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Regrt 204

Chapter 204

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This was the first time I had encountered someone who constantly talked about money.

“Well, forget it then. I’ll ask someone else.” With that, turned and headed indoors.

Just as I returned, Jane came out from the private room, her eyes slightly red, clearly having cried. ” Let’s go back.”

“Is everything sorted out?” I took her coat from her and draped it over her shoulders.

She sniffed, her eyes clear. “Yes. From now on, whether he forms alliances or not, it has nothing to do with me.”

Upon hearing her decisive words, I admired how she could handle things so calmly.

On the way home, Jane drove, and suddenly I received a call from Jack.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked, “Charlotte, the person with Frank just now, was that you?”

I was taken aback but didn’t lie to him. “Yes, it was me… How did you know?”

Frank had covered me up so well.

Even Ryan… only asked about a pair of shoes in such an uncertain tone.

Yet Jack managed to guess it was me.

On the other end of the line, sensing my strange tone, he chuckled. “Curious why Ryan couldn’t guess it was you, but I could?”

“A bit.”

“He’s too certain about your feelings for him.”

Jack’s voice was gentle and calm. “So, at most, he would suspect something between you and me, not towards Frank, a stranger.”

“You’re right.”

Actually, what he said wasn’t entirely true.

More importantly, Ryan didn’t care about me personally.

Who I was with didn’t matter much to him.

After a moment of silence, Jack asked tentatively, “You and Frank…”

“I’ve only met him a few times. We’re practically strangers.”

I didn’t intend to hide anything from him, then I probed, “Jack, why haven’t you mentioned Bethany and Frank before?”

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Jack relaxed his tone. “They’re both from Jeswood, not in the same circle as us usually. This time, the Shaw family wanted to establish a branch in Jelaston and sent Bethany over to gain some experience.

He patiently explained without hiding anything. “As for Frank, he’s the heir of the Smith family, the only son of fifth generation. He acts quite recklessly and makes it hard to gauge him. You shouldn’t get too close to him.”

I decided to be straightforward. “So, the Shaw family and the Smith family… are quite formidable?”

“More than just formidable.”

Jack chuckled softly. “Let me put it this way, Jelaston’s elite families are newcomers at best,

considered wealthy families at most. But in Jeswood, there are three major noble families, and the Smith and Shaw families are two of them.”

With this, I finally understood why Mrs. Renolds personally saw Frank off after the birthday banquet and why Ryan was wary of Frank.

Why Frank dared to openly contradict the Frost family.

The gap between affluent families and noble families was so clear. It couldn’t be explained simply by how much money they had. The intricate and deeply rooted connections built over centuries were more valuable than mountains of gold and silver.

I couldn’t help but sigh at the disparity between people.

Then I couldn’t help but ask further, “So, if Bethany and Frank’s family backgrounds are so comparable, why don’t they just marry each other?”

Wouldn’t that save time, effort, and trouble?

Jack chuckled again. “You’re quite good at guessing. Frank indeed had an engagement with the Shaw family, but it wasn’t with Bethany. It was with the daughter of the Shaw family who was kidnapped and lost when she was little.”

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