“Old bastard?”Grace looked at Aurora in surprise.“You mean Albert Hayes?”Aurora gave a slight nod. “It’s him. Who else could it be?”Grace couldn’t help but lift the corners of her lips. It seemed her daughter wasn’t someone to be easily pushed around.Clearly, she had long seen through the shady dealings of the Hayes family.Thinking about it again, Grace found it made perfect sense.If she were soft, how could she have secured several major deals after all this time in business?Not to mention, those projects were well-known across Ravenshore.Grace looked at Aurora with clear admiration in her eyes.“No wonder you’re my daughter. And then?”This time, Grace wasn’t even pretending anymore.Only now did Aurora realize that her mother didn’t get along with that old man from the Hayes family either.She couldn’t help but ask, “Mom, weren’t you two... future in-laws?”Back during the engagement, Grace had been so thrilled, clapping non-stop with joy.Now, she seemed to have seen throu
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