The people fell silent. Everyone stared at North and waited for her answer. Melinda’s eyes shone with cunning, but she still had a sad look on her face. “North, on behalf of the children in the mountains, I’m begging you to let it go.”“You donated my mother’s necklace in your name so that everyone would thank you?”Melinda shook her head as if she was exercising great tolerance toward North. “That’s not what I meant. You’re the heiress of the Myers family and are used to a life of luxury, so you wouldn’t understand how much the children in the mountains suffer. I just want to help them. Even though I’m donating the necklace in my name, I don’t care about whether it’s really credited to me. It’s just a nominal title, anyway. You shouldn’t get so hung up over this.”Linda covered her mouth while crying. “Even if my daughter did something wrong, she did it for the children. North, be more mature. Don’t be so selfish—”North’s gaze turned cold, and she raised her voice. “I’m not say

Gerald smiled. His eyes were partially narrowed when he met her gaze. North did not know what to say. Suddenly, she felt her throat seize up, and she panicked a little. Why was Gerald here, and how much did he hear?North gulped and went over. “Mr. Gerald, when did you get here?”Gerald shot her a glance and answered languidly. “Just now.” Just now? Thank goodness. North felt relieved. He should not have seen anything incriminating. “I saw everything from the moment you started kicking him,” Gerald added. The relief North felt disappeared, and her heart leapt to her throat again. If he saw her kick Eiger, how could he say that he just arrived?!Gerald seemed to prefer it when she was angry. He chuckled, and the sound was as pleasant as church bells. He walked forward and bent down. His eyes were crinkled in amusement. “I saw Eiger South grabbing your hand just now. What were you talking about with him?”Gerald’s sudden act of getting right into her face threw North of

Everyone in the living room fell silent. Georgia’s face drained of color. “T-That’s not what I meant, Gerald.”North raised an eyebrow in amusement. Georgia had tried to slap her multiple times for the smallest slights just now, but she turned into a coward in front of Gerald. She had two sides to her, it seemed. Gerald narrowed his eyes and looked even more imposing. “What did you mean, then?”Georgia trembled and said, “Gerald, North Myers isn’t worthy of you! She… She brought bad luck to her own mother! The Myers family also confirms that she brings bad luck to everyone around her!“She’ll bring bad luck to you too! Jane is different. She has been our lucky star since young—”“Heh.” Gerald chuckled. In an instant, Georgia’s remaining words died in her throat. “G-Gerald…?”“She brings bad luck to everyone around her?” Gerald asked in amusement, as if he had just heard a funny joke. “Did you actually think that I would be worried about bad luck?”Georgia and Charles trembl

North spluttered. “I-I know what sort of man you are, not how much money and what businesses you own, not that I care about that. So, it’s only normal that I don’t know who Dew Garden’s owner is.”Gerald did not say whether he believed her. “Is that so?”“But of course,” North continued lying. Suddenly, she thought of something. If Dew Garden belonged to Gerald, didn’t that mean that it belonged to the South family as well?But why did the manager show no respect to Fiona and chase her out even though she was part of the South family?North found herself unable to smile anymore and asked rigidly, “Doesn’t your family know that you opened Dew Garden?”“I opened it a few years ago behind my family’s back. Of course they don’t know,” Gerald answered nonchalantly.Oh… No wonder. North “understood” what happened now. Honestly, based on what transpired in the mansion a moment ago, she could tell that Gerald did not have a good relationship with his family. His relationship with E

Lilac felt a great sense of superiority. “Duh! You brought your shameless *ss here because you wanted to dine in Dew Garden as well, didn’t you? “I’ll tell you right now. Dew Garden is a symbol of status. It’s not a place country bumpkins like you can enter! You should leave right now instead of getting chased out later!”North flipped her hair again. “Sure. Don’t go regretting what you just said, Lilac.”Lilac just sneered mockingly. “What a joke. Why would I regret what I said? If I do, I’ll apologize to you in public.”Dew Garden should be thanking her for chasing a country bumpkin away. Why should she regret her decision?North nodded. “Alright. Have fun eating.”She moved aside to show she had no intention to enter with them. Lilac felt even more smug. “At least you have some semblance of sense. Let’s go!”North smiled as she watched the people enter Dew Garden. Then, she took out her phone and sent a message. …Lilac and the group went to the receptionist and said ar