“Is it about your engagement?”


    “That’s right! | couldn’t reach you on your cell phone when | got engagedst time. After that, | heard that you were in huge


    trouble and had been ced under protection, so | hadn’t had the chance to talk to you about my fiancé. Now | can finally share


    it with you.” Annie was already bursting with impatience to tell Ang about it.


    “His name is Richard. Lloyd. As for what he does for a living, | don’t know that yet, but he’s a really. handsome and outstanding


    person. Her eyes were starry. She had only met Richard on the night of their engagement, but she had been unable to forget his


    face since then.


    Ang’s heart clenched. She suddenly wondered if she should tell Annie that Richard and his team members were the ones in


    charge of protecting her this time.


    If she kept this from Annie, she wouldn''t be able to exin the matter when thetter learned about it someday. “Richard Lloyd,


    huh? | met him before.. He’s the one assigned to protect me during this mission,” she said while pretending to sound rxed.


    Annie’s eyes widened at once. She looked at Ang in disbelief, saying, “Really? Ang, is Richard the one who protected you


    this time? How many times have you met him?


    What do you think of him? Hurry and tell me about it! I’m dying to know everything about him.” Rubbing her hands together, she


    couldn''t wait to listen to Ang’s story.


    Ang was lost for words for a moment. Seems like Annie assumes that Richard and | didn’t meet often. But who would know


    that we''d lived together day and night for two months? “1” She sat down.


    However, as soon as she uttered the first syble, Annie held her hand and asked again, “How is he? Is he easy to get along


    with? Is he a serious man? He knows that we''re cousins, right? Did he take good care of you?”


    Ang’s heart suddenly clenched. Seeing the curious look in Annie’s eyes, she found herself at a loss for words for a moment.


    Just then, Annie’s cell phone rang; she picked it up and looked at its screen. “It''s Grandpa. He’s probably calling me to urge us to


    go out for dinner,” she said before stepping aside to answer the phone. “Hey, Grandpa! We''reing.” she said. Then, she hung


    up and said to


    Ang, “Ang, go put on a coat. It’s time for us to go out for dinner. Everybody wants to see you.”


    Ang nodded before standing up to get her coat. However, after entering the closet, she leaned against the wall wearily and let


    out a sigh. In the end, she grabbed an overcoat and went out with Annie.


    Daphne and Gilbert had been waiting for her. When she came out, Daphne came over and looked at her. She said in surprise,


    “Why are you dressed so simply? You''re not wearing makeup, nor are you wearing earrings or a ne.


    Ang shook her head with a smile. “It''s okay, Mom. We''re just going for dinner with our family.”


    Daphne had no choice but to drop the matter. Just then, the female helper who had gone to collect theundry came over and


    said, “Miss Ang, this fell out of your clothes.” She was holding a pink raw crystal in her hand.


    Ang’s heart twinged. As she took the crystal, Annie leaned over curiously to look at it, asking, “What is this, Ang? Is this a


    crystal?”


    “Yeah. | got it in the mountains.” Ang put the crystal into her handbag.Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org.


    “It looks quite beautiful. Do you want to make the crystal into a pendant or a bracelet?” Daphne asked with a smile.


    “4-1 haven''t made up my mind yet.” Ang recalled how she had told Richard that she wanted to have the crystal made into two


    pendants so that they’d each. have one. Right now, however, she didn’t want to make the crystal into anything. I''ll just take itas a


    memento.