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Chapter 31 The Parents Who Failed
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Nathan drives onto his property in his black Ford Fusion. The wooden garage door rises and falls automatically, sensing the movement of the vehicle.

Nathan gets out of the car and sets off the alarm, smiling at having talked to Elaine, not caring that she was horrified and interacting with an intern he didn't like from the beginning.

"It would be a great dishonor for me to lose such a beautiful blonde woman to an intern." Nathan shakes his head and continues on his way.

Upon entering the house, he crosses to the kitchen.

When he arrives, he freezes in his steps as he finds a couple in their forties.

"Mother, Father!" Nathan has a mix of surprise and anger, "What the hell are you guys doing here?"

"My God, Sonny! Is this any way to welcome your parents?" Vicente Gouveia is offended. The smooth and seemingly charismatic man had a glass of whiskey in his hand.

Andreia Sterling Gouveia, Nathan's mother, was stealing a strawberry cake with layers of mousse and cookies, "Hmm... This recipe
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