Female NovelChapter 388
"Precisely! I know it's all for show, and that's why it irks me so much!" Jenna gritted her teeth, saying, "If I had known, I would have had Colby-*
Jenna made a cutting gesture with her hand.
Adler stared at her in disbelief. "Jenna! That's a bit harsh, don't you think? Nichole hasn't even said anything!"
Jenna, puffing with anger, tumed to Sophie and demanded, "Sophie! Say something!"
Sophie pondered for a moment before saying, "She is infuriating."
1s that all?"
chor I was just thinking. Look at Mr. Briggs's expression. It doesn't seem like he knows Nichole isn't his daughter."
"What?"
Jenna snapped back to the conversation, closely examining the news clip. She observed the nearly perfect embrace on screen, and Mr. Briggs didn't seem to be faking it.
Sophie asked, "Mr. Adler, who organized this press conference?"
"Who else but the Cloude family?" Adler couldn't help but click his tongue. "You have no idea how extravagant they can be. They managed to invite every high- profile individual to this press conference, though, of course, most of the big names are from Bloomsbury, along with a few business tycoons from Devonport who are on good terms with the Freeman family."
hoots about that small display."
"These big names made the trip to Devonport for Ricardo. It seems like he's trying to intimidate Colby."
Just yesterday, Colby had gone to confront Ricardo. Ricardo's move seemed a bit like a show of force.
Adler thought for a moment and said, "You might be onto something, but Colby wouldn't give Jenna remarked, "You call that a small display? It seems overly grandiose to me, and it's not acknowledgment of kinship."
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"If you knew how wild Colby used to be abroad, you wouldn't think much of this." Adler's look seemed to reminisce about the glory days of riding on Colby's coattails.
Sophie asked, "Colby was wild before?"
"Absolutely! He was all about luxury cars and mansions, treating money like it was nothing. Colby was truly living the high life to the extreme!"
"Cough-!"
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A muffled cough from Colby came from not too far away.
Adler immediately stopped talking, then chuckled, "I'm just joking. Don't mind me!"
Jenna rolled her eyes. "If it's true, it's true. No need to hide it."
Out of the blue, Colby spoke, "I'm hungry. Let's make some food."
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Adler got up from the couch as usual and headed to the kitchen, skillfully pulling out fresh ingredients from the fridge. Jenna couldn't help but say, "Colby, how did you manage to train him to be like a housekeeper? Teach me your ways?"
Colby replied, unfazed, "I pay him a monthly salary higher than a housekeeper's."
"Pfft-!"
Sophie couldn't help but spit out her water. Colby immediately grabbed some napkins from the table, gently ΕΠ
wiping the corners of her mouth.
"Cough, cough" Sophie choked on the water, her face turning red.
"Did I just hear that correctly? You're making up stories about me. Am I the kind of person who'd play housekeeper for money?"
Adler's voice came from the kitchen, but carefouth but Colby was still carefully wiping the water from Sophie's mouth before saying lightly, "
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