Chapter 214

Nathan walked into the study. He invited Loretta to sit on the lounge chair and began seriously questioning her.

"Have you seen Chubs at all during the ten years she was abroad, Madam Hoffis?"

"No," she replied. "She was extremely occupied with her studies and had no time to return to the country. But we do talk on the phone."

"What about video calls?"

"Those were quite rare."

"At what point did you notice that she looked a bit different?"

Loretta was puzzled by his questioning. She nervously sat closer to him and asked, "Why are you asking me all this?"

He pursed his lips and thought for a moment. "Just answer me truthfully. I want to know more about Chubs."

Upon hearing that he was interested in her granddaughter, she was overjoyed and began telling him everything.

"It was probably three years ago. We hadn't made a video call to her in a year or two. When we finally did, her chubby face was so much thinner. Her grandfather and I were so heartbroken."

She continued, "But she