NovelEnglishChapter 700 Grace Is Not an Outsider \ Benjamin became even angrier. "Don't act so high and mighty! Isn't what you | wanted already standing next to you?" He was referring to Grace. i "Benjamin! Watch your mouth! I'm a person, not an object, and I'm definitely not one of the Hawkinses' possessions!" Grace retorted at once. She took Xander's hand to get in the car, but Benjamin blocked their path. ! "Move aside!" Benjamin's eyes flicked between them.
Xander looked perfectly relaxed and calm as he allowed Grace to lead him.
Benjamin finally moved. He turned swiftly and headed straight for the manor.
Half an hour ago, Elizabeth had called him and commanded him to come back at once. That was why he had rushed back, ~~ « but he hadn't expected to meet Grace.
Something didn't seem right. Something | must have happened.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt' The moment he entered, Elizabeth asked accusingly. "Why is Celia back?" "Grace told you?" . "Who gave the order for Reina to appear again? Was it Celia or Susan? Where are they?" Benjamin was confused, but he caught the key words. "Reina?" The maid who had killed Lyra and been in cahoots with Susan? And she had appeared again? "Don't act like a fool in front of me.
Alexander disappeared after he joined the police force, and don't think don't know that you had something to do with it."
Elizabeth got straight to the point without mincing her words.
d Even Benjamin was shocked by her words.
He frowned. "I really have no idea." | | "Since Celia is back, find Susan for me too. I will not allow them to do anything to Grace. I'm not so old that I can't control them!" Elizabeth thumped her stick hard as she spoke severely.
Benjamin looked grim. Thoughts were running through his mind. If Elizabeth knew about this, then did that mean ’ Grace knew too? "Grandma, what did you say to Grace?" "That's not something you should be asking." "you're being foolish!" Benjamin said sharply. He immediately panicked. Grace probably already knew all about Alexander. "How could you tell an
outsider about this family's affairs?" » Elizabeth remained calm and shook her head at him. "Grace isn't an outsider to me." Benjamin was speechless.
i After they returned to Summitview Manor, Xander instructed the maids to make a cup of honey pomegranate tea.
He made sure Grace finished drinking it before saying, "You seem rather dazed.
Your condition isn't very good. This will ~~ ¢ help you calm down." She drank it meekly.
"You got it out of her." Grace didn't have much energy. In fact, she seemed rather listless.
The affairs surrounding Alexander were ¥ - too complicated, and she didn't know
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm| how to tell Xander that the person she had fallen in love with at first sight back then hadn't been Benjamin at all. 4 "Reina was hired by the Hawkins family many years ago, and she's now definitely taking orders from Celia. Celia and Susan have a hold on her." Benjamin listened. "What are they \ holding over her?" "The Hawkins family... Well, Benjamin ' has a half-brother born to the same father. His name is Alexander, and his mother, Lyra's, death was related to her and Susan." Grace explained carefully, avoiding any information that involved her.
She didn't notice the slight change in Xander's expression, but he didn't say anything out loud. He inclined his head.
"That is a big thing to hold over her." "= "Aren't you surprised that Benjamin has
.abrother?" Grace was surprised by his reaction.
\ Xander paused, and then realized that he should be surprised.
\ "I can even accept Jake's existence. It's not uncommon for this to happen in "upper-class families. There's nothing to be surprised about." It was a very reasonable explanation.
"That's true." Xander silently sat down beside her. "Is that the reason why you look so 4 lost?"
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