Chapter 212


    With a happy gaze, L kissed her daughter on the cheeks again. After greeting and doing the usual


    small talk with her parents and grandfather, she hurriedly sat on the sofa. "Nicole, how is everything


    going in school? Are you having fun with your teacher and ssmates? Do you listen to what your


    teacher says? Are you a good girl in school?", L asked, obviously missing her daughter so much.


    Angie remembered something and her look became somewhat strange. She heard Nicole said, "


    Mommy, I have hit a boy because he lifted my skirt. You told me once that boys should not lift girls''


    skirt. It''s not good, right?" Nicoleined in a very angry tone.


    Hearing Nicole voice out ain made L shudder a bit. Her baby girl was surely growing up now.


    L looked intently at her daughter and replied, "Are you hurt, did he hit you back?"


    "How dare he do this to my daughter? He should be hit in the face too!" L thought.


    Nicole chuckled andughed. "Oh, I''m fine. But I did bite him!"


    She looked at herughing daughter and shook her hand. "But next time it happens again, you should


    tell the teacher so the boy will stop. Okay?"


    Angie was listening to her granddaughter''s recount of the day and was very amused. Looking at his


    elder brother and imagining what happened, L grinned and said, "Brother, you are so powerful!"


    Angie stared at her daughter and interrupted, "What do you mean by being powerful? It was him who


    should deal with that and not make any trouble! It''s time to marry your friend so as to control him."


    All of a sudden, Angie took out a piece of paper from the drawer and passed it to L. "Look, select


    one of the dates from these three!"


    Asking L to choose the date? Really? L looked back at her brother. Jordan said in a very calm


    tone, "I''m OK with these three days. No worries."


    ...


    L have been worrying about this wedding for some time. Would Wendy be happy if she marry L''s


    brother? Jordan did not want to show his emotions and was a bit conservative.


    "Brother, Wendy is my best girlfriend. Could you be more concerned about your wedding and be more


    active in preparing for it?"


    Jordan abruptly picked the paper from L''s hand and said, "Then, that''s the date!" He selected the


    date in the middle.


    L counted the days. It would be just within the month.


    "The wedding ceremony will be prepared and organized by mother. I will volunteer to be the one taking


    pictures. That will do, I guess." L thought.


    Landon began to protest, "L, I think we should think through your business first. There''s a lot going


    on in this city these days."


    Almost everyone knew what happened to his granddaughter. He could not understand why young


    people are so high-profile and outgoing.


    With a happy gaza, L kissad har daughtar on tha chaaks again. Aftar graating and doing tha usual


    small talk with har parants and grandfathar, sha hurriadly sat on tha sofa. "Nic, how is avarything


    going in school? Ara you having fun with your taachar and ssmatas? Do you listan to what your


    taachar says? Ara you a good girl in school?", L askad, obviously missing har daughtar so much.


    Angia ramambarad somathing and har look bacama somawhat stranga. Sha haard Nic said, "


    Mommy, I hava hit a boy bacausa ha liftad my skirt. You told ma onca that boys should not lift girls''


    skirt. It''s not good, right?" Nicinad in a vary angry tona.


    Haaring Nic voica out ain mada L shuddar a bit. Har baby girl was suraly growing up now.


    L lookad intantly at har daughtar and rapliad, "Ara you hurt, did ha hit you back?"


    "How dara ha do this to my daughtar? Ha should ba hit in tha faca too!" L thought.


    Nic chucd andughad. "Oh, I''m fina. But I did bita him!"


    Sha lookad at harughing daughtar and shook har hand. "But naxt tima it happans again, you should


    tall tha taachar so tha boy will stop. Okay?"


    Angia was listaning to har granddaughtar''s racount of tha day and was vary amusad. Looking at his


    aldar brothar and imagining what happanad, L grinnad and said, "Brothar, you ara so powarful!"


    Angia starad at har daughtar and intarruptad, "What do you maan by baing powarful? It was him who


    should daal with that and not maka any trou! It''s tima to marry your friand so as to control him."


    All of a suddan, Angia took out a piaca of papar from tha drawar and passad it to L. "Look, sct


    ona of tha datas from thasa thraa!"


    Asking L to choosa tha data? Raally? L lookad back at har brothar. Jordan said in a vary calm


    tona, "I''m OK with thasa thraa days. No worrias."


    ...


    L hava baan worrying about this wadding for soma tima. Would Wandy ba happy if sha marry L''s


    brothar? Jordan did not want to show his amotions and was a bit consarvativa.


    "Brothar, Wandy is my bast girlfriand. Could you ba mora concarnad about your wadding and ba mora


    activa in praparing for it?"


    Jordan abruptly pickad tha papar from L''s hand and said, "Than, that''s tha data!" Ha sctad tha


    data in tha mid.


    L countad tha days. It would ba just within tha month.


    "Tha wadding caramony will ba praparad and organizad by mothar. I will voluntaar to ba tha ona taking


    picturas. That will do, I guass." L thought.


    Landon bagan to protast, "L, I think wa should think through your businass first. Thara''s a lot going


    on in this city thasa days."


    Almost avaryona knaw what happanad to his granddaughtar. Ha could not undarstand why young


    pao ara so high-prof and outgoing.


    Patting Nicole''s cute little hand, L replied, "I needed to do it and I wanted to prove to the world that I


    am not to me and that I''m saying the truth. I have no regrets. For Nicole, I would not let Harry go!"


    Angie thought for a while after hearing that, and warned L. "Rose is not an easy-going woman. I


    won''t agree that she will be your mother-inw! That woman is crazy!"


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    Rose was a very aggressive woman who always got what she wanted. L would just be bullied if she


    married Harry.


    Landon couldn''t agree more for he had met Rose several times already. He thought his granddaughter


    would just be a rag being crumpled and put dirt on if she married Harry. He should not let this marriage


    happen.


    "Mother, Rose was cruel to me because of Ynda! Now that she knows the truth, maybe she would


    change." If Rose knew she had a granddaughter, she would be happy!


    Angie saw that L was thinking and immediately decided not to argue anymore. She just warned her.


    "It''s up to you. But tell us when you are in need. We will always support you!"


    L nodded and remembered that Jenny met her this morning. She took the ring out of her bag and


    passed it to her grandfather.


    "Danny''s mother gave it to me and said it would be useful when we search for the secret of this old


    pocket watch in Mando Bay."


    Hearing the mention of the Mando Bay, Jordan frowned and wondered why they should even go to that


    ce.


    "Mrs. Spencer?" Landon was deep in his thoughts and finally understood.


    "Grandfather, what on earth is the secret of the old pocket watch? I am very curious." L began to be


    more and more interested in it. Was there a treasure connected to the secret?


    After a second of thought, Landon said, "Your grandmother had once said when she was alive that this


    watch contains great treasure inherited from her descendants. But it needs an important part of the


    watch and a picture to open the treasure."


    It''s a treasure! Fantastic! One day, would she be tasked to go on an adventure and look for it?


    "But, I don''t want to search for it!" She responded decisively. She didn''t want to go there because it was


    dangerous. It would be worthless to be murdered just because of finding a treasure that they were not


    sure to be true.


    Landon shook his head and looked at her granddaughter seriously. "I wouldn''t permit you to look for it


    before. It was too dangerous. But now, as more and more people knew the secret of the watch, if you


    give up looking for it and put it to the world, you will be in danger everywhere and every time."


    The facts made all the people hush in silence. They were all thinking the same thing. Would that day


    come?


    On the next day, L waved goodbye to Nicole, sent her to Jordan''s car, and went to work. Once she


    parked her car in the temporary parking lot, she saw numerous people in the front of thepany


    building. It was an unusual sight.


    What had happened?


    Someone in the front line of the crowd shouted, "Miss Newman ising! She is here!"


    L was suddenly surrounded by all the people who were wearing microphones and holding cameras.


    Yes, they were journalists...


    "Miss Newman, please do tell us if the photo circted by Lillian is true. Did that really happen?"


    Nopanies dared to report entertainment news about Harry before. Harry was that influential. "As it


    is proven that Lillian''s office doesn''t get into trouble, we dare to interview you today. Did that mean that


    Harry agrees?"


    "Miss Newman, what do you want to say about bearing all the negative images from the public all these


    years?"


    "Miss Newman, Mr. Lewis will marry Ynda. Will you allow that?"


    "Was the child who you were with in the amusement park the same child that you and Harry gave birth


    to?"


    ...


    L listened to all the questions in a calm outside appearance but her mind was all messed up. All


    these years, people had seen her in a negative way and had not paid much attention to her. She was


    not used to this.


    Because of Harry''s permission especially regarding his actions in Lillian''s publishing office, almost all


    the journalists in the city came today!


    If she didn''t say a word about what she feels, would she be unfair and unreasonable? Or be so hard to


    deal with?


    She then smiled to one of the cameras and said in a sophisticated and reassuring manner, "Good


    morning, everyone. We are in the grounds of mypany. As an acting CEO, it is not suitable to


    answer any of your questions about my private life here. We have to maintain our professionalism at all


    times. Please pay more attention to SL and support the group. Thank you!"


    "Miss Newman, can I have a second with you for a one-on-one interview?"


    "Yes, Miss Newman. Although you''re not in the entertainment circle anymore, you still have a lot of fans


    who want to hear from you. Just for them, can I ask you some questions?"


    ...


    In that very moment, a group of guards came to the aid of L and helped her find rush through the


    entrance door. "I apologize but I have been busy with my work recently. If any journalists want to ask


    me about something, please contact with my assistant, Leo and he will respond to your questions.


    Thank you!" With that, L stepped into the building with guards on both of her sides.