Chapter 202

Howard immediately looked at North. “Shall we go home, Mrs. Howard?”

North said nothing.

Was she even allowed to refuse?

Connor had just driven the woman back, so Gerald had to drive her himself. Naturally, this meant North had to sit in the passenger seat.

As she did so, she kept thinking the entire time.

How did Gerald recognize a Reuben painting on sight? Had he seen plenty of famous paintings as the South family heir?

But why did Gerald say he had come specifically to look for her? He clearly had a woman with him.

Also…

North suddenly snapped out of her trance.

Her fingers had just brushed something on the passenger seat. It was a tube of lipstick.

“You’ve glanced at me almost ten times in the past three minutes, Mrs. Howard,” Gerald said casually without taking his eyes off the road. “If there’s something you want to ask, just shoot.”

North felt like she just got busted, so she asked the burning question, “I… I saw that woman…? What’s her relation to you?”

Screech!

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