Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

---- Chapter 417 Margaret said, "You kept it a secret from me up until now." "Actually, there's something else I've kept from you, Granny, but I don't dare say it. I'm afraid you'd be upset if I did." Valeria didn't mention that Wendy was married to Alexander. She hugged Margaret, burying her face into Margaret's shoulder. The jut of her bones pressed painfully against Valeria's cheek. "You little rascal. You really know how to hide things." Margaret reached out and tapped Valeria on the forehead.

Valeria commented, "Granny, I'll take good care of myself, so you take good care of yourself, too." Margaret's two greatest concerns in life were, first, that Valeria would have a happy family and someone she could rely on, never being mistreated. The second was her daughter, who had left home so many years ago... "Riri, did you ever see Grace while you were in Slate City?" Margaret was old and had never learned to use a smartphone. She only knew how to make and receive calls. Even video calls had to be set up by Selena. But Gabriella's engagement had been the talk of the whole city.

Every news outlet and TV station had reported it. Margaret had caught a glimpse on television. She ---- remembered that Grace had married and bore a daughter named Gabriella. "I've seen her," Valeria replied calmly. "She doesn't like me, and I don't like her. She never treated me asa daughter, and I never treated her as a mother." She clasped Margaret's hand. With age, it had become thin and bony. Age spots marked the back of Margaret's hand." Granny, my greatest wish is for you to stay healthy and be with me year after year." Martha and Nicholas stayed at Margaret's house for three days.

The two of them felt too embarrassed to keep troubling her, but seeing how close Selena was with Margaret, they couldn't bring themselves to just take Selena back to Slate City. After all, Selena wasn't that close to them. So, Martha slapped Nicholas' leg. "Let's rent a place in this neighborhood and stay here for a while! Wouldn't that be perfect? Then, we can. have dinner with Val and Sebastian every week when they come back from the city." Martha continued, "We don't have much to do anyway. And Bellcour is opening next month.

That's one of your businesses , so how could you not turn up as the chairman ?" For the first time, Nicholas thought Martha's mind was working faster than his own. Sebastian rented them a place in the same neighborhood. ---- Then, he and Valeria returned to the city center of Broburgh City. When they got back to the apartment, he leaned against the doorway. "Still want me to live next door?" Valeria cleared a little space in her closet and stuffed a few of Sebastian's suits inside. Sebastian had moved into Valeria's home. Selena still called him "Mr.

Grant," but he didn't press her to do otherwise. He knew he had already missed too much of the girl's childhood. By mid-August, the first luxury resort hotel on Azure Island officially opened. The Grant Group had invested three billion dollars into the hotel with a retro-lavish design. The opening celebration was a grand affair, co-hosted with the Broburgh City Museum, featuring a vintage fashion show and celebrities on the red carpet. The event went on for three days. On the third day, however, a small incident occurred.