Chapter 456

“I’m leaving.” Josephine stood up and exhorted Rose with a hidden agenda. “Sister-in-law, call me if something happens!”

Rose nodded at her.

Jay looked up and stared at Josephine coldly. “We won’t need your help here.”

Josephine waved goodbye.

After she left, Rose struck up a conversation, “Oh right, how’s it going with the family?”

Jay said, “They’re just a bunch of scoundrels.”

Hearing his response, Rose was slightly startled. She recalled the cries of the third lady in her head and the sorrowful eyes of the young woman who had lost her child.

She could not help but sigh at their tragic fate.

“Ah!”

He reached out and lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him.

“Don’t worry, I’ll never cause you these troubles,” he spoke with extreme seriousness, as solemn and majestic as if it was a sworn oath.

Rose was startled for a bit and nodded.

“Okay.” She did not know what his true objective was with her.

Did he want to gain her trust through deception?

“Your third uncle is so c