The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 353

Chapter 353

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The moment Winter finished speaking, Chris sitting across from her answered calmly, “All right.”

But after agreeing, he looked at her with a deeper meaning in his eyes and said in a low voice, “Didn’t you say have no credibility with you? Why do you still want to play this game with me?”

“So are you going to lie to me?” Winter met his eyes directly, refusing to back down.

Chris’s gaze darkened. “No.”

Winter didn’t quite believe him.

But she could judge his answers for herself.

She set down her utensils and stood. “Fine. Meet me on the terrace in an hour.”

Chris watched her leave the dining room. Then he slowly set down his utensils and walked toward the kitchen.

The staff were startled when they saw him come in.

“Mr. Xander, is something wrong with the food?”

They had prepared everything according to the menu he had provided. Even the smallest details, down to how much salt to use, had been written out for them. All they had to do was make the dishes Winter liked.

“No,” Chris said calmly. “I’m going to toast some peanuts.

With that, he rolled up his sleeves without looking at them. “Go back to what you were doing.”

All five staff members froze.

It was only when Chris picked up a skillet that they snapped out of it and hurried forward.

“Mr. Xander, please let us do it.

“No need.” Chris seemed to think of something, and his voice softened into something calm and distant. “I haven’t made them for her in a long time.”

Winter sat in a wicker chair on the terrace.

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The sky had darkened, and the sound of waves drifted in from the shore. She leaned back in the chair and looked up at the North Star.

The North Star appeared almost fixed in place compared to the other stars. To observers on Earth, its movement was nearly impossible to detect. It symbolized constancy. A lighthouse in the sky.

Constancy.

Was there really anything in this world that never changed?

She used to think there wasn’t.

Now she knew there was.

Hatred never changed.

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