Chapter 1056 Wine And Friends


    Crystal''s POV:


    In the following two days since Rufus had left the imperial pce, nothing significant had happened. As for me, I only needed to go to the


    kindergarten in the morning. My son and I would then spend the rest of the day in our own pce, or go and pay Laura a visit.


    Today, it snowed. Arron and I decided not to go out. Instead, we sat in front of the firece and ate roasted sweet potatoes.


    "This is yummy. I''m sure Beryl will like it." Arron blew at his sweet potato.


    "Mommy will send some to your sister and grandmotherter," I said as I took a big bite of my own sweet potato, and then put another piece into my


    son''s te.


    Just then, a knock came at the door.


    I put the food down and put on my mask before going to open the door. Flora stood at my doorstep. along with the rest of the bunch. They each held


    big grocery bags.


    "What are you doing here?” I asked, puzzled by their sudden visit.


    "The parade is over. We are leaving soon.” Flora put her bags down and took my hands. She rubbed them for a while before pulling me into a tight


    hug.


    "You''re leaving? Why don''t you stay for a few more days?" I didn''t want them to leave this soon. I had yet to spend some quality time with Flora and


    the others


    "There''re a lot of things back at the pack waiting for us to deal with," Warren said. "I''m afraid we can''t stay any longer.”


    "What about you two? Are you also leaving?” I looked at Joanna and Harry.


    Harry nodded with a resigned expression. He leaned against Joanna''s shoulder and said, "Yes. My father ordered me to be home by tomorrow, or he


    will freeze all my assets.”


    "I see. In that case, you should go."


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    "And Joanna is going with you?" I asked again


    Harry became sullen. "No, she''s noting with me."


    With that, he turned away from her and strode inside. He plopped on the sofa in a sulk.


    Joanna sighed and shrugged her shoulders helplessly. "I''lle to you as soon as I finish dealing with the affairs back in my pack."


    "I know,” Harry muttered under his breath. "I''m not mad or anything. I understand that you have your own matters to take care of, and I respect that."


    Joanna and I exchanged a look, and I know that we both found Harry’s little tantrum funny.


    "I know, why don''t we hold a farewell party?" I suggested.


    Rufus wasn''t around, so no one was going to stop us from doing it


    "Way ahead of you!" Flora chirped.


    She then produced two bottles of


    red wine from one of the bags. She


    shed mea devilish grin. "We also~


    brought @ ton of food. Let''s get <=


    hammered tonight!" Harry let outa


    whaos, and then proceeded totake


    out:some decorations and presents


    fram the other bags. He had even


    prepared a gift for my daughter even


    though she wasn''t here. He diligently


    handed them out one by one.


    We spent a short while decorating the living room and filling the table with wine and food.


    Outside the window, the snow kept


    falling. We sat.around the firece,


    eating snacks and drinking wine, and


    reminiseing ‘about funny times inthe


    past. Arron and Lucas stayed, and


    whileHey couldn''t understand.most


    O the things the adults talked about,


    they listened carefully anekalso


    giggled along when weughed.


    le


    We drank like we were practically


    begging for a hangover. Despite this,


    Flora and théothers woke up early


    the next day and prepare to head gut


    of the imtperial capital. Their


    respective cars were already waiting


    to chauffeur them away. Hay,


    Flora, and Warren left together, as


    their packs were locatec-adjacent to


    one another. Joanna, on the other


    hand, left by herself. Content


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    Just as they were about to leave, an upset Harry kept whining and pestering Joanna, saying that he didn’t want to go. The couple huddled to the side


    for a brief conversation. When they broke apart. Harry was strangely in high spirits. I was curious about what Joanna had told him then.


    And I only found out about it muchter. It turned out that she had epted Harry''s proposal!


    I saw my friends off, and then slowly trudged my way back to the pce, where I met Laura at the pce door. She immediately rushed to me and


    grabbed my hand, her face wrought with worry. "Something bad happened. Rufus has gone missing. We lost contact with him."