Chapter 20


    Chapter 20


    Violet sat down at the dining table whereas Zoey stood beside her. She lifted her right hand to pick up


    the fork but realized that it was very taxing on her. Her arm ached so much that Violet winced.


    Zoey picked up the fork and put it in front of her hand.


    Violet looked up at Zoey and took the fork awkwardly. “Thank you.”


    “You’re wee,” Zoey said co oly, “You’ll sleep on the second floor, in the first room to the left. Don’t


    wander around the mansion and don’t, I repeat, do not touch the things here. The mansion is


    monitored, so behave yourself.”


    Violet did not say anything. It did not feel good to be warned like this.


    However, they were providing a ce for her to stay. Thus, she nodded and began wolfing down the


    noodles.


    Why were all of Jack’s ser vants so weird?


    Cold Mr. Michael, who moved like the wind, was like a robot with no flesh and blood, and was covered


    in a good-looking exterior that was wasted on him.


    The vast living hall was lowkey but luxurious. Violet surveyed the ce. The furniture was of excellent


    taste; this wealthy man had a knack for squandering. Violet could pick up any ornament in here and the


    price of it would be enough to buy a city.


    She began to climb the spiral stairs up to the second floor. Her hand felt veryfortable on the


    railings.


    Violet had always thought of herself as rich. She had also ama ssed great wealth and possessed


    assets and property outside of the country. However, she had learned what true wealth was only after


    she hade into contact with the Yanceys. The old manor in the middle of the sea was the epitome


    of extravagance. It was in a league of its own.


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    Upon reaching the second floor, Violet looked up to see the silhouette of a man through the ss wall.


    Was this the parlor?


    It was a huge parlor. Everything was brightly lit.


    He was sitting on a couch with his fingers typing away on the keyboard of a notebookputer.


    Violet pondered for a bit before walking in. She wanted to ask about her mother.


    Jack nced up when he heard her footsteps. However, he was startled by how she looked. Zoey’s


    old-fashioned clothes were loose-fitting on her. There was a cut on her forehead and bruises on her


    face. This was so…


    Violet stopped next to him and suppressed the embarrassment she felt.


    Their eyes met for a moment before Jack turned away to face his notebookputer once more.


    His thin lips moved. “What’s up?” He no longer looked at her.


    “I want a video call with


    my mother.”


    Jack’s fingers stopped typing. He nced at her again, contemting her appearance. “Looking like


    this?”


    Violet was quiet for a few seconds. He was right. She could not worry her mother; there were still


    injuries on her face.


    Jack could not help butugh. Where was the ferocity she had when she disrupted the wedding? This


    abject creature was quite beyond his imagination.


    “What’s so funny?” Violet frowned angrily. “Fine, no video call. I want a phone call!”


    Jack moved his sight away. His long, slender fingers continued to type on the keyboard. “Get out.”


    “I won’t!” Her voice was resolute,


    “I’ll hand your mother over to Theo Yeager if you keep bothering me.” Jack kept his head lowered. He


    was not joking.


    His indifference was what made Violet afraid of provoking him. Her normally proud face was slightly


    pale at the moment.


    After watching him for a few seconds, she turned and left.


    He had grown up as a respected and superior individual, but she had caused him to humiliate his own


    family at the wedding. A man like that would be full to the brim with fury.


    Nevertheless, he had taken her in for the night. He could not have been kinder, could he?


    Violet followed Zoey’s directions and reached the first room on the left. She could not help but miss her


    mother as she sat


    on the bed.


    She had always been dependent on her mother and vice versa. They had never been separated for so


    long. Violet was not


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    too worried as Jack was not a scu m my person.


    Still, she missed her mother…


    At that moment, her cell phone rang.


    Upon seeing the caller ID, Violet froze for a second before her eyes suddenly brightened. She took the


    phone and walked towards the parlor next to her room.


    Jack looked up when he heard her footsteps and the ringing phone, to see Violet standing in front of


    him with her. outstretched hand holding the screen of the phone towards him.


    Jack could see the caller ID clearly in the bright light. He looked at her face and spoke in a somewhat


    cold manner, “What do you want?”