After having breakfast with Alex and two people in the morning, Maria had nothing else to do. She went upstairs and rested in the bedroom.As soon as she lay down, she received a call from Pardee.Half a year ago, the two of them, Pardee and Perla, returned to the hometown of the Mount Chaya in Y City. Since then, he had never wanted to come back.\"Where are you?\"As soon as the phone was connected, the voice of Pardee sounded.\"I...\"Maria looked around the room, thought for a moment and said, \"I\'m on a business trip abroad.\"The reason why she didn\'t tell Pardee the truth was that she was afraid that he would find out something.\"A business trip?\"The man snorted. He didn\'t believe Maria at all.\"Yes, on a business trip.\"\"Are you going to keep it from me?\"\"What are you talking about? I don\'t understand what you are talking about.\"Maria\'s heart skipped a beat. She thought that Pardee must have heard some rumors, otherwise she wouldn\'t have said in s
When Pardee was about to say something, he saw Maria sitting on the sofa.The two looked into each other\'s eyes with four different thoughts.\"Why are you here? The new year is coming. Where is cherry?\"Maria stood up, looked at him and asked.\"You can\'t protect yourself now. Do you still have time to care about your sister-in-law?\"He walked in casually, as if he didn\'t treat her as a guest.She took off the scarf from her neck, threw it on the sofa and sat directly next to Maria. \"Your sister-in-law is pregnant. Now she is with my father-in-law in my hometown. I\'m relieved.\"Alex didn\'t say anything. He just stood up and poured him a cup of tea.\"You are pregnant. How dare you leave her alone in your hometown? If I were your sister-in-law, I would be mad at you.\"She rolled her eyes at Pardee and thought Pardee was unreliable.To her surprise, Carlos cast a cold glance at her. \"If it weren\'t for you, I would have come all the way from Mount Chaya.\"She look
He had known Alex before. Although the relationship between the two was not very good, it was not bad.\"Maria is telling the truth.\"Alex put his elbow on his knees and said calmly, \"since you take me as your friend, you should know my character.\"\"You...\"Pardee didn\'t know what to say.Because Alex would not do anything harmful to Maria.As a result, Maria must be the one to blame.He sighed in bewilderment. \"I just can\'t figure out what Maria is hiding from me.\"His intuition told him that Alex must know what was going on, but he still hid it from him with Maria.Alex didn\'t say anything, as if he didn\'t know what to say to Pardee.After all, he had to keep the secret of Maria. Of course, he wouldn\'t betray Maria in front of Pardee.The three of them were in a stalemate.At noon, the servants in the villa had prepared lunch. Maria went downstairs.The three sat at the table, but Pardee didn\'t find any wine.\"Where is the wine?\"Pardee frowned and said
\"Patriarch Atwood is calling you to come back?\"Maria felt that things were not that simple, but she didn\'t know what was going on.\"You can leave now. I have something to tell Alex.\"She rudely drove Pardee away.\"I\'m your brother. Is there anything that you can\'t let me know?\" He curled his lips and rolled his eyes at Maria.\"You can talk a lot. I\'ll let you dodge.\"\"Okay, okay, you can, you can do it. You can do whatever you want.\"Being scolded by his sister, Pardee could say nothing.After all, she was his sister. Why couldn\'t he spoil her?He stood up, shook the collar of his windbreaker, glanced at Alex disdainfully, turned around and walked out of the hall.Silence returned to the living room. Maria looked at Alex and asked, \"it\'s almost new year. Your brother and your father are both in Bridgetown. Will you stay here too?\"\"I\'m not sure.\"Alex was not interested in Maria\'s topic.\"How about celebrating the new year with us this year?\"Mari
\"Let\'s wait and see.\"Maria shrugged.In the past years, she had known Samantha for many years. Her relationship with Samantha had changed from intimacy to alienation. She even had a clear conscience when she saw the weapons behind her.Samantha had been given a lot of chances. If she still didn\'t repent, she wouldn\'t show mercy.\"But don\'t worry. You are the sister of my Pardee. Even if you don\'t want to do it, I won\'t give that woman any chance to bully you. If she dares to hurt you again, I promise to make her life a living hell.\"Recalling what had happened to Jessica, Pardee still had a lingering fear.Most of the time, she was secretly complaining why she didn\'t protect Maria well. Otherwise, so many things wouldn\'t have happened.Hearing Pardee\'s words, Maria smiled but said nothing.I\'m deeply touched. \" It was better to have a brother. .\"After a moment of silence, she sighed.\"Of course.\"Pardee nodded, looking a little complacent.After driving
The speaker was uncle Dominik.\"Why are you here?\"As soon as Dominik finished speaking, his son Seth came in from the outside of the living room. \"He doesn\'t come back usually. Why did you come back when the Patriarch Atwood asked him to distribute the family property?\"\"Distribute the family property?\"Maria frowned and couldn\'t help but look at Pardee, as if she was questioning Pardee.Pardee shrugged and spread out her hands, indicating that she knew nothing.He just received a call from Patriarch Atwood, asking him to come over, but the phone really didn\'t mention the distribution of family property.\"Money makes the mare go. How can you not be fast?\"\"Exactly. They are not stupid people.\"\"In my opinion, the two of them contributed the least to the Atwood family.\"\"That\'s true.\"....When it came to business, several uncles sneered.\"Well...\"Gilbert had just arrived and had something to talk with Patriarch Atwood. However, as soon as he came in,
\"Nothing. Don\'t listen to his nonsense.\"He waved his hand, feeling that Seth was really disappointing.\"Take care of Seth and see how you spoil the child!\"With a snort, Patriarch Atwood stared at Dominik with his sharp eyes. Then he shook his sleeve and turned around to the study on the second floor.\"Yes, father.\"Being scolded by the Patriarch Atwood, Dominik was still afraid.After all, it was his father who was in charge of the Atwood family.However, Maria looked at Pardee. The two looked serious and neither of them spoke.Others didn\'t know, but Maria knew that Seth was not Dominik\'s biological son.The Atwood family had done too much for Whitney. It had saved Maria\'s life, and it had also done something more good to Pardee. This favor was probably something that the Maria and Maria would never repay in their whole lives.On the contrary, Dominik adopted Seth and spoiled Seth. It was inevitable for him to develop an arrogant and willful character.Maria sig
There were only three people left in the study.Sitting on the sofa, Gilbert leaned forward slightly, with his elbows on his knees and ten fingers crossed.He couldn\'t calm down for a long time. With a complicated look at the two of them, he said, \"in fact, I asked Patriarch Atwood to invite you here. I have something to tell you.\"It was like a one-on-one show.The two of them didn\'t even take a look at Gilbert.\"I know you can\'t forgive me. I feel that I have known your existence for many years, but I haven\'t helped you. It\'s all my fault. It\'s all my fault.\"\"That\'s enough. Just say it. I\'m too busy to listen to your repentance here.\"Maria, on the other hand, was calm.Today\'s Pardee was especially irritable and irritable.Gilbert was stunned and embarrassed.\"I...\"Being scolded by Pardee, he didn\'t know what to say. \"I know you won\'t forgive me, and I don\'t intend to ask for your forgiveness. But I come here today to give you something.\"As he sp