NovelEnglishChapter 57 Renee's shopping mood was swept away after the misfortune of meeting Stefan and the two toxic women, so she went straight home after leaving the mall The following day, she woke up early. After changing into a black dress and tying up her hair, she went to the florist to get a bouquet of daisies and then drove to the graveyard Itwas the third of March, the death anniversary of her parents.
Ithad been four whole years since they committed suicide, and she had never visited them. Everyone said she was a cold- blooded, ungrateful wretch who forsook her family to please the Hunts.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut only she knew how much she loved her family.
She was angry that they were not brave enough to live on, for their cowardice, their choice to leave in such a stupid and stubborn way, and for leaving her alone in the world! She hadn't visited their graves for so many years because she hadn't wanted to face or accept this reality. Yet, it was different now. She had gained the courage to face everything because of the two little ones in her belly! (0 After this visit, she might leave Beach City without knowing when she would return.
Regardless, Renee froze when she stood in front of the grave, as a bouquet of flowers was lying in front of the headstone of the joint grave. The bouquet was stil fresh and undoubtedly pricey, judging from its elaborated arrangement.
But since the tragedy happened to her family four years ago, her relatives deliberately stayed away from the Everheart family. to avoid getting involved, so nobody would possibly come:
So, who could these flowers be from? With the questions in her mind, Renee was about to leave after paying her respects, but an amber pendant beside the bouquet caught her eye. She picked it up with care and examined it. It was a delicate work, with unique characters carved inside.
She found it very familiar but failed to recall who she had seen wearing this, no matter how much she tried So, she put the pendant into her pocket and planned to return it to its rightful owner sometime Leaving the graveyard, Renee was unaware that a man was sneaking up behind her. When she got into the car, the man dashed forward and stood in front of the car with his arms wide open That was... Elon Bames? 1 With a cheerful look, the man said excitedly, “My darling niece! | finally found you. | miss you so mucht” It should be a touching scene when family members meet after four years, but who would have thought that a stern look would slide onto Renee's face instead? “Elon, I've not forgotten how you kicked my family when we were down. Its stil fresh in my mind, so stop pretending!” Elon felt so embarrassed that he did not dare look into Renee's eyes when he tried to explain himself, “You have to understand, Ren. Your aunt and | cut ties with you to save our lives back then. In fact, | still care about you and your mother deep in my heart...” Not bothering to listen anymore, Renee went straight to the point, “Cut the crap. Just tell me what you want!”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmElon's eyes were tinged with greediness and slyness as he rubbed his hands. “Ren, | heard that you are divorcing Stefan. Since the Hunts are rich, you must have received a large amount of alimony, right? So, can you help me out a bit?” Renee was somehow intrigued and wanted to see what this traitorous uncle of hers was plotting.
“What kind of help?” He replied unabashedly, “Can you lend me some money? | don't need that much, just a few million! | desperately need this.
money!” She replied to him lazily, I didn't get a dime out of the Hunts. | only got a law firm.” “What? Are the Hunts so stingy that you only got a worthless law firm? Elon said as his expression twisted uglily. However, he did not give up and continued, “Did they really not give you a dime?" Yup? ‘Suddenly, Renee recalled something and said, “Did you leave flowers on my parents’ grave?”
Elon was taken aback at first, but then he said cunningly, “Of course, it's me! Your mother loved flowers and all the beautiful things in this world. Its her anniversary today. As her brother, | should have done this for her!” Renee's lips curled into an uncaring smile. At this point, she was almost certain that the bouquet was not from her stingy uncle, 50 he naturally could not be the one who had dropped the pendant Either way, she didn't want to be too harsh to him because he was her mother's brother.
“If you're really short of money, | can get you a job once the ownership of the law firm is transferred to me." She rolled up the window and sped off without waiting for his answer, leaving Elon with exhaust fumes and cursing atthe distant shadow of her car.
“What the hell?! You're just an abandoned woman! Get off your high horse!” “But the Hunts shouldn't be so stingy that they didn't give her a single dime, right?’ Rubbing his chin, Elon had an idea
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