Camille frowned slightly, looking at Grace with a somber expression. Her voice was husky as she said, "They might be the ultimate revenge. If you still want to see Regina on that side, I'll have Ayan arrange it. Don't disclose anything about Vere to her. Let her think Vere is still in the hands of the kidnappers. Let her never find peace in her heart."
Regina's most important person is Vere, so let's use Vere to punish her.
Grace raised her hand to cover her face and took a deep breath before continuing, "I know, I won't be soft-hearted."
She couldn't bring herself to be soft-hearted when she thought of her mother's cause of death and her state.
Grace would still go see Regina to inform her about the outside situation. Only this would make Regina suffer and torment while inside.
The two of them stayed in the villa for almost an hour before leaving.
The four of them got in separate cars. Camille and Ayan went back to Franklin Bay, and Grace and Horace went to Maple Leaves Mansion.
Knowing Grace was feeling low, Horace had food delivered to the house so she could eat as soon as they got home.
Horace kept a close eye on her, with concern and worry in his eyes. As they waited at the traffic lights, he reached out to hold her hand and spoke gently, "Why so quiet?"
Grace managed a forced smile and said, "Don't know what to say."
"Say whatever you want. Don't keep anything from me, okay?"
"Okay, I know," Grace said, but ultimately, she didn't say anything, also harboring something inside without knowing how to speak about it.
She thought she needed to find an opportunity to talk to Ayan alone. But it wasn't likely at the moment, as the matter of the Armstrong family had not been fully resolved, and her uncles called the next morning.
Both uncles called to invite Grace and Camille to their house for dinner that night, as a way to strengthen family ties after Page's passing.
Grace didn't directly agree, as Camille's warning from yesterday made her more cautious.
Grace said, "Uncle, just tell me what's the matter. We just finished dealing with mom's affairs, and neither Camille nor I feel like dining out."
The uncle replied, "People need to eat, no matter the circumstances. Come over and let your aunt make you some soup. It's settled."
The uncle didn't give Grace a chance to refuse and finalized the arrangement.
Faced with this, Grace looked to Horace and said, "Since the uncle can make this call, it's clear that if we don't go, they won't stop insisting."
Horace said, "Ask Camille how she feels."
She nodded and agreed to ask Camille.
She then explained the situation to Camille, who happened to be with Ayan at the time, and naturally, Ayan overheard it. Ayan spoke up, "Since they're inviting you both for dinner, just go."
Knowing the uncles well, if they didn't go today, there would be tomorrow, and they might even spread the word that they distanced themselves from their uncles since Page's passing, tarnishing their public image.
Ayan said, "Go openly, and I'll have the journalists with good relations to Simpson Group take photos of you going to dinner and post them online. Let everyone know you're dining at your uncle's house tonight."
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