Chapter 135


    Josefina watched Oliver sitting in the driver''s seat behind the car. Beneath his arched eyebrows


    were his sharp eyes and a high nose bridge. His lips, usually a thin, tight line, curved into a genuine


    smile when he caught sight of her.


    "What are you doing here?" Josefina asked, a hint of curiosity in her voice.


    "Should I be somewhere else if not in my car?" Oliver retorted with a yful smirk.


    Oliver stepped out, took Josefina''s wrist gently, and ushered her into the seat beside him. He turned


    to her, tenderly brushing a stray lock of hair from her forehead.


    He had heard that Josefina left the VIP lounge at Gourmet Gxy and had followed her out,


    intending to take her away. Unexpectedly, just as the driver pulled up, he witnessed Josefina, her


    face a mask of cool detachment, making her exit.


    Oliver''s gaze shifted to the mother and daughter standing at the entrance of Gourmet Gxy, a


    fleeting shadow of malice crossing his eyes.


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    Josefina was in a foul mood, and thest thing she wanted was to return home, weighed down by


    exhaustion. "Oliver, do you drink? Let me buy you a drink," she offered.


    "Sure."


    The car pulled away smoothly. Lauren and Ruby chased after it, only to be greeted by a mouthful of


    exhaust.


    Ruby couldn''t believe her eyes. "Josefina got into a Maybach, that car''s worth five million."


    Lauren, too, had seen the spectacle. "With her looks, she''s always flirting around, that little slut has


    her ways."


    "Mom, didn''t you say you had a n to deal with her?" Ruby inquired.


    Lauren was somewhat embarrassed, her agitation at seeing Josefina had distracted her from her


    intent.


    "Mom, don''t tell me your n was to use the weak family ties to persuade her toe back to us?"


    "We raised her for all those years, and she dares to defy me!" Lauren''s rage was palpable.


    Ruby was astonished at Lauren''s naivete.


    "I have a wooden token, I''m not sure how important it is to her. Before I could mention it, she left,"


    Lauren said, regretting her hastiness.


    Ruby paused, a wooden token? "Mom, let me see that token."


    Lauren took the wooden piece out of her bag and handed it to Ruby, who examined it closely but


    couldn''t decipher its significance. The token, with no names and only a forest pattern, didn''t seem


    valuable. Ruby ced it in her bag.


    "Let''s head home, Mom. We''ll think of something. Later, I''ll also talk to Xavier and ask him to lend


    us some money."


    "Ruby, you''re the obedient and understanding one, far better than that little vixen."


    Ruby smiled silently, apanying Lauren back home.


    ...


    By the riverside, Josefina popped open a beer, takingrge gulps one after the other.


    "Oliver, how can they keep bullying me like this? I''ve been respectful because they raised me, but


    I''ve given them enough respect."


    She finished a bottle in one go and reached for another.


    Oliver caught her hand. "No more, you''re drunk."


    "I''m not drunk, impossible. Mimi, let go, let me do this," she slurred.


    Oliver chuckled wryly. What kind of words were those? Let go of whom? The bottle?


    While Oliver was pondering her words, Josefina managed to down another half bottle.


    "I''ve given them so many deals, so much money, why can''t they be satisfied? I told them to


    investigate, but they don''t, they juste to me making demands. Don''t they believe I have the


    capability?"


    "They just can''t face their own ipetence," Oliver said, his voice a blend of constion and


    truth.