She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 407

Saphira collapsed onto the cold pavement, crying desperately through the gap in the gates. "Yes! Mr. Shapiro! Please have mercy! The only reason my abusive, gambling husband hasn't come to Metropia to harass us is because he knows we have the Shapiro family's protection! You're signing our death warrants!"

Robert simply replied, "Exactly. If you both fully understood the consequences, why did you insist on constantly provoking the miracle doctor and pissing her off?"

"Miracle doctor?" Saphira mumbled. "You mean... Ms. Lonsdale?"

Seeing that the mother and daughter still refused to take the bank card, Robert tossed it onto the ground outside, mocking them flatly.

"You've lived in the Shapiro estate for so long, and you still haven't learned how to read a room? Everyone in the Shapiro household, down to the kitchen staff, knows that Ms. Lonsdale is the boss's absolute favorite. He wouldn't let a single hair on her head be harmed. Yet you two had a death wish and went after her time and time again. The fact that he tolerated you this long is purely because he was showing Grandpa Zeke mercy. Now get lost."

With their high-society dreams shattered, the half-million dollars on the ground became their final lifeline. The mother and daughter had no choice but to load their single suitcase onto the bicycle and begin the long, humiliating trek down the mountain.

Just as they were leaving, Loyce's luxury car drove past on her way out. Her eyes met the pathetic gaze of the mother and daughter through the window, but she smoothly looked away, entirely unbothered.

Over the past few days, the Lonsdale estate had been undergoing massive interior and exterior renovations. Furniture was constantly being swapped out for newer, more luxurious pieces, and Loyce's welcome banquet was being entirely catered by Crown Dining.

The banquet hall set up within the estate was aggressively extravagant.

Everyone, inside and out, was making it incredibly obvious how deeply they valued Loyce's return. She had been behaving well, spending her time at home keeping Gordon company, attending her online master's classes for Kordell Medical University, and completing her group projects.

Loyce quickly scanned the document and accepted the unique assignment from her professor.

However, she hadn't had time to dive into it over the past few days. Today, she needed to administer an acupuncture treatment to stabilize Lillian's pregnancy, and perform a follow-up check on Holt's throat.

As the future boss of Jasyn Media, Lillian had an overwhelming amount of corporate matters to handle, and her heavy pregnancy made moving around difficult. Seeing that Loyce was willing to make a personal house call to her office for the treatment, Lillian was thrilled.

Sitting behind her desk, Lillian had told her assistant to prepare top-tier coffee to welcome her VIP guest. But to her shock, a man wearing a baseball cap and a mask suddenly burst into her office.