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Chapter twenty three

Shopping

Alicia walked around the garden ,inspecting the flowers that they planted yesterday. She smiled as she remembered the reason why she came here in the first place.

She came to make sure that her son's get married. She knew that something was off , for people who claimed to be couples to be awkward with each other.

She knew ,without doubt that those three ladies are hired on a contract base . But she'll just keep playing along. And she's been trying to study the three of them to see if any one of the three has any gold digging attributes but she hasn't found any.

The only thing she knew about the three of them is that they've been really close and caring towards each other. And yet they claimed not to have known each either from somewhere before. Did they really take her for a fool?? She'll definitely play along.

"This is gonna be interesting. " She mused to herself.

She should get acquainted with them more , so that they'll bring out their real selves
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