Chapter 296

Clearing her throat, Irene said, "You see, I'm the one who bought the graves next to our father's."

She had been wary toward Samantha, though it was not to say that she was helping Sheryl retain her place as Lionel's legally married wife. After all, Sheryl was over Lionel, and Irene wanted her mother to live a long, fulfilling life—she did not want a grave for her so soon.

In fact, Irene had bought it just because she did not want Samantha to be interred beside Lionel.

On the other hand, it took Ricky a long while to actually realize what Irene meant. "You did that for Sheryl?"

"More or less," Irene said.

"Huh." Rick sighed, realizing that he was too late.

It seemed that he was not as smart as Irene, who showed foresight while he only thought about his mother's funeral matters now.

"You're really smart, Sis. Dad was right to leave Spencer Holdings in your care," he said.

At that very moment, he was not actually jealous—instead, he was impressed with Irene's consideration. Sh