hanging loosely around her neck. At that moment, she only wore top pajamas, and her fair and curvaceous legs were exposed. Clearly, she had just come out of the shower. She was using the towel to dry her hair as she spoke to Mindy. “Ah!” What surprised her was the sight of Gerald standing in the middle of the room, staring at her with his eyes wide open.Jasmine’s cute face became flushed red instantly. She immediately dashed back into the bathroom to hide. Certainly, she had never appeared lik

“Yunus! Indeed, it’s been a long time since we last met! I was delighted when you said you were coming to see me!” exclaimed Yael with a beaming smile the moment he saw Yunus.“By the way, how are your parents at home? There was a time when my old man kept bugging me to go to Yanken to pay your dad a visit!” “Thanks for asking, Yael. They’re alright!” Yunus said. Yael gestured for Yunus to take a seat. “What happened? I heard that your dad punished you? Did he ground you for half a month?” “Hmph! I don’t wanna talk about it. I get pissed every time I talk about that incident. By the way, Yael, let’s talk about your affair. I’ve brought my men with me. I believe you’ve met them too. They’re all from North Africa, and all experts in their own fields!” “I did meet them just now. Yunus, I’ve got to say, I’m impressed!” “Good! Then let’s celebrate and pray for the success of your mission tomorrow!” …The next day. Marven and the others came too. Gerald had made the nece

Winterbourne Village was a stone’s throw away from Howard County. They located the family which Mindy had specified for them to look for upon reaching their destination. A middle-aged woman opened the door for them. What set her apart from any other woman of her age were the burn scars that peppered her entire face. She seemed rather frightened by their presence.“Who are you looking for?” The woman was visibly stunned by Gerald and his friends’ unannounced arrival.She lowered her head to hide her scars, perhaps due to embarrassment or perhaps out of fear of scaring the strangers. “Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. May I know if you're Xenia's cousin? She said that she asked you to keep something special for her. We’re here to retrieve it. She told us that you’ll understand it after reading this letter.” Jasmine walked over and said while handing her a letter.The woman looked at the letter. She then stole a couple of glances at Jasmine before nodding in response.“Very we

“Me?” Gerald pointed at himself. “I saw how witty you are, young man! Can you help me with something?” The woman put away her emotions in time. “Sure, ma’am. I’m sure Gerald can stay behind and help you out!” Mindy said. She treated Gerald as if he was actually her servant!There was no way out of this either. Gerald couldn’t possibly turn down the woman’s request, so he promised to help her out reluctantly. After they left, the woman grabbed both of Gerald’s hands all of a sudden. Her sudden action surprised Gerald. “Ma’am, what’s wrong?” Gerald asked immediately. “Young man, I don’t know who you are, but I can see that you have a kind soul. Can you tell me where you got this jade pendant?” She then held up the jade pendant which she picked up from the floor. No doubt, that was the jade pendant that Queta gave her with the name of Madeline engraved on it. Gerald was slightly frightened by how emotional the woman had become. But he still replied, “This b

Gerald gave her his word instantly.He knew that the Fenderson family was still out looking for Xara. He of course, was no fool and did not wish to create unnecessary trouble for himself. But, at the same time, Gerald was pretty curious about what happened between Xara and her own family all those years ago.He wanted to know in what way he was related to Queta. Realizing that Gerald was asking her about it, Xara became quite frank, and she started spilling out the truth without holding back. Turns out it’s something along the lines of this.Peter Crawford, who Xara mentioned, was the second young master from the Crawford family back then. He was young and handsome. He was also Queta’s father. ‘Through logical deduction, the man named Peter should be my uncle who my dad talked about when I was young.’‘Back then, he’d always tell me that my uncle was working out of town, so he rarely visited home.’‘No wonder there was a sense of familiarity when I met Queta for the first