Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 33

Ryan rose with the phone in hand. He walked to the window to answer it. “Yes?”

“sir, there’s news from Sheysea. Two hours ago, Audrey’s foster mother approached the young Frankin heir and was involved in a car accident. She didn’t make it,” Julian reported.

Ryan’s pupils contracted. He gripped the phone tightly. “Understood,” he replied curtly.

After ending the call, he picked up his suit jacket draped over the chair. “I need to leave.”

“Take your time getting to know the third Shaw daughter,” George suggested casually, crossing his legs languidly.

He picked up a chess manual from the table beside him and continued, “The Lambert family will eventually be in your hands. With the Shaw family’s backing, you’ll have a more stable position on the board.”

The subtext was clear. George liked the third Shaw daughter, Cecilia Shaw. Ryan’s feelings were secondary. Ryan knew winning George’s acceptance of Audrey was going to be a long journey.

Wanda, George’s only daughter, was the apple of the Lambert family’s eye. She had suffered terribly at the hands of the Franklin family, which had led to a mental breakdown and multiple suicide

attempts.

member of the Franklin family as an enemy, including Audrey and her

escape from the Franklins with Wanda, the Lambert family might not have turned a blind

nodded slightly

believe you took her place.

George, now leisurely perusing the chess

you leaving already?” asked Paige Xenos,

to the study. Her voice was warm and inviting. “I’ll pack some up for you. The weather has been dry. This

matters to attend

but Ryan was already hurrying past her,

herself, puzzled. She carried the soup into the study and placed it beside George. She lamented, “He’s too busy with the company, always on the go, even

this hour.”

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manual. He chuckled, “It’s probably not company business. Is my

me to make this for you. She even picked out the ingredients herself.”