Chapter 702


    Chapter 702


    Briana said, “Take another guess.”


    Comelia took a feel but still couldn’t figure it out, “Can I take a peek?”


    Briana said, “Sure, have a look.”


    Comelia opened her eyes to see something shaped like a globe. “Is this a globe?”


    Briana said, “It’s made to resemble a globe, but what’s on the surface is totally different. Take a closer


    look at what’s on it.”


    Lifting the small sphere to her eyes, Cornelia scrutinized it for a while, “Is this a jade carving? With two


    people carved inside?”


    It looked like jade but didn’t feel like it. Briana said, “I can’t be sure what it is, but they say whoever


    owns this little gem will be forever in love with their partner, till their hair turns gray. I want you and my


    brother to be together forever, so I’m giving it to you as a wedding gift.” Comelia said. “That’s a really


    nice thought, I’ll take it.” She didn’t refuse, graciously epting the gift from her sister–inw.


    Briana said, “Keep it safe. Let’s go find Granny, or she’ll give me hell for hogging all your time when


    you should be chatting with her.”


    The gadget wasn’t big, but it was inconvenient to carry, so Cornelia returned it to Marcus‘ room before


    heading downstairs with Briana.


    Walking side by side with Briana, Cornelia suddenly thought of something. “Have you been in touch


    with Natalia recently?”


    Briana said, “Yeah, I was just chatting with her. But for some reason, I get the feeling she’s not herself.


    She keeps asking me weird questions.”


    Cornelia asked, “Could it be that it’s not her you’re chatting with?”


    Briana said, “What do you mean?”


    Comelia said, “Maybe her mom is using her phone.”


    Briana said, “I doubt it! Her mom adores her and is really nice to all of us younger ones. When I was


    little and didn’t have a mom, her mom would often take care of me, which is more than I can say for my


    own mother…” Briana stopped mid–sentence, realizing she had said too much.


    But then again, Cornelia was part of the Hartley family and deserved to know.


    Briana said, “I’m not embarrassed to admit it. Without Granny, my brother and I would be no better than


    orphans. Our parents have new families and kids of their own, and those kids are their real children. It’s


    like my brother and I weren’t even their own but picked up from a dumpster by Granny.”


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    Briana expressed her thoughts with an air of indifference, but a closer look at her eyes revealed her


    underlying worries.


    She cared deeply about the parents who abandoned her and her brother. She cared about why they


    were so close to their other children, and she cared about why they ignored her and her brother.


    At a loss for what to say, Cornelia tried tofort the disheartened Briana, “Bri, your brother is like


    your father, and if you want, I can take care of you as a mother would.”


    This brought a smile to Briana’s face, “Cornelia, you’re not even two years older than me, how can you


    be talking about being my elder? I won’t let you take advantage of me.”


    “None of you are elders. The real elders are downstairs.” Granny Luisa called from the bottom of the


    stairs, “Bri, stop messing around with Cornelia on the stairs. If you so much as harm a hair on her


    head, I’ll have words with you.”