Chapter 27


    At the end, Paige grumbled.


    “Don’t worry, my boss… is super generous.” Rosalynn chuckled, pushing a cup of ice cream towards


    Paige, “Calm your jets.”


    “You’re just too nice. That’s why those cowards in yourpany dare to throw their problems at you!”


    It was all thanks to Paige that they found Trevor’s mom’s ount.


    After dinner, Rosalynn and Paige walked home hand in hand.


    “When I was young, my parents and I would often walk on this street holding hands after dinner,” Paige


    patted a thick sycamore tree by the roadside, “Back then, these trees weren’t as lush as they are now.”


    Paige’s father passed away in a car ident when she was ten. A few yearster, her mother married


    a rich businessman, and also that year, with her stepfather’s help, Paige went to study abroad.


    “Missing your dad?” Rosalynn asked gently.


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    Paige bit her lip and nodded, “Yeah, a lot.”


    Rosalynn caressed the back of her hand, in aforting gesture.


    She didn’t even know who her own father was. Her mom got pregnant and returned to the L City. Her


    grandparents had no idea who the father was.


    Later on, she learned from her mom’s drunken ramblings that her father had just proposed when he got


    caught cheating. Afterward, Rosalynn never asked about her dad again. But her mom wasted her life


    away, losing herself in alcohol.


    Paige didn’t stay overnight.


    Rosalynn locked the door, snuggled into a corner of the couch, opened her phone, and sent a message


    to Wayne.


    “President Silverman, I’ve already moved out of Garden Lakeside. The key is on the shoe rack.”


    After sending the message, there was no reply.


    Anyway, Rosalynn hadn’t expected a response. She started to pack her belongings for her business


    trip to Q City tomorrow.


    Halfway through her packing, her phone buzzed.


    She immediately grabbed it, and the caller ID disyed Evan.


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    Rosalynn felt somewhat ridiculous. She actually thought the call was from Wayne.


    “Evan, I’m sorry, I’ve been so busytely that I forgot to take you out for dinner and buy you a birthday


    present.”


    “No worries!” Evan was as cheerful as ever, “In that case, how about you treat me to dinner tomorrow?”


    “Unfortunately, that’s not gonna work!” Rosalynn said helplessly, “I’ve gotta go to Q City for a week-long


    business trip first thing in the morning.”


    “Q City?”


    “Yeah,” Rosalynn replied.


    “Alright, I see. Since you have an early trip tomorrow, I won’t bother you any longer. Goodnight,


    Rosalynn.”


    “Goodnight, Evan.”


    Evan quickly hung up.


    Rosalynn didn’t think much of the call.


    At the same time, at the Silverman family’s old house, the banquet weing Ms. Rosso wasing


    to an end.


    Wayne said goodbye to an esteemed elder and walked back.


    The living room was brightly lit.


    Miss Maddie Fuller, holding Heatherway’s hand, was overjoyed.


    “Ms. Rosso, feel free to request Wayne for the engagement party. We’ll definitely fulfill your wishes!”


    “Engagement? Who’s getting engaged?”


    Sitting in the wheelchair, the old grandmother, originally ying with a crocheted doll, raised her head


    upon hearing the word “engagement” Her murky eyes seemed to light up.


    “Mom, Wayne’s getting engaged!” Maddie Fuller said cheerfully.


    “Wayne’s getting engaged…” The grandmother looked down at the doll in her hands and cheered up


    again, “Wayne’s marrying Rosalynn! That’s great! Awesome!”


    The smiles froze on everyone’s face.


    Wayne just got to the door.


    “Heidi! Where’s the red envelope? The big red envelope I prepared for Rosalynn? Hurry and bring it!”


    The old grandmother shouted excitedly.


    Heatherway nced at everyone.