"Miss Zamani is here for you. I won't disturb you two."
After saying that, Jessica stood up and left the club.
She returned home and went to Oliver's study.
She sat behind Oliver's desk casually and accidentally discovered a drawer that was unlocked. There were a black bank card and two keys in it.
Jessica picked up the keys. One was obviously the car key, and the other was the house key.
Oliver hadn't mentioned that he was going to give someone a present. Maybe the car and the house had something to do with his work. Jessica didn't think much about it and put the keys back in the drawer.
Then she decided to surf the online again to see if there was any new development about Oliver's news. To her surprise, she couldn't find anything about the news on the Internet. Their efficiency was beyond her expectation. Maybe she should have asked Lambert first.
Jessica was still nervous. Even if the news had disappeared, Oliver might still be investigated when he came back.
Troubles just came one after another.
Also, she could feel the concern in Lambert's eyes every time he stared at her, which made her uncomfortable.
If she had been friends with Lambert before, why didn't Oliver tell her? What was more strange was that it seemed Lambert didn't intend to tell her either.
She felt like there was a thick fog around her.
After a few days of peace, gossip media revealed that Oliver was married and that his wife was Tina.
An ordinary lady from the White family married the boss of the Williams Group, the biggest and richest company in Birmingham. It was like the contemporary version of the story Cinderella.
The name Tina hit the headlines immediately.
She had always wanted the people of Birmingham to know that she was Mrs. Williams. Now that she succeeded so easily, Tina's heart was filled with joy.
It was the highlight of her life. She enjoyed so much being watched and envied by everyone.
She felt that all the women in Birmingham were jealous and hateful of her at this time. She liked it that way. Oliver wasn't here anyway, so she could do whatever she wanted.
Tina couldn't feel better. She attended upper-class parties almost every day.
And she was obviously the focus of the party.
In the past, she had to ask her friends to take her so that she would have the opportunity to attend such parties. Many people at the party didn't even want to talk to her because of her low status.
But things were different now. She was now the real Mrs. Williams, at least in the legal sense.
On the other side, Jessica heard about the news too, and she did not ask Lambert to deal with the gossip again.
However, Jeff asked Hugh to take Jessica to the Old Residence.
Jessica looked pale, whose lips were chapped. It was obvious that she had been having a hard time these days.
The servant served her a cup of tea, which was still steaming.
"Take a seat and have some tea first," Jeff said.
Jessica followed the old man's instructions. She picked up the teacup and could only feel a little temperature through the edge of the cup.
She took a sip of tea and said, "Grandpa, why did you call me here?"
"You saw the news, didn't you?" Jeff asked coldly.
What he referred to was certainly the news about the marriage between Oliver and Tina.
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