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Author: Perry will
last update Last Updated: 2023-04-04 18:39:41

Audrey could tell that Kelvin was exhausted, she embraced him tightly until he groans.

“ How are you doing, dear ”.

“ I am fine, uncle, what are you doing around here? ”. Audrey asks, releasing him from her grip.

“ Searching for you, and believe me, it was not an easy job finding me ”.

“ You flew all the way here for me, you could have called me ”.

“ That I did, but it was unreachable, we have a little problem on our hands, is there somewhere we can sit and talk? ”.

“ Sure. ” Audrey noticed that Carter still had his eyes pinned on them and turned around for an introduction.

“ Uncle this is Carter, Carter this is Uncle Kelvin, my mother's best friend and family lawyer ”. She introduced before stepping backward, Carter and Kelvin both shook hands firmly while Kelvin had a dark expression pinned to Carter.

“ So this is the husband you married without our consent? ”.

“ You must be exhausted from your long trip, let's go inside first ”. Audrey went ahead towards the elevator, trying to
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